Thursday May 2, 2024

Warm and sunny today with temperatures in the mid to upper 70’s and mostly calm winds.

Went to the gym and the library this morning.

This afternoon I swept and hosed off the porch and the wrought iron furniture before putting on the cushions and my little porch decorations. Then I watered all the plants and did some clean up in the garage before calling it a day.

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Wednesday May 1, 2024

Warm and sunny today with highs in the mid 70’s and breezy.

A moderately good sales day. In between customers we worked on sorting and pricing books. With our big store half price coming up a lot of our regulars customers will be waiting to come for that. Today was mostly out of town folksĀ  up for the day or have been here and leaving tomorrow.

 

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Monday April 29, 2024

Sunny with temperatures in the mid 70’s and a light breeze.

I went to the gym this morning. Came home and checked the long range forecast. Looks like we are not supposed to get any below freezing temperatures so I headed outside. I hung the hanging baskets that were already planted then finished planting the remaining stuff in pots and in the ground.

I still have a couple of things that I had not been able to find as yet to fill a couple more pots that I will look for in the next couple of weeks.

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Saturday April 27, 2024

Mostly today with temperatures in the upper 60’s and breezy.

A couple of really good days at the store bringing in well over $300.00. We are covered up in donations so time spent between customers was pricing and shelving books. I keep the back storage area organized with the over flow of books yet to be priced which right now we do not have room for out on the shelves so I also tried to work on that as well.

Lots of folks in town for the weekend for various events or just visiting.

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Thursday April 25, 2024

52 degrees, sunny, and breezy when I left for Winston this morning.

Had a haircut appointment then met Bonnie for lunch at the Carriage House. Had not been there in a long time. Food and service good as always. We had a nice visit then I headed back up the mountain. Back in Sparta, I needed to run an errand before coming to the house.

It’s in the low 60’s for highs today with a breeze and back down into the upper 40’s and 50’s at night.

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Tuesday April 23, 2024

An almost perfect weather day. Lots of sunshine, temperatures in the low to mid 60’s and light winds.

Went to the gym, library, grocery store and Scott’s on the way home. Then headed outside to pull some weeds and do more clean up in the beds along the porch. Scott’s had a few plants I did not find at Third Day last week. I started putting plants in the hanging baskets and some of the pots but have left them in the garage for now.

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Monday April 22, 2024

The warm spell is over. Highs back in the mid to upper 40’s with lows in the upper 30’s. We had some light rain yesterday but today is sunny but breezy with 10 to 15 mph gusts.

Went to the gym then ran an errand in town before heading back home. This afternoon change the sheets and pull down the shower curtains to wash with the sheets and do a couple of other chores.

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Saturday April 20, 2024

Rain showers off and on this morning gave way to sunny and breezy conditions this afternoon. Temperatures only in the low 60’s with 10 to 15 mph plus wind gusts.

A busy day at the store. Lots of out of town folks or friends of locals. We made over $100.00. Had two nice donations come in to work on. Yesterday busy but not as good in sales but almost made $100.00. Tourist season is about to open up which is good.

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Wednesday April 17, 2024

Partly sunny most of the day with some off and on cloud cover. Temperatures in the upper 60’s to low 70’s. May get a stray shower this evening.

A slow day at the store. The coffee shop two doors down was closed today which often impacts our traffic. Joyce and I did shelving and organizing to keep busy. She had to leave early for a meeting so I held down the fort to the bitter end.

 

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Monday April 15, 2024

A warm and sunny day with temperatures in the mid 70’s and breezy. At least the winds have calmed down from the last three days.

I went to the gym then from there drove over to West Jefferson to the plant store I like. I wanted to get there early before things get picked over for Mother’s Day. I found most of the thingsĀ  I was looking for. From there it was quick ride over to Lowe’s to pick up something I forgot the other day. We are still not out of the woods for some chillier weather so the plants will live in the garage for another week or so. I can start putting plants in the hanging baskets and pots while they are in the garage and then move them.

I came home and fixed some lunch and then started on the weeding. Cold weather does not stop some type of ground covering grass that grows everywhere I do not want it. I managed to get another hour and half of work done before calling it a day.

 

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