Spring Cleaning

It’s spring here. In this area of Nevada, that means the pollen lies on the ground like a yellow blanket. I alternate between a runny nose and a stopped-up head.

My Sterling Silver roses have gone insane and are blooming in groups of five or six on a single stem. I reward them with coffee grounds because there is no acid in the soil (I use that term “soil” in humor). They love it… not the humor, the coffee grounds.

My thoughts turn to spring cleaning… I’m in the middle of my annual Spring Eat-Up-Everything-In-The-House Festival. I do it for three reasons, one I can’t just throw out perfectly good if expired food. My grandmother would disapprove, two, I have no idea how long that box of Cheerios has been sitting there and can’t let it get a year older because I prefer the Great Grains, and, three, it’s easier to clean the shelves when they’re empty.

Not EVERYTHING will get eaten. The jars and bottles in the refrigerator with a half-inch of something-or-other will be opened, smelled, examined for mold, and either used up in some sort of marinade, or thrown out. There must be thirty jars and bottles, pickles, olives, salad dressing, etc, etc. That’s a lot of money invested, but who knows how long some of that stuff has been in there?

I quit eating beef and pork some months ago (my cholesterol dropped 27 points) so the only meat now is chicken and turkey products. I’ve had quite an adventure trying to find poultry meat that looks or tastes like beef. Forget it. Turkey ham is stinky and slimy. Turkey hot dogs taste like pink Styrofoam.

When I go to the store, I have to remind myself I’m not allowed to buy anything except coffee, milk (almond), bread, lettuce, etc. No new salad dressing until the Blue Cheese, Thousand Island, Caesar, Ranch, and Italian already in the fridge is gone. No matter that I don’t like the Italian. I can’t waste it.Erectile dysfunction viagra no or ED has become the most common sexual problems, especially in males above 40. This medicine is an viagra in uk effective drug which helps to cure all sexual health issues. High Blood Pressure: It is a known fact that High blood sugar level is one to increases the chances of male impotence and it can benefit to online viagra prescription diabetic person from being ED suffering person. Far better yet, make sure it doesn’t even get indexed! online viagra greyandgrey.com If you cannot even get your company’s web website to rank well for its own name, chances are search engine optimization is not the field for you.

When the poultry is gone, I’ll have beans for protein. Beans and rice, beans and noodles in spaghetti sauce. I have four kinds of spaghetti sauce and at least that many kinds of pasta in the pantry.

In one insane Costco moment, I bought an eighty pound bag of oatmeal. A serving for one takes a third of a cup. It’ll be a while before that’s gone. I don’t really like oatmeal, so it goes with chocolate chips, extra-dark cocoa, cinnamon, applesauce, and nuts—always some sort of nut, walnuts, pecans, almonds.

Towards the end of the Eat-Up-Everything-In-The-House segment, I’ll be eating things like a box of frozen Brussel sprouts and a circle of that cow cheese that comes in little red wax balls. A balanced meal.

When it’s over, I’ll go on a shopping spree, but no more Italian dressing—ever.