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OMG your avatar is one of my favorite characters! Just seeing her makes me happy. :D

About those price hikes. I am wondering when the cost of doing business will make it impossible to continue doing business? I have a nervous feeling like we cutting open the goose that laid the golden egg. I really would like to know your perspective.
Like a lot of small family businesses, we've absorbed price increases over the past two years without passing the pain along, but that's no longer possible. As with everyone else, our customers have seen a lot of information over the past 18 months supply chain issues and inflation. Prices are significantly higher prices for nearly everything they buy.

Many Senior Forum members have posted about skipping foods (like bacon) that have ratcheted up in price in favor of less expensive cuts. Some are eating more meatless meals, others are making more meals from scratch. Many are combining all three strategies to reduce their food costs.

Since our company furnishes required embellished uniform apparel for which we are the exclusive provider, we've see how purchasing patterns shift during various economic cycles. When times get tough, most people scale down their purchases. They'll buy fewer sets of school uniforms for their children and shorten up their family's laundry cycle to compensate. Many do the same for their own work apparel, whether a uniform or clothing that can be purchased anywhere. Ditto their leisure clothing.

This inflationary cycle is unlikely to put us out of business, but even if it does it won't be tragic because DH and I had only planned to keep it going until the end of 2022...

p.s. Glad Ernestine makes you smile. I've been a Lily Tomlin fan since hovering near the TV while my parents watched Laugh-In back in the 60s. Saw her live act several years ago. The woman is still an absolute hoot!
 

Here's what I do....
#1- I use about 1-1 1/2 lbs ground beef and I add whatever spices etc that I normally would. Then I form meatballs and cook them in the microwave (yep!). Once they are cooked, I divide them up into 3 storage bowls.

#2- I mix up a can of tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, vinegar, lemon juice, brown sugar, etc. Then I divide that into 3 portions and add a portion to each bowl of meatballs. Freeze the bowls!

#3- When I want to make this meal, I buy a small cabbage and cut it into 1-inch pcs. I put the cabbage into my stew pot and add one (thawed) container of meatballs and juice.

#4- Simmer until cabbage is tender. Eat!

I like easy....easy to make, easy to clean up....easy to eat! ๐Ÿ˜
What a terrific idea! I've got some Beyond Meat burgers in my freezer that aren't doing a darn thing...
 
On my short morning walk around 6:50,a vast improvement walking since most of sidewalks are shoveled,temp was 21 with no wind.
My plan this morning is to go for a longer walk maybe to local convient store just to get exercise/fresh air. I'm so use to being out side in this weather,I get stir crazy when I can't
No other plans read NYT,local paper, my book
 
Went to the local hospital for my N.P. order Conav test. I'll get the results today. I saw her yesterday with a really bad cough. I thought I was coughing up a big toe. She is an N.P. I think they do sometimes a better job with your problem. She read my hospital report from May last year. She said you had two Drs there tell you to not get anymore Conav shot? I said yes.

She did blood tests yesterday, X-rays of the chest that she said looked like a lot of gook in the lungs & causing me to be short of breath. That's why the Conav test today.

She gave me an RX of a liquid for my nebulizer to help with my cough. I used one last night & one this morning & it's working great as my cough is down to my normal Asthma cough.
 
More phone calls today to legal bodies .. lots of promises of return calls because people were already busy, but not one call back..*sigh*.. I suppose because it's Friday they all want to get home early..

Tidied away some stuff.. organised a few other things into matching boxes in the spare room .. but nothing more than that..

Not sure whether to have salmon fillet for dinner tonight or chicken thighs...
 
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Went out to lunch after my doctor appointment, got to add him to my once a year list. Had lunch at the Korean BBQ which is where Iโ€™d like to eat every dang day. Ate too many sesame balls although I swore I would not. No, not telling how many. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Was stuffed but then I needed frozen yogurt due to a phone call. Stress eating.

Joeyโ€s sheltered workshop called. We would like to have Joey stay home until we decide he can come back. WHAT? We are code RED. HUH? We have COVID in the building-again and we donโ€™t want Joey to get it. We have a LOT of Covid. ๐Ÿ˜ก

We also think he should not go to his worksite in town. (He works at Texas Roadhouse twice a week.). Salt Lake County is getting 8000 new cases of Covid a day. ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

So, Joey is staying home. But it might be too late, who knows? Not me. ๐Ÿคฌ
 
Today, I attended my first military/biker funeral.

First there was a 45-minute procession of about 60 motorcycles and cars to the National Cemetery.

Then a mixture of military and biker rituals (Marines, flag folding and presentation, taps, rifle firing salute, wearing of the biker jackets and emblems, lots of flags).

Then, as all biker events include, we went somewhere to eat and drink.

Before you start visualizing some Hell's Angels-type gathering, understand this group are all old farts. The deceased was in his mid-80's and most of the "gang" is at least 70. These guys eat lunch and get home before dark.

It was a great occasion, with several clubs represented and the Patriot Guard in attendance. He would have approved.
 
Today, I attended my first military/biker funeral.

First there was a 45-minute procession of about 60 motorcycles and cars to the National Cemetery.

Then a mixture of military and biker rituals (Marines, flag folding and presentation, taps, rifle firing salute, wearing of the biker jackets and emblems, lots of flags).

Then, as all biker events include, we went somewhere to eat and drink.

Before you start visualizing some Hell's Angels-type gathering, understand this group are all old farts. The deceased was in his mid-80's and most of the "gang" is at least 70. These guys eat lunch and get home before dark.

It was a great occasion, with several clubs represented and the Patriot Guard in attendance. He would have approved.
Now that's interesting Jujube, wish I had been a fly on the wall. We have a similar biker club for old farts. Itโ€™s called the Ulysses Club

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Ok.....i'm not going to ask google nest hub if it's going to snow, i did that again today, and right again, so.......guess what i'm doing again.
Seems like that's all i do.
Don't know if i'll make it till Monday without bananas.....store's out till then......i want my bananas...๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ
The grocery thing was yesterday.....so i've been going through banana withdrawal since yesterday.
 
Ok.....i'm not going to ask google nest hub if it's going to snow, i did that again today, and right again, so.......guess what i'm doing again.
Seems like that's all i do.
Don't know if i'll make it till Monday without bananas.....store's out till then......i want my bananas...๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ
The grocery thing was yesterday.....so i've been going through banana withdrawal since yesterday.
I hate bananas except banana splits, I love banana splits, as long as they hold the bananas. ๐Ÿ˜‚
 
Went out to lunch after my doctor appointment, got to add him to my once a year list. Had lunch at the Korean BBQ which is where Iโ€™d like to eat every dang day. Ate too many sesame balls although I swore I would not. No, not telling how many. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Was stuffed but then I needed frozen yogurt due to a phone call. Stress eating.

Joeyโ€s sheltered workshop called. We would like to have Joey stay home until we decide he can come back. WHAT? We are code RED. HUH? We have COVID in the building-again and we donโ€™t want Joey to get it. We have a LOT of Covid. ๐Ÿ˜ก

We also think he should not go to his worksite in town. (He works at Texas Roadhouse twice a week.). Salt Lake County is getting 8000 new cases of Covid a day. ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

So, Joey is staying home. But it might be too late, who knows? Not me. ๐Ÿคฌ
So just got a phone call from the group home mamager who said โ€œ so you no longer want Joey to attend the day program?โ€ ๐Ÿ™„. Oh good god. No, I said, the day program wants him to stay home. โ€œOh, well, I will give them a call.โ€

Yup. Cause the day program who said they would call her, didnโ€™t and you know, Iโ€™d lie about that. ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

She said she would call me back. Oh, goody. Canโ€™t wait. ๐Ÿคฎ. I really really really dislike these people on a huge scale, HUGE. Didnโ€™t bother to call the social worker, she has become useless. ๐Ÿคฌ
 
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