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@goldensrbest Pebbles is precious and glad she has been adopted by your family. Congratulations.

Broken sleep, not in bed terribly late but visited the bathroom what felt like every couple of hours and not sure why. Oh well. Off this week for appointments. Had a couple messes on floor to mop up and tossed the pads in the washer. Still like the swifffer sweeper because it is the lowest profile, others cannot get get as far under things as these do. Reusable is the way to go as well. I was sent some of the mopping pads and dry pads, may use those up later. Made a new wet jet spray, they do not last terribly long. Just had to eject bottle and heat up lid so it softens up the claws that hold the lid on solid. Someone on youtube took out the claws so they can put on the lid and take if off without heat but I do not trust that would not cause a leak in the bottle. Rather use the heat.

Laundry on go, floors constantly on the go, takes about a day for the cats to make the floor look shabby so daily sweeps and light mops are needed. If only spot needs treatment I spray the spot and do a sock mop sweep overtop. Cats getting wet food so Tigger is in bathroom for that so Ava does not get his food.

I plan to do a couple eggs, whisking in some sour cream and butter, adding ham and cheese, keep mixing. The sliced lunch meat type of ham actually heats up for a pleasant taste. I will be adding lentils of course. Everything combined first and then heat for maybe 6 mins in the oven. May also add some of the diced hashbrowns and peppers. Will post, pretty filling meal so may wind up with a meal now and a side dish later. I also want to make some of my knorr meals and put in fridge as sides. First meal needs to be done up as I am hungry.

I am glad the heat broke, I feel locked up if window is not open so if not too muggy or hot. I hope all have a good day, in pockets for appointments or just chilling out and of course in pockets for all.

Well my mind has thrown a weird snack/meal idea this way. I actually may try it too. I am thinking of having a bag of popcorn popped up, nothing unusual there but, I think I want to add lentils to it. I know the popcorn is good for the fibre but the lentils are decent for a little bit of protein and they do not alter flavours of other foods. Thinking I will go ahead with that before taking out the trash. Then I would like to get back to gaming for Amazon credit. The current app I use pays in US funds so I get a bit extra on the Amazon.ca site. I would like to get at least half off the cost. Playing a couple games that are easy or have answers online so I can level up faster. I will see, getting tired and bored but even a couple bucks is nice to have.

I must comment that it is too hard to eat lentils in the same container as unpopped popcorn. I managed to eat most of them and avoid the hard crunch of the unpopped popcorn but too much of a pain in the arse to take a spoonful, work on getting just the lentils and spitting the unpopped popcorn back in. Popcorn itself was not bad with the extra butter but geez, what a silly thing. Not doing that again. It all had the nice flavour though.

Just want to say Happy Fourth and 250th to all of us Americans on the forum. I won't be doing much myself today, but having a nice meal and watching all of the (illegal) fireworks going off in my neighborhood as I sit on my apartment balcony. I did go out to lunch yesterday with a friend and we went to a restaurant along the sound (Puget Sound), in a smaller town nearby, and really enjoyed the view as always, the sun, and that holiday feel that everyone seemed to be getting into. Lots and lots of people out walking along a boardwalk at the marina there and just having a really nice time. A highlight was when we were driving back through the town and could see that the main street had become lined with chairs that people were setting up to watch what was presumably to be a parade later on. It was real nice to see some real Americana - a small town getting ready for a 4th of July and 250th parade in the old fashioned way without any of the current national troubles and/or influence. Take care everyone and have a wonderful day!🎉💥🍉🎊

@tanya_djamila I am sorry your mom got a UTI, those are terrible, I still remember from when I was a kid. Hope the treatment urgent care gave her helps her get rid of it quickly. Happy 4th of July and enjoy your trip.

To all my US friends Happy 4th of July. I hope the weather is cooler today for you all to enjoy fireworks, parades or whatever you want to do.

I did sleep pretty good. Some was on the couch because I actually had a stupid dream about a cat feeling sick and making messes and I was upset. I knew it was a dream because it was on carpeting. What a dumb thing to dream about. Dreamless sleep in bed though.

Nothing on the agenda today, too hot anyway. Planning on floors, laundry, multiple loads in washer and my dryers. I am liking to wash clothes together in a mesh bag and dry in the tent with heater at the top, regular cleaning cloths just go in regular dryer. Todays clothes bag has pants, undies and socks. The mesh bag protects items and I usually wash on a cold to warm water cycle. I spin everything twice now, feel like less time needed for stuff that goes in the dryer. Also liking the wool balls, feel like they make stuff dry too.

Lots of meals percolating in my head. Most will likely be a one pot meal. Need to open more lentils, I really have strayed away from beans if I am honest, need to chop up the can then put in a container in fridge, the smaller texture is better for me. Still got beefless ground in freezer, put together an order of burritos and black forest ham slices, normally for sandwiches but I enjoy them in meals. 20 bucks in total, I am not 100 percent I will get burritos, they sell out fast but it really is no bother if I do not get them. Would try again later. I no longer am getting the frozen pasta, got tired of them. Use the knorr noodles or Kraft dinner pasta, heat that up and add ingredients to dish in microwave, I will have to see. Keep the dishes in fridge and use as a side dish.

EDIT Wanted some mexican rice so got some old elpaso mexican rice and Ben's mexican rice to try that one out. So if get burritos all would be 28 dollars. I can live with that.

EDIT 2 Allowed another order, got the frozen lasagne, 5 of them and some Oh Henry bars. Still around 20 bucks, they will arrive couple hours later.

Meal this morning will probably be a couple of eggs, premade rice flavoured with a lot of garlic while cooking, lentils as well. Not sure how much of those. Could also add a single mini pot pie to the rice, whipped up eggs and lentils. Microwave for likely 5 mins at least since I have a low wattage 700 W microwave. I will post if good. I sometimes forget about the fact it was good and posting but if it was bad, would post that too. I will also post meal made once the mexican rice and ham arrives. Not sure about burritos but that is fine. I can always put further orders in and if no burritos, no charge.

MEAL EDIT 1 used 3 eggs, 1/3 cup lentils, 1 mini pot pie and some premade rice, also had a hasbrown added. The rice was flavoured accidentally with sloppy joe stuff. Once rice done, dumped all ingredients in the bowl, eggs already whisked up. Heated 6 min 30 seconds and brought out, binders were a small amount of queso and small amount of plain mayo. It was yummy but too filling so put rest in a container to have at another meal.

As said earlier, have a happy 4th, in pockets for all as well.

@threetree It certainly does save on dishes.

Got the echo done, no more appointments til the 15th of july and that is fine with me. I am hungry, debating either a Mcdonald's meal would be good or not. I will decide.

@mara51506 - I agree that the microwave helps cut down on dishes in a big way. I too live alone, so I often just microwave myself a "one pot meal", with something like chicken and veggies, and it really saves on dishes.