Woohoo! Mary (MAM who I think is Mary in Cedar Rapids) got it right! Thanks to everyone that took the chance and made a guess.

It is a Coconut Grater (also used for cabbage, carrots and anything else that needs shredding)!

So, here is June’s Whatzit? Contest Rules:

• Take a guess! and leave a comment here with what you think this strange thing might be.
• If there is more than one winning guess … the first person to speak up is the winner.
• I will post the winner’s name, and notify them by e-mail, and will post the answer to “Whatzit?” on Saturday, June 20 (probably in the afternoon after some yard sales).
• The winner will get the choice of actually owning the “Whatzit?” or I will be happy to put together a nice big box of books (new/used, all genres, paperback and/or hard covers) as the prize.
• I know what it is only because there is a label on the back!
• Here are some hints: its wood and it is about 1.5 inches thick and about 14″ x 8″ in size.
• You can get a close-up of the surface by clicking on the photo below.

Update!

• I will add a few clues over the week, so don’t get discouraged, by Friday evening, someone should figure it out!
• You can guess more than once.

Clue # 1 – It is an import. Country of origin is Honduras

Clue # 2 – It is a kitchen / cooking tool

Whatzit?

I spent the better part of last week at a retirement seminar. Now, I’m not old enough to retire (yet) but decided to take the seminar because I could, and as a way to start planning for the day when I don’t have to go to work any more.

I have learned so much this past week. At one point, I felt like my brain was going to explode. Taxes, Annuities, Working in Retirement, Making a Bucket List, Investing Now for Retirement Later, and the list goes on and on.

So, what did I learn?

(1) I will have enough money to retire when I reach the age of 92;

(2) I really need to start playing the lottery on a regular basis, as that money will be very helpful in my old age;

(3) I cannot list my dogs as “my survivors” on any of my beneficiary forms; and,

(4) talking to us about our health as we age and then making us sit in the most uncomfortable cramped seats ever invented and causing deep vein thrombosis is counter-productive.

I kept more normal hours this past week, and since Clover is so mental about her schedule being changed, both dogs spent the four days at doggie daycare, from 7:00am to 5:00pm. They are so exhausted from all of the activity — almost as tired as my brain from trying to absorb all of the retirement information.