clayshaper

Note about Bento’s, if you have never done them or don’t know what products to start with:

Jim LOVES a food called a “mochi”... they’re rice-dough, around red bean paste that is sweet. His favourite flavour is “pineapple” but he has liked all of them so far. (except kiwi. apparently that was a no go.) ...they also come in a generic red bean paste flavour, with all sorts of wheat or grain doughs…

Also, a big hit for him has been the dried squid- it’s like jerky, not gross at all… little white-ish pale meat strips, like shredded jerky… very yummy, he says!

For me, a cookie called a “cocoa puff” is a big hit… they’re not overly sweet, and despite the name, they don’t taste chocolately. They’re like a tea biscuit, only not so sweet… and the cocoa powder inside is mild and more cocoa, less ‘chocolate’. :) YUM.

At least I’m getting SOMEthing done!

I bought two of those rubbermaid drawer-units, that are the size of a small dresser? Two of them stacked makes a great storage unit! The bottom drawer now has ALL the dog equipment in it (which is a lot of clutter to get off the various spots in the house!)...

Now I need to start putting some of the half-boxed stuff into them… like my partner’s yarn, and stuff that’s stacked on counters around there. :P

On the up side, I have about three full bags of GARBAGE ready to go out (like old papers, empty boxes, trash of the cluttery sort) and one box of stuff for goodwill. :)

Packing some lunches, and just gathering things together- Jim’s found a sudden LOVE of a little yummy thing called a “Mochi”... if you can get to a japanese store, you can buy them. Uwijimaya up here, carries a HUGE range of them. They’re basically rice paste/dough buns with red bean paste inside… only they come in LOTS of flavours. TONS of them, in fact! His favourite so far has been pineapple- but not all are fruity or sweet. Some are herb flavoured, etc… Another huge hit? Edamame. (soybeans boiled in the pod, then brushed with butter and sea salt, and served as an appetizer so you eat just the little soybean/peas from inside!) We found good bento-box alternatives for now, in the form of ‘lock lid’ style containers. :) So far, so good!