Another quiet day; I finally caught up on my blog reading from the past two weeks and beat my email inbox down to zero, at least briefly.

We voyaged to the wilds of San Mateo County this afternoon to pick up an order of spices from the Penzeys store in Menlo Park. It was odd seeing outdoor dining and beauty salons still open there – we did not indulge.

The real reason for the trip was to return a batch of books and a DVD to the Jewish Community Library at the JCC in Palo Alto – we handed them to the security guard at the entrance to the parking lot, and we trust they will eventually make their way to the Library itself.

Progress comes in small steps.

Today was a very quiet day; probably the most exciting thing I did was replace the light covers on our range hood (and, while I was at it, I put LED bulbs in to replace the incandescents without waiting for them to burn out; I think the old bulbs have been there for at least a decade, so I don’t feel too guilty about not getting every last second out of them).

And I wrote another product review – this time for the electric blanket we bought from Costco last month, which has unusual controls (they are only illuminated for a few seconds when you turn on or adjust the blanket – that’s a problem for some people, but doesn’t bother us).

Perhaps tomorrow will be more interesting.