Remember when I sent Hick to pick up plastic tubs for my Chex Mix? And he brought home 10 giant metal tins? Well, so far I have manged to use five of those 10 tins. Three for my best old ex-teaching buddy Mabel's Chex Mix, and two for our share of the recalled Chex Mix.
Monday, Hick went to Walmart for something Pony-House related, and I asked him to get me the proper plastic tubs for Chex Mix. He DID! His version, anyway...
Hick bought 10, but I only had room for six in the pic. You might notice that these tubs are not connected in two-packs with clear plastic. Hick brought them home in one bag. They were all stacked together. A sideways tower of 10. In the photo, I have put a lid under each one, trying to match them up. THAT was the problem.
Hick said all these tubs were on a shelf. Loose. With lids. Loose. So it was mix 'n' match. He picked two of the pinkish plaid, two of the red plaid, two of the critters, and four of the green signs. That was a decent variety. But the lids are where his pickin' skills were lackin'. Hick had five green lids, and five red lids. One of those looking kind of maroon, as you can see mid-tower. Oh, and each lid had a scene on top. NOT related to any of the tub patterns!
I used the maroonish lid with a gnome and a woodchuck to put on a critter tub. Another red lid had a tractor on it. So I gave that one to one of the four green tubs with signs. The other three red lids said NOEL. So they went on these three plaids. Oh, no! I can't remember the five green lids! If I remember, I'll update tomorrow when I'm upstairs sharing my kitchen table with them.
Anyhoo... these tubs are a bit smaller than I like to give out, but they are great for conserving the Chex Mix! Good for Hick, even it he picks out tub patterns like he picks out shirt patterns to wear for college graduation pictures!
You need to either facetime and give instruction real time, or don't send Hick out for your shopping.
ReplyDeleteTechnology is not my friend, as Genius has declared numerous times. So it will have to be the latter. Although this policy won't take effect until after Christmas, because I am sending him Thursday to BUY THE MEAT he wants to grill on Christmas Day!
DeleteAt least he got them and they were sort of what you asked for! Training them is hard work.
ReplyDeleteThey are adequately serviceable, if not visually pleasing.
DeleteTraining a battalion of cats to wear uniforms and march in formation would be easier than teaching a husband how to shop for a single specific item.
I already now what's going to happen next year. Val will be in the shops in early December picking out her own chex-mix tubs and maybe getting extra for the years ahead.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a huge stash of them, but nobody ever gives them back for refilling these days. Only my best old ex-teaching buddy Mabel, who gives them back like refundable bottles when I give her the current filled tubs.
DeleteIF I get my own Chex tubs, it will be BEFORE I start making 4 batches of it and angering my knees with getting up every 15 minutes to stir.
I used to buy mine after Christmas for the next year at 75% off. That was before Covid, when Walmart overstocked everyhing and then had to reduce it to get rid of it. The good old days!
DeleteI was never brave enough to enter Walmart right after Christmas!
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