Yesterday was a town day. DH and I both had so much to do that we took separate rigs and met up for lunch. Divide and conquer was the theme of the day.
It was horribly windy, but we both crossed everything off of our lists. We're gearing up for a weather week. Mother nature is going to give us quite the variety this week.
Around here, they close roads when the wind gets ferocious due to lack of visibility with all the dirt in the air so then you worry about being able to get home.
So, when I DO go, the list is long and it takes the entire day. I try to do a grocery store pick up for most things and that helps, but its hard to gauge the time slot and I still go in to pick out my produce and meat.
Yesterday's stops included 2 grocery stores, Sam's, the post office, the health insurance company, the bank, the CPA, Walgreens, Hobby Lobby (to return some elastic), Home Depot, a furniture store (to order a new bed for the guest room), a 2nd furniture store (to look for a lamp),
and the quilt shop. Oh, and lunch with DH... 🥰 the best part of the day along with coming home.
I hadn't been in the quilt shop in over a year, but I had a gift certificate that a friend had given me when I shared some fabric with her. Such a thoughtful and generous gift from a thoughtful and generous friend. I didn't need anything, but it was about to expire.
When you factor in the 2 hour driving time (to town and back), all those stops, unloading the pickup, and putting everything away, town days just wear me out.
"Don't make me go to town" is a very popular tagline in our home. Years ago, my mom found a book with that title and sent it to me. I didn't write it, but that would be the title of my autobiography, if I wrote one. 😂
4 comments:
I hear you and I don't even have to drive 2 hours to town! Enjoy staying at home and stitching for the next several weeks.
I'm with you! In Montana we live 100 miles from Billings, MT. When we go "to town" it's an all day affair and we are exhausted when we get home. Grocery store pickup is a life/time saver--I had started doing it before covid, then during covid and now I only enter a grocery store for small purchases. I've found that 99% of the time, the produce picked for me by the grocery store folks is great.
Sounds busy, exhausting, and fun. Glad you made it safely back.
Isn't life wonderful when home is heaven? I rarely go to a quilt shop anymore because I can order online. Any quilt shop is at least a 30 minute drive from me. Most are open only a few days a week anyway. We do shop at Costco for our produce one morning a week which is also a 30 minute drive each way. I look forward to coming home the minute the shopping is done. When I was young, I used to love to go out. Now I just love to stay home. We need to make excuses to leave now just to give ourselves the push to leave for a little bit. Live is wonderful at home!
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