Electronic Tuesday

I woke up to the alarm clock (for a change) and did all my morning activities. This time I only added 1/4 cup of granola to my oatmeal as 1/3 cup proved to be too much for me to eat.

In spite of all the warnings (my neighbor had covered all his flowing trees), I didn’t see any evidence of frost here in Redford. It was just damn windy and even colder that yesterday!

Sometime mid-morning, I developed an annoying stiff neck that just would not go away.

I wanted to go to Lowe’s at lunch, so I stopped at the Newburgh Grill and got a bowl of bean with ham soup (the best!) At Lowe’s, I picked up an air purifier. I don’t want to go through another summer with a plugged up nose and sneezing, plus it will enable Carla and the cats to snuggle if and when they come back for a visit.

Back home after work, I checked out the air purifier and set it up in the kitchen in a temporary location. Figuring out the optimal place to put it will be a challenge, as you need a minimum of one foot of space all around it. It’s not nearly as noisy as I feared (especially at the lower speeds). But, right now I am running it on “high.” I also have the UV light on, to burn off that “new electrical appliance” smell.

Since I had so much sauerkraut left from the two Rueben’s I made (before running out of corned beef), I put that in a saucepan. I added in a link of kielbasa I found in the freezer and thawed over the weekend, cutting it into pieces on the bias. I let that steam for about 20 minutes and then ate a bowl of it for dinner. It was delicious!

Sidebar: that air purifier has a 3-in-1 air cleaning system. The UV light kills bacteria, viruses and mold spores. The Hepa filter captures 99.97% of dust, pet dander, smoke and pollen. And the charcoal filter reduces common household odors from pets, smoking and cooking.

So, I was very impressed that I could not smell the cooking sauerkraut in my bedroom. Now I am hoping it will stop the smoke alarms in the bedroom from going off without having to open the kitchen window and turning on the overhead stove fan when I fry things!

I picked up a new cell phone today as well (the “pay as you go” one I had was for emergencies only). I swear the manual is bigger than the one for my car! It will take me a long while to figure out how to use all the features.

Between the filter and the phone, the next thing I knew it was after 10:00 PM. I watched a taped half hour show and then went to bed.