For the record, please note that hoarding and “over-buying” are being discouraged online, but you can still get what you want if you act fast and don’t get greedy about it. I just ordered* two mega-packs of Charmin, two packages of Sparkle paper towels, a package of Vanity Fair paper napkins and some butt wipes. (Wal-Mart wouldn’t let me order more than two of anything.) Fortunately, at Howdygram headquarters there’s only one of us — i.e., Sam — using paper products now because I’m bedridden, so we really don’t need a huge stockpile of anything around here except Progresso soup, Greek olives, Equal and diet root beer.
What do YOU want to hoard? (Asking for a friend.)
However I did make two changes that survived.
Red used to be the Howdygram’s link color. Now it’s our hover color, also the post headline color, links are the same color as the text … and they’re UNDERSCORED! Woo-hoo!
It’s 3:30 Friday afternoon now, and I’m waiting for my hospice medical team. My C.N.A. (her name is “Q”) will be here around 5 p.m. for my bath and hygiene session, and my L.V.N. (Sharon) will show up half an hour later for a routine weekly checkup. I love both of them, so this is a pleasant way to end another week. Afterwards I’ll watch today’s episode of “The People’s Court” (one of my guilty pleasures) and ask Sam to make a package of Knorr’s Butter & Herb Noodles for my dinner tonight. (I’ve been craving pasta all week.) And as long as I’m thinking about food, it’s time for another senior citizen food review …
As a bedridden coot with a husband who doesn’t cook — except for an annual omelet — products like this are absolutely essential for me, because I’ve been missing simple entrées like a grilled chicken breast or a something with ordinary ground beef like Sloppy Joes, spaghetti sauce, Hamburger Helper and so on. In case you give a crap, I’m still expecting a delivery of Thrive Life’s Freeze-Dried Ground Beef, Freeze-Dried Crumbled Breakfast Sausage, instant Freeze-Dried Refried Beans and Freeze-Dried Cut Green Beans. (Giant cans. They’re on the way.) In the meantime, of course, I’m happy to award THRIVE LIFE’S FREEZE-DRIED SEASONED GRILLED CHICKEN with our coveted five-chopper rating!
Incidentally, the Wal-Mart pickup that I mentioned at the top of this post turned out to be a big “nothingburger” this morning. Everything on my list was out of stock except for: 1) a box of 250 store brand artifical sweetener packets; and 2) two bags of frozen Green Giant Backyard Grilled Potatoes. Therefore I just spent half an hour searching around on Amazon and discovered they don’t have any paper goods, either, except for two large packages of nice, folded paper guest towels/napkins that were semi-affordably priced at 300 for $9.99 … so I ordered them.
In other news, I thought I’d share the following photo of Sam’s high-class handiwork. He’s the undisputed king of organization! (What he did to the walk-in closet in our master bedroom was genius.) Our pantry is actually larger than it looks in this photo, however, because there’s something about the iPhone’s “panoramic” setting that compresses the overall depth of the image. The point is … although we’ve stockpiled a lot of food lately, there’s still room for MORE!
I’ll be sharing my novel demented meals with you from time to time, because inquiring minds want to know. (I think.)
Thank you for reading this. Sam and I are going to watch All the President’s Men (1976) now. In the meantime, the Alamo says “yo.”
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