Unidentifiable

Justin and I have had some interesting discoveries recently in our refrigerator. The other day he was eating my leftovers from Chili's which included potato skins. He grabbed the container from the top shelf marked "Sour Cream" only to discover it contained green bean casserole from our ThanksLiving feast. Yikes! They were even more green and quite hairy. It really grossed him out, and made him sad because if he'd know they were in there, he'd have eaten the leftovers long  before they grew fur!

Today I was sorting through some things in the fridge, reaching down a container from the top shelf. In it I found some more fur had grown over what was once ricotta cheese. The cheese, originally white and creamy, was now yellow/orange and soupy with fur on top of it. Justin could not even recall which recipe he'd made calling for ricotta cheese so we couldn't actually tell how old it was. The expiration date had not yet been met but I explained that date is good for unopened items only. 

While I was at it, I reached down from the top shelf (we have to stop putting stuff up so high!) a container, a Rubbermaid one, with something else in it which was unidentifiable. I 'thought' it was sliced apples which was perhaps leftover from the crock pot apple crisp Justin had made. Now that I think about it, this would never happen, not with a tasty delight like apple crisp. I threw it out because it was beyond usefulness, so Justin was not able to help me identify what it was at one time. He speculates it might have been onions 'n butter he's kept so it's okay for it go into the disposal. From now forward we are using clear containers only for our leftovers so this won't happen again, or at least for a long time.

The other day I was talking with Mom and she told me she discovered some food in her fridge, in the drawer where the oranges are kept. She tried to describe it to me, thinking it was vegetables of some sort. Her eyes are not good anymore so it was hard for her to make out exactly what she's got there. I don't think it was anything that Justin or I were using to cook with while there. My suggestion was for her to show it to Jill when she comes up to do her eye drops and let her decide if it's keepable or tossable.  Justin did use some Italian meats and peppers in his Christmas Eve sandwiches but I didn't think he'd transfer the remaining peppers (if there were any) into a plastic container. We shall see, or hear, what the mystery food is in Mom's container, a Tupperware-styled dish. Can't wait!

The Princess and the Pea

I am that princess!  Today Nancy W. and I went back to Ross for Less to exchange or return items we bought last week. One of my new tops was not flattering on me, and something she bought did not work out, either. It's never an in and out deal with Nancy, as she is like a great white hunter, on the lookout for the good sales. Last year she picked up a new swimsuit for me at Ross, sending me photos of them and letting me choose which one I wanted. My personal shopper!  Now she is trying to convert me to a full-time Ross shopper.

Together we walked around the store and she found a black skirt for herself. Since I had gotten two tops last week, I was not really in the market for clothes. But when we got to the housewares stuff, I decided to purchase a new set of sheets. The price was so good, the color was right, and the thread count was high enough to give me hope that they'd hold up for me. And, they were 1/3 the original price! I had stripped my bed and washed the sheets this a.m. before we left so it was all ready for the new ones. I ran them through a short wash cycle, dried them, and got the new sheets on my bed. Now we'll see if this princess will feel the pea or if these sheets will do the trick for me. 

A few days ago Justin asked me how much pedicures were and I told him about $20 or so. He said, "That's cheaper than buying new sheets all the time..." Yeah, he is right about that! Then he went on to compare my rough feet to wearing ice skates to bed----no wonder my sheets pill!!  Oh, that guy is so funny!  I will give the old sheets (purchased in October when Linda was here, also at a discount place) to Connie. She can use them to cover plants when it gets cold or as drop cloths when she paints. You don't need a high thread count when painting or covering shrubs, and they don't mind the pills either!