"ONE" January 22, 2025
Please do not be alarmed. This is not me in the photo. I did not buy a wife beater. I know that many of you instantly assumed that I posted a picture of myself doing reverse lunges, that is not the case. If you look closely, I think you will agree that this guy is just not that pretty. So SYMBO has been patiently walking around these two kettlebells that have been on the kitchen floor for a couple of years. January first, I pull out the workout routine that I have been saving (for a couple years). First exercise, three sets of ten, goes OK. "One, two three, etc.". Second exercise, third exercise, no problem. I have a fine sheen of sweat on my glistening body (this is not a bald faced attempted to insert some sexual innuendo into my post ... this small detail will matter in a minute). Fourth exercise ... reverse lunge. I start with my feet together, take a large step back with one foot and slowly lower myself to the position in the photo. When my knee is still six inches in the air, both hips flash that "DO UP YOUR SEATBELT" sign and refuse to go any further. No problem. I'll just drop the weights and get back up. PROBLEM. Weights are gone and I am splayed like a birch tree and cannot get up or down, gracefully. DOWN GOES FRASIER. Of course, I have started laughing at this point and crawl over to the kitchen table. One hand on the table and one greasy sweaty hand to the arm of my swivel office chair. What could go wrong? Yup. Hand slipped off that spinning pleather arm rest and I am back on the ground. More carefully this time and with both hands, I am holding the non-skid table top which is firmly bolted to the kitchen floor. I rise. Like a graceful gazelle escaping the clutches of that hungry lion named GRAVITY. I turn and note that my beloved dog has been watching this entire performance with her head cocked to one side as dogs do when confronted with insanity. "ONE", I announce to her in a loud clear voice.
I was up north last week with my best friend and we were engaged in our annual ritual of putting a one ton ice hut out on the lake. It's just a lot of very hard work. I had told him this story and every time one of us would drag his old ass out of the snow and stand up again ... "ONE". We laughed and laughed. We seniors are easily amused I guess.
The Shopper flyers was a lot of nothing. I guess everyone cashed in on that double Bonus Redemption Event so Shopper are not that keen. The Zehr's flyer was better so the list is a bit longer this week. There are a couple of strategic purchases. I'm not suggesting you buy 35 cans of Campbell's tomato soup, but you could do worse. Full price, that's over $62 worth of soup. It's on sale for a buck a can. So you spend $35, get $5 back in point, your savings are 55%. What I might suggest is you check your offers to see if you have that deal? Take your clicker and walk the canned good aisle. You know, soup, beans, canned pasta, tuna, salmon & chili? Look for stuff that is one sale and that your family eats all the time Load up until you have spent the $35. Here's the list:
I was going looking for a single Old El Paso seasoning mix and found my stash of specialized ingredients for making scratch Pho soup. Needless to say the pot I made about five years ago was excellent but, it took all day to make and was expensive. I remember the look of disdain on SWMBO's face when I told her what I spent at the Vietnamese grocery store. There is a fast and inexpensive way to make something 90% as good. I have included everything you need in your list above except for one lime.
Might be an abbreviated offering next week as SWMBO is demanding I take her with me next time I go north.
Mitch & Maddie