Hi! Did you have a great Christmas? Mine was quiet, but it was exactly as we thought so I wasn’t disappointed. We stayed at home with our Luckie dog as she continues to wind down 15+ years. And, after 30 years, Mike is learning that Christmas is a great time to buy your wife something she would not buy herself. He went to Shoozie’s and got me a very nice gift.
Shoozie’s is a locally-owned store in Bristol and Kingsport. When you walk through the door, you receive that wonderful leather smell that only a small shoe store can deliver. They have purses, wallets, jewelry and shoes.
And…a funny thing happened last night. We made our weekly trip to Chili’s and following that, I ran into Walmart. It’s the first time I’ve been in Walmart in several months, and it was still crowded with after Christmas returns and Friday night shopping. I went to the self check-out counter, and when I attempted to start my transaction, it spit out $14.16 at me! Was I ever tempted to grab the money and run! I’ve always wondered if ATM or self check-outs ever had these types of gliches. The check-out person said he’d never seen anything quite like this. He said he’d seen excess $1 bills come out but never such a specific amount.
Last night, I dreamed about going to the library, so I went this morning! It’s Food for Fines month, and I had fines on both mine and Mike’s library cards. Earlier in the week, I’d bought a bunch of canned stuff. It went with me this morning in exchange for a clean slate. I went from being a library felon to a good patron. I had two bags (in the far right in the picture below) full of food. I love the Mendota Library. I used to work there eons ago. I spent more paying everyone’s library book and video fines than I made.
Don’t you think you can tell something about a person by the books that they read? Ok….I like pop culture and dogs according to these selections.
I’m a sucker for anything with a train so The Clinchfield No. 1 came home with me. Debbie Macomber writes the Blossom Street series which I like. The other book is on quilts (like I’m going to make one any time soon).
This is a special piece of art for anyone who attended Hamilton.
Hope your weekend is going well. Thank you for going to the library with me!!
