Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

I made the escarole soup yesterday for moi - with lots of garlic - love garlic! - and cooked some chicken cutlets for hubby's dinners. IF I'm up to it later, I'll make an apple crisp. In the winter, I prefer cooked apples to raw.

Had another agent call today wanting to show the house. Told her not while I'm still doing chemo (is that like doing *lunch*?). It's aggravating enough, when you're well, to deal with the no-shows, the cancellations, the too earlys, the way too lates, the arrogance, attitude and the endless foot traffic through your house, but when your energy is fragile, forget about it.

After 3 years, I really don't want to go through it any more. I've had my fill. But there's no other way to sell one's house. At least I don't have to think about it for 3 more months. And maybe the market will have changed enough by then so they don't think they're doing you a favor by looking at your house!

I bought hubby 2 BPA-free water bottles as part of his Christmas presents. He takes a water bottle every day to work and no-one needs cancer-causing chemicals oozing from water bottles into one's drinking water. This particular bottle design does NOT leak - a nice plus. Knock it over accidentally in the car, with no worries.

This then made me go through the plastic containers we have in which he carries, then heats up, his hot lunches in. Ah, all except one was not safe. So I researched and found out that these Rubbermaid containers (amongst others) are BPA-free. So, for $15, I bought a set of them in a variety of sizes, from Drugstore.com.

At home, I never heat up anything in plastic, always in ceramic or glass, but he can't take ceramic or glass to work, so , with these, I can rest my mind.

I also got him some Gloves in a Bottle and Watkins Shea Butter for his poor cracked fingers. He can use the shea butter at night and before he leaves for work, then use the GIAB at work to protect his hands. Love the vanilla scent in the Watkins! I hope this helps.

Gonna go put my feet up and work on those wool EZ tights. Am on the 2nd leg, but haven't knit on them in over week, what with the holidays and working on the capelet. Am eager to see how they'll wear.