Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: Catching Up

      Still working on going through what we brought home from Michigan -- but we are definitely making progress. I am hoping to be completely done by the end of this week. A few appraisals need to be completed yet -- but those will be done by week's end, too.

     The Mama's estate sale was this past weekend -- and harder than I thought it would be, even with several states between us and the Michigan farm. I did glance at the advertising quickly, but that was all I could bear to do. One major blessing: the estate sale staging made it look like a totally different house. One cousin, who stopped by, said the same thing. "They even put the living room couch in the dining room!" she said. The sale included some of our things that we didn't have room for -- and a number of The Mama's things I would have loved to have kept. But no room for those, either.      

Based on some of the clueless and chuckleheaded things our Fearless Leaders have been (caught) doing in recent weeks, was Mark Twain right when he said, 

   "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."

I'm starting to wonder too! At this point, it seems to be a tossup.

Meanwhile:

Twenty great movies that had HUGE problems behind the scenes. (Well, they ended up great.)

Two neighborhood boys agree to shovel snow -- and what they say to each other after they get the job!

Healthy but cost-efficient food you can live on...thanks, Quora readers, for the input. In this vein:

How to turn 'table scraps' into delicious meals.  Donna Freedman passes on her wisdom.

Frugal tips you've tried -- but abandoned, because they didn't work for you. (From One Frugal Girl)

What do you do if you live in a car -- but need a street address?  Be sure to read Jay Douglas' response on this Quora thread -- it's priceless.

A woman drops her phone in a pit toilet at a national park -- and falls in, trying to retrieve it. Have you ever SEEN the contents of these pit toilets?? Yuck...at least she retrieved her phone (and called for help with it).

A little dog boogies to the band.

Two more Quora questions to interest and amuse you. (Guess where I've been hanging out this week?)

"If I'm cooking dinner for my family, what are some foolproof easy recipes?"

"What's the cheapest dinner to make?"

Have a great week.