Have a wee headache this a.m. and a touch of the sniffles. Sure hope I'm not getting DH's cold of last week -- but if so, I suppose it would explain my lack of energy yesterday, heh....

I think I shall write a To-Do list this morning, to help keep myself on track. I'm happiest when I feel like I'm actually keeping on top of things....

One thing on the list, will be to clean up and test the toaster oven we curb-lifted the other day. It's funny, because I have had toaster ovens on my mind for some time. The kids and I like to work with polymer clay (which requires baking to cure) and I've thought it would be a good idea to have a small toaster oven to use exclusively for our clay projects. And then there it was -- a Toaster Oven, set out on the curb about a block down, sitting all by itself on top of the snow. After it didn't budge for a day or two I decided it had my name on it, and sent DD down to fetch it and bring it home. There are crumbs on the bottom to be cleaned out, and it could use some wiping down from being outside. Other than that it looks fine. A quick check when we first brought it home proved it does indeed heat up at least -- I will test it with an oven thermometer to see if it's actually accurate/consistant (important in baking clay). If it all works out I will be very pleased. We enjoy working with the clay, but I'm wanting to spare my kitchen oven any stray baking clay residues -- just don't want that in contact with my food, y'know...?

Anyway, living in a college town does have its' perks. Students come and go -- and not infrequently dump their possesions in the most wasteful of ways when they do. Dumpster Divers in this town can find quite a bonanza with very little effort after the school terms. Just last summer, my DD surprised me by toting home a perfectly good blender, and a nice new-looking umbrella, that someone had pitched on the curb just across the street when they moved out. Score! I actually regularly use these things...!