Yep, the tummy bug that kept my daughter home on Friday has made itself right at home here. Thank goodness it's only a 24 hour bug - I caught it yesterday, and I'm feeling a lot better now. Of course, my son and mom just caught it in the middle of the night! We're going through a lot of Sprite and crackers, and the laundry situation isn't much fun right now. Hopefully I'll feel up to taking on the cleanup shortly - the achy muscles are fading and I'm not reacting to odors quite as strongly. Bleah.
My mom discovered a flea market near Williams Grove Speedway, which I have to go check out the next Sunday I can get away. One of the items that the SOM is anxious to get is cast iron cookware, and the prices were low there. It makes a big difference when you're looking for cast iron for daily use as opposed to the collectors who are after certain markings - $3 or $4 skillets can't be beat! Then when you consider the nutritional benefit that the added iron imparts to your food and the ease of cooking and cleanup, you start to wonder why those flimsy aluminum pans ever seemed OK.
Oh, and my sister-in-law got some ShamWOWs for Christmas - she says they really do perform the way they promise! That's just what I was waiting to hear - the next baby that moves into the SOM is going to have custom-made diapers with ShamWOW inserts! Even better, a volunteer says that she has a treadle sewing machine in her basement that might just need some WD-40 and a new belt - I've been going crazy wondering where to get one.
Small steps toward freedom!
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