Did You Accomplish Anything Today?

So far today, I have alphabetized my CDs and DVDs and arranged them and books in my bookcases. Moved one bookcase yesterday so changed everything around. Looks neater. Washing my Nuwave right now so I can use it to make bacon for breakfast. I didn't get it done last night because I was exhausted after moving the bookcase and picking up everything that fell out of it.
 

Made it into the woods (finally). Cut 4 more deadfall trees up and split / stacked a bunch more. Trying to get caught up again. these last few weeks have been awful. Laying around, eating, watching pod casts, visiting forums, eating, watching old movies off my hard drive, eating, watching you tube video's, eating.
Did I mention eating? :unsure: Starting to plump up around the middle a little. :mad:
 
Since I had to go out for church, there's a market just about 4 miles further away that I don't go to very much. I picked up a few things there and at the checkout the clerk asked if I brought my own bags or wanted to buy some from them. Being the penny strangler I am, I told her that I had bags in the car. We put the groceries in the shopping cart and I wheeled them out to my car. I do have a bag o' bags and was loading the items in the bags when a huge gust of wind blew the bag o' bags away. As the bag tumbled, it was blowing the bags inside of it out all over the parking lot an across the street. Being environmentally conscientious, I chased them and as I reached for one, it would just blow away. I can imaging how comical this looked to others. I ended up chasing them into a bank parking lot across the street where most were blown in a ditch and goy hung up on weeds where I could retrieve them. The few stragglers I did manage to pick up on the lawn. Then I had to run back across the street to the store and finish bagging. Hope I got them all. I think I've had my exercise for the day!
 
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debodun said:
Since I had to go out for church, there's a market just about 4 mile further away that I don't go to very much. I picked up a few things there and at the checkout the clerk asked if I brought my own bags or wanted to buy some from them. Being the penny strangler I am, I told her that I had bags in the car. We put the groceries in the shopping cart and I wheeled them out to my car. I do have a bag o' bags and was loading the items in the bags when a huge gust of wind blew the bag o' bags away. As the bag tumbled, it was blowing the bags inside of it out all over the parking lot an across the street. Being environmentally conscientious, I chased them and as I reached for one, it would just blow away. I can imaging how comical this looked to others. I ended up chasing them into a bank parking lot across teh street where most were blown in a ditch where I could retrieve them. The few stragglers I did manage to pick up on the lawn. Then I had to run back across the street to the store and finish bagging. Hope I got them all. I think I've had my exercise for the day!
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I LOVE your phrase ”penny strangler”. 😂😂😂. This is why you will never buy a new house or fix your old one.
 
I had written earlier that I had found some vintage all original solid oak and cherry panel doors on-line for sale, I just got back with a truck load. But...when I arrived at the location to pick up the doors, the gentlemen took me to his office/warehouse where he had them stored. When I went in I saw probably 20-25 coke machines of yesterday, most had rounded tops, which I had never seen before. 90% were all red, there were a few that were red on the bottom and white on the top and they were very narrow. He said they were typically found in Greyhound bus stations. All were original, never been painted and all were in working order and running. All were marked 10 cents a bottle and he had rows and rows of glass coke bottles in wooden crates. He had repaired and renovated every machine and there they set fully operational. Some had old full coke bottles in them. He said it was a labor of love and just enjoyed collecting coke machines. I spent 2 hours with him just talking old times. It was a good day.
 
needshave said:
I had written earlier that I had found some vintage all original solid oak and cherry panel doors on-line for sale, I just got back with a truck load. But...when I arrived at the location to pick up the doors, the gentlemen took me to his office/warehouse where he had them stored. When I went in I saw probably 20-25 coke machines of yesterday, most had rounded tops, which I had never seen before. 90% were all red, there were a few that were red on the bottom and white on the top and they were very narrow. He said they were typically found in Greyhound bus stations. All were original, never been painted and all were in working order and running. All were marked 10 cents a bottle and he had rows and rows of glass coke bottles in wooden crates. He had repaired and renovated every machine and there they set fully operational. Some had old full coke bottles in them. He said it was a labor of love and just enjoyed collecting coke machines. I spent 2 hours with him just talking old times. It was a good day.
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Very cool!
 
I accomplished sending Aldi's my food order online. I had put it off because of sleep problems lately but hopefully by 1 pm tomorrow I will have gotten some good sleep, too. Had the dog outside, too.
 
Did You Accomplish Anything Today?


I hardly ever keep track
Being busy is like that
Just go to the next project

Let's see......'accomplish'

Finished the trim on my lady's pantry
Fixed a broken clock
Replaced a newly found dripping pipe
Started some shelving for the kitchen (I'll finish that tomorrow)
Built/installed some shelving for the bathroom

Various little things that don't amount to much

Just a typical day
 
Took some old wood and stuff to the recycle centre.. as waste..and took a lovely tallboy chest of drawers we've no longer any use for to the
re-use centre within the waste site, where good items are sold on.... While there we bought some very good quality end table which would have been very expensive to buy new, yet looked as good as new except one which just needs a light sanding and waxing on the top to bring it back to pristine condition..and I got both for an amazing £10..

Then to 2 supermarkets for shopping to top up the reserves before our second lockdown on Thursday ..totally surprised to find the stores had no milk or eggs.. we had to stop at 3 more supermarkets on the way back to find milk and eggs.. wow, I have no idea... why the panic ?..the supermarkets are not closing during lockdown !!

WE had lunch at the pub today.. first time for a few weeks and maybe the last time before lockdown lifts.. we'll have to see. Trouble is the lockdown law is complicated this time..last time they closed all pub and coffee shops bar none .. this time they say pubs can only open if the customer is buying a meal.. and it has to be substantial..no pizza or sandwich

Bought myself 3 new blouses today...and when we got home the large white venetian blind I ordered a couple of days ago had been delivered although it wasn't expected for 3 weeks ..bonus !!
 
hollydolly said:
Took some old wood and stuff to the recycle centre.. as waste..and took a lovely tallboy chest of drawers we've no longer any use for to the
re-use centre within the waste site, where good items are sold on.... While there we bought some very good quality end table which would have been very expensive to buy new, yet looked as good as new except one which just needs a light sanding and waxing on the top to bring it back to pristine condition..and I got both for an amazing £10..

Then to 2 supermarkets for shopping to top up the reserves before our second lockdown on Thursday ..totally surprised to find the stores had no milk or eggs.. we had to stop at 3 more supermarkets on the way back to find milk and eggs.. wow, I have no idea... why the panic ?..the supermarkets are not closing during lockdown !!

WE had lunch at the pub today.. first time for a few weeks and maybe the last time before lockdown lifts.. we'll have to see. Trouble is the lockdown law is complicated this time..last time they closed all pub and coffee shops bar none .. this time they say pubs can only open if the customer is buying a meal.. and it has to be substantial..no pizza or sandwich

Bought myself 3 new blouses today...and when we got home the large white venetian blind I ordered a couple of days ago had been delivered although it wasn't expected for 3 weeks ..bonus !!
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Let me just say this, when I order a meal, it’s a substantial meal. 😍
 
Went to Costco Business Center early yesterday (if you've never been to a CBC, it carries many of the same items as a standard Costco, but no bakery or fresh meat department, and has a lot of commercial items and restaurant-sized packages of food products).

It's open from 7 am - 6 pm, closed Sundays; hubby and I arrived around 7:45. Parking lot was full. What???? At that hour there are usually only a couple of dozen vehicles in the lot.

It was early March all over again. People's carts loaded down with 4-6 cases of bottled water (what's that all about anyway?), a package of TP and a package of paper towels. TP and PT stock had signs that said, "One package per membership card per day, "NO EXCEPTIONS." Hmmm... guess a lot of people were pleading their cases and Costco got tired of dealing with them. I'd bet they limited water shortly after we left.

I spent $220 on supplies for pizza, cookies ('tis coming on the season) and regular food items, and was probably pushing the only cart without aforementioned water, PT or TP.
 
Yes...got my hair cut today..one of the last salon customers before lockdown comes into affect again tonight and the salons are closed for a month..
Also got my car washed and valeted.. because the car washes have to close too...

Then to the pub late afternoon for a drink... before that too closed again for yet another month...

Pub was amazingly empty, mainly due to the fact that people were doing exactly as you describe at the supermarkets @StarSong ..and standing in long queues for hours, at non essential shops which are also closing ( Ikea?)...who needs a fake pot plant or a chest of drawers between now and the beginning of December so desperately they're willing to stand outside in a queue snaked around a car park for hours ?...madness!!
 
hollydolly said:
Yes...got my hair cut today..one of the last salon customers before lockdown comes into affect again tonight and the salons are closed for a month..
Also got my car washed and valeted.. because the car washes have to close too...

Then to the pub late afternoon for a drink... before that too closed again for yet another month...

Pub was amazingly empty, mainly due to the fact that people were doing exactly as you describe at the supermarkets @StarSong ..and standing in long queues for hours, at non essential shops which are also closing ( Ikea?)...who needs a fake pot plant or a chest of drawers between now and the beginning of December so desperately they're willing to stand outside in a queue snaked around a car park for hours ?...madness!!
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People do the craziest things I'll tell you.
 
I did some serious work today....cut down 5 big dead oak trees to add to my Winter firewood pile. I cut 4 of them into manageable pieces, but hit a big rock under the 5th one....which messed up the chain on my chainsaw. I was getting a bit tired, anyway, so that was a good excuse to stop for the day. We are having several days of really nice weather, so I'll put a new chain on the saw in the morning, and finish cutting. Then, it will probably take me half a day to haul all those pieces out of the forest. and a couple of hours to break up the big pieces with the log splitter. It's a lot of work, but it helps keep me fairly fit, and cuts the Winter electric bill in half.
 
Don M. said:
I did some serious work today....cut down 5 big dead oak trees to add to my Winter firewood pile. I cut 4 of them into manageable pieces, but hit a big rock under the 5th one....which messed up the chain on my chainsaw. I was getting a bit tired, anyway, so that was a good excuse to stop for the day. We are having several days of really nice weather, so I'll put a new chain on the saw in the morning, and finish cutting. Then, it will probably take me half a day to haul all those pieces out of the forest. and a couple of hours to break up the big pieces with the log splitter. It's a lot of work, but it helps keep me fairly fit, and cuts the Winter electric bill in half.
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Wow, I'll say you've got some good energy to do all of that!
 

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