SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS.
TOPEKA TUESDAY. I should have been really excited to go to TOPEKA, but I felt tired. It took me a bit to get groomed and dressed. No excitement. Just fatigue. First stop was at the Pharmacy where some meds were picked up. There was a price increase. Not happy about this. Another price increase. HUMANA doesn't cover any of our thyroid meds because they are natural and not synthetic. Will have to do some comparison shopping. AGAIN. Life is still good.
We went to ST. MARYS to get a MJs Steamer. Though it was good, I felt tired.
SUMMER heat started warming up the atmosphere and I grieved that it wasn't cooler. I think I have begun to tire of the heat as well. Leaves are starting to fall due to the heat. They are scorched.
Once we got into TOPEKA, we went to GOD's STOREHOUSE. Really busy with shoppers and no shopping carts left. Picked up some very old mixing bowls and some depression glass saucers with the Madrid pattern on them. It was SENIOR DISCOUNT DAY so the plates were only 80 cents each. Four of them.
The mixing bowls are Federal Glass 1930s Depression Glass. Nesting bowls. I have a few already at the COTTAGE. I like them so much that I think I'll keep these. Nearly a hundred years old. That sounds so old to me.
It looks like GS is expanding as they had a tent set up in which they are filling with furniture. They do a heck of a good business as their inventory is all donated. A very clean and orderly place to shop.
From GS we went to SAMs, ate all beef hot dogs and drank lemonade. Shopped a little. Coffee, coffee cups, grass fed beef, avocados. Kept it simple. Still it cost quite a bit and I stood there at the check out and thought it is expensive to shop. Blink blink. We're getting older and stuns me at the expense.
ONE WAY to cut back on meat is to have more legumes for a meal. More eggs. Nuts. Beans. More vegetarian meals. Going to have to do more of this. Amen. I have started thinking about relocating some flowers so I can have a small garden by the side of the house. I'd like to plant some asparagus and rhubarb where they can stay and not be disturbed. If I plant the Irises around the base of three trees in the front yard then the side yard can become a veggie garden with room enough for some asparagus, rhubarb, radishes, scallions, cherry tomatoes, mini cucumbers, some spring greens maybe some green beans.
Leaving SAMs meant going to Walmart. Wanted to look at their BRAS and hair barretts. I noticed in the bra department they no longer have boxed bras. I walked away with no bra. Looking for one that fastens in the front which is easier for my shoulders to deal with. None to be found. Will have to check the internet. No luck with the Barretts either. Strike two. It was actually fun shopping today. Seemed like a normal shopping day.
I picked up a plant on CLEARANCE. I have plans of cutting some starters from this beautiful plant. The container had three different kinds of COLEUS and oh so pretty. When I got home, I placed the container in the GARDEN WINDOW for now.
We drove over to Home Depot for some supplies. ARBYs for Iced Tea. Drove over to the COTTAGE so I could water the plants on the porch. It's been so HOT out. I pulled a few unwanted weeds in the flower beds and came to the conclusion that there is plenty of yard work for me to do when it cools some.
The Siberian Irises had some seed pods that I plucked off and placed in a baggy. I'll have to read up on how to start new plants from these. Think the seeds should be kept in cool place then planted in a sunny area in the Autumn. Now to prepare the area for new irises.
With it having been so HOT, the grass is drying out. The other flower beds are in need of tender loving care and I'm not sure they will get any until the end of September. Too much to do around the main house for now. I can see in my head how the flower beds need to look. They'll get there.
Tomorrow, I need to stain the stairs at the main house for a house project. SO my day is spoken for. I hope I get this far.
This evening we had left overs for supper of fried chicken and potato salad. Just as good as before. Filling.
EVENING TELEVISION. Watched CALL THE MIDWIFE on PBS. I think this is one of the best series of all time. Last night we tuned in to an old black and white 1958 movie, RUN SILENT RUN DEEP with Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. Thought it was good.
Some days are better than others. This day was pretty good even though I was extra tired in the heat.
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