A couple of years ago I discovered LemiShine, which is really fortunate because we have 1) very hard water and 2) people living here who open the dishwasher mid-cycle and don’t re-close it. I remembered that we used to run Tang down garbage disposals and in dishwashers and found that now there was a commercial product for that purpose – I think of it as white Tang.

Anyway, a few months ago it disappeared from Wal-Mart shelves and in its place was something else that didn’t work. I went running to the Internet and found other places that sold LemiShine . . . and then a couple of weeks later, it was back on the shelves and I knew there must have been an uprising.

But it scared me and I stay stocked up.

Then, a couple of days ago, I went to the Pioneer Woman’s site that refers to house and garden, wondering if she had a lodge update. I found she did not, but she was touting the wonders of LemiShine. Noooooo! I feared there would be a run on it, that I would be forced to use generic Tang until production caught up with demand.

And I was busy; I couldn’t go right away to replenish. So, today, finally, I went over and first discovered that they didn’t have any more red rubber mulch (made from old tires) – the cads. The LemiShine Shortage fear throbbed stronger in my mind and I went over to the aisle where is is displayed. At first I didn’t see it. But then, there is was – one row  . . . and I took three.

I am worried that this won’t be enough; I feel like General Buck Turgeson in Dr. Strangelove; I  feel myself becoming agitated over a LemiShine Gap.

Dear LemiShine people,

Please don’t forget me and others here in Northern Indiana. Please keep us supplied. See, look: I will link to you many times. LemiShine, LemiShine, LemiShine, LemiShine.

Sincerely,

Your friend, AmeliaJake