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Thread #170807 Message #4158037
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
18-Nov-22 - 12:13 PM
Thread Name: FITNESS & Declutter 2022 - Pandemic redux
Subject: RE: FITNESS & Declutter 2022 - Pandemic redux
Jon, I have dusk-to-dawn motion detector lights outside all of the doors here, with the one in back being on and dim, only turning bright if one of the dogs or I go outside. The others are off unless there is movement. They save electricity and because I live near the woods it leaves it a nice dark little wilderness down here at our end of the street. I also have some electric plug covers that have small LED lights on the bottom that come on in the dark. These are great to help avoid tripping over a dog sleeping in the hall at night.
Busy end of the week as I move eBay stuff into the front room to clear out the rest of the house in preparation for company. I needed to do this anyway, it was stacked around in an untidy way. I'll be rearranging pantry items, probably culling some stuff, and I'll use a few jars of canned tomatoes from the bottom shelf to make tomato soup for guests tomorrow. I researched several recipes for making it from scratch, letting me use up more of the backlog from last year. I didn't can any ripe tomatoes this year, just the relish. And the relish is so amazingly addictive - I think there must be a umami effect from the ingredient combination - I slather it on sausage link sandwiches about a 1/4 cup at a time and they simply taste better than any other way I could eat them. I may make one more batch tomorrow afternoon, but I need more green peppers and onions first, that I'll pick up today. (There is a rich history of sausage in Texas - lots of influence from Czech and German immigrants and then there is the Mexican tradition). I buy links from a restaurant supply place near me - they carry a variety that has lots of cracked pepper in the recipe.)
I've also rearranged furniture in the den and moved the dog kennel, as well as putting the ugly covers back on the newly-repaired dog beds. They all slept on them last night, so I was correct that it's cool enough now that they prefer the cuddle of the high-sided beds.