Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Just me, trying to keep on blogging

We went to Costco today.  I has a list of two things (ha), and one item to get for Cliff, but there's no way I can justify even going.  It's at least a 30-mile trip one way to that area of Independence.  butI just wanted to go and walk up and down the aisles.  Last week I told Cliff I wanted to go to Dollar General, eight miles away.  I should tell you that I've never in my life wanted to go to Dollar General Store, but that day I did.  I just needed to get away briefly, I suppose.  

Of course when we walk the aisles at Costco, we spend more money.  We each bought something we didn't really need, and between us, we spent $30 on those unnecessary items:  A cheese assortment for me, and some kind of fragrance things to keep your car or tractor smelling good for Cliff.  My gift to myself was obviously the most useless thing I could have bought, with five pounds extra already on my body, but Cliff was right there whispering in my ear, "Get it, get it; you don't have that many years left to get stuff you want."  So here it is.  On the bright side, gas in nearby Buckner was $1.99 a gallon, but at Costco we only paid $1.84.                         


We do have company occasionally.  Cliff's oldest sister called him Friday and I listened to Cliff's side of the conversation.  I told him to invite Rena for dinner, since I was making turkey frame soup.  So she came over for awhile and we had a good visit.  Sunday our oldest granddaughter, Amber, came to visit again with her two dogs.  Gabe always enjoys other dogs visiting.

Cliff and his sister
Cliff and his sister (and Gabe)

I noticed there is a terrible cold front coming into a large portion of the country next week, and it it's not going to be in a hurry to leave.  There will be single-digit low temps for six nights in a row.  The older I get, the more I understand why people want to go to Florida or Texas in the winter.

We watch TV every night.  We are watching "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix, as well as Forensic Files.  Yesterday I saw online that Sundance channel is showing Roots for Black History Month, so I found that and set the series to record.  Cliff watched the miniseries back in the 70's, but I paid no attention to it at the time.  So we are watching it together this time, zapping the commercials, of course, like we do all recorded TV shows.  We are also watching one DVD each evening of the Country Family Reunion shows that were on for at least 20 years.  They aren't doing them any more because once people quit buying the DVD's, they were losing money on the show and had to stop making them.  It was time, anyhow, since most of the old-time country music artists have died.  

This is our shoe-box full of CFR DVDs.  Some of those DVD folders have five or six DVDs in them, so there's a lot of listening there.  We enjoy the conversations as much as the music.

We are both happy that PBS has a new version of "All Creatures Great and Small" on Sunday evenings.  We really enjoyed the original PBS version of those James Herriot books, and it seems the new one is just as good.

I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel to keep on blogging, but that's all I have for today.

Peace

  

19 comments:

  1. Although I have watched the miniseries Roots a couple times over the years, as one expects, it pales in comparison to the book. It is one of those rare books, and the only fiction book, that I actually have read multiple times and enjoy reading it for the 5th time as much as I did the 1st time. It is truly a masterpiece.

    I am currently searching for my next binge watching endeavor and have heard good things about the Queen's Gambit. What say you? I tried watching the third season of Cobra Kai after having watched the first two seasons last year just because I grew up among the Karate Kid franchise. But the acting just isn't doing it for me and I don't think I will finish it.

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    1. I almost didn't consider Queen's Gambit, because I know nothing about chess and don't care to learn. However, it has held my interest so far. I have to watch now, because I want to see how the main character turns out! Cliff probably wouldn't watch it if it were up to him; he says it's "too slow". Oh, and he said Roots isn't nearly as good as he thought it was in the 70's. Now it seems dated, old-fashioned. So we watched the first episode, and that's all. I told Cliff what you said about the book, so he's going to read it next, if it's available at the library.

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  2. I enjoyed "The Queen's Gambit" a lot, and am loving the new "All Creatures Great and Small." Both of my girls are stuck in the snowy cold snap, especially the New Yorker. And she's the one who hates the cold! It's hard to find things to blog about these days when I'm doing so little. So, I end up whining a lot...

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    1. We have watched a lot of shows on Netflix that originally were on PBS. They're always good. We are often watching something on PBS directly, but it's nice to have a way to watch the good PBS shows we've missed over the years when they show up on Netflix.

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  3. My Costco system for not overbuying is to not get a cart. I either bring in a large canvas bag to hold my items or grab a box from a shelf.

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    1. I can see where that might work.

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  4. Donna, sometimes I just have to get out too. Dollar General is close by. It seems to satisfy my urge to get out. I love PBS on Sunday nights. All creatures great and small and the new one right afterwards The long song. It’s about a slave plantation in Jamaica.

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    1. I haven't watched the other show after All Creatures... I will give it a try.

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  5. That cheese platter sure does look delicious, Donna! I believe I would have bought that too. I understand your need to just take a ride and walk around a bit. Isn't it funny how we appreciate things like Dollar General so much more now? I'm itching for a trip to Dollar Tree but hubby says "No!!". He thinks we should still just stay home unless absolutely necessary. I suppose he's right, especially with the new variants around. But Costco sounds great to me!! ~Andrea xoxo

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    1. We go early, on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, and there's never much of a crowd when they first open the doors on those days.

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  6. Donna and Ed! My John Prone friends! I'm popping in with a book and show recommendation. BOOK: David Pakman did an excellent author interview: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_2GDMmGO1Us My 16 year old grandson and I recently discussed starting a #pandemiclife book club. I ordered the paperback 483 Days last night for him. Digital library for me. SHOW: Just finished watching the current episode of Finding Your Roots. Lynch and Gaffigan.
    Stay warm!

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    1. I watched part of the interview just now. The book sounds interesting; Cliff and I will probably both read it.

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    2. The book and Reese's dark chocolate peanut butter cups arrived today.
      Meanwhile, my 8 quart bag of perlite has crossed the U.S. from Minnesota to Washington twice. It's been to Grimes numerous times. So close, yet so far!

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  7. Autocorrect!! Prone! Argh! Prine!

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    1. I didn't know Ed was a Prine fan; I haven't been following his blog very long.

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    2. Why, Donna! I'm crushed! Just kidding. I shared the link to Ed's blog when he told a John Prine story. I knew you were a big fan.

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  8. Had to smile at your overbuying. I have found with using pickup service, I am saving money every month. No more impulse buys that I couldn't resist. I use to go into the store for light bulbs and come out with a full cart:)
    Loving revisiting the James Herriot series also.

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    1. I always have a list, and really don't buy a lot of impulsive things. However, in the case of yesterday's Costco trip, I went with the express purpose of buying something impulsive, along with the milk and butter I actually needed.

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  9. I love to go looking around at those big stores like Cosco. I go to Sam's Club once a month and always do buy something I don't really need. It's nice to see something new and I need the exercise walking around. We are starting to experience that severe cold here and staying iniside is getting to me. It's not always easy to have something new to blog about but you are doing a good job of keeping busy there. Life is really never boring, when you like doing what you do.

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