All right, MDM has been sick for awhile.  She got her flu shot, but like so many others, it didn’t cover all the "bugs" out there.  So, now that she is better it’s time to reconnoiter the living environ and put things back in order especially  from her spouse’s kitchen forays.  

Several items are not known, or if known, not used by her husband–ever.  For instance, red meat is a staple, unless it is a rotisserie chicken–gourmet or healthy food is suspect by the Alpha male, condiments are salt, pepper, and ketchup.  Well, you get the picture.  While inventorying the destruction–remember while ill, any and all things that could not find a home in a cabinet were simply placed on any available space like the kitchen counter top, table, and, yes, even the floor. 

After using a machete to get to the interior of the kitchen, unlabeled items had to be checked, inventoried, labeled, and at times chucked.  For instance, MDM eventually found the brown sugar in a cannister marked "tea."   Oh well, at least it was in something.  That’s the good news–the bad news, after opening the canister, the brown sugar is hard as a rock.  Spouse says, "Throw it!"  MDM shocked says "No, it can be saved."  Either with a slice of an apple–not likely, fruit was not part of the grocery list during MDM’s bout with the flu.  Okay, we need to make a grocery list with fresh fruit and vegetables at the top of it. 

However, with the belief that if there is a need, one can find a gadget , MDM went online and found a great solution for the formidable brown sugar  rock  at Crate & Barrel with instructions that will keep it from being tossed out by hubby and will continue to keep the  brown sugar fresh for little money.  It’s called the Brown Sugar Saver, an exclusive at Crate & Barrel, for $3.95+sh.  Terra cotta square that you soak in water and add to the rock.  Easy, money saving idea, plus, even more important, it has writing on it so he won’t make a mistake and eat it!  Hey, It could happen!

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