Monday 03/07/22 in Lady Loves the Ocean

Good Morning Monday!!

I woke up to lots of snow on the ground and colder temps. It is in the ’20s and we have about 4 inches of snow. I won’t be shoveling myself I will let the guys I hired do it today. I can barely get my front door open. I am sure they will get to it in a few hours. I have no plans to go out. Tomorrow temps will be in the 40’s. And then Thursday there is another storm brewing with more snow expected. I guess we are making up for the snow we didn’t get the last 3 months. This is typical March weather. Up and down temps. Teases of Spring.

I went out for a walk yesterday. I stopped at the library and picked up the book I had on hold. I ran to the bank and got some cash. I always like to have at least $40-60 cash. I ran out of bananas and was going to go to the closest grocery store and decided to wait. I can live without them for a few days. By Wednesday I will need a few other things. Oh, I did also went and filled my gas tank. Gas is now $3.69 a gallon. I am very nervous about how high it’s going to go. I am really going to have to limit my road trips to the grocery store. It is just a shame that our local store doesn’t have what we need. And the meat quality is crap. I can have groceries delivered but they don’t take the EBT card. And I don’t want to waste my cash on groceries when I have the money on the EBT card. I did place an order with Walmart to get my cat food, cat litter, deodorant, and cat liners. That will be delivered tomorrow. Walmart does not deliver groceries here. I can do pick up but I am still paying for gas for the drive over. Walmart is the cheapest store but also the farthest away. When I go to the store next it will be to Walmart and Aldi to stock up for the month. I am learning to plan better.

I am watching a lot of Youtube videos on how to shop and eat cheaper. There are excellent videos out there. I am learning to cook different things in different ways. Try new things. One thing I see a lot is people eat a lot of beans and rice. I have never eaten beans. I am going to purchase some rice on my next visit to the store. Not sure about beans. Also, there are a lot of things you can cook in the air fryer. I am finding lots of things on Pinterest as well.

I am trying to finish up the book “Never Tell” by Lisa Gardner. It is a very good book with a lot of mystery in the story. It is a paperback book so the print is small. I am reading for a bit and then taking a break. My eyes have to rest. My shot in my left eye last week makes my eye water and burn a bit. So I have to apply drops every two hours. Sometimes it feels like they are really making the print a lot smaller than they used to. It could be because of my issue with my eyes. I like getting large print books at my library. But there is not a very big selection of Large print. I know my eyes will get better. They have already improved a lot. I love to read. For those of you reading this, what are you reading right now?

There is a huge book sale on March 26th and 27th to benefit the homeless shelter in the next town over. I really would like to go to that. I know I don’t need any more books. But that does not stop me from wanting to go. There are a few books from some of my favorite authors I would love to have in my library. I will have gotten my next check by then so I could budget in some extra money for that. Just thinking out loud. 😋

I watched American Idol last night. Wow, what a tear-jerking show it was. There are a lot of incredible young singers last night. Some had some very heart-wrenching stores. I can hardly wait to hear more from them. I also like watching the Voice but I think American Idol is much better.

I have run out of things to write here. So I am going to post this and catch up on a few other diaries. Here’s to a great week ahead.
Later,
Sheri