That's the ticket!

 Here is my Kitten Caboodle. I have the first one leaving tomorrow. She will be a birthday gift for a little girl who has worked very hard to prove herself responsible enough for pet ownership. I have advertised the rest and am hopeful to find homes for them. 

I spent yesterday dehydrating vegetables and making spaghetti sauce. I did 10 lbs of potatoes, a sheet of cherry tomatoes, a sheet of squash, green beans, and tomato skins from my sauce tomatoes. I threw three sheets of potatoes in yesterday evening and let them go all night. It keeps the house toasty warm. 

My daughter in law introduced me to refrigerator oats. Boy, are they a great breakfast. To a couple handfuls of oats, I add one tbsp of wheat germ, flax and chia seed. Cover with milk, stir, store in the fridge overnight. I put the bowl in the microwave for a minute, give a good stir and toss in a handful of fruit. Just that quickly, a healthy breakfast is ready. 

We have just one side of the house left to side and should be done this week, which will be a very nice feeling.

I was talking to a friend last night and she mentioned that she and her husband were driving to Erie to listen to Barack Obama speak. Tim and I looked at each other. I think we both were filled with a longing for the days when being a Democrat did not make you 'evil', when we had a president who spoke sensibly and calmly. I called and we were able to get tickets. 

Isn't buying tickets a strange experience? The tickets are bought up by different ticket selling companies. I did not realize this. After looking online and seeing that I could get tickets starting at $49.50, I called. I was told that tickets began at $140! EACH! He told me that he had no control over what other ticket companies were charging. 

"Wait," I said. "Didn't I call the sports arena?" He was a bit cagey on it, but when pressed he did say that the arena did not sell tickets directly. He also offered to sell me seats at $109. each. 

"Will that work for you?" 

"Not really," I said. We had just forked out for the next round of cat neutering and as a treat for getting the siding done, we had also bought ourselves tickets to see Kansas again.

The man immediately said, "I can get you two at $80." I was getting a bit uneasy, but Tim nodded.

I told him to go ahead. He came back almost immediately and said the $80 were gone, but made the $109 offer again.

I did not like how the conversation was going.

He pressed. "Is that going to work for you?" 

"No thanks," I said, and hung up. 

I bought us tickets on line. They were advertised at $28 each, but with their service charges, it wound up being $99, $105 with tax. They were deceptive too, but it did not cost us nearly as much.