I really was tired from all we accomplished yesterday and slept in until 5:30 this morning - late for me. I felt well rested though. I turned the coffee pot on and set down at my laptop to write up a post from yesterday's activities when my cell phone buzzed. My sister Cindy was checking to see if I was up yet. When I said yes, in seconds my phone rang. She was looking for a new vacuum cleaner in Joplin yesterday and one of their stops was at Khol's. I had asked her if she had time would she see if they had any of their long sleeved t-shirts out yet, and if so, to pick out 3 for me. She wanted to let me know they never even looked for them. She said the parking lot was packed, there were no carts available and after they found the vacuum she wanted they went straight to the register, paid and left. She wanted to let me know she still had her 30% coupon if I had the chance to go and could use it if I wanted.
After we visited a bit, I worked on the blog post from Friday. Once breakfast was over and my chores were done in Bentley I headed into the house to do a few things. I needed to gather up everything left in the house that will not be staying for the new owners. (I am leaving several pictures, decorative items, etc. for them) Dean and I also needed to take a few things to Misti this morning - she is taking our TV, and DVD player. She already had taken our Wii but we still had a couple of parts that go with it. Dean needed to change out the dryer plug-in so while he worked on that and hooking up the TV's I made a few deliveries and ran some errands. I took a few things to my sister Cindy, and my garage sale kit (price tags, adding machine, tape, paper, extension cord, markers, etc. - all the things we've needed over the years as my sisters, daughter and nieces have held garage sales) to my niece Nikki, and then ran a few errands.
When I returned to Misti's, she mentioned they was going to Joplin later. Haleigh was wanting to do a little shopping and I asked if she minded if I tagged along. They didn't mind, but it would be a little later this morning. That worked well for me as I still had a few things to do at the house. As I mentioned I had several things in the house that needed to go to Bentley. While I did not take them out of the house yet, I did gather them all in one spot. A few will need to go to my son in Parsons and I'll get those to him one day next week. I want to wait until we get back from our camp outing next week to put anything else in Bentley. I need to do a good cleaning of both Bentley and the house, and maybe a little purging in Bentley before adding anything else - although small, I do not like clutter so I want to be selective in what I add.
It was about noon when Misti and Haleigh got here. While we are taking my car, I have some other stuff for her to go through when we get back. I had quite a few cleaners, soaps, etc. that are already duplicated in Bentley. She may as well take advantage of them if she can use them.
On the way to Joplin Misti was telling me about a number of apps where you can earn points for shopping - sometimes just for visiting a store, or scanning an item within the store. Once you hit a certain point amount you can earn gift cards or cash. I told her she needed to take the time to show me each of them and how they worked. Yesterday while we were shopping I was surprised at how many points she logged. We also discussed the Walmart Savings Catcher and its apparent she knows a lot more about it than I do and I guess I need a tutorial from her on it as well. However, I do know that I've acquired almost enough money to purchase a Nutra Bullet which I have been thinking about for quite sometime. On our way home from Joplin yesterday we stopped at Tropical Smoothie, my first visit, and the smoothie I chose was delicious. This is one of the reasons I'd like to have the Nutra Bullet, plus it takes up very little space. I do not have a blender or chopper of any kind in Bentley so this could be used for a variety of needs without having a bunch of appliances on board - it's all about weight.
Our first stop was at Khol's which turned out to be a good stop. I found 3 long sleeved t-shirts and a flannel shirt for $35 with tax. That being said I did not take the time to try them on, so hopefully I am happy with the fit - if not they will go back. The parking lot and the store was packed as were the dressing rooms. It's much easier to return than to stand in line waiting to try clothes on.
Haleigh wanted to go to the mall where we stopped at a number of stores, and had lunch at the food court. There was a new taco place since I visited last that I could not pass up. One of the items advertised was a street taco for $1.99. It was soooooo good. I will definitely return here. It included pork, pineapple slaw, BBQ sauce and I added a mild taco sauce. Wonderful! Speaking of new, I guess it's been a while since I've been through the entire Joplin mall - I was surprised how many new stores had opened. I don't do much shopping anymore - much different from when I was working. Other than acquiring a few clothes now and then, there's not too much I want or need.
After stopping at a few more stores we headed to Sam's where I picked up a couple of things for Dean. We made our last stop for the smoothies I mentioned above. The one I ordered was not only delicious but huge - way too big for what I needed but so good I drank every bit of it. I would love to learn to make one exactly like it, just a smaller version Here's the description from their website:
TRIPLE BERRY OAT™
Strawberries, blueberries, cranberry, multi-vitamin, ground flax seed, whole grain oats, whey protein & Splenda®
When I pulled the car in the garage I could see Dean had been working hard while I was gone - all of the leftover items were gone or stacked to one side - things we will leave for the new owners ( a few things we talked about), take to the storage unit (because he still needed to use them before storing) and a few things we hopefully will dispose of in one manner or another.....maybe just sitting out for someone to take if they want them, or for the city to get on their bulk pickup day. The floors in both garage bays had been swept and it looks great for the new owners to take over. He is such a work horse - never backing away from anything but takes it on like a new challenge everyday. I love that man!
After going through the cleaning products and selecting several, Misti and Haleigh headed home and Dean and I went to our now truly permanent home - our Bentley! I put together a big batch of chili. We settled in, Dean to watch a little TV and me to work on the blog. That lasted long enough for me to type the first paragraph and I was already drifting off. About an hour later I woke up and cleaned the kitchen area and once again we settled in...this time to watch Conagher, a movie with Sam Elliott, and his real life wife, Katherine Ross. It was a good movie.
Then it was off to bed for us. Good night all!
sounds like you two have really been working. I'm kind of glad we decided not to move. I don't think I could deal with all the junk we have acquired LOL I think this is great how you write everything down someday your grandkids and great-grandkids will enjoy reading this. One of these days someone should print it out and make a book and give it to all the family members.
ReplyDeleteI have submitted our blog to a place I heard about Blog to Print or something like that. They have it saved and I can have it printed in book form at any time. I need to finish 2016 and submit 2017 to have it printed. I will probably do this at some point because I already love rereading it and I'm always going back to look something up.
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