Susan, they make cameras for the computer and we use Skype? to talk to/see my dh's family in St. Louis. It is really fun and cameras are really cheap. We went to Reno yesterday for the whitewater kayak festival. We watched some great kayakers compete. My dh could have paddled with Eric Jackson (maker of Jackson kayaks) last weekend but passed to spend day with dd at her softball games. I could not believe he passed that chance. Oh well. Anyhoo, it was sunny with a bit of a breeze but not enough to ruin the day at all. There is this fun race and the runners dress up in funny costumes. There were Avatars, Kiss band, pregnant whitetrash, and one group was Tiger and Jesse James (they were funny). The winner was Sigfriend and Roy. They had hoolahoops and tossed these really big stuffed white tires through the loops. At end of race they have to run through this huge muddy area and get hosed off as they cross the finish line. We ate at Circus Circus buffet and played in the arcade. My dh and dd could not win a thing, little ds 9yr won everything he tried. Lots of fun. It was a great pre-mothers day for me. Today is kind overcast and I rather just do nothing, dh keeps wanting to buy me something but I don't want anything, really. So happy mothers day to each and every one of us. And also to anyone who is not a mom but mothers someone, even if a pup or kitten. And to those who have lost their mothers, they are only gone in body but never in spirit.

You can sometimes find mealworms at pet stores being sold as live food for reptiles.

You can get cold water lobsters any time of year but they are most plentiful (and I think cheapest) in the summer months. Scallops are in season through the winter months-- December until March/April if I remember correctly. We always have scallops for Christmas because they are so fresh and so good then! I would strongly recommend getting fresh/live lobster in order to make your lobster rolls. You can generally get frozen lobster tail anywhere but it's just not going to taste as good as you are remembering! I frequently buy precooked crab meat but I just wouldn't do it with lobster. If I opt to go with presteamed crab and shrimp, it will have been done that day-- the crabs will be fresh. We have plenty of local businesses that will gladly do both. What they won't do is clean the steamed crabs as my dad and grandfather used to do for us when we were growing up. They'd get bushels of crabs, steam then and clean them all out before serving them on the picnic tables. I was an adult before I knew that you have to clean your own crabs!

My husband is from England and we also prefer plain tea. Please please nothing fancy! We have started buying a tea husband was weaned on that is now available on Amazon . PG Tips, it’s cheap and cheerful. Publix used to sell it in their imported specialty section for a ridiculous amount of money for a small box . Before the Amazon discovery we were buying Tetley British Blend, until, we got a few boxes that had damp tea bags inside that smelled of human or animal pi$$. https://www.amazon.com/PG-Tips-Black-Pyramid-240-Count/dp/B001EQ5JLE/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?keywords=Pg%2Btips&qid=1575933822&sr=8-3-spons&smid=A16HZ3J3WEU71V&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFDN0ZORFBSVTU0TTAmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAzODg4MjIxNlE3Nk4zSDFXSTlBJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxODI3NzUzNUZTUTk5VEROVlBJJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ&th=1 Edited to add: Yes! A portable recharger is a great Idea. I bought this for travel but use it all the time. This one is small for my purse. Not high quality but it does the trick. https://www.amazon.com/myCharge-AmpPlus-Portable-Charger-4400mAh/dp/B01IFJPB06/ref=pd_bap_rp_17?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=R5TWEXTAYCT7YX5QM6WC