Follies of Friday

It rained most of the night, but when I got up and went for my walk the rain had stopped. Everything was still really wet, but there was not rain, so I decided to go for a walk and hope that the rain would hold off until I got back...and it did!

Well, I had my last cold cereal for a while; it is officially time to start my hot cereal; more often than not that means oatmeal. I finished off my shredded wheat, so that we will not have a partial box open for months at a time and it will not be taking up room in the cereal cabinet.

After eating, I emptied the dishwasher then went into the living room and read the paper. The mail came before I had finished the paper, so I went and got it, opened it up, read it and then finished the paper.

I had been watching a show and they said that one could fertilize roses one last time this year, so I went out to the garage and got my systemic rose food and spread it around the roses. It is suppose to encourage root growth and prepare the plants for winter. I also took the kitchen compost and deposited it into the compost tumbler and cranked it over a few times.

About two minutes after I got back into the house it started to pour, so that will help the fertilizer disintegrate and get to the roses quickly. I could tell when I went outside that it was going to start to rain, and I wanted to make sure that I got the roses fertilized before the rain came.

Kathleen needed to do some running around, so I went with her, we needed to stop off at our old bank and turn in our safety deposit box, I wanted to stop off at the True Value Hardware store and check if they could order a part for my mower...they could not but recommended that I try the Parkrose Mower shop, which was just around the corner.

They could not order it either, but gave me another suggestion, but I have not had a chance to try there yet. Next we went to Trader Joe's and on the way it got to hailing so hard that one could barely see the road. I think we had about a quarter of an inch on the hood and the wipers at full speed could not keep up with the volume coming down.

The road was completely covered and it looked like it has snowed! The roads were even slick, especially when starting up from a traffic light or stop sign. After Trader Joe's Kathleen wanted to stop off at a fabric shop, so I waited in the car while she went in and looked around. She found some really nice silk, but did not get it because she wants to find something to make first.

We finally got home about 1515 and heated up some of the left-over spaghetti from last night for lunch. Then after a while Kathleen took off for Fred Meyer's to pick up a prescription and a few other things. She also had some other running around to do. I was feeling too worn out so I just stayed home. It seems shopping wears me out faster than just about anything else.

She finally got home about 1900 and cooked a yam and heated up some of the other left-overs from this week. So today was a left-over day and we have just about cleaned out the refrigerator. The is still some left-over salmon cakes, but I think that I will be having them tomorrow morning for breakfast along with my egg beaters.

Well, today has certainly been an entertaining day as far as the weather goes. It has gone from raining, to sun shining, to hailing to sun shining, to raining and back to showers again. Never a dull moment in the weather department here in Oregon. I think that is about it for tonight, so I am just going to say good night and call it a day.