28 Days, 28 Items, Part 2

 Another week, and more things collected to donate.  As youngest grandchild is a boy and now four, these things are too baby-ish for him, so off they go to a new home.  Daughter gave me all these for when the girls came over, so they are probably 12 years old.......

I did also get another good job done, I cleaned out the bill drawer, where I keep all the credit card and bill statements.

I only got a partial bag of shredded paper, so put it back under the desk for the next time I do some shredding.  I need to clean out the filing cabinet at some point, so there will be more shredded paper to put in the bag.

How did you do this week?

Any ideas?

I bought four bottles of this Aveeno Moisturizer back in the Fall to use over the winter on my legs.  It's a pump top and everything has been working great, it's so much easier on my hands.  It stopped pumping out the moisturizer so I figured it had ran out.  However when I opened it up there was plenty left in the bottom.  I drew a line on the left hand side to show you how much is left.

So I took the top off and jiggled it around and got some more out.  Normally on a regular container I would turn it upside down to get the stuff out of the bottom, but with a pump top that's not the solution.  With conditioner I would normally add some water to thin out the liquid to make it pump better, but not sure if I can do that with this?

Has anyone else run into this situation?  What was your solution?  Or do you have any ideas on how to make the pump work until I finish the bottle?

I may also contact the manufacturer to see what their solution is.

UPDATE:

I did contact the manufacturer customer service.  Long story short; they pack the bottle with the expectation that you won't be able to get all the product out.  Fair enough, but 2 inches worth of product to be wasted?  That to my mind is not acceptable, and I told them so.

Anyhow, I have to send this container back (prepaid UPS) and they will reimburse me with a free product coupon and a couple of other money off coupons.  Now as I told the guy, I have no complaints about the product, it works perfectly fine, they just need to figure out a better way of getting the last couple of inches of product out of the bottom.  If you say turn it upside down, yes, but you have to balance it against something as the pump top is not level.

It's been a while..........

 since I have bought a fruit and veg bag which costs $20 a month.  I picked it up yesterday and thought it was good value for money.  What do you think?

The only thing I think we will have trouble using is all those potatoes.

I did have leftover mashed potatoes in the fridge, so decided to make some fish cakes using a can of tuna.  I added some of the garlic and herb cream cheese to the mix, for extra flavour.  I also add the organic no salt flavouring to the breadcrumbs, which I made from some bread I had in the freezer.

I used some of the cucumber with a little ranch dressing on it as a veggie and fried the fish cakes in a little bit of oil.  I guess I could have put them in the air fryer..........I just thought of that???

Will say they were nice and tasty......

Comfort food at it's best........

Such a comforting meal and super cheap to make.

Baked potatoes topped with a knob of butter, baked beans and grated cheese.  I bought the potatoes on clearance, a 10 lb bag for $1.99.  Bought the Heinz baked beans when they were $1 a can at Metro the other week, a price which I haven't seen in a long time.  The cheese we bought as a splurge at Costco.  I would reckon all in all this meal would cost under $2 per person and was yummy.

As I said we bought the cheese at Costco.  It's called Leerdammer and is Dutch cheese and is a cross between Gouda and Edam.  It's pretty tasty.

I love a sharp cheese, and other than blue cheeses which I dislike, I could eat cheese each and every day.

Do you make baked potatoes?  If so what do you put on them?

Opalite by Taylor Swift

 See how many celebrities you can name in this video:

The beach...............

 The one thing I did not enjoy while away was the beach.  I felt it wasn't looked after.  The water was full of little bits of seaweed........I know it's a little thing but not my cup of tea.

Places we have been before they rake the sand on a night, don't think that happened here.

The sea was a stunning colour though.

However as you can see by the bouys bobbing in the water, you weren't allowed to go very far out in the sea.  I think there are coral reefs quite close to shore.

I only walked on the beach once, as I found it very uneven and it killed my feet.  So I was hobbling after half an hour.  The sand though was lovely to feel in my toes, even for such a short time.

Trending..........

 Did you know one of the biggest trends on Tik Tok is reading?  I didn't.  So I guess I am trendy, who knew😉

We had a doctors appointment last week, so called in at the Indigo Book Store while there.  Lots to see of course, in fact I spent a whole hour wandering around the store.  Took random photos of things I liked.

They have such lovely sweatshirts.  Shame I am always too hot to wear a sweatshirt......

I love the concept of book clubs, but generally hate going to them as I never like the books..........

The sign "Read More Scroll Less," caught my eye........I should do that!

I always check out the 3 for $10 books, did pick three up, but put them back.

Loved the colourway of these items, but I am not a journal writing person, are you?

These book sleeves/bags are popular.  I did buy one for grand daughter for her birthday last year, as she is a big reader.

I did pick this book up for $6 as it's one I have never read.  Have you read it?

I love this British magazine, I have bought it regularly since it was first published in the early 80's.  Fun fact, the lady on the front Helen Skelton;  she came from the same village hubby was brought up in.  He played football with her dad, although the dad is 3 years older.  Her brother is or was an assistant coach for the football team hubby supports.  She went through a rough time with her now ex-husband, it was splashed all over the newspapers.

Finally a bit of an update, as we are talking about books and reading in this post.  I have started reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and have to say I am struggling with it.  Probably less than a third of a way through it.  It's the language in it, and the way she writes.  I am having to reread things to make sure I have understood what she is saying.  Did anyone else have to same issues when reading her work?  The rate I am going It's going to take me better part of February to read the one book!