What the Junk?!

Oops, darn you Reddit. :p

I was just tootling along on Reddit and then looked at the clock. I hadn't posted to my blog yet.  It's Reddit's fault btw! :P  Anyway! I went to do my recycling today.  As I'm pulling in the lot where the bins are, I see a firetruck. There are several guys around it and they are road cones set up.  They must have been teaching someone new how to back up and maneuver the truck.  They were across the way, so I didn't get in their way and they weren't in mine.  I did my recycling and headed home.

I started a puzzle today and meant to stop when I got to the halfway point, but I ended up doing the whole thing! It's pretty cool. I am probably going to display this one.  You'll see why when I post the picture of it completed:

It's a thrift store find that was open but all the pieces were there.  That is always good.  Also, it was priced at 1.99 which I paid, but I noticed later that it was originally a Dollar Tree puzzle! LOL  Oh well! I enjoyed doing it, so the extra dollar didn't bother me.  The person who donated it had put the pieces in a ziploc bag inside of the box.  I had confidence that anyone that took that precaution would have included all the pieces and I was correct!

I finished book four of my yearly book challenge.  I went and found another one on my Kindle that I thought was a whole book. It was just a Kindle short. I read it and then looked through books on my Kindle. I started another one and though, this seems familiar. I go and look at my old lists and yes, I'd read it!  I found another that I haven't read and I have it loaded and ready to go.  It's a zombie book.  I love good zombie fiction!

 

Finished!

I washed the dishes last night. Whoo hoo! 

Ahhhhhhhh!

I have so many dishes in the sink an on the side of it. I really need to wash dishes, but I'm so not in the mood to do it.  Send help! lol    

In other words, I did start a new puzzle today.  It's a scene from England. It's pretty.  I got a good part of it done today.  I'll finish it tomorrow. I am almost done with my current read. I was near the end last night but it was late so I put it away and went to bed.  I am not sure which of my 'to be read' list will be next!  I have several 'new' ones on my Kindle and I have a small stack of books that I want to read here too.

Ha ha!

I needed something that I used to buy at Kmart.  I searched to see what stores around me that sold it.  The only one that showed local? Walmart.  I don't shop at Walmart.  So, what do I do? I ordered it from Amazon!  Fuck you Walmart! LOL  It was a prime item and it is to be delivered on Sunday so I am a happy camper.  Thanks, Amazon!

I finished the puzzle today. It was a little intense at the end there.  It's a pretty puzzle though.  I like it.  Here it is:

It's Columbus Circle in New York. It was a fun puzzle.  I still have a good stock of puzzles in my puzzle box.  I will have to decide what to do next.  I've been working on my current read.  It's my third book of the year so far! I started out so well last year and only ended up reading 19 books.  That was okay since it was 2019! :p  BUT I plan to do better this year.  Since I am on book three on the 10th of January, I'm doing pretty well.  I would love to read about 50 this year.  I have 20 as my goal on Goodreads, but I may up that if my reading continues at this rate. :)

 

Meh

Yeah, it's been one of those days.  I didn't go out at all until the evening. My friend wanted to go to eat and I went with her, her mom, and her son.  We went to Long River which is a local Chinese restaurant.  It's an old favorite. ^_^  I was STUFFED so when we left, I was too full for Starbucks. We went by there but I didn't get anything.  I had leftovers from the restaurant that I brought home with me.  The nice waiter gave me a to-go cup of wonton soup. I LOVE wonton soup.  That is going to be delicious tomorrow!

I started a new puzzle today and did a lot more than I planned to do on it.  It was fun to work and I enjoyed it.  I am sure I'll finish it easily tomorrow.  It's very cool, check it out:

Whoo, that was intense!

I finished the puzzle today.  The purple hyacinth part wasn't too bad, but the tulips? Whoo boy! LOL  I was glad to get it done. It was really nice to see that all the pieces were there.  It's really pretty. Check it out:

 

So pretty!

The puzzle I'm working is so pretty! It's from a park in the Netherlands.  It has a huge path of tulips surrounded by hyacinths.  I have done the surrounding parts and I'll do the tulips and hyacinths tomorrow.  It's going to be very pretty when done.  Hopefully, it will have all it's pieces too!

Yikes!

So I had to run to the store and swap out my out of date hot dogs and pick up a few things I needed.  They are calling for bad weather tomorrow.  Nothing major, just a little ice and rain in the morning.  It won't amount to anything, but that doesn't mean everyone in the city doesn't panic and rush to the grocery store.  I really should have waited to go tomorrow, but I just ran down and got what I needed. It wasn't too bad and I got through and came back home.  

I finished the puzzle I started yesterday. It's missing a piece. ~_~;  Seriously!  I am hoping I just dropped it and it will turn up.  It's so frustrating to have a brand new puzzle with missing pieces!  Ahh!

Now, for the fun stuff!  I have had a mouse pad since the 90's. It is my favorite mouse pad ever, but it had gotten old and worn out. I didn't toss it, but I put it aside.  I starting searching eBay for another one.  Well, I found one a few days ago.  They had it for $20 with $5 shipping.  I wanted it, but that was more than I wanted to pay.  They did have 'make an offer' so I figures, why not?  I send an offer of $15 so it would be $20 shipped.  The seller accepted and said if I paid he'd ship that day.  This was Saturday. I paid and he shipped.  It came today.  It's brand new still in the package and I love it.  What is the hollowed mouse pad you ask? Homer Simpson!  This was always my favorite mouse pad and I was very sad when mine got so dirty and worn out.  Now I have a new one to replace it. ^_^   I'll post the puzzle and my Homie below! :p

Ahhhhh

Except for running out to pick up my prescription, I was able to stay home all day. After being gone most of the day yesterday, that was nice! :)  I got my bed linen washed and back on the bed, my hair washed, and I started another load of laundry.  Now, I'm posting and relaxing while listening to Reddit stories on YouTube.

I started a new puzzle today.  It's pretty cool so far.  I got a good deal of it done, too.  I will definitely finish it tomorrow.  My friend was supposed to come and do some work on my car today but he didn't make it.  Oh well, perhaps another day.  Here is the puzzle so far:

Thrifting!

My friend texted me last night and asked if I wanted to do a day trip today.  I knew that this meant thrifting!  I said yes!  He picked me up and ran by McDonald's so I could get some breakfast.  We filled up on gas and then headed out.  We went first to Reidsville, NC.  We went to a Salvation Army thrift store and a Goodwill.  At the SA, I found two mugs (a green one and a white one with a cute crocheted cozy), a cute glass bottle, and a pair of shoes.  Canvas flats (very cute for summer)

At Goodwill, I got two brand new with tags! stuffed Snoopys. a couple of stuffed jack o lanterns, and a cute dry erase board.  This was complete with the pens, push pins, and everything still in the shrink wrap.

We went on to Eden to the Goodwill there.  Neither of us found anything so we moved on.  We then went to Martinsville, VA.  We found a SA store there and went to it.  I got a Fossil purse for $1.50! Yay!  I also found some adorable snowman salt and pepper shakers still shrink-wrapped and this beauty:

 

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Isn't it cute?  I looked it up and found the same mug on Amazon for $25 and I got this for $3.  Awesome!  While I was checking out, my friend says, 'Did you see this?"  and shows me a puzzle.  I hadn't seen it so I got it too! :P   

We went to a few more Goodwills, but I didn't find anything else.  I'm happy with my haul for sure.  My friend, the stinker, saw some micro USB cards in a case at the first SA store we went to.  There were four of them and they were $4 each.  He got them and they ended up being 256gb each! Lucky dog!