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!!
Was looking for train info and our Wiki info popped up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendota,_Virginia
We are described as a gateway to recreation!
Oh how cool is that!!! And we will be!! We are!! Looked like you had a wonderful Christmas from the pictures.
What kind of Kayak did Chris get?