LadyM: I have the wood markers and they really are magic. My floors are dark hardwood, and I can make a lot of scratches disappear. Dents still show but it takes away a lot of other owies. Same for the furniture. All of it is beaten pretty badly so when I'm trying to cover scratches, I'll use the marker. Most of the time, I go with the distressed look! The windows here are not UV coated so the furniture is fading away badly. I have to just not care because we don't want to cover up the windows with shades all the time.
Dinner is over. I had picked up ground beef last night so we made up a dozen burgers and I'll make a beef, tomato and rice chowder tomorrow for my lunch. We had two burgers and froze the rest. They work out to be about 70 cents each (with the onion and egg dh adds) and they are far better than anything we get while out, even from gourmet places. We spent a lot of time going to all the fancy burger places in town before giving up and settling for McD's Angus burger. It was as good as the others. Dh's is the best, though.
I really need to get to work on the expenses. Maybe I'll put on an old movie to keep me in this room at least.