Yesterday appeared to be an efficient day with my groceries being purchased and a couple of other items that were needed. The dogs were excited to see us on our return. I will not go out again for a bit now as I have lots to do here and will return to my irregular grocery purchase as I have bought enough chicken to freeze for a number of stews - time for that again. I have missed my stew this summer actually. I do enjoy it. The rich chicken broth, vegetables, the potatoes, the onions and the lovely chicken all chopped up with some garlic usually. Sounds very nice actually.
A beautiful sunny day and 17 degrees celsius, typical late August weather although we will still have some more hot weather likely. Out for a pickup run in the yard while the dogs have their third run of the day. Their company is good for me for sure as I have been very stressed these past six months and looking forward to a quiet fall once again and back to writing. At the moment I am getting pretty much nothing done in that regard but that is not unusual in the summer. This afternoon will do some yard cleanup and a couple of bags out to the street tomorrow morning.
Solitaire games all played and my first meal of six of the day as I work my way through a flareup of one of my few medical issues. I am lucky in that regard to have a mostly healthy time of it as I reach 80 especially given the state of my eyes. Yesterday we picked up our new glasses. Mine were reading glasses as I was using bifocals all this past year in order to have them for driving but now I do not need them although will still use them likely most of the time. Although I do very very little driving for sure. My days of driving for two or three hours or more are very much in the past. Edward was certainly the driver of that as he wanted to go everywhere. Having a car about six months after we got married was a huge surprise for him when I suggested it. I had the money to buy it as I seldom spend money; I recognized early on that my husband was a spender and my being an extremely frugal person worked well in our relationship. He always knew when something special was wanted that I would definitely have the money for that; it was something he had not known in his youth particularly because his mother was widowed when he was just two years of age and the only support of that family. She did not have any advanced education although did try to complete some of her high school when he was young but living in a small town with limited opportunities salaries were pretty small. Edward had a paper route from the age of ten years and worked in tobacco from the age of 13 until he went to university. It was a pretty hard life I think but I am a city girl and from a family of nine so also learned to be very careful with money from a young age - I am a chronic saver; the economy does not really gain greatly from me although certainly in our marriage Edward was a big spender for sure.
Off to do the walk around the yard with the dogs and then my second meal of the day; a break and then exercise.
Solitaire puzzles completed and another glorious day in God's world with perfect weather. Not much wind in the trees so He is contemplating for sure. I do not actually believe that God will interfere in the path of the world; we have made choices that lead us down an uncertain path in regards to Global Warming and the response to it. Europe being particularly active in the response perhaps because they suffer a great deal from it although Canada is a polar country with low emissions and also certainly feels the effect of the industrial world. This summer has been particularly fatal in the forests of Canada - fall with its rains and the snowy winter will help. We do need to have priorities world wide to protect our planet.
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