A different type of barometer

It's summertime in Nashville and it's hotter than an engine after a day's ride across country outside. I'm the typical person that lives by herself (technically with two dependents, both fur-balls) and tries to save money whenever possible. So on the hottest days, I keep my apartment set around 80 - it's cooler than outside by about 15 degrees, but not ridiculously cold inside or creating possible thunderstorms on my doorway.

Anyways, so I was cleaning out my fridge this morning in preparation to go grocery shopping. You have to remove all the foods that you can no longer eat as they have started to become science experiments... and then take inventory of what you can combine and what's just not going to get eaten this week. That way you have room for new supplies. I noticed a can of biscuits that had migrated to the back-most corner of the fridge. They expired 2 months ago, so I tossed them in the can under the sink.

From here, I got distracted with the temptation of sitting out by the apartment pool in the sunshine before the kids all woke up and took over the serene landscape. I'm just in from a lazy hour or two of bronzing myself (okay, it will BE bronze tomorrow, now it's a soft pink hue). I'm checking my various online accounts when "POP!!!!" happens in my apartment.

First instinct? Cats. Both were in sight and accounted for. Second instinct? That empty coffee can I put under the sink this morning might have fallen over. I was wrong on both accounts (see me modeling how you can admit when you are wrong?). When I opened the door to the kitchen cabinet, there was half a can of biscuits on the other side of the storage area... and half a can of biscuits still in the trash can, dough rolling out gently from the new opening. And dare I say, it was starting to rise!!

That's right folks. In a rare combination of expired biscuit dough, ridiculous external heat, and just the right amount of internal heat... the biscuits started to grow on their own in the trash!!

Definitely means it's time to knock down the temperature a few degrees, and of course, to take out the trash.