Nice Drizzly Morning…

We have had drizzles the last few nights, not enough to amount to much, about .03 of an inch.  We need a lot more than that.  I am hoping it doesn’t come this winter in the form of ice and snow.  I hate cleaning the car off.

My daughter was kind enough to take me to a few garage sales this morning.  I have missed most of the garage sales this summer.  After we went to the garage sales we went to Bergner’s where I got a pair of slacks, a pair of shorts, a pair of sandals and 2 packages of fluorescent footies all for $29.41 for a savings of almost $83.  When I took some books to Goodwill this week I was given a whole handful of coupons to be used at Bergner’s.  The coupons worked on everything.  So much fun.  I think I will go back again before the promotion ends on October 5th as I have a lot of coupons left.

I have cleaned the bathroom and run the sweeper this week.  Tomorrow I have some laundry to do and mopping the kitchen floor and dusting.  I should have done these things today but I had more fun out at garage sales and shopping.

Tomorrow begins my 7th week of recovery.  I am keeping track of the weeks that I have been allowed to live and thanking God for the privilege. I have 3 doctor appointments this next week, the 23rd, 24th, and the 27th.  My birthday along with my twin falls in the middle of the week on the 25th.  I can’t believe how old I am getting.  Don’t ask, because I will never tell. 

Have a great weekend.  Stay safe and be happy!

Beth

Pouring down rain…

at 37 degrees which makes for a chilly outing.  Only 25 days left on the countdown to Spring.  It is not going to be spring like at all today as the temps are to fall all afternoon and the rain is to change to snow.

I have been to Kroger with my daughter this morning to shop.  I don’t know if you get the Kroger ad in your part of the country that promises that you won’t have to wait in line.  HA!!!!  This is a large store.  There was one checker on 15 items or less and one regular checker plus a lot of the check yourself lines were open.   I don’t like the check yourself lines.  I think it is just another way for a job to be lost.  To make a long story short, the wait in line did not match the promise of a speedy checkout that is touted in the TV ad.

I have mentioned dozens of times in my blogs that I am a people watcher.  I don’t mean that in a derogatory fashion at all.  I try to smile and say hi each time someone tries to run me over with a cart.  I never get defensive at all.  I just say ‘pardon you’ and give them a big smile.  All of that nonsense put aside, I saw two sailors in full dress uniform in the store today.  Awesome!  Age range, 18 to early 20s.  The mother in me wanted to hug the both of them, say thank you, and ask if I could take their pic for my blog.  Darned if they weren’t moving so fast I lost them in the crowd.  Maybe next time.

I did get out to Bergner’s yesterday.  I got the shoes.  There were lots of good buys in the men’s department and I did think about starting Christmas shopping early but I decided against it.  Men’s $60-$70 dollar shirts at a good reduced price and then take off 85% and the price was amazing.

My shoes and 3 guesses as to who is in the pic sitting there.

I am running way late so I think I will close and start thinking about what to have for lunch.

You all stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Gorgeous sunshine…

and 37 degrees on the countdown to spring which stands at 26 days. 

I am trying to motivate myself to go to Bergner’s this morning.  They are having a big sale with an additional 85 % off yellow dot clearance items.  I also want to get a new pair of Easy Spirit shoes.  I love those shoes!  I just talked to my sis in WV.  She is my motivation.  She said, just get up off your hind end and go.  So that is what I will do.  See, doesn’t take much to motivate me, just a kick on the rear.  lol

It was fun answering the questions in yesterday’s blog.  Paul reminded me that most of our friends from Windows Live Spaces are not blogging anymore.  Some of them are on Wordpress and I keep up with them there.  Some of them are on Facebook to the exclusion of everything else.  Several of my old WLS friends keep in touch with me by email.   I have a Facebook account but I am rarely on there.   I should get on there more often as I do have quite a few relatives on there.  Really doesn’t interest me though.

An earthquake happened yesterday  in southeastern Missouri at Sikeston which is 27 miles from where I was born in Bloomfield Missouri.    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/21/missouri-40-earthquake-felt-across-13-states/  Also see

http://theendtimesarehere.com/2011/01/30/new-madrid-fault-connecting-the-dots/.  What is very interesting is the article at

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/is-the-new-madrid-fault-earthquake-zone-coming-to-life

I am not going to worry about an earthquake happening now.  Actually that is the least of my worries at the present time.  It is time for me to close this post down and get ready to go to Bergner’s.

Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

And the countdown...

continues at 56 days. I am moving way late today as I haven’t been feeling great. It is a beautiful day, bright sunshine and 36 degrees right now.

Not much left in the sales at Bergner’s this morning. Everything is pretty well picked over. I did buy a $60 blanket for $19.97 and a pair of workout shorts for my son at a good price. Other than that I have done nothing. I did fix the chicken and dumplings and ate 1 dumpling and a small piece of chicken. I haven’t had much appetite for a few days. I shoveled some snow from around my car over the weekend and I now have pains in various parts of my body. I hate to admit it but I think my body has gone completely over the hill.

All for now. Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

What a week this has been..

First the deadly tornadoes that cut a swatch through many of our southern states and then the wedding of the century.



The death toll from the tornadoes is expected to reach over 400.  This brought back memories for me of the year that my daughter was in the first grade.  I was at home with my son  who at that time was 3 years old.  It was 12:30 and As the World Turns was on TV.  The program was interrupted to give a tornado warning for my little town.  I foolishly stood at my back door watching the tornado coming.  It went down a street on the east side of town and leveled the houses on the right side of the block.  Nothing to compare with the devastation of this week’s tornadoes but it has remained fresh in my mind all these many years.  I was talking to my daughter and she remembered this.  The tornado struck just a few blocks from her grade school.  She remembers the teacher having them get under their desks  as it was storming.  My thoughts and prayers are with all of those who lost loved ones and property.

I watched bits and pieces of the wedding.  It was lovely.   I thought how very much William looks like his mother and how much I didn’t like looking at Camilla and Charles.  I loved the image of the little girl with her face all scrunched up and holding her hands over her ears.  That was priceless.  I hope this is a forever, till death do us part marriage.  They have had a few years practice so they should be able to make it.  I pray that they do.

I think I am going out to check out Bergner’s this morning and see what they have on sale.  I am needing some new summer tops.  I looked in Kohl’s the other day.  I couldn’t believe how ugly the summer tops are.  I think I will stick to t’s. 

I hope you are all having a good weekend.  Stay safe and be happy!

  Beth