Gifts from afar (well, 300 miles afar)

My professor brother came for a short visit this week. He was here for a few hours but I did not actually visit with him much as 4 of my grandchildren were here and those busy little ones kept us entertained and busy.

After he left, I looked at the good things he brought....

Squash, eggplant, cukes, peppers and a giant zucchini all home grown by our electrician brother

A peck of Arkansas peaches- so delicious!  They are really big peaches too. We are eating some and some will get sliced and frozen. I was happy to find a container of Fruit Fresh in my pantry to use on them, peaches will turn an unappetizing brown in the freezer without it.

And a stack of coupons from my mom. 

Thank you Mom and brothers. 

Life changing hair brush

I have thin fine longish hair that tangles like crazy, especially after shampooing, no matter how well I condition it or what kind of pick or wide toothed comb I used. My daughter and her daughter have the same tangly hair. 

Daughter in law Sheena is a hairdresser and she knew just how to solve this. She got them "The Wet Brush" 

The Wet Brush goes through wet or dry hair with ease, as if there were no tangles. It does not pull out hair and just makes the combing out a speedy pleasure instead of a long difficult task to be dreaded.  My hair even stays smoother all day after using The Wet Brush. 

Sheena gets The Wet Brush from a beauty supply distributor.  She sells them at her salon and I am guessing many other salons also sell them. 

I got mine from Amazon, they have different sizes and colors and sell for about $8.

Hair seems to either be the tangling kind or the non tangling kind. If you have the tangling kind, you ought to look into these.  I don't have enough words to describe how much easier my hair routine is because of this new brush.  

According to the package, these brushes are made in England.  No, I am not a paid spokesperson, just a big fan. 

a mistake that turned out to be for the best...

We eat salad about 6 nights every week.  I usually make it in a big bowl and each batch lasts about 2 nights.  I like salad and my husband really really likes salad,  he eats his serving in a 1 quart vegetable bowl.

I usually grate the carrots with a Salad Shooter. I was going to use the slicing attachment on the Salad Shooter for them but I goofed, and ran the radishes through on the same shred attachment that I use for carrots.

It turned out for the best.  This batch of radishes was extra hot so the small shred made them a little more gentle to eat.  

This salad is romaine, bell peppers, red onion and shredded radishes. Picture was taken before the carrots and tomatoes were added.