Diaries

I left for Winston a little after 10 am for my 1 pm haircut appointment.

I stopped at Costco to pick up a few items. Plenty of paper products. Lots of water except for the gallon size. I took two of the last three on the pallet. I have plenty of the small bottles but I pour the gallon size into reusable drinking bottles for daily use at home. I did not need anything from the meat/ dairy/frozen food sections but the other food aisles were all well stocked.

It was warm and sunny down the mountain but cloudy and in the low 40’s when I got back home. May get some more winter weather tonight and in the morning with temperatures dropping down into the teens by morning.

Mostly cloudy today with high’s in the low 40’s but breezy making it feel like it is in the mid 30’s. Still lots of snow lying around. We may be in for some more tomorrow night.

I volunteered at the bookstore. It was slow this morning but things picked up substantially this afternoon getting us close to $100 mark by the time I had left.

We started out in the teens this morning but it’s warmed up into the low 30’s. Even though it’s warmed up the snow is still clinging to the trees and the ground is still covered especially in the shady spots.

Hwy 21 as well as my street and most of the side streets in town were either dry or just wet by the time I left for the gym late this morning. My driveway was melted where the snow blew off but it’s flat so where there was piles of snow I had no problem getting out. Fortunately the piled up plowed snow was not too high at the end of the driveway.

From the gym I stopped by the library to pick up some reserves that finally come in after all the holiday closings causing delays in getting from the various libraries. I stopped at the store to pick up milk and lettuce.

Partly cloudy again today with temperatures in the upper 50’s and breezy.

I started back in on getting the Christmas decorations down this morning. Once I had those all boxed up in their tubs and boxes I took a break for lunch. This afternoon I worked on the tree and got it hauled out the door. The only thing left to do is pack it all back in the foyer closet.

I did a quick vacuum to get the worst of the needles up from the dinning room and foyer floors so I don’t track them through the house but the rest can wait until Sunday cleaning day.

Mostly cloudy off and on all day today with temperatures in low 60’s. We had a light sprinkle overnight but nothing measurable.

I volunteered at the bookstore today. We were very busy most of the day. When I left we were almost at the $100 mark and may go over since there were still a few people in the store shopping. I really good sales day.