Busy day.
4/20/06, 7:25 am.
46º F, Semi cloudy, SSW wind 8 mph.
Good morning,
The wind has finally shifted to a direction other than the lake. That should make the temperature rise some and the air a bunch drier. We did have some thunderstorms as the front went through last night, something after midnight. There were a lot of bang-itty bangs and light flashes for a short time. The state is rather dry and there are some grass fires occurring in the central and northern parts. This rain should help that problem some. I really have been careful burning the trash here too, even though the soil is wet, the winds we have had has dried off the grasses, &c. close to the burn pile and our land. Of course the rain last night has also cause many of the dried up puddles to appear again.
The storm starting must have almost awakened me. A little after 1:00 am. I thought I heard Margriet talking out here. I did and got up to investigate. She was talking on the phone to Onno! It is his birthday today, so Margriet called him to congratulate him. 1:00 am here is 8:00 am there, so the timing was right. Since I got up, I also had a chance to tease him about being old now. My brain was still pretty much asleep yet, so don’t know if I made any sense to him or not. I did remember to thank him for solving our computer problems though. Surprised myself remembering to do that! It was good to talk to him, but wish he and his family lived down the road a bit, rather than on the other side of the world. I really do enjoy them.
We finally staggered to Green Bay yesterday for our supply run. We didn’t go last week thanx to the higher price of gasoline. The price spiked here a few days ago, then dropped about a nickle per gallon. Thought we would fill in Green Bay rather than at the "lower" price here ( about a nickle higher than the week before). I waited too long - the price went up about 10¢/gallon overnight yesterday. &%$#@ We had enough in the tank to drive to Green Bay and return, just incase the price there was higher than here. We found that the price on the east side was the same as here, $2.899/gallon, but on the west side it was a nickle less! We filled up at our usual place taking advantage of our normal 3¢/gallon discount. With the lower price and the discount we paid $2.819 - 8¢/gallon less than here or on the east side of Green Bay. The price of gasoline is 55¢-60¢/gallon higher now than the same time last year.
When I went to pay for the gas, I didn’t have enough small bills to pay for it, so presented a $100.00 bill to the attendant who refused to take it! The change would be more than $20.00 the company allows to give out. He wanted me to go to the grocery part of the operation to cash it - about a block walk each way. Fortunately, Margriet had more money in her purse than I thought, so by combining our "fortune" we were able to pay the bill. The attendant didn’t seem too worried about our driving off to get change or just not come back.
We really got started on our journey later than I had planned. There were a couple of bill payments and an insurance application I wanted to get into the mail since we don’t drive everyday anymore. I really don’t expect any of our vehicles to leave here until church time on Sunday. We had time to eat before leaving too. The only exciting thing on the ride over is to experience some road construction. The county has ground the top layer of blacktop into gravel size chunks, probably to be paved over soon. A sign warning us about "rough road" was really not true. The road probably was more smooth, but very loose, compared to before the work started.
Stopped to pick up ink for the new printer for the first time. While wandering around the store, we saw a deep-fryer on sale for $20.00. We have one in the cupboard that we don’t use, simply because it is so hard to clean. It came from my Mom I think and probably 40 years old or so. This one is much easier to clean, as the heating element is removed from the fryer for cleaning. That means everything can be put into the dishpan! We wasted $20.00 and bought one. It also is smaller. Just the right size for a couple of old people! Hope to try it out soon. We really don’t eat that much fried food, but like if for a change once in awhile. Looking forward to fish and chips.
We did find a couple of good buys while shopping for groceries too. One of the cheese companies has decided to lower the price of cheese to a level I will buy it. Most cheese costs about $1.00 or more/pound than I will pay. The last time we shopped we picked up several pieces of medium cheddar and this week a couple of pounds of pepper-jack. Now we have 4-5# of cheese in the refrigerator to chew on for a while. We also found a couple kinds of ring sausage (smoked beef or Polish) we like at Aldi’s and pick some up almost every time we shop there. It is a bit over our limit for cost, but we get two meals with each ring. I really like sausage as a meat in a meal. Doesn’t hurt when my Woman has enjoyed it all her life either. Also found chicken on sale. Chicken has been a bit high, but within our budget, for the past several weeks. Me thinks we will be eating pretty good for a couple of weeks!
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
46º F, Semi cloudy, SSW wind 8 mph.
Good morning,
The wind has finally shifted to a direction other than the lake. That should make the temperature rise some and the air a bunch drier. We did have some thunderstorms as the front went through last night, something after midnight. There were a lot of bang-itty bangs and light flashes for a short time. The state is rather dry and there are some grass fires occurring in the central and northern parts. This rain should help that problem some. I really have been careful burning the trash here too, even though the soil is wet, the winds we have had has dried off the grasses, &c. close to the burn pile and our land. Of course the rain last night has also cause many of the dried up puddles to appear again.
The storm starting must have almost awakened me. A little after 1:00 am. I thought I heard Margriet talking out here. I did and got up to investigate. She was talking on the phone to Onno! It is his birthday today, so Margriet called him to congratulate him. 1:00 am here is 8:00 am there, so the timing was right. Since I got up, I also had a chance to tease him about being old now. My brain was still pretty much asleep yet, so don’t know if I made any sense to him or not. I did remember to thank him for solving our computer problems though. Surprised myself remembering to do that! It was good to talk to him, but wish he and his family lived down the road a bit, rather than on the other side of the world. I really do enjoy them.
We finally staggered to Green Bay yesterday for our supply run. We didn’t go last week thanx to the higher price of gasoline. The price spiked here a few days ago, then dropped about a nickle per gallon. Thought we would fill in Green Bay rather than at the "lower" price here ( about a nickle higher than the week before). I waited too long - the price went up about 10¢/gallon overnight yesterday. &%$#@ We had enough in the tank to drive to Green Bay and return, just incase the price there was higher than here. We found that the price on the east side was the same as here, $2.899/gallon, but on the west side it was a nickle less! We filled up at our usual place taking advantage of our normal 3¢/gallon discount. With the lower price and the discount we paid $2.819 - 8¢/gallon less than here or on the east side of Green Bay. The price of gasoline is 55¢-60¢/gallon higher now than the same time last year.
When I went to pay for the gas, I didn’t have enough small bills to pay for it, so presented a $100.00 bill to the attendant who refused to take it! The change would be more than $20.00 the company allows to give out. He wanted me to go to the grocery part of the operation to cash it - about a block walk each way. Fortunately, Margriet had more money in her purse than I thought, so by combining our "fortune" we were able to pay the bill. The attendant didn’t seem too worried about our driving off to get change or just not come back.
We really got started on our journey later than I had planned. There were a couple of bill payments and an insurance application I wanted to get into the mail since we don’t drive everyday anymore. I really don’t expect any of our vehicles to leave here until church time on Sunday. We had time to eat before leaving too. The only exciting thing on the ride over is to experience some road construction. The county has ground the top layer of blacktop into gravel size chunks, probably to be paved over soon. A sign warning us about "rough road" was really not true. The road probably was more smooth, but very loose, compared to before the work started.
Stopped to pick up ink for the new printer for the first time. While wandering around the store, we saw a deep-fryer on sale for $20.00. We have one in the cupboard that we don’t use, simply because it is so hard to clean. It came from my Mom I think and probably 40 years old or so. This one is much easier to clean, as the heating element is removed from the fryer for cleaning. That means everything can be put into the dishpan! We wasted $20.00 and bought one. It also is smaller. Just the right size for a couple of old people! Hope to try it out soon. We really don’t eat that much fried food, but like if for a change once in awhile. Looking forward to fish and chips.
We did find a couple of good buys while shopping for groceries too. One of the cheese companies has decided to lower the price of cheese to a level I will buy it. Most cheese costs about $1.00 or more/pound than I will pay. The last time we shopped we picked up several pieces of medium cheddar and this week a couple of pounds of pepper-jack. Now we have 4-5# of cheese in the refrigerator to chew on for a while. We also found a couple kinds of ring sausage (smoked beef or Polish) we like at Aldi’s and pick some up almost every time we shop there. It is a bit over our limit for cost, but we get two meals with each ring. I really like sausage as a meat in a meal. Doesn’t hurt when my Woman has enjoyed it all her life either. Also found chicken on sale. Chicken has been a bit high, but within our budget, for the past several weeks. Me thinks we will be eating pretty good for a couple of weeks!
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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