Firestarter fragrance

Finally got around to restocking my home-made firestarters this morning, which mostly involves hunting through rooms and cupboards to track down all the melted little candle stubs at the bottoms of various votive holders, etc. Add any broken tapers, the very last of a bottled kitchen candle and melt over low heat until kitchen becomes lovely and fragrant with all those nice-scented waxes warming in a pan. Mmm.

I saved up a small number of paper egg cartons, whacked into two-egg-cup chunks, to pour the wax over. They work great, and you can even add chunks of dryer lint or a small pinecone to each cup if you want. Pretty straightforward way to use up old candles, but thought I'd share in case anyone hadn't run across it yet.

In which I say "Why, sure!" a lot

I feel a bit like I should be wearing a "Stop me before I volunteer again" shirt this week... ended up on the planning committee for the annual women's retreat (so far we have a theme (jigsaw puzzle pieces) and a color (purple)...er, obviously a long ways to go), then agreed to an extra shift at the food cupboard to fill in for someone else...then agreed to sing on Sunday, to help a friend shop for new linens at Good Will, to help a disabled friend with a laundry run and then had one of the ladies at the food cupboard ask brightly "So, what are you bringing to the potluck this weekend?"....

Oh, and I'm helping set up a fundraising clothing sale on Friday evening. I forgot there even *was* a potluck. I think I babbled something about salad. Now I have to think of something at least slightly better than dumping cheap salad mix out of a bag.

Fwah. *smacks self*

Any good ideas for a simple, yet creative salad?