November 19th to 30th

November 30th and week of Thanksgiving:

Tried two bread recipes this week—no yeast bread recipes but they work very well.

Weather was cold and rainy for 2 days—it was so nice! And temps have been normal since then .

S. and I didn’t get together on Thursday due to many things. I just cooked some stuff for me and gave the cats including Traci’s cats, meat, too. So, they actually had a better thanksgiving meal than I did.

I went to paradise Valley Mall on Friday for a while (7.4 miles away but one way.) I’m beginning to remember mileage to my usual locations rather than time to get there; I remember it in a one way trip since that seems to be the easiest for me . Since I know how much 2 or 2.5 miles are from my measured walks, it’s interesting to know the distances and compare them to how far I know I can walk easily. That’s also easily without carrying much! Anyway, the mall wasn’t jammed with shoppers, but it was pretty full. There was enough parking available though so I had no trouble with that. I went there to walk the mall and also to see the crowds. I hadn’t walked for a couple of days so I got that in on Friday. Didn’t make it to Pam’s yoga class on Thursday either—my bad!

Papers came for the annuity beneficiaries, one more form to fill out but one more step in getting the estate settled.

Gas is now 1.99 at the closest station.
Cheers,
Shamba
Nov 21st

Made the rounds of Linens n Things and Mervyn’s today. LNT is getting lower and lower on stuff. Lots of sheets, fabric throws, blankets, bedding etc. I’ve got so much of that I don’t need any for the rest of my life, I think, after all the things I got from my parents and my mom’s stuff the past 5 years.

They still had manual can openers but I opted for a better slotted metal spoon than the one I have that’s wooden. I would have picked up another can opener but it’s the end of the month; payday isn’t until Dec. 1st.

However, that didn’t prevent me from picking up 2-3 scented candles at Merwyn’s that I will use for a holiday gift or two and keep the vanilla one for me. They are large and will last a good while. Sara really likes the pumkin spice one so that one’s for her. I don’t expect us to do anything more than that. She’s got enough to take care of with her cats and losing her second job at the dealership that went under last spring.

Atmosphere in general is murkier and murkier. I would like to go out the day after Thanksgiving and see how shopping is doing at a nearby mall or two but that’s using gas although our gas is almost under 2.00 everywhere. Still at 2.15 at the highest station near me.

Nov 20
DJA 7558.33; SP 753.78

Nov 19th
DJA 7997; SP 806; oil 53.62 Celebreated birthday twice this week! :)