Monday moanin'

My trip into work Monday morning was very frustrating. Just after leaving the house, I noticed that every time I went around a corner, there was a thump, thump, thump, and then crash in my trunk. I stopped at the ATM to deposit a check and it wasn't working. Grrr... So, at work, the first think I did was look in the trunk, The noise was an acorn squash that must have escaped from the Saturday shopping and, with it's dark skin, was able to hid in the back of the trunk unnoticed. The squash went into the back seat of the car for the ride home.

At lunch, I went to another ATM and deposited my check. I also stopped at Murray's Auto and got two bottles of windshield wash fluid that was on sale.

On the way home I stopped for some kitty litter. I forgot to get it Saturday. Tuesday's garbage day and I like the put the old, used kitty litter out to be picked up. So, when I got home, there were several small chores to do.

I topped off my windshield washer fluid in the car, brought the runaway squash into the house and then changed clothes. Next I tackled the kitty litter (twice as much work, these days).

I did turn on the self-cleaning oven Sunday night. For those of you who don't have or don't ever use that feature, the 4 1/2 hours of high heat leaves a white dust-like ash inside the oven. So, I got a damp sponge and cleaned all the surfaces off and now I'm good to go. Except for the door. For some reason, the door never gets cleaned by this method and I'm not quite sure what to clean it with by hand. I would welcome any suggestions!

I finally got my Mother on the phone. We talked for a while and everything seems to be fine with her.

I didn't really make "dinner" tonight, as I have too many interesting leftovers. So, I snacked on a variety of foods throughout the evening (a big slice of the smoked turkey, eaten cold with salt; several deviled eggs; the last of the Brussels sprouts, warmed up in the microwave and a couple of the hunter's sausages).

I watched TV until 11:00 and then went to sleep.