What the Junk?!

Odyessy for alcohol (rubbing alcohol that is)

I went on a while odyssey today to find rubbing alcohol!  I went to eight stores.  Yes, EIGHT.  It was an interesting outing. I went to the Family Dollar that is nearest my house.  Then to Dollar General, then to Old Dutch (a grocery store), to a CVS, then to another Dollar General, then to Dollar mart, then Food Lion, then Roses Express.  Seven places, no rubbing alcohol.  I decided to try one more place.  A Family Dollar that I'd never been to.  I found some there! YES!!!!!!  I held that bottle like it was gold. LOL. I was ready to fight for my bottle even though there were other bottles. :P

I was so happy to find some.  It's crazy having to go to so many places! I was able to pick up a few things at two of the other stores, so that wasn't too bad.  I'm just satisfied to have a good size bottle and hopefully, by the time it runs out, everything will be stocked normally again! 

So, that was my day.  Well, there was more that happened, but that was the crazy part.  No, actually, that isn't all of the crazy!  I somehow sprained my pinkie toe on the bed linen in my bed!  I think I must have twisted it the wrong way.  I am actually not sure what the hell I did. I know it's red, swollen, and sore.  D'oh! 

Here is the bottle o' gold! :p

Sunday stuff

I have been busy as usual on my Sunday afternoon.  I have washed my hair and bed linen. My hair is almost completely dry and my bed linen is dry. I just need to put it back on the bed.  I washed a load of laundry last night and I put it away too.  I also washed the dishes.  I am sure there is something else I'm forgetting I need to do, but I am now going to take a bit of a break!  I started a new true crime book last night that I found on Kindle Unlimited.  It's good so far.  I also have another that I downloaded at the same time.  So far I've found some good things to read with Kindle unlimited.  We'll see if I continue to find things.  I have two and a half more months to see before I decide if I'll keep it.

I had thought about taking the car out for a bit to just get out of the house, but it's in the 80's today and as you know, I don't have working air in my car.  I think I'll skip the trip! lol

It seems like I have something I needed to add, but I'm coming up blank. Sleep has been nutty the last week or so, so I am not thinking right.  Plus I've only had Starbucks once in almost two months so that probably has something to do with it too! :p

 

Letters but no lattes!

I sat down today and got my letters written and then went to mail them off. It's quite hot outside today.  I should have known when I was trying to sleep last night and it was so warm that I had to turn the air conditioning on!  It's been on all day today, too!  I was walking out the door to mail my letters and realized that one of them didn't have a stamp.  I ran back into the house and got a stamp and then went back to my car.  I drove down to the post office and ran in. I dropped my letters off and then checked my box.  I had five more letters waiting.  Well, four that I'll actually answer.  The fifth was from an inmate. ~_~;  I used to write a few of them, but they always get the idea that we are in a relationship and that is not going to happen. I don't want to date anyone on the outside either. LOL!

I had thought about going by Starbucks while I was out because I have a bunch of stars and I could have gotten a free drink, but I figured with it being Saturday, they would be really busy so I skipped it!  Plus it was hot and I have no air. I prefer hot coffee and today was not the day. If I had air, yes, but I don't.  Oh well! My stars don't run out anytime soon, so I'm good!

 

Hello!

Here is a better picture of my cute book/ereader bags.  They are reversible, too!  Check them out:

Aren't they cute?  Very well made, too.  If you want something similar, the Etsy shop is: Coffee & A Good Book 

 

Stress

Yes, it was a pretty stressful day. I am not going to get into all that, but I will tell of the good things that happened.  I got my order from Etsy. It's e-reader sleeves. One is a Pacman design and one is coffee.  They are actually bigger than my Kindle, but they will still work for that.  They also will fit my bullet journal so I can use them for that too if I want!  I took a picture.  It's not the best because I waited for them to be delivered all day.  It never said they were but I checked and they were on my porch. The tracker still says 'unable to deliver'. This is twice that has happened with something I ordered.  I don't know what is going on with that.

Anyway, I got them too late to take a picture in natural light so here is the compromise for now.  Aren't they cute?  They are reversible too!  

 

The color is way off in this photo. They are way prettier in person. I'll get a natural light picture tomorrow but I wanted to share how cute they were tonight!

Printer ink!

My printer ink came today and I am happy with it. Usually, when I get new ink, it takes running the print head cleaning cycle many, many times. I only ran it once and did a test print and it's perfect. I'm quite happy about that. It will be nice to be able to print again.  I hope to get my pen pal letters written soon.  I meant to do that today, but I got distracted by other things and didn't get around to it.  I'm not really behind, so that is good. I'm keeping up with them pretty well.  I hope to continue to do so!

I had to run to Target for one thing today.  I went in, got it, and went to check out. Normally I would have walked all over Target, but not now.  Since I was out, I stopped by the grocery store and picked up a few things I needed and then headed home.  I figured I might as well get that done while out.  That only took a few minutes.  I passed by Starbucks and I was tempted because there wasn't a huge line, but I skipped it. Next time!  I did go to the Starbucks in Target and picked up three new cards to add to my collection.  One a Father's day, one a graduation, and the last one with the Siren on it.  I'm always happy to add to my collection.

Waiting no so patiently

I finally put together the ingredients to make a hash brown casserole.  It's in the oven right now and I'm anxiously awaiting it being done so I can devour it.  They are so delicious.  This one looked really good going in the oven.  I actually was able to make two dishes. I have another one in the fridge and I can cook it tomorrow.  That way it's fresh.  Yum. (insert Homer drooling sounds here) 

I'm down to the last 14 minutes.  I kept getting distracted.  I started this post about ten minutes ago! I will get this finished and then I'll have to wait just a little longer and then I can eat some delicious hash brown casserole.  Boy, this is the most boring post ever. Hopefully, I'll have some interesting things to show you tomorrow.  I have a few packages headed my way.  Sorry for rambling along about hbc, but that stuff is so good!

 

Good mail day!

Why?  Well, three different orders came! I got an adorable pencil case that I've been eyeing forever. It was out of stock for the longest time. I got a notification that it was available and I ordered it. It came today.  I also got a nice set of Starbucks cards from eBay.  All were ones I needed that I didn't have except one. Well, there were about three that I did have but they weren't 'mint' as in they had their code uncovered.  I was able to swap those out and add all these new cards to my collection.  It was 40 cards in all so I made a good contribution to my collection!   I am going to put them all in order at some point, but for now, they are all in there as I get them.

The third item I got was a cute Evernote/Moleskine notebook. It's the smaller one.  Around 3in x 5 inches.  It's black with an Evernote green ribbon bookmark, green elastic, and it has the elephant embossed with other stuff on the front. It came with one of the Moleskine slip-on pens, too!  Also, it had the code in there for 3 months of Evernote premium! YAY!  I like this size notebook for slipping into my purse.  Plus it's Moleskine and Evernote!  It's a 'smart notebook' so it has the stickers so you can scan the pages into Evernote.  Very nifty.  I can always use a new notebook, and I love pens!  The 3 months of premium just sealed the deal!

Here is the pencil case. It's a pulldown one that can be used as a pen cup.  So cute and it's beautiful!

 

Isn't that pretty!  I keep my most used pens in a case with my bujo. I also have a few other pens in there that aren't used as much and a small ruler, a pencil, and a ballpoint pen. Before, I just used a basic pencil case. This is cool.  I love it!

 

 

Oops!

I just realize that I hadn't posted to my blog today. I've been pretty busy.  I put away a load of laundry I washed last night, I washed my bed linen and put it back on the bed and I have another small load of laundry in now.  I mowed the front lawn, washed a bunch of dishes, and washed my hair.  I got my recycling together so I can take it tomorrow.

I also finished my current read and I've started on another.  It's been a long day! I hope to post more tomorrow as I'm running out of time tonight. See you then!

Detergent...

How is that for a title!  I used the last of my detergent today so I needed some. Tomorrow is the day I wash bed linen you know! I decided to go to Roses Express since it's a smaller store and I know they have good prices on detergent. I figured I could get in and out pretty easily.  I was right.  At first, I couldn't find any I use.  I only have a few brands that I buy.  These are ones that smell clean but not overpowering.  I didn't see any of them and was about to give in and get something else when I saw All. It's one of the three brands that I can stand the scent of.

I finally remembered one other thing I needed and got it and then, since I was there, I got a few snacks.  You can always use snacks, right?  I was glad to get those as I was running low. :P

I'm going to have to wait until at least Wednesday before writing letters.  My printer is being snarky.  If the color cartridges are low, it won't print in greyscale.  Stupid, I know!  So, I have a workaround that usually works.  I did it and I was able to print, but then, one of the cartridges stopped working with the workaround. D'oh!  I have been typing my letters during this pandemic so my penpals feel better. I am not sure if they care either way, but I feel like it's safer and better for them right now.  I use hand sanitizer before I write and I don't lick the envelopes to seal. I use water!  Safety first!