In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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I forgot the country isn't on my time frame on Sunday. Or maybe I forgot it was Sunday?
Got up nice and early to take my time before running errands. Got up to Goodwill for their 50% off sale today only to realize they don't open for another two hours. That's when it dawned on me that Menards doesn't open for another hour and I'm pretty sure that even Aldi opens later.
Oopsie.
I'm hoping to find a reasonably sized flatscreen TV for my grandma since the speakers on hers are gone and nobody I know has been upgrading any of their TVs for a while. My dad put old computer speakers on it, but her short term memory is pretty shot and every time I call her she takes a minute to figure out that she's got to turn off the TV or get up and manually turn down the speakers since the remote won't control them. Truth be told, getting that TV for her may be more for me than it is for her, not to start every conversation off with the reminder that whatever we talk about she's not going to remember after we hang up the phone.
Probably won't find one there either though.
A few things are a great deal or even free with rebate at Menards, and I have to go up there to buy one more roll of contact paper anyhow. I'm short just about 3 feet for covering the shelves and the drawer on the curio cabinet with the 4 rolls I bought way before I started working on the kitchen. Bummer... But at least I'll have plenty for the two vanities whenever I get around to remodeling the bathroom upstairs and installing one in the basement.
Hardware is all spray painted on both sides now that I did it before I went out. So everything is painted. I just need to get the paper on and everything installed once the hardware dries.
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Think there was a slight dusting of snow where I am last night at around midnight or so. Right now rain on a slow Sunday.
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Got my shopping done but it took a LOT longer than I thought it ever would...
Guys at Goodwill don't know crap. I showed up when they told me it would open but they were still an hour off. Had to go out of my way and circle back when I was done, and lines on Sunday everywhere reminded me why I never go shopping on Sunday...
And it's official, at least by me. It's now the Dollar*Tree, with a 25% increase on everything due to Bidenflation.
Plus, I had to pay a whopping $7.77 for the same roll of contact paper I had bought for $5.64 per roll before I worked on my kitchen (late 2020). To add to that sting, there's no 11% rebates going on until next year either.
That's the bad news out of the way...
Got some great rebate deals otherwise. Nothing free, but close too it and I'll be swimming in various types of GOOD sandpaper for my various power tools for years to come. Steep upfront price, but the rebates should only take about a month to come in. I also got a nice large tool box at a great sale price that will make organizing my tools in the basement a lot easier now.
Goodwill was a bust on the TV and radio, but otherwise it was probably my best haul yet. 2 large coffee mugs, 2 pairs of essentially brand new Levis jeans and 2 hoodies for only $19.
I broke one of my only two large coffee mugs earlier this year, and I wanted to make sure I had one for my Bro when he comes in next week.
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This late in the day I don't feel like getting back to work on the cabinet.
If I do anything, I might just get the contact paper on the drawer and install the doors so it at least looks finished for the photos.
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Weather can't make up its mind. Tried to snow earlier then rained and now the sun is trying to come out.
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Are you going to get any of that warm weather we're getting this week, Brenda?
I think it's supposed to get over 60 degrees here on Wednesday.
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I doubt it SIX. Suppose to rain most of the week with a slight call for snow and hopefully that will be at higher elevations.
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Out for my walk soon. Debating about taking my umbrella with me.
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Looks like we're finally getting some rain. Raining in SFO and moving its way down here.
"They" finally got to paying attention to those "atmospheric rivers" that hit CA. Seems that half of the rain that CA gets in an average year comes from them. But since they're so hit-and-miss, they're hard to predict.
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Quote:Oh, she's in an entirely different weather system than you, most of the time. Your warm weather usually comes up from the Gulf of Mexico, from SW to NE. She's waaaay too far north, in the wrong direction, and with whole mountain range between her and Gulf. The only weather you share is when a blast of Arctic air swoops down and nails both of you. But I hope you got to enjoy the warm weather!
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Are you going to get any of that warm weather we're getting this week, Brenda?
I think it's supposed to get over 60 degrees here on Wednesday.
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