Monthly Archives: December 2021
Braving The Crowds . . .
After yesterday’s front came through, bringing rain, thunder, and lightning, and much colder temps, today stayed in the 50’s with a lot of sun. Very nice!
We headed out for lunch a little before 1pm, with Gator’s on our menu. Jan got the Grilled Chicken Sandwich rather than her usual Strawberry Walnut Salad.
I did a repeat on our last visit, getting the Egg in the Hole BLT Bagel.
And of course we both got their Sweet Potato Fries.
As usual we finished off by sharing one of their Keto Blueberry Muffins, heated of course.
Then it was on up the feeder to WalMart.
Yes, we were braving WalMart during Christmas week. And it wasn’t all that bad. It was busy, but not a lot busier than a typical Sunday. And on the plus side they had a lot more checkouts open.
Even more on the plus side, this was our first WM visit where I was actually able to get a parking space in a handicapped space.
Next up it was right across the Interstate to HEB for a few more things. And again I was able to get a handicapped space for the first time there too.
It’s the little things.
It became pretty obvious that once she sat in it that I was going to have to share my new chair with Jan.
But now it looks like we’re both going to have to share it with Karma.
It has become her new favorite place to nap.
Thought For The Day:
“And though the forest was shrinking, the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that since her handle was made of wood, she was one of them.”…
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Well, That Was The Plan, Anyway . . .
The plan for today was to first have lunch at Snooze, then moving on over to the nearby WalMart, ending up at the Home Depot down in our area.
Well, that was the plan, anyway. But the weather had other ideas.
With a high today of 77° and a low of 49 tonight, the incoming front brought a LOT of rain with it. Though when we left home it was just spritzing, by the time we got to Snooze it was coming down hard, accompanied by a lot of thunder, lightning, and street flooding. And it never let up all the time while we were eating.
Jan got her usual Bravocado Toast with a side of crispy bacon.
And as last time, I got the Goldilock’s Porridge.
Since it was still coming down hard when we left Snooze, WalMart and Home Depot got put off until tomorrow, and we just went home.
Looks like our local location of Pho Barr is coming along. They’ve got the sign up on the building so they’re getting close. It’s going into the same spot as our late, lamented Pho 20, so it will be nice to have a nearby place without driving into Webster.
Hopefully soon.
Thought For The Day:
Number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths in the U.S. as of December 15, 2021, by age*
Total deaths from COVID-19
797,503
0-17 years – 655
18-29 years – 4,781
30-39 years – 14,144
40-49 years – 34,233
50-64 years – 147,351
65-74 years – 181,273
75-84 years – 205,613
85 years and older – 209,453
