Last day of May already

A rainy day.  Our big event of the day is getting gas before our coupon expires!  Otherwise uneventful.  I fixed fish along with leftovers for dinner.

Memorial Day

This is the day we remember family and friends that have passed.  We also remember the service men and women that have died defending the USA.  On Memorial Day when I was a kid we would go to Hulett, WY where family members were buried and put flowers and plants on their graves.  Then we would have a family reunion picnic at an Aunt's house.  The kids that were old enough would find someone to drive them to the near-by  Devils Tower (National Monument) or when some cousins got old enough we would drive ourselves.  We then would spend the afternoon walking around the Tower as well as climbing on rocks, etc.

It seemed only right somehow that we tackle cleaning the house.  It never gets too dirty but plenty of "stuff" to put away.  Finally after almost three weeks our lawn is being mowed, it has gone to seed, small dogs could be lost.  I don't know what the problem was but ABOUT TIME, we are after all paying for the service.  Just sorry they have to work on a holiday.

Our daughter Sheila and family had us over for dinner.  Ken's parents were also there, we always enjoy visiting with them.  The food was great, we had a good time.

Sunday in Apple Valley

We decided to give Perkins another try for breakfast, after all it has been at least 6 months since our last time.  Then the service was so poor we practically had to serve ourselves.  Today we had good service but the pancakes were like rubber.  The prices are a couple dollars higher than other places for about the same thing.  The near by Perking needs redecorating badly, looks the same as it has for years and is getting very tired and dirty looking.

After that we went to "Sunday Services" at Menards Home Store.  They even had our parking spot ready for us.  Like always we bought more than we thought we would.  Don got a new circular saw he badly need, for what he needs it he couldn't explain.  That's OK I don't "need" all the stuff I by at Kohl's!

We spent the rest of the morning reading the Sunday papers and afternoon doing stuff around the house.  The weather appears to finally have cleared so we can grill our salmon.

Stay at home day

A dark and damp day.  It is a good day to stay home and get stuff done.  Read the paper and watched some TV.

I decided it was a good day to sign on to Amazon Prime then I put in an order.  It said it would be delivered Monday but Monday being Memorial Day Holiday, I doubt if I will get it then.  I'm in no big hurry.

We got hamburgers at Five Guys, always good.  Watched some more of House of Cards on Netflix.  I signed on to Amazon so we have lots more options series and movies to watch.

New stamp!

Fresh Thyme and TGI Fridays

Leave your crabby face at home.  You know the parking lot is packed, so the new store will be packed.  If you can't tolerate crowds, don't come.  Simple as that.  Give it a week or two, crowds will be gone and you won't have to be nasty.  Otherwise bring your patience, be nice to other costumers and the employees.  Don't leave your cart unattended when you look for something in the next aisle and most of all don't think you own the store and take the middle of the aisle (it's like driving in the middle of a two lane road).

We did finally get to Fresh Thyme, found a parking spot near the door - important as it was raining out.  Their fresh fruit and vegetables were great.  They have bulk items for when you need just a little something.  I will look forward to going again when the store is less packed.

Then we went to Cubs to top off our shopping experience.

In the afternoon I continued my cleaning of office files and finally got it done.  There are always questionable things that I end up keeping and then next year's clean-out I will wonder why I kept them.

We went for dinner at TGI Fridays, they had a $12 deal for entree and drink including alcohol drinks.  When we got the bill it was for $14 each, seems we had ordered sides which had an up-charge.   I was not a big deal but think our server could have mentioned the extra charge.  I always feel I am swindled when I get the bill to find there is an up-charge.  Anyway the bacon crusted ribs and long island tea were good.

Shopping again

Again today we tried to go to the new grocery store Fresh Thyme, the parking lot was packed.  We will hold off until it gets less popular.  I went to Kohl's and bought two new sets of towels.  I had a $10 coupon from the papers and a $10 coupon I earned from last weeks trip.  The towels were on sale so two sets; large towel, hand towel and wash cloth, came to little over $20.

Then we went to Target for soda pop which is on sale.  I forgot how big the Burnsville Target is with the grocery store part on one side.  Then CVS and Kwik Trip.  Busy shopping day.

We stayed home for dinner, I fixed a ham, rice dish.



Glad Bill and Lisa had a great vacation, but I wouldn't get that close to an iguana!