Showing posts with label ice tray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ice tray. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Dukes Mixture

 

 I ordered silicone ice trays and WOW! what a deal. They came with lids, the bottom is soft. Turn upside down and you can push out the cubes you want, of twist slightly and all come falling down. Thanks for telling me about them Ann. Fresh in the freezer straight from Amazon and no cubes on the floor. My first ever ice trays that came with a Ice Tray Manual, both sides with photos. I am still giggling


Duke's Mixture 2.  Above are the shopping bags I take with me to Wal-Mart. 3 weeks ago, I purchased 2 of the bags with wine bottles on them and the other one is what bob's hearing aids came in.
the big bag I have had since selling Real Estate in early 90's
Those wine bags are PERFECT they stand up by themselves, they have pockets to use or not, and I wanted a couple more but they were not to be found in WM which is where I got them.
I like the stand up kind, the others are all floppy and fall around while trying to fill them.

Now I need to make a sign to hang on the steering wheel that says get them out of the trunk 
Dumb bunny.



My morning BP pill,  sits in my coffee cup, next to the coffee pot, I have not forgotten it  a single time since I store it there. 
If you are pondering what is Dukes Mixture, it means to me a hodgepodge of whatever.
Found on WWW

What does Duke's mixture mean?
Years ago there was a "Duke's Mixture" pipe tobacco that was "low end and
The public snickered at Duke's Mixture brand, because it was low end, was a thrown together stew of tobacco odds and ends, and this led early on to the phrase duke's mixture and we sometimes still hear used today, to mean a hodge-podge of something.



Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Five Trays a Day

 


I don't use ice, and one of my new caregiver chores that I never had to do in the past is making 5 trays a day of ice. Bob uses 5 trays; he does share several cubes a day with 
Beau, who loves to crunch ice.

Several things cause a problem, 
A. He has made his own ice for 40 years. 
B. I have no experience and now I drop everything I pick up. 
C. I struggle to crack the cubes loose
D. When I turn it upside down, into the Ice Bin, they fall all over the floor.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS I CAN'T REMEMBER TO DO IT UNTIL HE NEEDS ICE!
 I found an answer to keep them off the floor and counter, that blue bowl is just the right size to dump them in and pour into the ice bin.. Anyone have an idea to help me remember to dump the trays, and refill? or how to get the trays to let go those cubes?