Author: sandcastle

Shortly after noon on Christmas Eve day 2023:

57° and rain.

Not white.

Perhaps the snow on Halloween was not a harbinger of things to come?

Unless it was a harbinger of more weird weather to come.

TTYL,

Linda

I think my most valuable clothes might be my socks.

I only wear wool socks.

Those that have at least 50% merino wool.

They keep my feet a comfortable temperature all year around.

They even keep my feet warm when they are wet.

And merino doesn’t hold odors so my feet don’t smell bad.

Add to those my Crocs and my feet are ready for anything I ask of them.

Rain, snow or sun.

I do, however, change into a dry pair when I get home.

Not because the socks stop working.

But because I don’t like leaving wet footprints when inside.

TTYL,

Linda

Sometimes an RVer just doesn’t feel like doing a lot of cooking. So, lately, some RV friends have been discussing using canned meat.

When I was traveling solo in my van I needed weight in the right front corner to make up for having no passenger. So I put a bag of tools and a bin of canned goods there to help balance my vehicle’s load.

Here’s some of my ideas and experiences from carry that bin of canned food.

Stir together equal amounts of mayonnaise and sour cream. Add generous amounts of onion powder and dill weed. Drain and stir in a can of baby shrimp. Add part of a bag of broccoli slaw. Serve.

In a 2-cup microwave-safe bowl lightly beat an egg with some seasonings. Drain a can of salmon and stir into egg. Microwave 3 minutes. Food will be pulling away from edges of bowl but will be damp in the middle Let it set until it firms up. This is good with cranberry sauce and a green salad.

Microwave a baking potato. Top with butter and/or sour cream. Drain and add a can of tuna. Add seasonings, as desired. Serve with fruit.

Stir together equal amounts of mayonnaise and pickle relish. Add drained chicken or tuna or ham. Serve on crackers with veggie sticks alongside.

Buy individual cups of instant mashed potatoes. Cook potatoes then stir in any canned meat and some Ranch dressing. Serve with fruit.

My mother’s uncle invented this one when he was home alone. Pour a can of green beans into a skillet over medium heat. Open a can of Vienna sausages and slice them onto the green beans. Cook until heated through. Drain and add seasonings. Break an egg or two onto it and stir until egg is scrambled. Serve.

I hope these ideas will give you a place to start making up your own combinations.

TTYL,

Linda

You all know how creative my brain sometimes gets at night. Last night it was especially weird.

A psychiatrist offered to help a prisoner get rid of the voices in his head that kept getting him into trouble. The prisoner responded, “No, thanks. They keep me company when I’m in solitary.”

TTYL,

Linda

We don’t usually get snow this early in the season.

Except in 1991. That was the year of the great halloween blizzard.

We had so much snow we could not get out of our garage.

I called my boss and told him our alley hadn’t been plowed so I couldn’t drive to work. But I could walk to the cross street that had been plowed if he wanted to come pick me up. He said his car was in the only clear spot in the whole lot so he wasn’t moving it.

In both cases, I got to stay home.

TTYL,

Linda