Sandra, when I have one of those days I usually go back and read the labels on anything I ate a few hours earlier. Inevitably there is aspartame/Nutrasweet involved. I'm so careful, but sometimes they slip it in and don't even identify it (so I then avoid the brand or product).

The kitchen is looking pretty good now, and while I do have one thing to make today, it'll be confined to the electric skillet. And then that will go back into the pantry. Yesterday I pulled a second bread machine out of the pantry so I could work on both roll batches at the same time (this second machine used to belong to my Dad). There was another machine up there that I hadn't looked at in ages (and getting it down from a narrow space while standing on a step stool reminded me of Charmion dead-lifting her microwave—what would the obit say if I dropped it and killed myself?) It was made for Kenmore by Welbilt and has an extra fancy beater bar in it. I probably intended to use it myself, but never have, so one of yesterday's brunch guests took a look at it and said he'd take it home. I sell a lot of these things on eBay, but when family members find items useful I give them away - that's part of the joy of finding these vintage machines.

One of yesterday's gifts is a 1000-piece puzzle depicting the inside of a fancy old-fashioned bookstore. I'm going to have to find a good cover for the table so Cookie doesn't rise up on her back legs and eat the automotive section of the shop while I'm not looking.

Dorothy, I hope your visit went well with your son and his family. Did the weather cooperate for their drive up?