I made a little list of "indoor tasks" to work on during the blizzard, or else I'd just be vegging out. so yesterday, I'd been meaning to clean out my spice racks for a long time. the expiration dates are mostly written in small print on the bottom, so I got out a sharpie pen and a magnifying glass! anything expired got tossed, which was about 75% of the spices !! The ones I kept, I wrote the expiration date in red sharpie on the side of the container so I could see it. I washed the two lazy susan shelves and the three cabinet shelves and added new shelf paper, then put all the spices I kept on the shelves alphabetically. Have needed to do this for a long time. Henceforth, I'll buy the smallest spice sizes available and will check before buying anything exotic, because on some, I had 3-4 of the same spice, many expired.
This AM, I made up a recipe I'd found to clean ceramic tiles, especially the grout. I won't use those commercial tile cleaners. This concoction used baking soda, dish soap, and hydrogen peroxide, and I sprayed it on and left it a few minutes. it seemed to work well! The ceramic tile shower and tile floors in two bathrooms got cleaned . We're on the back end of the storm now so hope to begin digging out later this afternoon. About13" here with possibility of 3 more, but it's mostly snow showers now.
Good for you guys who are making music! I'm a retired band director. Enjoying down time from garden work this time of year.
It now tastes like runny pasta sauce instead of tomato soup. 
But I can't taste the brandy in the soup. Maybe I should add more? 
