Good Morning All. Cloudy and a warm 70° again today. A repeat of yesterday here, high around 85°, maybe cooler tonight in the mid-60's. Weather geeks at the NWS are still predicting major thunderstorms and much lower temperatures Sunday and Monday; no snow though. The 20 mph winds from the south will continue until Sunday when they turn from the north for a couple of days. High on Monday is only expected to be in the mid-60's.
Oh my! The attire at the grocery store changed this week from Lululemon pants to booty shorts and Daisy Dukes! Other than much higher prices all around, my Kroger has returned to pre-pandemic condition. Looks like inflation and the dropping of "free money" has brought about full employment in this part of the country. Our Kroger store is located in Denton TX and at least half of the employees are college students. The two universities in town (UNT & TWU) have 55,000 students enrolled and most need to work at least a little bit. The rich kids that don't need to work, all go to SMU in Dallas!
The overall grocery trek was successful yesterday. Instead of the shoe store, we went to the jewelry store instead and dropped the car wash since we're expecting rain. Those were all my wife's decisions - I just drove. Spent more money than expected at Home Depot. I somewhat remember the good old days when my favorite store was Victoria Secret's; now it's Home Depot or Lowes with Tractor Supply in close third.
I sorted, cut and stacked the firewood that I got from the tree trimmers later in the day. Despite the 85° temperature, it was cloudy and windy so it wasn't too unpleasant. Got to get it out of the way for continuous mowing. I think that I am going back to Dallas today to take my wife to the other daughter's home for a three day grandson sitting job. Daughter #1 could easily do it as she lives only a mile away, but my wife hasn't been able to visit with him in a while. They went out of state for spring break and she hasn't been able to spend much time with them. I think that she really wants to get away from me.
As always, thanks for the comments and reactions to yesterday's post regarding the sidewalk.;
Patrick, Steve J, Rick, George, Sherrel, Karl, Troy, Smudge, Joe, Hughie, Dave B, Chad, Mikey, Louis, Tom O, Curt, Guy, Tom, OB Ken.
I didn't do anything of substance in the train shed yesterday. I did however remember to take a picture of the minimal detailing on the roof.
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And since churches seem to be a subject for this week, as I posted below to
Jaz, I have some. Here are two of them, both currently in unfinished areas.
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Guy - I need a day or two to find some pictures of the extra things that I do with ground throws in my extensive unfiled archive.
Love the recent pictures of the mule deer.
Sherrel - Yep! These Medallion signature guarantees can be really tricky as I have learned in my short exposure to them. I really think the $50 in his bank did the trick for me!
I am praying that MIL can fight it through until Sunday for Kate and her sister's sake.
Jaz - I do have three churches on the layout, but none of them are in areas that are completed yet. None as elegant as yours however.
Dave - My small pond of about a quarter acre, completely dries out mainly in the summer, but this year it was empty until February. I often wonder where the frogs and turtles actually go when it is dry. They always reappear when the water returns?
"bloated bureaucracy" is a redundancy.
Tom O - Never say never!
I agree that a bank is more at home among the MR structures than a church.
Earth Day today. Everyone have a great day.
