Cathie,
My father-in-law lives in "Big Sandy, Tx" .
I've never been to his place (my wife goes, with her son, sometimes),
but I have been told its "kinda warm" (over 100 degrees) in the summer.
I'll come on down to your place and see if the 5 second rule applies...
(on the floor for less than 5 secs- its still OK to eat) as long as we
can bend over to pick it up..(ohh, my back !).. without it falling
out of our fingers 3 x, before finally getting hold of ....whatever it is.

Aaahaa... You and my husband will get along just fine... He also instructed me in the 5 second rule, though I have had a little difficulty adjusting to this. Unfortunately, it is kind of hard to wash off brownies, but you can swear away if you drop half the kitchen, and no one will complain.

Keep hanging in there, Bob.

Cathie