update on keds/rifle paper company

 It is a definite NO on the Keds slipons/Rifle paper company.  That memory foam is useless and only causes my feet to hurt.  I wore them for 5 hours yesterday and my feet were killing me.  I came home, put on my traditional Keds and felt great.  No more problems.  So no more experimenting.  I'll stick with the traditional ones.  Absolutely no memory foam.  

Keds.

Having old feet that stood and worked on concrete for 40 years, my feet give me a lot of trouble.  I am now wearing Keds.  My first two pair, one slip on and one lace up, are just basic shoes made from organic cotton.  I love them.  My feet feel so good in them.  

Just ordered and received two new pair.  First up, print made in partner with Rifle Paper Company.  It has a memory foam foot bed and I am not sure I will like that.  In my experience, that memory foam does not hold up lone.  We will see.  The next is a lace up touted as vegan leather.  I just assumed it was plant-based.  Nope.  It is polyester which is plastic.  So probably returning that one.  I do not do plastic.  One, it does not let your feet breathe.  And 2, it is very bad for the environment.  I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how to download from my phone.  Old school here.   

Update on new washer

 I am not a fan of it.  The only real feature to like is the huge tub.  Do not like that I cannot manually stop it to add something.  Do not like that it does not balance easily.  And one of the belts is slipping and am going to have to have a repairman out.  So not a fan.  When I replace it, it will be with one with manual controls.  

New washer

 I had to buy a new washer last month.  My old one, yeah, the intake valve stuck and it flooded my house.  Note to self.  Never ever leave your washer running especially filling.  So after clean up, I started shopping.  I knew I could not afford my first choice at this time.  I would dearly love to have a Speed Queen set, but it is over $2,000.  And I do not have my dryer vent hooked up yet.  So only a washer needed at this time.  I searched Lowes, Home Depot, and Conns. Conns website sucks so I left it pretty quick.  Not a lot of selection at Home Depot.  So Lowes it was.  And I agonized over the one I finally bought.  I needed one with a really big capacity because after last winter's fiasco here in Texas, I stocked up on comforters at the thrift store.  So I needed one that would wash up to a king size comforter.  And Whirlpool fully computerized was the only one I could get.  I do not like it.  But it is what it is.  I'll stick with it.  It does not clean as well as I would like.  

Consumer Cellular phone DORO 7050

I signed a friend with Consumer Cellular a few weeks ago.  They sent her a DORO 7050 flip phone.  It worked great until it didn't. Two days ago, she stopped being able to dial out.  She could receive incoming calls, but could not call out.  So I googled it and found that supposedly she had deactivated outgoing calls.  It gave me a proceedure to get in and reset. So, armed with that knowledge, I go over to her apartment.  I try the phone.  The phone is completely frozen.  I cannot get into menu.  I cannot do anything.  None of the icons work.  So I did some more searching on google and found that this is not uncommon with this phone.  One person said that he had just put it down to a lemon of a phone.  So next step is to send it back.  And I am getting her an Alcatel flip phone.So now we will see if it works.  I do not recommend the DORO 7050/ 

French doors.

 I do not recommend them.  I had them put in in my sun room.  I have spent the morning covering the glass in them with quilts I made for that purpose.  They don't keep out the heat and they don't keep out the cold.  They may look good, but they are not practical from a standpoint of energy efficiency.  I will be replacing them with a single fiberglass door or a single door with glass with built in shade.  

Electric heaters

 Ok, I need work done on my heating system.  I had it shut off back in March, 2020 because I thought I detected gas.  Fast forward to now.  I have not had it fixed because of Covid.  So we are in the middle of a winter storm.  I had already purchased two DurFlame quartz heaters.  They work so-so.  Yesterday I bought 2 DeLongi oil filled heaters.  I have used these in the past.  They work so much better than the quartz heaters.  I have one in my living room and it has kept the room at 70 with no problem.  The other one I put in the bedroom my granddaughter uses.  That room is 20x15.  It is warm.  And the two quartz heaters, on in the back and one in another bedroom, are really straining to keep a temp of 64.  So The quartz heaters will go and I will keep the DeLongi.  Oh, and I am calling for repair on my heating system tomorrow.  I'm feeling brave because I am scheduled to get my first Covid shot next week.  So if you are looking for a heater to just keep a room cozy, I do recommend the DeLongi oil filled heater.  I paid around $75 each for mine.  I found them at Lowe's.