Today has been fruitful
Oct. 27th, 2010 04:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vanillafluffyI didn't even turn on the computer this morning, just got dressed (zebra print suit and gold blouse) and got going.
First stop: library, where I took care of $1.40 in fines and checked out the new Sharon McCrumb and the last Dick Francis (and son). Good times ahead.
I took the route through the village---growled a bit at the slooow idjit in the Buick ahead of me---they got out of my face, finally, and then I got a huge shock when I discovered they leveled the old city hall. They leveled the old post office and built a big, vulgar new city hall on the site a year or so ago, but I'm stunned that they didn't repurpose the old one. Yes, downtown always needs parking, but---my inner architecture slut is devastated.
Went to a branch of my bank to make a deposit, and the teller very kindly offered me a free bottle of chilled water---it's a warmish afternoon, about 85F---so I accepted with thanks.
From there, I hit the Entenmann's day-old bread store. Because I am trying very hard to make better food choices, I didn't get any actual Entenmann's products, instead getting a loaf of Health Nut bread and two jumbo packs of Sandwich Thins (Both are by Arnolds).
I haven't shopped at Publix much lately, but there's one not far from the bread store, more or less on my way home, so I stopped in there and got the usual staples, and some Morningstar Farms spicy black bean patties. Them, on the Sandwich Thins with a bit of mustard and maybe a slice of swiss cheese? Mmm, nomnomnom!
Returning home with my loot, I was alarmed to see a tag hanging from my front doorknob. "This is never good," I said to myself as I approached it with trepidation. It turned out to be from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: "Please Help Prevent Exotic Fruit Fly Outbreaks in Florida". Basically, they've placed a fruit-fly trap on my grapefruit tree. Hey, at least they're not trying to get money out of me or turn off a utility.
I got an email from GK, saying she got me a subscription to Entertainment Weekly. A nice surprise! I may glance at it from time to time, but very seldom do I buy it. Per her, it was to help a Girl Scout who was selling subscriptions; in my day, we just sold cookies---at $1 a box.
Now, y'all are up to date on my fabulous life. Thrilling, huh?
.
First stop: library, where I took care of $1.40 in fines and checked out the new Sharon McCrumb and the last Dick Francis (and son). Good times ahead.
I took the route through the village---growled a bit at the slooow idjit in the Buick ahead of me---they got out of my face, finally, and then I got a huge shock when I discovered they leveled the old city hall. They leveled the old post office and built a big, vulgar new city hall on the site a year or so ago, but I'm stunned that they didn't repurpose the old one. Yes, downtown always needs parking, but---my inner architecture slut is devastated.
Went to a branch of my bank to make a deposit, and the teller very kindly offered me a free bottle of chilled water---it's a warmish afternoon, about 85F---so I accepted with thanks.
From there, I hit the Entenmann's day-old bread store. Because I am trying very hard to make better food choices, I didn't get any actual Entenmann's products, instead getting a loaf of Health Nut bread and two jumbo packs of Sandwich Thins (Both are by Arnolds).
I haven't shopped at Publix much lately, but there's one not far from the bread store, more or less on my way home, so I stopped in there and got the usual staples, and some Morningstar Farms spicy black bean patties. Them, on the Sandwich Thins with a bit of mustard and maybe a slice of swiss cheese? Mmm, nomnomnom!
Returning home with my loot, I was alarmed to see a tag hanging from my front doorknob. "This is never good," I said to myself as I approached it with trepidation. It turned out to be from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: "Please Help Prevent Exotic Fruit Fly Outbreaks in Florida". Basically, they've placed a fruit-fly trap on my grapefruit tree. Hey, at least they're not trying to get money out of me or turn off a utility.
I got an email from GK, saying she got me a subscription to Entertainment Weekly. A nice surprise! I may glance at it from time to time, but very seldom do I buy it. Per her, it was to help a Girl Scout who was selling subscriptions; in my day, we just sold cookies---at $1 a box.
Now, y'all are up to date on my fabulous life. Thrilling, huh?
.
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Date: 2010-10-27 08:26 pm (UTC)Because the busted knee prevents me from standing up long enough to cook a big meal, I've taken to having a Morningstar Farms garden veggie burger and some nuked frozen vegetables for supper. Very yummy!
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Date: 2010-10-27 09:32 pm (UTC)I also grabbed a bag of spinach, as I'm trying to get more iron in my diet. That and some shaved roast beef. The beef is a change from turkey, which is my usual lunch meat, and the spinach is going to be blessed with the ginger-honey-mustard dressing I got from the food pantry this week. Virtuous!
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Date: 2010-10-27 08:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-10-28 12:04 am (UTC)Not a tank, but a 2003 Chevy Malibu sedan. There's a couple of pix in my last entry, here.
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Date: 2010-10-28 03:16 am (UTC)Love the glimpse of your life, gargoyle, rainbow, suncatchers and all!
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Date: 2010-10-29 01:03 am (UTC)And yeah, getting a good picture of the car was a challenge to say the least. The sun is angled wrong this time of year, so mornings aren't good (sun glare) and afternoons aren't good (same). Then there's all the trees around here.... Yeeesh. Hopefully you got the idea, though. And YESSSS! about the paint job. That was the first thing I noticed when we pulled into the car dealership. It was a sunny day and that sucker just s*p*a*r*k*l*e*d! After a few minutes of poking around the car, my brother (or, rather, his nose) realized it had been freshly painted.
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