What a busy afternoon. We went to town to do our errands for the week. Six stops and three hours later we were back home. I am more worn out than if I had stayed home and cleaned house. I really don’t like going to town.
We stopped by Michelle and Tim’s house for a minute. It was good to see the grandkids for a hot minute. I still am not used to Tagen being so much taller than I am.
We stopped at Bluestem and got baby chicken supplies. Then we stopped to get Jim a box of wine. Dropped some mail in the outgoing mail box. Went into Sutherland’s to get a special light bulb for Katie’s lamp and some lumber for Jim. Happened to see a freezer For sale and purchased it.
Went to Walmart to get groceries and a few other things. I don’t like the new organization of the store as I can’t find what I need now. I know I will eventually get used to it but it took longer than it needed to today as I had to back track. The one way isles are still new to me too. Can you tell I came home from town grumpy?
When we got home we unloaded the groceries and then Jim drove the car down to the shop to unload the chicken supplies and lumber he purchased. I put the groceries away and then drove into Cottonwood Falls to vote. The river is running mighty high but wasn’t over the highway yet.
As I was pulling into the driveway the Sutherland’s truck was pulling up to deliver the freezer. That was easy and quick. Gotta love local service.
I have a pot roast in the crock pot cooking. When we got home I added potatoes and carrots to it so dinner will be easy tonight. It smells divine and is making me hungry.
Jim is cleaning out the garage. It was a mess again. When I get done writing I am going out to pull weeds in the neglected flower beds. The ground is nice and soft and the weeds are easy to pull right now.
We got a nice rain again yesterday late afternoon. Don’t think we got as much as those to the south of us. It is monsoon season on the prairie right now.
Crossed a bunch of things off my to do list today. Still have a long list to go but feel like we made some progress. Maybe by the first of the week I will feel caught up.
I took seven calls last night on the Hot Line. I would finish one call and another would come in to me. I have another shift tonight. The three hours went by very quickly last night since I didn’t have time between calls. They were really busy when my shift was over but I didn’t stay on. I was getting tired and needed a break. I have learned not to over extend myself as I don’t feel I do as good of a job when I get too tired. If I get seven calls tonight I will level up again.
Got some thread so I can sew the ribbons together for more face masks. Tonight while I wait for my first call I will start cutting up the sheets into the correct sized pieces. I got the flannel all cut last night before my calls started coming in. The prep work in making masks seems to take a long time. I still need to cut more ribbon to size and then sew all the ribbon pieces together. Then I can start pinning and sewing the masks. If I work on them an hour or two a day I will get them worked up by mid week next week.
We don’t have any plans for the weekend other than getting the chicken coop ready for the babies. Jim is going to Stillwater sometime next week and is staying for several days. Monday I have to go to Topeka for the nuclear tread mill heart test. I don’t have much else going on next week except on Friday Best Buy is coming to do the oven exchange. It will be nice to have some empty space on my calendar.
Grateful I found a freezer today and they could deliver it so quickly, grateful the weeks errands are completed, and grateful for the privilege to vote.