I tried to get as much done as possible before it got too hot. by that I mean, aside from dishes and laundry I decided to trim my Willow and Maple and mow the lawn. By the time I was finished cleaning up inside and out, I was beat from the heat and couldn’t bring myself to clean the pool. The Hollyhocks are blooming. So many treats this time of year.
I decided to head out to do some errands. First stop was to renew car insurance. I wasn’t going to as I have my bike insured but it is too hot to ride!! I was shocked to find out my insurance went up $70 per month. Seems the new way of calculating goes back three years for claims and carries forward 10 years. I had a claim on my truck in 2017 from being run off the road and in 2019 from parking lot damage. Apparently it doesn’t matter that I was not at fault. The staff at Western Financial were fabulous. Not their fault but they sure tried to get me answers.
Next stop was Home Depot to check out shelving for the community theatre tech room. I also grabbed new plumbing bits for under my kitchen sink as it has had a clogged right side since I bought the place. Also got a laundry basket for taking clothes outside to the line, a lounge cushion and a set of flamingo dishes, both on deep discount. Saw an amusing product while I was there
Decided to take a drive to Marysville to drop off Tupperware to my cousin Donna and dropped in on a client. Marysville hot Tubs is a lovely little place with a charming lady named Lillie To assist you. She sold me a product to control the algae in my pool going forward. I would like to forward one of the barbeques that they sell but I shall just keep dreaming for now. On my way back I saw a guy with the homeless and broke sign near all the fast food places on the strip so I pulled into the lineup at Dairy Queen or in my seven dollar meal complete with a bottle of water and a dilly bar and handed it off much to his joy. I then stopped at Family Thai, my favourite restaurant in town to you have curbside delivery of my favourite meal. A stop for gas and groceries and I barely made it home in time for putting everything away and grabbing a quick shower before my company arrived.
Viola and Kimberly came over for the evening and we sat out around my table in a breeze enjoying snacks and beverages and good company. These ladies are both a gift of the theatre world here. I have not acted with Viola but we have watched each other do so and Kimberly played my daughter in the tin woman she’s also the one who gave me my tattoo. Pretty soon it was dark and their rides were arriving so we made plans for celebrating Viola‘s birthday in two weeks. I really do look forward to it even though they are both my daughters ages or younger their company pleases me. It was glorious to sit and watch the sky light up from lightning in the distance. the good thing is it appeared to be sheet lightning not fork so I’m hopeful that no fire started.
earlier in the day I prepped sangria using frozen peaches in my cold brew carafe with equal parts Campbell’s homemade wine and soda stream carbonated water in the fridge, delicious
I have also found a use for all my little fancy packages of hot chocolate that I never drink I put them all into one Tupperware shaker and they go great over popcorn
triumphgal 