MY GO-TO STORE

 It is a lovely 45 degrees this morning.  It's funny how just 4-5 degrees can make such a difference.  Or maybe it's because TODAY we don't have fog!!  Yoohoo!  Instead, we have cloud cover ... all day long.  California is definitely losing its sunny disposition!

I knew I was heading out to the store on this day, so I was ready very early.  It's Saturday ... Jammy Walmart Day.  Instead, I was at the Dollar Tree door at 8:03 am.  At least you don't see jammies in here, or maybe just not as often.  I grabbed a cart and went aisle by aisle.

I was actually surprised that I found this much!  Thick $5.00 notebooks (not really visible) were $1.25 because now it's the $1.25 store.  I even found those two little bottles of laundry detergent, perfect for the van.  

BUT WAIT ... they have a freezer section!!  OMG Klondike Bars for $4.00.  I think these are $9.00 at the regular store.  Of course I check the date on everything, and all the food products were good until 2027.  This has become my new GO-TO store.

As for the thermostat and the house heat ... just ask anyone who uses a smoker for ribs ... I had three thermometers to choose from for testing the temperature in the house.  It finally got up to 70 degrees and I was WARM as toast.  I'm thinking I need a new thermostat however, since it ran most of the night, and even though it was set at 67 degrees, it was 71 this morning.  That Nest thing sure didn't last long ... it's only been installed since May.

Kitters was happy with it however.  She is definitely female ... she can't make up her mind whether she wants in or out.  She's eating, but not as much as she used to, so maybe there is a better kitchen on the block.  She does tend to want in and sleep most of the day inside, but I can't move an inch or she wakes up and follows me.  At least she waited until 4:00 to go out this morning.  Cooper and I appreciated that.

Lunch was that crappy pizza.  I have to admit though ... air frying anything makes it taste 100% better.  I stuck this in for 4 minutes and it came out quite tasty!!  Okay, it's not really that good, but I paid for it and I'm eating it.

Once again, I spent most of the day sewing, only because I thought there was a football game on, which turns out is on today.  Doesn't this messy view just make you crazy?  Me too!!  I'm just not that great at organization I guess, and I have two quilts going at once, so there's that.  It doesn't help that Kitters wants to be sitting close and knocks everything off on the floor.  Mr. Cooper ... he lays on the floor just behind the chair, watching out for dinosaurs and bad guys.  He's pretty good at that job because I haven't been attacked yet.

So here's the quilt thus far.  There are two different colors of green, but they are too much alike to really see that it is supposed to look like twisted ribbon.  I spent an hour in the store looking for a better matching green, but they just didn't have anything.  It is what it is ... a perfect quilt to bring out once a year for Christmas.  Nine more blocks and I can stitch them together.  This is why I always try to buy kits.  Those folks know how to choose colors and have access to SO much more fabric than I.

It was a pretty boring day as days go.  I'm not sure what's going on next door, but there was lots of door slamming at midnight and two new vehicles parked out front.  I think the owner's kids have moved in.  Luckily I was awake, because at 4 am there was again lots of door slamming, loud talking and reving engines.  Courtesy is a thing of the past.  Or maybe I need to go live on a mountain top somewhere.

I had a quick dinner of chicken pot pie without the pie ... or the biscuit because I didn't have any.  It could definitely use a little more sauce!!

I made up for it with a lovely Klondike bar for dessert.  From now on, I'm going to Dollar Tree for ice cream.  They also had Breyers, but the B in Breyers stands for BAD.  These babies are DELICIOUS!!

Today is finally Football Playoff day to see who goes to the Super Bowl.  None of them are MY teams, but I'm watching it anyway.  After all, I have stacks of snacks just for the occasion.  Those Dots pretzels I got last week are going to be perfect for game watching.  I'm sure Cooper and Kitters will appreciate a day off from guard duty because I will be glued to the couch the entire time.  Bye for now ........