IF I ONLY HAD ROLLER SKATES.....

I'd get some exercise?

I'm contented in not having them.  I'd bust my bottom and break a hip which means I would not get the kind of exercise needed.  

ONCE UPON A TIME I DID SKATE AND THIS MEMORY WILL HAVE TO DO.

SHOPPING DAY:  The store atmosphere seemed like old times with no lack of products to sell until reaching the paper towels and toilet paper aisle.  At SAMS. These shelves were empty. The LIMIT signs made little sense since the products were all gone. Flash backs from last March come to mind and what's a person suppose to do?  Go hunting at other stores.  Order on line.  I have to wait until payday to finish my shopping. 

I skipped on the walnuts and peppermint candy.  This can wait.  I hope when I return toward the end of the month, the products are available.  

PLENTY OF CHRISTMAS MERCHANDISE:  The gorgeous GOLD MESH 3 piece DEER FAMILY had disappeared so I checked on the internet when I got HOME to find out if they had more.  OUT OF STOCK in store also ON LINE.  Maybe next year.  I couldn't swing it this year and I'm alright with that.

I'll start a DEER FAMILY FUND and see if I can make this dream come true for next year.  

MY SHOPPING AFTERNOON went well.  Very pleasant to have some quiet time in the car while I travelled across the PRAIRIE.  No music, no Talk Show Host, no sermons on the radio...just quiet time to think and pray as I drove.  

Before I left town, I bought stamps to mail Thanksgiving cards.  There was a wait line inside the Post Office Lobby.  Stood awhile.  Reminded me that I do not want to do this again next week, so I bought two books of stamps instead of one.  Which reminds me that I will need stamps for Christmas cards.  Soooo back I will go before the Christmas mail gets heavy.    

I dropped off a load of wet towels at the cottage to dry.  Dropped off a Christmas tree topper for Grand's Christmas tree.  Drove to Topeka and went straight to the Hallmark Store to get Train ornaments and my House ornament for 2020.

A tradition I have done for many years.  When I moved to this area over 20 years ago, there were at least 4 Hallmark stores in the area.  Only one remains in Topeka. Curbside pick-up is available these days.  I didn't know this or I would have accessed it.  Next year, if there is a next year, I will buy the ornaments in July for safe keeping.  

Off to God's Storehouse on Senior discount day.  I made my shopping experience quick as they were extremely busy.  Spying a man and woman figurine in wedding attire caught my eye so I placed them in my cart.  Then a galvanized drink tub jumped into my cart.  Stopped there and checked out spending less than $9.  

THEN SAMS.  I rode a shopping cart here to rest my feet.  It helped. Coffee pods, coffee cups, kitchen trash bags, a magazine and hush my mouth mini fudge loaded with calories I dare not say.  I wondered through the store.  Self checked out and loaded my goodies in a regular shopping cart.  No hassle.  Loaded my spoils in the trunk of the car and drove HOME.  The sun had already gone done.

Unloaded my spoils.  RESTED my feet while doing another Ice treatment for my heels.  2 in one day.  Hope it helps. 

My dear Hubby had prepared a salad for our supper.

TASTED really good to a weary shopper.  Cleaned up and washed the dishes.

Placed Angels in the Dining room.  CHRISTMAS decorating continues.  Telephoned my sister and visited for almost 2 hours.  Watched a 2014 movie called REACH ME.  I hadn't heard of it before.  Violence with some close calls.  It shows how lives come together when all have something in common from reading a book, REACH ME.  One line that stuck out to me was, "Courage means moving forward inspite of your fears."

 

Rested and called it a night.  

THINKING ABOUT HOME LIFE...I am truly blessed to have a loving Husband, a place to make a HOME together, a shelter away from the world.  A peaceful place to eat, sleep, live, do chores, groom, surround myself with creature comforts, pray, play.  

HOME is where you hang your hat and are allowed to have a hat.  With so much turmoil in the world, I think it best to have a quiet place away from the noise.  My quiet place is right here. Guarding one's heart from strife and ungodly interference.  There is more to LIFE than politics. There is more to LIFE than being a minion.

GOD BLESS THE HOMEMAKER.  God bless our HOMES.    

It is alright to be me.  It's alright to be at PEACE in my HOME.  It's alright to have a HOME.  

May you have a blessed LIFE,

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