I'm a lid influencer

Hi guys! Happy Monday to you!

We're gonna do a little miscellany to start off the week.

I'm a lid influencer

I'm doing influencing in real life. 😉 In an unplanned and sporadic campaign, I have been spreading the word on my hospital unit about the silicone Sophico lids for Pyrex containers. I told a fellow nurse about them months ago, she ordered some right there in the lunchroom, and she's been loving them ever since.

I told my nurse friend Brittany about them, and now she and her mom both have some.

Last week, I was sitting next to one of our nurse practitioners when I happened to spy her very cracked rectangular Pyrex lid, and I was like, "OHHHHHHH, I know just what you need!" She placed an order on the spot.

These lids are seriously so, so good; I will never go back. And I will never need to go back, because these lids last and last and last. Once you buy them, you are good to go, probably for life.

In fact, I've had my oldest ones since 2020, and they still look brand new. This is a case where spending a little more pays off in the long run.

Also for you thrifters: You know how lidless Pyrex containers are often on the shelves? You can pick those up, get some silicone lids, and you're all set.

(I always assume the lidless Pyrex is there because the donor's original lids cracked. And I am probably right. 😉 )

Why I'm going part-time

Jana asked about this recently, so here's why in bullets:

• I'm tired! Full-time work plus school plus running a blog is a lot for one person
• Two shifts a week vs. three shifts still gives me plenty of opportunities to be a nurse
• I can still keep my health insurance benefits at two shifts a week
• I have to do some extra classes this fall to meet my scheduled graduation goal
• One less shift each week = less likelihood I will burn out on the nursing profession
• I do not need the full-time income to survive financially; I have my blog, and I am grateful!

Nursing is very flexible, and nothing is set in stone. I can always pick up more shifts if I want to, and I can always go back to full-time after I graduate if I want to.

But at least for right now, part-time is the right decision.

Four more weeks! 🙂

Tomato Soup: a non-recipe

Lots of you asked for my tomato soup recipe, and I am sorry to say that I do not have one!

I casually scrolled through some roasted tomato soup recipes online, got the basic gist, and then I tried it on my own.

I quartered some tomatoes and onions, tossed them with olive oil, salt, and pepper, put them on my toaster oven baking sheet, and roasted them until they were a little bit browned and very soft, maybe 25 minutes.

I should have thought to add some garlic cloves, but I didn't!

After the roasting, I blended them up with some chicken broth, garlic powder, salt, and pepper, and called it good.

You could also mix in some cream or half-and-half at the end. And if you have a good blender (such as my Vitamix!), there's no need to peel the tomatoes; the roasted skins disappear with a good blending.

How do you make your tomato soup? And have you tried the silicone Pyrex lids?