Between bugs, mold, and virus the garden is done for the year.  Coming into September is a factor as well.

I still count it a good year.  We ate well all Summer, and have at least a years worth of sauce and dried herbs put away.  Hell, just today we finished the last tomato sauce from last year!

I pulled the stakes and trellis, setting them aside for next season.  Then I put the Toyota in 4x4 and played 'marching back and forth' till it was all crunched up. 

Then I called the good people at Freedom Firewood, and just like that our first cord appeared.  The next two cords are already arranged and paid for.  Seems a WAY better deal than $5.69 a gallon heating oil.

Cigar Bid....

 

This AJ Fuentes perfecto has been in my humidor since I got them less than a month ago.  It's carefully kept between 65% and 70% humidity, so this dried out condition didn't happen there.  The shipping took only a day or two from CI and they stayed cellophane wrapped in the box the whole time.

I'm beginning to wonder if CI and CB cigars are more reasonably priced because they've had unhappy childhoods from which there is no return.

Lazy breakfast

One click and the entire post vanished.  Okay.. that's done for today.  If anyone wants the biscuit recipe pop a message.

As noted yesterday.... now with more updateness.

 

Yesterday Walmart flubbed our food order.  I ordered 4 pounds of sliced lunchmeat, and they delivered well in excess of 30 pounds.  Over $300 in rare roast beef, good ham, good salami...

Of course I called the store, who knew all about it.  They told the Tie Guys it was wrong, and were instructed to shut up and fill  the order.

Then I called Walmart.com and spoke with Fromfarfaraway man, who I sort of understood.  While speaking to him about the upcoming charge, and knowing the deli-sliced meat could not be returned, I was in another window ordering a vacuum sealer on Amazon.  It's something I've been mulling for a year or two, but just couldn't justify the expense.  Well, a huge pile of lunch meat on our counter kicked me past that decision point.

(Fromfarfaraway guy said we would not be charged for their mistake.  I think.  I'm still waiting for their charge to clear before I'll be settled).

(UPDATE; The charge posted, and Fromfarfaraway man really did fix the ticket.  Color me pleased).

Roughly 1/3rd of the pile went to nice-neighbor-lady who has a family to feed. I enjoyed doing that.  The rest, I spent 30 minutes this morning separating it into typical use amounts and vacuum sealing them for the freezer. I think a years supply, roughly.

I related all that to explain this; This Nesco vacuum sealer is really cool.  I wish I'd bit this bullet a few years ago.  I can see this thing saving us significant bucks.  Buying family packs of.. well.. everything. Entire pork loins, whole briskets, fruit by the bushel, you name it.  It also opens up the world of sou vide, and vacuum marinating.  Damn.

In honor of the useful new widget I baked two quiches this morning (Ham and cheese, naturally).  One for dinner tonight, and the other to try the vacuum sealer on.

Now there is an entire delicious homemade quiche in the freezer, needing only thaw and heat to be a family meal.  Like I said.. cool.

Huh.... well.....

 Um... yeah... so.....

I ordered a Walmart delivery.  We needed a couple odd things and it was just cheaper and easier to let them hoof it over to the house.  As long as I had that coming, I tossed some lunch meat on the order so the fam can do sandwich night.  A small amount of four kinds of meat, and some sliced pepper jack.    Why?  Because smoked turkey sandwich, that's why.

Walmart must have hiccupped something fierce in the deli this morning. Instead of a half pound of lean roast beef at $16.87 a pound, they sent SIXTEEN pounds of rare roast beef.  Another TWELVE pounds of honey ham, THREE pounds of salami, and the one pound of smoked turkey I actually ordered.  Altogether about 30 pounds of lunchmeat.

Yes, I called the store.  "Oh, are you  the guy who ordered sixteen pounds of roast beef?"  to which I replied "No, I'm the guy who ordered 1/2 a pound of roast beef but got sent SIXTEEN pounds of roast beef".   A chuckle, followed by "We knew that was wrong and we told the office people but they said just do it".

I ended up on the phone with Wallmart.com, trying to decipher what Fromfarfaraway man was saying.  I'm 80% sure he said just keep it and we never be charged because we never did wrong.... or something like that.  He seemed shocked when I said we'd give it to all the neighbors and say it's a gift from Walmart.  

Well, one neighbor, and she has hubby, kids, and grandad to feed so that's a good place to drop half the pile.  The rest?  I just ordered a vacuum sealer and it will be here by tonight.  I have wanted one a long time for freezing stuff, and $300 of lunch meat is a great excuse.

So, there I wuz...

Odd how memories surface for no apparent reason.

Maybe 30 years ago, I was shooting on a private range in Southern Chester county.  I was alone but for two guys who came in and set up a few spots down the bench from me.  They uncased an M-1 and spent some time fiddling with it.

I heard Bang Bang PING! and the clip landed on the ground behind us.

They proceeded to spend 20 minutes trying to load the rifle again, without any luck.  I walked over and picked up the clip, offering it to them. "You might want this back".

They yelled at me.  Said it wasn't their's and mind my own business. Huh.

I walked away and tossed the clip into my bag.  No good deed goes unpunished, right?

Like winning the lottery....

 

Stopped in the grocery store in person and found some Not-Chicken on 50% off yellow tag.  These days it's a bit like winning the lottery.

Two out of every three days....

 

The very last meme post here...

 

Midweek Meme Dump Part II

 

 Things I've learned in life, #5481:

When dealing with money and a large soulless corporation, there comes a time when one should shove it all into the hands of a good attorney and let them do their job.  Often, the sooner the better.

 Good friends, good food, great evening.

Mega Meme Dump, Sunday version