12/20/25 - Meals & News
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (212945)
United States
December 21, 2025 6:11am CST
89 days until spring.
Winter solstice is today, 12/21 at 10:03 AM EST...the shortest day of the year. Soon the days will start getting longer again...I can't wait.
The PowerBall jackpot is up to $1.6 billion. No winners last night.
Did I ever tell you about the dining room full of aluminum cans? Hubby was collecting them; and the dining room was full of garbage bags full of aluminum cans. He never did take any to the recycling center. Cousin #2 is gradually taking them; and we are using the money for holiday meals. There are still some in the basement and garage as well.
Breakfast - Unsalted peeanuts
Lunch - Chicken and vegan cheese sandwich, veggie straws, yogurt
Dessert/Snack - Nature's Bakery Brownie
Dinner - PB&J sandwich, veggie poppables
What did you eat yesterday?
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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12 responses
@DaddyEvil (167146)
• United States
21 Dec
We've been saving aluminum cans, as well. There are several dozen bags of them out in the garage that we should gather up and take. There's an aluminum recycling center on the other side of our city from us, so not too far. (Pretty prefers drinking sugar-free soda from cans. When she finishes a can of soda, she rinses it and I crush it.)
I ate a hot ham and cheese sandwich for breakfast yesterday along with a fiber brownie and ate some Salted Caramel ice cream for lunch. Around midnight, I made some hash browns for supper and ate them with a mix of ketchup and mayo. YUM!
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@LindaOHio (212945)
• United States
21 Dec
They're paying $.42 a pound right now for aluminum. Down a little bit but still good.
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@DaddyEvil (167146)
• United States
21 Dec
@LindaOHio I don't know what they're paying here.
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@LadyDuck (492593)
• Italy
22 Dec
@LindaOHio - Even if we bring ourselvs to the recycling center we get nothing.
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@LindaOHio (212945)
• United States
22 Dec
We have two recycling centers nearby.
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@FourWalls (82700)
• United States
21 Dec
My next door neighbor saves aluminum cans for me to take to the no-kill animal shelter. In return, I save the pull tabs from the soup cans and cat food cans for them!
I had chicken & cheese-stuffed baked potato for lunch and finished off my chicken & veggie soup for dinner with a grilled cheese sammich. Yogurt and apples and applesauce!
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@LindaOHio (212945)
• United States
22 Dec
That's nice that they take aluminum cans.
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@akalinus (44339)
• United States
22 Dec
@LindaOHio my first and second comment disappeared.
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@LindaOHio (212945)
• United States
22 Dec
Winter sucks. Hubby and I should have moved to the Keys when we had the chance.
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@LindaOHio (212945)
• United States
22 Dec
Yes, it was getting embarrassing when someone would come over!
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@MommyOfEli2013 (86721)
• Rupert, Idaho
21 Dec
that's nice the days will be longer again....would be nice if we'd see the sun out longer already lol.
that'd still be a nice amount to win
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@MommyOfEli2013 (86721)
• Rupert, Idaho
23 Dec
@LindaOHio and it is not dark when I take my son to school in the morning!
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@BarBaraPrz (51317)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Dec
Happy Solstice!
Who needs to win the Powerball when you have a dining room and basement of aluminum cans... 
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@LindaOHio (212945)
• United States
22 Dec
Happy Solstice to you too. lol We have enough cans for Christmas, we already paid in cans for Thanksgiving...don't know if we'll have enough for New Year's Day's meal.
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@snowy22315 (202517)
• United States
21 Dec
I have to remember to call my representative, Virginia needs to get with the program and give cash back for aluminum cans. Not that I have that many, as pop has gotten ridiculously expensive, and when I do buy it, it is usually the 2 liter bottles, but being able to recycle cans and get cash back is a good option.
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@LindaOHio (212945)
• United States
22 Dec
I drink two cans of sugar free pop a day. The cans add up fast. Hubby used to drink pop with sugar way too much.
@LeaPea2417 (39432)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Dec
How much money have you earned from the bags of cans so far?
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@LindaOHio (212945)
• United States
22 Dec
I'm not sure. Cousin #2 has to give me an accounting. It was enough to pay for Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas.
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@wolfgirl569 (129142)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Dec
Glad she is getting those cleared out for you
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@LindaOHio (212945)
• United States
22 Dec
Yes, they've been an eyesore for years.
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@RasmaSandra (93946)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Dec
In my slow cooker two chicken thighs, potatoes, and diced tomatoes, It came out good,
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