Patty, I'm fighting that battle with my new battery trimmer. The string that came in the replacement cartridges, supposedly heavy duty, wasn't much better than the lightweight stuff. I always rewind my existing cartridges, but haven't found a string I like yet to use.

The house smells amazing this evening. Brine from making fresh pickles (now in the fridge), the pecans still baking (until I head to bed in a few minutes, when they come out, close enough to the full four hours), and an umami effect from having just baked an eggplant (the babaghanouj won't be made until tomorrow; that's one set of dishes too many for today.)

Some may recall that early in the year I was fussing about the computer mouse, and realized a lot of the problem was my hands starting to show the PMR. Now that the medication has kicked in I've been researching that mouse and realize the things I want to adjust simply aren't available on this model. After lots of research I've ordered a new one, an early birthday present to myself. Something practical. I'm trying to not shop for electronics as much at Amazon so went again with Best Buy. It's my theory that Best Buy has better inventory control than Amazon does for electronics.