No More Sitting on My Imagination

 At last after 10 months I have a sofa in my living room . I've been making do with a recliner and the dining room chairs.  I ordered a custom sofa but every now and then the salesman would call and apologetically tell me it was delayed. Last week my brain turned back on and I called him and asked if I could cancel the order and put the money on something they had in stock that could be delivered soon. "Sure he said." So I went in with my son Dave and his wifie Heather.  We browsed and sat, actually Heather and I sat, her legs are about the same length as mine and I no longer need to buy a sofa to fit my very tall sons. Scott the salesman said it would be in my house in 8-10 days. It's a nicer sofa than the one I ordered and was a little more expensive but it came with those matching pillows. It was delivered four days later. He also took 5% off the price because he said I was kind to him when he had to call with bad delivery news. It seems most people yelled at him, as though he had control over anything that is going on with deliveries these days.  Not a fun part of his job. 

This is the third sofa I have purchased from this store and they were all good. The first one was too big for my condo when I sold my house, but still in good shape. So I gave it away. The second was a black leather couch that wasn't my favorite though my grandkids liked it. So when one of them decided to get married and bought a house I told her/them if they liked it they could have it. They did and it went away that day. This should be the last one. It's a gray fabric that looks better in the living room. Doesn't overwhelm it. And it's just my size so I don't have to jump down off of it. Hooray! 

What Me Cook?

Cooking and meal planning is not my forte lately so I signed up for a meal service called Everyplate that sends you the ingredients for three meals a week. My Grandgirl has it and she liked it. It comes in packed in refrigerated materials and was to show up at my door on Thursdays. It's actually meals for two but both Grandgirl and I are single so the second meal became the next days lunch. You can take a pass on any week you choose which I did for the second week to see how I liked the first one. The first meal was good. The second was not to my taste (or was it my cooking?), and the third was good. My problem with it was all the packing materials. Boxes, thawed out freezer bags, and a big pile of small packets of spices, sauces, etc. all in more plastic. For the first time in all the years I've lived here I had twice the garbage and only the cardboard shipping boxes were recyclable. 

I got the second shipment, late. Not their fault, we had a foot of snow landed the day before. The highways in all directions were shut down by snow and accidents. But ice packs or no I wasn't crazy about meat that sat somewhere waiting two or three days extra to be delivered, epecially chicken. And again, more garbage. So I cancelled. It's off to the grocery for me. Incidentally I then bought ingreditents and made the best teriyaki stir fry ever. Maybe I can cook after all. The ingredients for it were delivered same day from my local Safeway for a much smaller fee.

 

Is this next? Ha, ha, ha.

I usually go to Safeway myself except for this snow or ice.  Most of  Walla Walla proper is pretty flat but our condo driveway is down a small hill, past the first building and then up another small hill to the other four buildings. If your vehicle is not snowy hill safe you run the risk of being stuck in that small chunk of driveway in the bottom.  Mine is not. We usally don't get this kind of snow so I don't bother with studded tires etc. as putting around town is not that hard.  The snow removal guy didn't show until the 6th day, because everyone was calling. A friend of mine who works for the city spent his nights running one of the few snow removal vehicles the city owns. What a mess.  So bless the guy with who delivered my groceries and also my son Dave who brought me some in his trusty truck.

The New Year is Here

I wish you a Happy New Year. Been awhile since I've posted but here goes...

I may never sing "Let it Snow" again. There is over a foot of the white stuff sitting on my patio. And it is 6 degrees this morning. My niece in North Dakota laughed and said it was -40 on their farm. They win but we aren't used to this. And there's more coming. My son and daughter-in-law have been grocery shopping for me and the cable people came out to restore my broken connection so I can bother people online again. The music of dripping water fills my condo as I leave the faucets on a little so the pipes don't freeze.  But when the sun came out it was gorgeous.

Last night I missed one of big events of the year for my family. My Grandgirl Mya's wedding. Here she is dancing with her father my youngest son David. I am so happy for them. Married on New Year's Eve. I was home being sick, no not Covid but likely the flu. No idea where I caught it, but there you are.  I saw this wedding via Zoom. The magic of tech. Now they can celebrate their anniversary to fireworks and parties.

I did not miss the other big event. Early in November Grandgirl Mimi had a beautiful baby boy Issac and now I am a Great-Grandmother. He really is a sweet little baby. Four Aunties with a great Grandson pre-wedding. His Mom came down with Covid and was absent.

Sadly, my daughter-in-law Heather's younger brother Heath died from Covid on December 19th. He was a great guy, the kind we need more of and he left behind a sweet wife and two children, 10 and 15. He went into the hospital the day before Thanksgiving and it will be awhile before we see the holidays the same way.

That's all folks. May we all gather blessings in the coming year.