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StarSong said:
Wow! What a wake-up call. Glad the family and and their dog exited safely. "Stuff" is replaceable.
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Our neigborhood is usually quiet, although we are only 4 blocks from a major street that is busy day and night. Once in a while if I am outside I will hear a siren in the distance. I used to work for Metro Toronto Ambulance back in the 70's and 80's so I do pick up the sounds before most people do. The house that was on fire belongs to a family from Iran, and this morning quite few people from their Mosque have come by to help them bring out things that they will need in the near future. The city sent 2 trucks to help remove burned furniture and take it to the dump. JImB.
 

More painting of trim in the shop. Getting close to the end of the trim project finally. Still have to fill, and touch up screw and nail holes. Then it will be on to the interior garage doors, and building the rail and trolley system for them. Will be a nice change, as I get to do some metal fabrication work. Will be giving the dog, and myself a bath this afternoon, and doing a few loads of wash. Li'l Bit is back to normal by the way, and back to pestering the chipmunks, and anything else that moves.
 

I went on my early morning walk around 6:40, it was cloudy temp was 50
I've been having problems with my laptop wouldn't start but after awhile got it going. I've only had it since 2019,probably go back to Best Buy where I bought it{have acct} either buy a new one or have them figure out what the problem is, very annoying
 
We've had torrential rain, and really strong winds. I waited until well after 2pm to go out hoping it would stop but it hadn't.. and would you believe 10 minutes later driving through the woods, the rain stopped and the sun came out like a summers' day! :rolleyes:

Anyway it's still very windy... ..

I had to cancel an appointment for this morning because I wasn't too well, re-made it for Friday.. ..

Decided to go to a nearby town to a supermarket I barely ever use only because it's one of the closest .. regretted it when I found most of their dry good shelves bare... ( fortunately I've got a store cupboard with enough there to last a few weeks )...canned goods, packet goods.. in the shop, all bare...

They were selling off freshly baked items which usually cost over a £1.. for 10 pence, because they didn't have enough staff to swap shifts and continue baking... so I got packs of freshly baked 6 Crusty bread rolls for 10p.. and packs of cheese scones & Hot X Buns for 10p

Had to stand at the checkout queue for 20 minutes before getting served due to lack of staff ..caused largely by no fuel in any of the surrounding garages

Having already taken the chance to go shopping after feeling ill all morning, it really didn't do much for my mood..
 
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Made a quick trip into town,, picked my prescription, dropped books into the drop off box & stopped at grocery for a few things.

Came home, decided to clean up a corner by back porch, carrying away old junk.

Than hubby came in for lunch early.
Of course I didn't have it done.
Made him a quick lunch.. & off he went.

Not sure what I'll do next.
Its turned windy & cloudy with chance of rain.
 
I'm going to go look at a mobile in a park. It's large, expensive and my agent is out of town on vacation but still available by phone. She has a new young agent in her office meeting me at 2:30pm. I have to stop overthinking everything. It's in a park with very reasonable space rent. I'll see.
 
@Mizmo All I can think of to do is send positive thoughts. Consider them sent, along with a gentle hug🤗

@hollydolly Wow! You made out like a bandit even if you did have to stand in line a while in order to check out.

Supervisor talked with a friend this morning who's the deli/bakery manager at another Kroger store about 15 miles from ours. She said that five of her employees up and walked out yesterday! Two bakery...I don't know if he meant two bakery and five deli, or five total. In either case, that spells disaster! I can't imagine just walking out on a job.
 
@hollydolly I'm glad you got the bargains at least. Do you think there are actual shortages or are people panic buying like they did in the U.S. at the start of the pandemic? I'm not seeing super cleared shelves or what I'd stay is panic buying except maybe pet food.
 
Remy said:
@hollydolly I'm glad you got the bargains at least. Do you think there are actual shortages or are people panic buying like they did in the U.S. at the start of the pandemic? I'm not seeing super cleared shelves or what I'd stay is panic buying except maybe pet food.
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No I don't think people are panic buying. Very few people had much in their trolleys and baskets when I was in the shop, and there's been no mention of it in the media. It's far more likely that due to the shortage of fuel, deliveries just can't get to the stores...
 
Remy said:
I'm going to go look at a mobile in a park. It's large, expensive and my agent is out of town on vacation but still available by phone. She has a new young agent in her office meeting me at 2:30pm. I have to stop overthinking everything. It's in a park with very reasonable space rent. I'll see.
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oh good luck..I really hope you can find something that suits you, it's been a long hard search...
 
Did the grocery thing this morning.....once again, I did not over buy.
Was just over 80.00, but 20.00 of that was for Tide laundry detergent.

One thing I’m going to be needing to do.......is turn my 3 king size vellux blankets into full size ones, since I sold my king bed and now using a full size.
I wish I knew someone that sews........ohhhhhhhh right.......I sew. 😜😉🙃😜🤪
 
Not today, but I will describe my adventures of yesterday (Tuesday). I went out early as I wanted to go to the bank. Noticed the low tire icon on my dash. Got out to double check I did not have a flat. No flat. Now..I will remind you of a few weeks back when I had that flat...nail in tire. This is relevant.
Anyway, I went to the tire place at the edge of my buildings parking lot. Not the place I got the tire fixed. He checked all my tires, and told me that the same tire I had fixed was losing air. He added air, but said I should go right back t the place that fixed it to have them look at it.
Turns out the patch failed, or something. They fixed it AGAIN. Hope it is the last of my issues with this tire
 
It was bright blue skies today so I wore a lighter coat. My husband had an appointment out of town. We were very early so decided to walk around this area. Those blue skies lied. I was cold. At least in was different terrain. After that, I shopped and got in more steps.
Yesterday I waited an hour for my doctor to call. Contacted the office and she’d put in the wrong day, which doesn’t work for me. Will have to wait another week.
 
Recuperating. Was with my grandson for 9 hours yesterday and I'm exhausted! Toward the end of the day I said to him, "must sit down for awhile, Grandma is so tired." He sits next to me and immediately asks "Grandma, are you still tired?" I gave up my 30 second rest to play with cars. I had loads of fun & laughs all day & so did he ❤️
 
Very strong winds here today, but the sun is shining. ..I'm about to leave for my dental appoinment .. and my hair is so fine, the slightest wisp of a breeze tangles it up... so I've put it up in a bun... ..

I've filled a suitcase with clothing and shoe donations which I'll drop off to Cancer research or the Hospice charity shop after I've been to the Dentist..they can have the trolley case as well..it's in good condition, but now O/H has gone I don't need 6, 4 wheel trolley cases..

Gonna drop of some more clothing at the tailors for altering while I'm over there...as well
 
First a trip to Molly Mutts store to donate some things to the SPCA. All their profits go to our animal shelters down here.
Then a ride over to see where I’m going to receive acupuncture for my back.
Then on to store to pick up a couple grocery items and then a coffee run.
All of this depends on weather as it calls for possible tornados and heavy storms.
 
Trish said:
If it wasn't for the wind and my hay fever, it would be a lovely sunny day to go for a walk but, I have decided to stay home today and get a few things done instead.
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Good thing you stayed home Trish... I stepped out of my front door and the whole of my 7 foot willow Rose Trellis had been torn from the brick wall by the stormy winds... I was on the way to the dentist , and the trellis was barely hanging on at it's base because the thorny roots of the rose bushes had become entangled in it as it lay face down on the garden.. . I couldn't leave it like that for fear it would rip off completely from the base and all the thorny branches do further damage to the door or the front garden, so I rushed to get some loppers from the Barn, and chopped off the rest of it, before dragging the whole thing into the rear garden...and then rushing off to the dentist.

After the dentist, I collected my alterations from the tailor, dropped 5 new things off.. deposited the case with the contents at the Charity shop.. and when I returned to the car park, the wind was gusting so hard, that people were falling over, and one guy had the door of his car ripped from his hand and it smashed into the side of another car... :eek:🌬️🌬️

Again I looked for fuel as I was in a different town today than yesterday.. the largest fuel station ( Supermarket petrol garages).. were all closed with Barriers across.. ..but I took a back road home ( local knowledge as my husband always calls it ).. because I knew of a tiny independent garage .. and sure enough it was open... but it had no Diesel at all.. so vans in front of me were driving in and straight back out again , and I was fortunate to get my tank topped up..
 

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