Threw out wrinkled tomatoes dated

Threw out wrinkled tomatoes dated a month ago.... found them repackaged and back in the fridge later.

Visiting Dad's condo, there are

Visiting Dad's condo, there are 17 lamps in the living room-dining area-kitchen. Also 35 speakers and 6 wireless routers.

Trash Picker

Last night Mom was in charge of washing the fresh lettuce for a salad with dinner.  She then dried the lettuce using a few paper towels (probably about four).  Now, this is not something I would ordinarily do but since I am a bit under the weather I'm not eating salad and pretty much don't care.  Husband picked up the pile of wet paper towels from the counter and when Mom and Dad's backs were turned, gave me a definite WTF look and threw them away.

This morning, over breakfast, Mom says, "[Husband] didn't know I have a method to my madness... I dried the lettuce with paper towels and I was going to use them to clean the floor, but he threw them away.  I guess he didn't know that I reuse paper towels.  So I had to get them out of the trash and clean the floor with them.  He didn't know."

Somehow, I managed to remain impassive through this confession.

Timing

Hey, and what a week for Three to have his first virus that clears from both ends. 

Just so you know...

Ever so slightly louder than necessary just to be sure I could overhear, as we leave for the market, Mom says, "I was thinking about turning off the tv but I don't know how...."

Also, when she drank the last of the coffee in the pot she then asked me if she should turn it off.  I said yes, if it's empty.  She told me how they burned up a coffee maker at work by not turning it off.  Then she put water in the carafe to just sit there, because it was still hot.

On her last visit, she asked EVERY DAY if she should put water in the carafe.  EVERY DAY we said no.  This time she just did it.

Outing!

We're all going to the Farmer's Market today.  It might get interesting...

Contacts or eyeglasses?

When Husband pulled up in the driveway having retrieved Mom from the airport, the mail had arrived and there was a box from 1-800 contacts right on top of the box. As she got out of the car, Mom recounted that she's already asked Husband if he had some backup glasses because "you can really get into trouble with contacts. We* had to send a boy to Some Place because he was wearing his contacts too much."

* Mom is a health care practitioner. She's actually pretty good at it.