The past few years businesses you frequent in the Detroit area have been mailing out cards for discounts during your birthday month. This year I have a whole pack of them, mostly from Hallmark stores, but a couple from other places including my hair salon. Last week I window shopped in a Hallmark to see if there was anything I might like to get. Last year I got a tea pot.
Well, it is Friday. A week since I wore out my arm on the computer doing two newsletters in a row. Last night I used one of my birthday promotions to get 15 percent off a massage. I was hoping it would help my arm. I think it did a little, but it will take time for it to feel better. It did help the backache out though. I was able to come home and take the garbage out, and pick up my mail, where two other birthday greetings were found.
One was my license tabs, which I got online for the first time. Now I have to remember to get them on the car before the end of the month. The other was a card and letter from a librarian who was at the other Jr. High when I first started working, and who developed the library program at my district before retiring. M. is 84 years old and wrote about how she had to put her beloved companion German Shepherd down.
She still lives alone and drives to see her husband of sixty years in assisted living. I think I shall send her my loss of pet sympathy card and a little note about Chloe. I know how hard it is to lose a pet. Its one of the responsibilities you take on when you choose to have one. Her kids brought her one of their full grown dogs, but she does not feel the security part of dog ownership with this one, a friendly golden lab.
This morning I had to get up really early, before 5 AM to see if I could catch the gal who prints the one newsletter, because I had something to give her. She arrived around seven. It seems that when they have parent conferences the elementary folk get a day off. But then they put in two days and two nights in a row. Lynn looked awful and sounded even worse. She said she was on her way to the doctor. I felt bad for her, but she was faithful in printing the newsletter, and in delivering it.
My arm hurt while I was putting labels on the envelopes, and there were only thirty, since our membership has gone down with increased dues and about sixteen have opted for the e mail sending. Those folk got their letter a full four days early. and one of them found an error which I had missed. Easy to correct on the paper copies. Went to the Post office to mail them and passed my old school, and discovered that the Middle Schools were off today too. Parent conferences are a good thing, but very intense and tiring on the staff. Good to have the weekend to recover.
Well, back to the massage. It was a nice experience and really did not cost anymore than it does to color my hair. I get this 15 % coupon every year, and usually time it so the color job will be what I use it on, but this time I don't need the color just yet. I do need a hair cut, but that will be on Tuesday. I scheduled another massage for January.
Next week is the furnace man's time to come and check the furnace out for winter. After that I need to get the Sears folk out for the other appliances. I have stretched the dryer and washer about as far as they will go, and the car you already know about. I suddenly feel less stressed since Social Security deposited the first check into my account last week. I will have to give myself a talking to about how far that money will NOT go, but for right now I am getting some long overdue repairs done. And for this I am thankful.
Finally made the cabbage and tomato soup, and was afraid it was not going to be as good as the last time, but I just had a bowl, and while it is a little heavy on tomato, it is still good. It amazes me that an almost full dutch oven will fit totally into the tureen. This is where the red soup sits, waiting to cool while I finish today's laundry and watch the Wizard of Oz. What a grand old delightful film. I think I should have it memorized by now, but I will cut out at nine, because Crusoe is on NBC and that looks promising too. I really need to rest a little anyway.
Now to hunt for legal graphics so I can make this entry less boring.
Good joke of the day from my calendar:
If PRO is the opposite of CON, then what is the opposite of Progress?
I love this kind. But in this case hope the answer is not true. Especially in regard to our failing auto industries.
Well, it is Friday. A week since I wore out my arm on the computer doing two newsletters in a row. Last night I used one of my birthday promotions to get 15 percent off a massage. I was hoping it would help my arm. I think it did a little, but it will take time for it to feel better. It did help the backache out though. I was able to come home and take the garbage out, and pick up my mail, where two other birthday greetings were found.
One was my license tabs, which I got online for the first time. Now I have to remember to get them on the car before the end of the month. The other was a card and letter from a librarian who was at the other Jr. High when I first started working, and who developed the library program at my district before retiring. M. is 84 years old and wrote about how she had to put her beloved companion German Shepherd down.
She still lives alone and drives to see her husband of sixty years in assisted living. I think I shall send her my loss of pet sympathy card and a little note about Chloe. I know how hard it is to lose a pet. Its one of the responsibilities you take on when you choose to have one. Her kids brought her one of their full grown dogs, but she does not feel the security part of dog ownership with this one, a friendly golden lab.
This morning I had to get up really early, before 5 AM to see if I could catch the gal who prints the one newsletter, because I had something to give her. She arrived around seven. It seems that when they have parent conferences the elementary folk get a day off. But then they put in two days and two nights in a row. Lynn looked awful and sounded even worse. She said she was on her way to the doctor. I felt bad for her, but she was faithful in printing the newsletter, and in delivering it.
My arm hurt while I was putting labels on the envelopes, and there were only thirty, since our membership has gone down with increased dues and about sixteen have opted for the e mail sending. Those folk got their letter a full four days early. and one of them found an error which I had missed. Easy to correct on the paper copies. Went to the Post office to mail them and passed my old school, and discovered that the Middle Schools were off today too. Parent conferences are a good thing, but very intense and tiring on the staff. Good to have the weekend to recover.
Well, back to the massage. It was a nice experience and really did not cost anymore than it does to color my hair. I get this 15 % coupon every year, and usually time it so the color job will be what I use it on, but this time I don't need the color just yet. I do need a hair cut, but that will be on Tuesday. I scheduled another massage for January.
Next week is the furnace man's time to come and check the furnace out for winter. After that I need to get the Sears folk out for the other appliances. I have stretched the dryer and washer about as far as they will go, and the car you already know about. I suddenly feel less stressed since Social Security deposited the first check into my account last week. I will have to give myself a talking to about how far that money will NOT go, but for right now I am getting some long overdue repairs done. And for this I am thankful.
Finally made the cabbage and tomato soup, and was afraid it was not going to be as good as the last time, but I just had a bowl, and while it is a little heavy on tomato, it is still good. It amazes me that an almost full dutch oven will fit totally into the tureen. This is where the red soup sits, waiting to cool while I finish today's laundry and watch the Wizard of Oz. What a grand old delightful film. I think I should have it memorized by now, but I will cut out at nine, because Crusoe is on NBC and that looks promising too. I really need to rest a little anyway.
Now to hunt for legal graphics so I can make this entry less boring.
Good joke of the day from my calendar:
If PRO is the opposite of CON, then what is the opposite of Progress?
I love this kind. But in this case hope the answer is not true. Especially in regard to our failing auto industries.
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