Window-shopping for fun

On the home front, we're having snow, rain, and fog lately, in that order.  We've had three days of fog that sticks around until noon, and today will be the fourth.  The yard and pasture are muddy, and I celebrate the mud!  At least when I plant my early garden seeds, hopefully in March, they won't be trying to grow in a drought.  I just hope the rain keeps coming at nice intervals through the year.

Cliff had an appointment to get at oil change at the Ford dealer at Richmond yesterday.  Also, we had gotten a recall notice from Ford that we needed to have taken care of.  Normally I would have stayed at home, but that Ford dealer is in walking distance of Walmart.  I never ever take time to just stroll through a store and look at things; I get what's on my list and leave.  I figured Cliff would be sitting at the dealership for at least a couple hours, and decided I'd spend that time "window-shopping" at Walmart.  I took my folding chair-cane so I could sit when my knees started hurting, and traveled through every aisle except for the automotive section.  I had told Cliff we didn't need to get any groceries this week; But there were things I knew I was low on, and so I grabbed them while I had the opportunity.  I found some things in the garden section, so I got a couple of packets of flower seeds, some garden gloves, and a can of Sevin dust because I used what I had last year.  There was a winter shirt on a rack for $5, so I took that.

Usually if I'm being careful, we average buying maybe $40 to $50 of "stuff".  At Walmart, one is never just buying groceries.  But on my little tour of the best Walmart store you will ever find, I somehow spent over $100!  I almost bought a printer for $19, but then remembered I've messed up every printer I've ever had, and so in six months they are worthless to me.  They sit in a corner for a while, then they are trashed, leaving me to have my grandson next door print anything I actually need.

Anyway, the time flew, even with my knees aching.  I was there for two hours, and was just deciding I'd seen everything when Cliff called to tell me he was ready to head home.   

The reason that particular Walmart is so great is that it's in a relatively small town (6,000 people), but it's not a tiny store like the ones in Oak Grove and Higginsville.  And except for holidays or snow days, it's seldom crowded when we are there.  We don't go there often because it's the same distance to Blue Springs, and we are often there for Cliff's doctor appointments anyway.  Much of the time I shop in Oak Grove, because it's the closest.

In the news:  Remember Pandora's box?   Now people are using artificial intelligence to create porn from pictures of stars.  Pornagraphic photos are flooding X (formerly known as Twitter) with pornagraphic pictures of Taylor Swift.  I'm sure pedophiles will be doing the same thing with pictures of children.  I see no way anybody can stop this mess.  Beam me up, Scotty.