Still hot - but sunny!
1/27/06 6:45 am.
32º F, Clear, S wind 8mph.
Good morning,
It appears the hot will continue for another day. Then they are talking of snow on Sunday or there abouts. I fear that when we really get snow, we will really get snow. Yesterday was a really nice April day. I was able to go coatless for a good share of the day, but I did have a flannel shirt on. The temperature was about 45º F and is supposed to be higher today, probably breaking another high temperature record.
Since it was a warm day with no rain or snow coming our way, we decided to go to the Fox River Valley and spend the money LSM gave me as a thanx for being on staff last year. It has been a long time a-coming, since we discovered Saturday is a very busy day at the mall after LSM and we both were worn out from the weekend. We had tried once, without much success other than almost falling asleep on the drive home.
We started late, so decided to stop in Kewaunee at Grandma’s Café for a late breakfast. It was good and plenty. I kind of figured we would not be eating lunch at the "normal" time, so it was good to eat bigger than normal. We stopped to pick up some gas for the van. As it turned out, the price was the cheapest we saw anywhere. That is unusual for Kewaunee I think. Even Algoma is 7¢/gallon higher. We also noticed the geese were covering the harbor once again - apparently they have decided to give the fertilizing of the shore line a rest or were just pooped out.
Arriving at the mall about noon, we spent the next 2-3 hours wandering around. It is really hard for a couple of old folks who are not used to spending money on things we really don’t need. Guess we have done that so many years, especially me, that we can’t do anything else by be some frugal! There were many, many things we would like, but .... We finally did find a breadbox and a couple of other things for the kitchen to get. One was a new toaster. The one we have is probably a couple decades old (or more) and we had trouble putting Margriet’s homemade bread in it. Seems we like to slice it a bit thicker than the store bought variety and what the toaster will accept. Now we should not have that problem.
Another "frill" I did pick up was a new light for using with my computer and the notebook when we are on the road. Until now I have been using an overarm desk lamp which provides too much light. It is great for general desk lighting, but not for just illuminating the keyboard and the text I am working with. This one is battery driven with an A-C adapter to plug it in also. We have found that when we are traveling, I usually use the notebook when I first get up and Margriet uses it before she goes to bed. I don’t like to turn on the light in the room to wake her in the morning, and I have a hard time going to sleep with the light on in the room. So the little light we now have will solve that problem too.
In many of the stores, I was surprised to see the markdowns going on. Some of the items in some stores were marked down as much as 90%! We did take advantage of some of the markdowns, but only if we could justify the item. The little light cost $6.00 instead of the marked $16.00 for example. Kind of wish we fell into more of that kind of sales when we really need something. Of course the gift card amount didn’t come out exactly as our purchases and we ended up spending a total out of pocket money was 60¢! Not often one spends 2-3 hours in a mall spending less than a dollar!
Leaving the mall, we stopped the Machine Shed restaurant for "lunch." Being old folks, we didn’t order a full meal - or so we thought. We each ordered a cup of bean with ham (really ham with bean) soup with a salad for Margriet and half of a chicken salad sandwich for me. We have found this kind of meal at several restaurants and usually order it. It normally is on the "Senior Menu" and is enough for each of us and fairly inexpensive. This time it turned out to be a large meal! The cup of soup, really only a cup, was served with a huge homemade dinner roll with butter and a small square of "breakfast koek" (in Dutch) which is a kind of ginger bread. The sandwich was also large, served on half of a croissant with about twice the filling necessary. I ate half in the croissant and the other half of the filling with a fork. Margriet’s salad was also huge, served on a large platter. More like a chef’s, but without the meat - egg, cheese, and various vegetables on lettuce. We do like the Machine Shed for a meal, but I don’t think we have every ordered a full meal there.
On the way out, I noticed their "house" cookbooks were on sale for about 1/3 of the normal price, so Margriet had to pick up some of them. Reading material on the return home? We also stopped at Woodman’s grocery store to pick up some spice she needed. Along the way to the spice isle, we noticed some boneless country-style pork ribs on sale and picked up some of them too. This batch looks like the end cuts from pork tenderloins, so should be some good eating. Margriet found a recipe for cranberry/onion sauce for over pork last week I think. It is EXCELLENT and I think it is on the menu for supper tonight. I don’t think I will complain too much.
Me thinks this is enough for this morning. Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
32º F, Clear, S wind 8mph.
Good morning,
It appears the hot will continue for another day. Then they are talking of snow on Sunday or there abouts. I fear that when we really get snow, we will really get snow. Yesterday was a really nice April day. I was able to go coatless for a good share of the day, but I did have a flannel shirt on. The temperature was about 45º F and is supposed to be higher today, probably breaking another high temperature record.
Since it was a warm day with no rain or snow coming our way, we decided to go to the Fox River Valley and spend the money LSM gave me as a thanx for being on staff last year. It has been a long time a-coming, since we discovered Saturday is a very busy day at the mall after LSM and we both were worn out from the weekend. We had tried once, without much success other than almost falling asleep on the drive home.
We started late, so decided to stop in Kewaunee at Grandma’s Café for a late breakfast. It was good and plenty. I kind of figured we would not be eating lunch at the "normal" time, so it was good to eat bigger than normal. We stopped to pick up some gas for the van. As it turned out, the price was the cheapest we saw anywhere. That is unusual for Kewaunee I think. Even Algoma is 7¢/gallon higher. We also noticed the geese were covering the harbor once again - apparently they have decided to give the fertilizing of the shore line a rest or were just pooped out.
Arriving at the mall about noon, we spent the next 2-3 hours wandering around. It is really hard for a couple of old folks who are not used to spending money on things we really don’t need. Guess we have done that so many years, especially me, that we can’t do anything else by be some frugal! There were many, many things we would like, but .... We finally did find a breadbox and a couple of other things for the kitchen to get. One was a new toaster. The one we have is probably a couple decades old (or more) and we had trouble putting Margriet’s homemade bread in it. Seems we like to slice it a bit thicker than the store bought variety and what the toaster will accept. Now we should not have that problem.
Another "frill" I did pick up was a new light for using with my computer and the notebook when we are on the road. Until now I have been using an overarm desk lamp which provides too much light. It is great for general desk lighting, but not for just illuminating the keyboard and the text I am working with. This one is battery driven with an A-C adapter to plug it in also. We have found that when we are traveling, I usually use the notebook when I first get up and Margriet uses it before she goes to bed. I don’t like to turn on the light in the room to wake her in the morning, and I have a hard time going to sleep with the light on in the room. So the little light we now have will solve that problem too.
In many of the stores, I was surprised to see the markdowns going on. Some of the items in some stores were marked down as much as 90%! We did take advantage of some of the markdowns, but only if we could justify the item. The little light cost $6.00 instead of the marked $16.00 for example. Kind of wish we fell into more of that kind of sales when we really need something. Of course the gift card amount didn’t come out exactly as our purchases and we ended up spending a total out of pocket money was 60¢! Not often one spends 2-3 hours in a mall spending less than a dollar!
Leaving the mall, we stopped the Machine Shed restaurant for "lunch." Being old folks, we didn’t order a full meal - or so we thought. We each ordered a cup of bean with ham (really ham with bean) soup with a salad for Margriet and half of a chicken salad sandwich for me. We have found this kind of meal at several restaurants and usually order it. It normally is on the "Senior Menu" and is enough for each of us and fairly inexpensive. This time it turned out to be a large meal! The cup of soup, really only a cup, was served with a huge homemade dinner roll with butter and a small square of "breakfast koek" (in Dutch) which is a kind of ginger bread. The sandwich was also large, served on half of a croissant with about twice the filling necessary. I ate half in the croissant and the other half of the filling with a fork. Margriet’s salad was also huge, served on a large platter. More like a chef’s, but without the meat - egg, cheese, and various vegetables on lettuce. We do like the Machine Shed for a meal, but I don’t think we have every ordered a full meal there.
On the way out, I noticed their "house" cookbooks were on sale for about 1/3 of the normal price, so Margriet had to pick up some of them. Reading material on the return home? We also stopped at Woodman’s grocery store to pick up some spice she needed. Along the way to the spice isle, we noticed some boneless country-style pork ribs on sale and picked up some of them too. This batch looks like the end cuts from pork tenderloins, so should be some good eating. Margriet found a recipe for cranberry/onion sauce for over pork last week I think. It is EXCELLENT and I think it is on the menu for supper tonight. I don’t think I will complain too much.
Me thinks this is enough for this morning. Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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