LOOKING FOR LAMP OIL, KICKING THE DEVIL IN THE TEETH and HAVING A AH-HAH MOMENT!

LOOKING FOR LAMP OIL and not finding it.  I really didn't want to purchase it by mail.  As I convert back to more primitive ways to live, I have been thinking about burning oil lamps in the evenings. 

Finding lamp oil in these parts of the world became more challenging than I wanted.  A simple trip to the Hardware store wasn't working.  Off we went for a full day of shopping.  The stores are far apart so the miles put on the car to find lamp oil turned into a full day of shopping.  Tried to make it fun and our entertainment for the day.  Walking and talking was involved.  

Dressed myself in a pair of thrift bought blue jeans.  Glad they fit.  Bargain shopping has its benefits.  Instead of spending $65-$100 for good looking bluejeans, I spent about $4.80 plus tax.  Good heavens, that's GREAT.

My day went something like this:  🚘Put fuel in auto so no threat of running out of petro while traveling across the beautiful Kansas Prairie in the Flint Hills to go shopping. 
📮Post Office mail pick up.
💊Pharmacy to pick up meds.  
🚗Aired car tire.
🛠Hardware store to look for lamp oil.  None.  I think I bought their last bottle the last time I was in there and they haven't restocked.
🥗Lunch (salad) for a healthy meal.  Drank water so I could spend money elsewhere for green tea.  While I was there I made a hair appointment by phone for a 6 o'clock shampoo.
🍵Starbucks for Trenta unsweetened Iced Green Tea.  My favorite.
👞Browns Shoe Fit for shoe insert for hubby.  Received $15.oo off from coupon.
🛍Flower Shoppe and Gift Store to look.  Purchased special measuring spoons and tongs.
🗄Menards to look at cabinet doors, buy Hubby a pair of cheap bluejeans, water, and wipes.
👗Marshalls just to look but found an extra pair of tongs.
💇Bellus Academy.  I had an appointment and when I arrived I was told that only one student showed up and was booked.  No shampoo for me.  Was I disappointed?  Yes, a little, but took it as a sign that I shouldn't have my hair shampooed there.
🕯Home Depot to look for lamp oil and look at cabinet doors.
🆃Target to look for lamp oil and just goof off.  Picked up some veggies.
🌮Light supper from Taco Johns.  Taco day with discounted food.  Sat in car at Walmart's parking lot to eat.  Can you imagine living in your car and sleeping in the parking lot at Walmart at night?  No, but there are people who do this.
🆆Walmart to look for lamp oil.  Bingo.  They had some.  Purchased and later realized I bought the wrong kind.  Oops.  Will have to return it.  Will check other Hardware Stores.
🛒Dillons to get peanut butter.
🏡Home to unload.

Hubby checked a local Hardware Store that had some lamp oil that was blue with fragrance.  He came home empty handed and went back to get some for me after I said let's try it.  So now we have some blue lamp oil.  I will return the Walmart brand that we got and go to another Hardware store for clear lamp oil if they have it.  

Hubby told me he needs to go back to Topeka to have his phone worked on as the part that was needed has come in.  Okay.  Off I go and I think I'll see if JC PENNEY salon will shampoo my hair.  Shall try.  Had a better idea.  Will call WASHBURN School of Cosmetology to get an appointment.  Did and it's a go.  This will be a first time for me to go there.  Curious how it will be.

GENERAL THOUGHTS.  Bathroom remodel is coming along.  Decluttering slowly continues to happen.  
Dreams float around inside my head.  
First things first.  Get settled into the COTTAGE even if the rooms are not remodeled yet.  I've had time to think about beautifying the place and how to do it.  Seems like my body does not keep up with the fast pace of thinking about what can be done.  
When looking for lamp oil takes so much effort and time searching I'd probably be better off ordering on line.  
I did order a couple of t-shirts online for us about chem-trails.  Waiting for these.

I shall not put my life on hold because I am OBESE.  I have before.  Breaking the chains off of me has been a long time in coming.  As I work at thinning down and hopefully get HEALTHIER, (maybe it should be the other way around) I shall not exclude myself from doing things and going places because I am extremely overweight.  The devil just got kicked in the teeth.  Not in this stronghold now.  Set free by the LORD.  A change of attitude.  

I remember when I was 15 years old as a Sophomore in High school.  I had a hangup about being so tall compared to my peers.  I stood head and shoulders above the other girls and felt like a freak.  When I was in P.E. Class playing basketball, I realized that I was coordinated.  The thought came over me that I could do what the other girls were doing and do it well.  My perspective changed at that moment in time.  Now as I have aged, I've had other challenges for sure that have placed me in a vice script.  Another hiccup to get rid of.  Having a ah-hah moment can still come at the least expected times.  AH-HAH!  
 

GOD BLESS and may you have a sweet day!  It's Rosh Hashanah so I shall eat some apple dipped in honey to represent a sweet year to come.  Even though I am not JEWISH I shall take some time to think about some traditions that are up lifting.  My apple shall be HONEY CRISP! Thinking about the things of GOD is a growing time that is a blessing.  Amen and amen.

~d

CAME HOME WITH A STOOL

TWO OF THE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS ARE UNDER OUR BELT. We got up so early to drive over to Manhattan for Hubby's appointments that afterwards we ate Breakfast at THE CHEF.  As I stared at my meal, I was thinking that a green salad would have been a better pick for me.  I should have ordered one instead of what I did.  Country Fried Steak with gravy, home fries, scrambled eggs and wheat toast.  Hubby frequently gets this and I thought I would also.  Mistake for me.

After I finished my meal, I wished I had ate a salad.  This meal wasn't as good as I have had at THE CHEF.  The ketch-up I used was sour.  I had ordered HOME FRIES and got hash browns. Not a big deal, I ate some of the hash browns.  The scrambled eggs I received were not like any I had before.  They were not scrambled, but looked more like a blob.  Tasted odd.  I should receive the food with appreciation and thankfulness and yet, I know the waitress didn't get the order correct.  Better luck next time if there be a next time.

As we walked back to our car, someone had plucked a stem from a Impatiens plant which was lying on the hot sidewalk.  I picked it up and asked Hubby to check on his phone to see if a Impatiens stem will root out in water?  He said yes, so I placed it in a water bottle and have plans to let it root out in the Kitchen.  When it does, I'll plant it in a pot.  Almost immediately the stem perked up.

We drove all over Manhattan running chores.  Hubby needed a copy of the heart test he had, so we drove over to the facility where he had the test.  There's some questions he will ask our doctor at his physical next week.  

Then he was to make an appointment with a podiatrist to have his toenails professionally shaped.  More driving to a different location.  The soonest they could get him in is OCTOBER 3rd.  I blinked my eyes.  That's 13 weeks away.  As I was checking the calendar to write the appointment down, I noticed it falls on ROSH HASHANAH.  I guess it will be just fine to have this appointment on such a special Jewish Holiday even with us not being Jewish.

Rosh Hashanah

Jewish day of judgement preceding Yom Kippur (day of atonement), one of several Jewish New Years

Rosh HaShanah is the New Year in Judaism. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah. It is the first of the High Holy Days, as specified by Leviticus 23:23–25, that occur in the late summer/early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere.

Rosh Hashanah in a Minute

What: Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the universe, the day G‑d created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the head of the Jewish year.

When: Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of the Jewish new year, Tishrei 1 and 2, beginning at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1. Rosh Hashanah 2024 begins at sundown on October 2 and continues through nightfall on October 4.

How: Rosh Hashanah is celebrated with candle lighting in the evenings, festive meals with sweet delicacies during the night and day, prayer services that include the sounding of the ram’s horn (shofar) on both mornings, and desisting from creative work.

Hubby will find it interesting that his medical appointment is on Rosh Hashanah.  Off we went to get a green tea then to a medical supply store.  Auto Zone for car parts,  

I remembered that I was suppose to receive a medical report for the Echocardiogram I had done in May, but never received.  This was the day to go get one.  No telephone tag played or Health Portal hiccups.  More driving across town.  Back to the doctor's facility to get my copy.

I wanted to purchase some more Coleus as I did not have enough to fill the urn.  Home Depot had a few so I purchased one that will look beautiful in the urn.  More playing in the dirt!

More driving to Best Buy to check on a computer printer.  They had one that will work for us. Only one remained that had been marked down in price.  We chatted about what to do and we did it.  Ring it up to bring Home with us.  Cha-Ching.  A big purchase so we will pull some cash out of savings to deposit into the checking account.

Off to two more banks.  More driving.  By this time, I'm getting very tired since I woke at 4:22 this morning.  The tireds are hitting me.  

Onto the pharmacy in a different community to spend 84 cents on a prescription.

Walnut seat with legs made of maple painted ebony.

As we passed a new Amish Furniture store in the area, I said today's the day we stop to look. We did.  What a charming place.  Hubby sat on one of the wood stools that fit his build.  HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY.  Our's is in August, but this beautiful stool that fit like it was made for him might not be there come August, so we purchased it.  It will be used as his artist stool that he will use when he's painting at an easel.  I believe that having this stool will encourage him to once again paint.

They have gorgeous, well made furniture such as bedroom suites, rockers, dining tables with chairs.  Scripture pictures on the walls and faux candles lit.  Lovely place. 

Amish people run this new business dressed to the nines looking so wholesome.  The Amish have come to the area.  I'd love to visit with the mother sometime.  Perhaps God can arrange this for me.      

We came HOME, unloaded our finds and had quiet time to rest.  Supper WILL BE a salad.  I'll fix it after I have a nap.

BUSY DAY.  I think it would have been fun to have clocked the miles to see just how many we covered in this day.

There was a knock on the door.  Lil Miss had her brother with her and they stopped by after a swim.  What a nice treat to have grandchildren stop by.  Orange Gatorade time and caramel rice cakes to the rescue.  What kind of Grandma would I be if I didn't provide some snacks?  

That is Hubby's drawing board across the room from them.  The boxed printer is by the sideboard holding the TV.  Our living room is small, but cozy and having family here makes it all the better. 

Two medical appointments down and three to go this week.  Can you believe it?

As I type this post, I remember that it's already the 9th of July.  The 9th is my favorite cousin's birthday.  She would have been 68.  Three years ago, she and her Husband would pass away in a horrific automobile crash that happened about a week after she turned 65.  Every July 9th I think of her and I miss her.  Pause.  Denice.  My childhood memories come rushing back to me. She had a huge part in my life and I'm very  blessed to have had her in my LIFE.  She could tan when in the sun and I couldn't.  Played soft ball as a catcher, belly danced, Life Guard at the swimming pool, cheerleader.  I was jealous of all that she did when I was growing up.  As a child she delivered newspapers on her bicycle in her small HOME town.  She married two weeks before I did.  Mothered 9 children.  Athletic build.  As an adult she made the most beautiful cakes you could imagine.  Incredibly active and on the go.  She was awesome.  Loved the Lord.

Make this day count.

~d