Good Morning. How are you on this long weekend? I hope that it is a long weekend for you. I am grateful to have four days off. The sun is shining brightly. YAY, it is Saturday. OMG, the sky is the most perfect blue. Last night one of the neighbours to the south of me was burning stuff just as I was going to bed. I saw the flames shooting upwards with sparks flying everywhere. I am not sure what they were burning but it made me very nervous. Why do people need to have fires in cities where the house are so close together? I watched until I was confident that we were safe. I was xx this close to calling the Non-Emergency phone number for Fire/Police. A few years back I called the Fire Department because the last person in that house had a fire going and the flames were so high and it felt wrong and I am glad that I did. They came out and went over and with the darkness of night, the people did not see them coming. Hopefully that made them think twice about fires in their future. Anyway, I just want people to think about what they are doing and the consequences of their actions.
Yesterday was a friend of mine’s birthday. I remembered her during the day but forgot to mention her on my post. Happy Birthday Lisa. Wishing you Best Wishes.
So the never-ending saga of my OVEN ELEMENT replacement continues. My neighbour Steven drove me and the old element firstly to Lowe’s, they do not carry oven elements (surprised), then to Canadian Tire (did not have the right one) and then to Home Depot (where my daughter picked up the new one that was sitting at home because they do not take them back without the actual receipt, I did have a copy on my phone which they could have seen all of the information). Home Depot did not have the right one either. Appears that it all came down to the connectors, the place where the wire are hooked onto. Steven googled Amazon and found one so when we got back home (they live next door), he measured my old element and found the exact one. So he ordered one for me. Now it ended up costing me about $25.00 more but what can you do. Better than a new stove at this point. I texted my daughter and she will return the other one. Thankfully we have 90 days, well a few days less now but still gives her enough time. So I remain oven less. Thankfully I was not planning to have company and that I can still use the burners, have a microwave and my handy dandy Tupperware pressure cooker. I believe that it is due to arrive about the 13th which is near the end of next week.
So this changed the trajectory of my day. I ended up doing laundry and cleaned up the basement. I pulled out the storage containers that I want to go through and set them aside, vacuumed and cleaned. By the time I was done it was almost time for supper so I decided to something that I never do and that was go out for supper and to the most unlikely place. Firstly, I went to Shoppers to cash in my winning lotto tickets (before we get too excited my winning tickets were for free plays which I am most grateful for) and I found some black mini gloves that were $5.00 but ended up costing $3.49 (bonus) and some bandaids. After my shopping trip – I walked over to Dairy Queen and had chicken strips and french fries. I even ate inside. Yes, I did. No drink and I bought frozen treats to take home for future cravings. I do not even remember the last time that I went there and ate. Have I ever since I moved to Edmonton, do not even remember for sure. I have bought an ice cream cake and other frozen treats but to actually eat inside. Anyway, it was as good as fast food can be and it will likely be at least another ten or fifteen years before I do that again. The restaurant was virtually empty as I was there before the supper rush. Is there a supper rush? I think most people get their food to go? Also to mention that I bought the Dilly Bars for which they have two kinds now, the regular ones and ones made with non-dairy milk (coconut milk, I think). Anyway I paid for my treats with my meal and then took the receipt to the staff when I was done eating and had grabbed the frozen items out of the fridges. I decided after checking the receipt to see the price and when I saw the price noted for: Dilly Bars $10.99 and no other price for the non-dairy one, that I would pick up the non-dairy one. Well the clerk shut that done right away. She told me that they were priced more. Did not ask if I wanted to purchase them or anything – just that they were not the same price. I did point out that the pricing stated Dilly Bars $10.99 and my receipt said the same. I packed my items in the bag that I had the drugstore purchases in and as I was leaving “said perhaps you should have the correct pricing displayed.” I think that I would have had a good argument and should have really been able to take the non-dairy ones. If perhaps I would have pressed the matter but I chose not to. There is a law in Canada regarding pricing. I really should have pressed it but hopefully they change their display and show the correct price for the next customer. Not a big deal but it was a big deal.
Well time to get this day going. I see washing walls, window sills, baseboards, blinds in my future and the dreaded office closet. Oh, it really is not too bad. Just stuff to go through. My plan is to do the upstairs today. Wish me luck. I better get the coffee going as I stayed in bed a bit longer than I should have, 8:00 a.m. I was awake at 6:00 but just did not have the get up and go to get up and get going, lol. Will need to gather my supplies being a bucket, fill with hot soapy water, microfibre cloth, ladder, stool and whatever else I may need. A mug of coffee and turn on the tunes. Let’s get this party started. Did I really just say that? Yikes. A cleaning party.
Have an awesome Saturday. Be well and take care.
Continuing to live this life with kindness, respect, compassion, patience, love, laughter, understanding, gratitude, focus, possibilities, coffee and forgiveness.
Always, Carol & Alvin (My Forever Angel)
My New Life @ 51 