Friday

• (I have no idea how this bullet got here or haow to get rid of it!) Thursday night, after dark we took a spin around the neighborhood to  see other Halloween decorations. It turns out the we had the second best display and lights. Now, we realize that we have four tiny blinking lights on four stakes with a witch and jack o lantern. So, our display is not so spectacular.  The white ghosts in the trees look better at night than in the day. 

For Thursday night dinner Tommy had another two cups of the soup with lots of meat and vegetables. I had a small can of chicken breast with sweet relish and MW. I also had a can of asparagus. Tommy does not like asparagus. I only like it right out of the can--no heating. One more soup serving awaits. He said to freeze it. 

Thursday, I bought another two sets of the shelves that hang from a shelf. This will expand the running feet available for food and will reduce the headroom for food. There is no use having a shelf with room above soup cans and no way to use it. I don't like to stack pop top cans on each other. I am afraid of a lid failure. And, there is no way to adjust the space between shelves. Plus, cans can slide where there is no back to the shelves or sides. The hanging shelves have back and side.

As I left the bank yesterday, I saw a box of masks. I asked the guy if I could have a mask. He said I could and I got into the car with two in my hand. I did not mean to get two when I asked for one. I have managed to NOT buy masks, so far. I only take one, usually. I wash masks! If I want two, I ask for two. This is the first time I have gotten more than one. But, I saw a woman taking a handful. 

Friday,we picked up two boxes of food. Here is the two added together for the tally.

• 2 gal. milk
• 6 lbs cheese slices
• 2 quart of Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt
• 2 pack of hot dogs
• 6  lbs. chopped chicken
• 2 quarts whole eggs
• dozen loose apples
• 10  lbs. potatoes 
• 4 huge yellow onions
• huge bag of raw spinach
• bag of Romaine
• 2 loaves of expensive loaf bread  
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 lbs. chicken filets

I bought a couple of tomatoes so we can have salad for dinner

Okay, one place slung in two of those boxes, so in actuality, we got three boxes. There are too many things not good for us--processed cheese, hot dogs, sugar in yogurt. I may give some of this away rather than freezing it. Okay, I gave a away both quarts of eggs and Tommy kept the third gallon of milk. 

We took a whole box, plus 2 quarts eggs, and minus milk to Piggly Wiggly and gave it away to a woman leaving her car to shop. She was thrilled! So, that felt good to pass it on. I hope it helped her to save money or buy other things. 

Now, before I start dinner, I am going to bag and freeze the chopped chicken breast and divide the cheese and freeze it. Hotdogs and milk are in freezer. It's 5 pm. Dinner will be salad with chopped chicken. Tommy reminded me of salad, so YAY!

The hanging shelves are working out for making the set of shelves more useful by filling in the high space on each shelf. I got all of those in place. Tommy will go through the rest of the Halloween stuff and see what there is to put out. 

So Halloween continues...lol. It is 83F at 5 pm.

This and That and That's a Good Boy

* I found the beautiful pink purse #1, perfect in every way and told you about it. But, when I go shopping, I need something to hold cards, phone, and coupons just when I go into the store. Usually, I have pockets for my phone, and the tiny purse, I wear-- a really tiny. cheap crossbody purse #2 won't hold the flip phone and keys. 

Sooo, I found a cheap purse #3 that is the exact color of my beautiful pink purse. It is small purse that will hold my phone and keys. It was $11.97 but when it was rung up, it was $7. That was a nice surprise. 

I am afraid my large, beautiful pink purse will be stolen with all my worldly goods I carry in it. This tiny one might be yanked off my neck, but I won't lose so much. 

* When appliances have been delivered in the past, I have been aware that they were bolted to boards, sort of a base. Maybe you know what I mean. I went out to the truck to get a look at my freezer and saw it was sitting on something that looked like plastic skids. When I asked the guys what the plastic was, they assured me that they would removed those. I had them leave them on the freezer. Since it sits on carpet, I thought it might help it not to be overheated. I worry about things.

*  When we went to the park to eat our Reuben, we drove through the park, looking at the houses backed up to the park. I wanted to see the beehives again. 

A man came up behind our car as we were still eating. It scared me and I locked my door. It turns out he was just an old man taking a walk. A few minutes later, a dog walked up to our car and a bit beyond. He had a rope tied to him, just a rope about 12 feet long tied in a knot to his collar. He found what looked like a pork chop bone and attacked it, chewing and wagging his tail.

Then, I noticed the man has crossed the road in the park and stood waiting, looking at the dog and calling him. The dog was busy with the bone and finally got a piece of it caught in his mouth as he broke it. He began clawing at his mouth and finally dislodged the bone. I know clawing at his mouth did not help at all. It was all sort of frightening. 

The dog paid no attention the man calling, so after about five minutes, the man came and got the rope. I told him about the bone having  been stuck in his mouth. So, he said the dog eats all bones and this happens. 

We drove about the park and he was approaching us on the way home. We stopped and talked with the guy. It turns out the dog had chewed up his leash and the guy got the rope from his shed. He said the dog's name was Pancho and he was only seven-months-old. Pleasant man, sweet dog, and nice conversation. 

* The white plastic shelves I bought Sunday were so easy to put together. I could not push the legs into the shelves, but Tommy did it easily. Then, I leaned on the unit to seat the legs. And, I can carry them myself. They are 32" tall, 12 inches deep, and 20" wide. They are not pretty, but will do the job of holding the cases of water. They are an improvement over the kitchen chair that holds them now.

* I taped the edges of one short-sided box and put it on the big shelf unit. It looks better than a cardboard box. Now, I have three more sitting here waiting on me to tape.  The dark blue tape with constellations in gold is pretty. It works for now.

* As I came from the store, Tommy drove up to the curb and I drove the electric cart behind the car to unload stuff. Two very nice men came up as they were going into the store. They offered to help and I let them, thanking them profusely. As they left, I had to tell them that the guy driving could not walk at all, that he was not lazy. I didn't have much, but I was barely able to stand up to load things into the car. Nice people are everywhere, thankfully. 

That was so hard! Bananas!

 Sunday--Tommy had to go pick up meds from the pharmacy window. I told him on the way back that we were putting the shelves together. He agreed.

Because it is almost pitch dark in the area where it needed to be put together and used, we had to assemble it in the living room and carry it to the kitchen! 

There were numerous parts we did not need, so we were confused for a bit. No, we were confused for a long time! Of course, the number for customer service was not open on Sunday. Finally, I declared we would use the parts that I thought we needed. There was no  place for the other parts. 

Amazingly, neither of us injured ourselves or each other handling the heavy parts and four 6-foot legs! I did considering hurting him when he did not attach pieces the correct way. The whole unit is 6-foot tall and holds 1350 lbs. It is 3 foot wide and 16 inches deep.    

Thankfully, it is done. Two people in our condition should not be assembling things this heavy and large. Lesson learned. It would have been worth money to have this done for us. 

I am glad I have leftovers of chicken and vegetables! If I live for another hour, I might make a peach cobbler. The peaches are commercially canned but will be delicious. This is a dump cake in a 9'x13' dish. 

That was so hard! But, I can get the mess of food off the tables, chairs, floors and off boxes. Do you ever have to do something that is just beyond your physical abilities and only realize it too late? 

I wanted to get the $.99/lb grapes, both the red he likes and green I like. The green were not fit to buy. I think I bought 3 pounds of the red, so they will last a long time. 

Bananas were reduced to $.1/bag. I think there are 20 bananas in the ten pounds in the bag. Today, I have to mash them and freeze. This will probably be all I buy to freeze. 

It is about noon on Monday, and I still hurt. I asked Tommy just now if he wants to put his old chairs out as we empty food from them. He said, "Might as well." YAY! I will do this one more hard thing today. 

I am still hurting and asked Tommy if assembling the shelf unit hurt him. "No." Me?...sigh

Since I bought tomatoes and squash Saturday at the Farmer's Market, both are on the menu today. BLT and squash and onions sound about right. I suppose this is the end of fresh tomatoes and squash. This summer has seemed so short. 

But, pecans will be at the market soon.

Have you tackled a task that was beyond your physical ability and only realized it too late? Will you get to eat one last BLT?