Tag: garbage
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Meltdowns and Coffee
This morning did not go smoothly. The cats brought us another dead mouse. I picked it up and showed it to our youngest son. That was a mistake. I threw the mouse away and he tried to retrieve it. When I prevented that it started a half hour meltdown. He asked for a bath but…
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Up Late
I stayed up late last night. I slept in late today. At a little after noon I hurried out of bed and got dressed so I could take the garbage to the curb before the truck came. As I was putting on my socks my wife informed me that garbage is delayed this week because…
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Dead
The squirrel that was in the road in front of our house is dead. At least I think it’s dead. I grabbed a big burdock leaf, picked it up, and put it on the trash. I figured that would be better than letting it get hit and mangled with more tires. It was still in…
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The Value of Books
I recently purchased a medium sized lot of books. A friend is trying to get bills for her dog paid and is downsizing her possessions to do that. I was happy to help. Most of the books are old Wisconsin Supreme Court case law books that had been covered in cloth to use as decorations…
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Missed Opportunities
Today our garbage and recyclables was supposed to go to the curb. The trucks came and left before we realized it needed to happen. We don’t make a whole lot of garbage so that can wait a week. On the other hand our two recyclable bins are already nearly full and those trucks only come…
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Ugh… Pharmacy
Tonight pharmacy got hairy by the end. There were only three of us for the last hour and a half and a steady stream of customers. I still left a little after eight even though there was so much left to do. I went shopping and soon will have a couple of burritos. I have…
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Phone Calls and Paperwork
Less work at Walgreens means more work from home. I spent half an hour or the phone doing a monthly checkup for the boys and agreeing to what needs to be on the paperwork so that I can bill hours for them. All told I’ll be technically working a forty hour week. But only technically.…
Latter Day Sinner 