“A bargain ain’t a bargain unless it’s something you need.”
This has been the busiest of mornings. The periodontist said all is well so I thought I’d treat myself by taking the long way home and stopping at a few places. I noticed the thrift store was open so I stopped to shop. It, like most other thrift shops, always has older women tending the register and wrapping the items. I found a few things I had been looking for to use for Easter. The three things cost a total of $3.25. I stayed a while in the parking lot to listen to Romney’s speech and was glad I had. Give it to him, Mitt! Next stop was the candy store for a couple of Easter basket items then the Italian store for cheese. It was a fun morning.
Today is cold, 32˚ cold. Tomorrow we’re due to have 2-4 inches of snow. I think I saw spring as it was getting on a bus to Florida. Hard to tell, though, as spring had her face covered so as not to be recognized. My dad, of course, would always tell us spring snow is poor man’s fertilizer.
When I was a kid, I didn’t know what the weather would be one day to the next this time of year. It was as if Mother Nature had multiple personalities. A warm day in the morning could be freezing cold by afternoon. Sun easily turned to dark skies filled with clouds. Snow was always welcome, but I was a kid. What did I know?
I jut spent an hour with my neighbor helping him with forms for his two kids so they can get regular passports. Both are now over 18 and need to apply for their own passports as the other was because their father is a citizen.
I saw a daffodil bud in my front garden. I was so excited this morning you’d think I’d found a treasure chest filled with gold, but then again with snow coming and spring so far delayed, maybe I did!
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March 3, 2016 at 4:11 pm
Nice to hear you got good news from the periodontist. That means you never need to see him again, right? Thrift stores are neat. When I lived in New Orleans, I loved the Salvation Army store. If y’ knew when the department stores were sending their out-of-season merch, you got great deals. I made a point to make friends with the people there. Picked up brand-new Hart, Schaffner & Marx blazers and New Hebrides jackets for $2.50 each. I quit shopping there when they raised their prices for blazers to $5. I know, I know …
Romney. What a puss. He didn’t bitch about Trump endorsing him when he ran for president. He’s a failed candidate as well as a puss. Note too that he never had the cojones to attack ‘Dear Comrade Maxipad Leader’s ideology or platform during the campaign. Shut up and stay home, Mittens. You’re old news.
We’ll be colder tomorrow than we are today. Isn’t there a song title in there somewhere? That thing about ‘spring snow’ and ‘fertilizer’ … that doesn’t mean the snow’s brown, does it?
Why do we need a ‘weatherman’ … ? Is it really so difficult for people to look at the sky and tell what the conditions are? Sunny’s real easy. So’s rain.
Tornadoes and hurricanes are pretty self-explanatory too. Frost, ice, snow, fog, etc are all real easy to see with the unaided eye. Is it cold? Well, then, there y’ go. Is it warm? Well, then, there y’ go. It’s time to retire the ‘weatherman’ and let people get back to learning how to read nature again.
Yesterday and today have been ‘cleaning days.’
Cleaned everything in the silverware drawer, sharpened all my knives, put away lots of things that were on the mantel over the fireplace, and washed all the glass display thingies. Life’s not easy when you’re anal-retentive … or obsessive-compulsive. One has to be easier than the other – I just don’t know which one to pick.
March 3, 2016 at 6:26 pm
Richard,
Yes, I was relieved though he did say sometimes the pesky growths return. I found the Salvation Army store a bit pricier than the thrift shops. Mine did not have out-of-season stuff from the name stores. It had castaways.
Trump was a sort of game host back then and had kept his ideologies to himself. At least someone has come out and pointed at Trump.
My father was right. I looked it up years ago. The nitrogen in the snow releases slowly into the soil as it melts.
I think here the weather changes fast. A sunny day can turn into rain quickly then the sun can come right back out.
Being able to predict tornadoes and hurricanes has saved many lives. During the 1938 New England hurricane, 682 people were killed. E.B. Hideout, a New England meteorologist, said the storm was headed here and wasn’t believed. Now we are warned with plenty of time to prepare.
I get days like yours, but luckily they don’t happen often!
March 3, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Heading to Munich early in the morning for our biennial Barbershop Music Festival, national contests and great concerts with international guests and a lot of fun. Chorus competition on Saturday, please cross your fingers around 10 a.m. (your time). Here’s a short promo with some 2014 chorus snippets, you can hear us singing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcjRcMGUgwk
I still have a bad cold but there’s nothing that good Bavarian beer can’t cure 😉
March 3, 2016 at 6:34 pm
Birgit,
The music was great, but the green heads were a bit much.
My fingers will be crossed.
Have a great time and wow them with song!
March 3, 2016 at 5:04 pm
The croci are fading away, but the Hyacinths are about to bloom. Then the daffodils.
Cheers
March 3, 2016 at 6:35 pm
minicapt,
I have hyacinth in my kitchen. I bought them to give my house some color!
March 3, 2016 at 6:14 pm
Another beautiful day here in North Texas. I hate shopping in a brick and mortar store for clothes or anything else. The Internet is easier and works great. I’m very lucky that I wear a uniform for work that the company supplies. I did shop after Christmas for a leather jacket but only had a few opportunities to wear it this winter. The global warming deniers should stick their heads out the window but it won’t make any difference. I read an interesting book on why people will support candidates whose policies are in direct conflict with their own economic interests. It turns out that people will not go against their deeply held beliefs regardless of the evidence or to their personal lives.
Last winter Congressman Inoff, a Republican from Oklahoma, brought a snowball onto the house floor as an example of global warming. Of course he is a climate change denier because the oil and gas industry is among his biggest contributors.
March 3, 2016 at 6:40 pm
Bob,
I also love shopping on the internet but I was looking for a couple of cup and saucers for an Easter craft. On line I might have found them on a place like e-bay, but I found them at the thrift shop for a dollar and no mailing costs.
I think many people are attracted to candidates regardless of their policies. A lot of people don’t bother to check the platforms of candidates. I knew more than a few people who voted for Bush the second time because you don’t switch in the middle of a war, not even one he started.
I remember that snowball. Idiot!
March 4, 2016 at 10:30 am
I’m glad it was nothing bad!
We got around 2-4 inches of snow during the night and it hasn’t been warm enough today so we have lots left, I’m not glad at all.
There’s a thrift store in the village where I work but I haven’t been there since they got more space. I really should go there, who knows I might find an old camera 🙂 They are rather cheap but not as cheap as the thrift stores in America.
I think that the more the Republican party fights Trump the more votes he’ll get. They just don’t seem to get it that they vote on trump because of how they feel politicians have behaved towards the common people. Not even the scam with the Trump University will give him less votes. I’ve read that even top republicans are ready to vote for Hillary, they say anything is better than Trump 🙂
Have a great day!
Christer.
March 4, 2016 at 11:30 am
Christer,
So was I!!
Some thrift stores must think they are high end as they are expensive. The ones run by churches are not. They are my favorites. I was happy yesterday to find what I needed and wanted.
The people are voting for Trump, and I just don’t get it. He has failed in business more than not. He is vulgar, made fun of a disabled journalist and called people names. O don’t understand people I guess!
Have a great evening!!
March 4, 2016 at 11:47 am
The one in this village is run by a soccer team. The best thing the republican part could do is to embrace him, then people would start to see him for what he is.
March 4, 2016 at 3:03 pm
That’s a great way to make some money. Teams here do car washes, plant sales and bake sales to earn more money for their sport.
March 4, 2016 at 3:05 pm
Christer,
Have a comment from you which says : “You might want to go see what they’re up to! Perhaps you will like their blog as much as they liked your comment!” but I can’t find where it is.