I am not sticking my head in the sand and am keeping up with national and world events - I just don't talk about it on this blog. It is so terrible and unnecessary and horribly sad for all the people affected and the environment.
1. Woo-hoo! I won a $20 Amazon gift certificate from the county transit authority for participating in their Winter Walk Challenge. Each week you had to submit a photo on a specific topic while being outdoors. It was fun as it got me looking at different things while I walked the dog.
2. Well that explains why the dog was staring around the back corner of the house Sunday morning! There was a dead rat that actually looked healthy laying on the ground. After Hubby put it in a bag and into the trash, we hypothesized that someone must have rat poison out. Glad the pup just looked at it and didn't pick it up and chew on it!
3. We are being very careful how much we drive while gas prices soar so the expensive new car is sitting in front of our house a lot. I still want to take a day trip to the John Muir house and a few other outings during Spring. However, I don't need to run to CVS by myself as it is next to Trader Joe's where Hubby shops once a week. I went with him today and used a coupon and my replace/replenish list and saved $12.91 on things we need.
4. Gas where we usually stop on Wednesday morning - $5.89/gal. Another station near us was $5.49 so we filled up but that was less than 3 gallons.
5. Feeling very thankful in general but wishing house and yard work would get done without me doing it! I'm at the beginning of deep cleaning the house - mopping floors and cleaning appliances right now.



