Wednesday evening. It's raining softly, and I'm finally winding down my day. Got a lot accomplished, and I feel good.
The backyard is cleaned up. Time to decide what to plant, as well as where to plant it. There is plenty of space for a pool. I'm figuring out what kinds of gravel to use under it as well as to put under the patio furniture and along walkways. Pea gravel is easy on bare feet, so that will likely be my choice. Thinking of using rose quartz as mulch around the plants. It's so pretty when it's wet.
Listening to OneRepublic tonight. I bought some of their CDs over the holidays, and am just getting around to playing them. Great music, I'm enjoying the variety that they perform.
Finally unpacked and set up the computer. Only have my amazon music on it so far. I need to load the rest of my music onto it.
Need to find a location for my printer. I'm extremely limited by a lack of electrical outlets in the house. Frustrating, I use the printer often and need it set up somewhere.
Moved the treadmill from the spare room to the dining room today. My back is shrieking in protest. I took an arthritis pill after that, but can still feel it. Now that it has been moved, I will use it more.
The spare room now holds linens, craft items, and Great Grandma's settee. The room looks huge. I need to get a bed to put in there. There's plenty of room for a king, but I'll probably put a queen in there.
Went grocery shopping yesterday with my sister-in-law. Got stocked up on groceries, and picked up a washing machine hose. Now my laundry is caught up after nine days worth of dirty clothes. Used my ancient wood drying rack as well as the clothes dryer and the clothesline in the Mudroom. Feels great to have that chore done.
I marked front and back steps with white tape so I can find edges easily.
Today, I ended up with another errand. The radio announced that the powerball jackpot is up to 400 million dollars. I thought, what the heck? Why not take a chance? The rain was still a couple of hours away when I headed out. 68 degrees, but I still ended up wearing a buttoned up sweater. It felt chilly, partly caused by the sky being overcast. Anyway, my powerball fantasy has always been to have new, clean windows installed so I don't have to wash them. Weird? Hey, it's my fantasy, it can be weird.
Tonight, I made Baba Ghanouj for dinner. Instead of middle eastern bread, I used tortillas to serve with it. If I want to go traditional, I'll have to make it from scratch myself. The two groceries in this town are extremely limited in their variety of products. Sad, considering that one is a super center.
Oh, grocery prices...... Use my grapefruit juice as an example. Same brand, same size. Prices taken from the receipts on the table in front of me....
Okc Walmart, $1.64
Here at Walmart, $2.00
Here at Homeland Store, $2.69
Guess who will get the least amount of my business? I had four small bags for $40 dollars when I shopped there last week. I get it though. It's small town in a county with over twenty percent of the population on welfare. No kidding. Personally, I will wait until I make trips to the city to shop and get nearly twice as much for my dollars.
I know, I know.... Support local business. I will, and I do, happily. This is home, it's where friends and family are. It's where they work, the dollars spent support their families as well as the local community. It's where I shop, but not for groceries. Those prices offend me on too many levels. For that extra dollar and five cents a bottle, I could buy a lot more food. Btw, I usually purchase ten bottles at a time. That's $10.50 extra for the convenience of a store four blocks from home. No thanks.
'Nuff griping. I knew moving back here that some things would be expensive. I'm pretty much a captive audience for local prices. Can't drive anymore, and it's forty miles to the nearest city. Unless I get a ride with a friend, I'm stuck paying whatever the sticker says.
Tonight, I'm thinking of watching The Avengers. Demeter is asleep in the tv chair, so I may have to awaken her with bribes of her favorite cookies.
Big news, I've lost twelve pounds in the past nine days. My pants are sagging........
I was reading about your health issues, and then I got wore out following all the stuff you accomplished that day. Ha.
ReplyDeleteI'm being funny, and you'll have to excuse me, but I've been trying to work through my arthritis and hope I can mow my lawn for one more season. I'm funny to watch (according to my neighbor lady), because I have to put a chair in the yard so I can sit every couple of passes, and relax my legs. No gardening for me!
I tend not to mention that I have good and bad days. The nature of the beast is just that. Move mountains on a good day, then pay and pay for it in the following days. I keep things as simple as possible, and that helps. I use the best tools in order to do things right the first time. The best vacuum, etc.
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