A Bargain Deal!

Finally, a day to sit in the sun without getting blown away!  It made it up into the low 70s today, too.  Maggie and I sat outside most of the afternoon.  I finished my knitting project and just enjoyed being out there watching the hummingbirds.  I gave them fresh nectar today and they spent a long time at the feeders.   Maggie sat and watched for critters and Roger worked in the shop.   

He's currently plugged into a 51 hour audible book - Michener's "Centennial."   He's convinced me I will like it but I can't see myself listening for that long.  It would take me two years to finish, so I've ordered a used copy from ThriftBooks.  He says he's learning a lot of depressing things about the settlement of the west and some of the chapters have him feeling angry, but he is learning stuff and enjoying the story.  



Yesterday I had Rog take me back to that antique store and look at those prints I liked.  They are reproductions and in beat up frames, but they do have a print number on the back and I like them, so I bought them. (They are definitely not Antique Roadshow finds, unfortunately.) Each was marked $58.  After researching the artist I thought it was a pretty steep price, but I did want them.  When we went in her dog was wandering around and we played with her for a while, then she and Roger got in a conversation about hemp oil which she sells.  She was pretty distracted.  When I got to the counter I said "Too bad there's not a pink dot on them."  (She had a sign - pink dot - 50% off).  She looked at them, and said, "Oh, they should have."  So I got them both for $58.  Except I think I only gave her $53.  She told me if I paid in cash she would not charge sales tax.  So I plopped down two 20s, two 5s, and three 1s.  I counted it out as $58, she picked it up and counted it and put it in her pocket.  On the way home I could picture the bills on the counter and I realized I had only given her $53.  Today I went back and offered her the other $5 and told her what I think happened.  Her responses were, "Well, I counted it the same way," and "because you are so honest you don't owe me any more."  So, I got the two framed reproduction prints for even less than half price.  I'll clean up the frames when I get home and they'll look good in the living room.  

My back is improving a bit but I've been taking ibuprofen for three days now so the inflammation is not as bad.  I managed two short walks today - one this morning and one after dinner.  Something is better than nothing which is what I got the two days before.  I was hurting by the time I got back from each, so any more would have been miserable.  Baby steps... I'll be back to the long walk before we leave - I hope.

Rog got the part to replace the handle on the passenger side of the truck that I need to pull myself into my seat.  It's been broken for quite some time but he found the part while cruising other stuff on Amazon last week.  I've been having trouble getting in but use other things to hold onto.  It's great having that handle back!