Animal Planet TV…

Carp are a big nuisance in the Illinois River.  Last summer the Animal Planet filmed a local carp hunter’s TV spot to be shown tomorrow night, September 30 at 8PM CST.  http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1913819544/Local-carp-hunters-TV-spot-set-to-air

If you are interested in seeing the general area where I live I invite you to tune in to this show.  I intend to.

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Another gorgeous day, beautiful sunshine and 77 degrees right now.  It is actually to get a bit warmer as the next week progresses.  I have done laundry and been to the pharmacy and grocery store.

When I got home my neighborhood was in total blackout.  A transformer had blown and the power was off for about 2 and 1/2 hours.  I have an electric stove and microwave so I was pretty helpless to fix lunch.  My kids to the rescue again,

I hope you all have a peaceful weekend.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

It rained…

and it rained all day long yesterday.  We got almost 2 inches which is a blessing for us.  Too late to help the farmers with this years crops but the ground is so low on moisture it will be a help.  Everything is looking beautifully green here.  Makes me smile!

I was reading in the paper yesterday that a cold snowy winter is predicted for our area.  I am not overly fond of snow because it has a habit of turning into ice but I am so sick of the heat and drought this summer that I  am willing to accept it.

I have been out this morning, to Menards, Big R, Goodwill and Food Depot.  And just now I received a call from the pharmacy telling me I had prescriptions ready for pickup.  I forgot all about them but I am not going out anymore today so I will pick them up tomorrow.  I am still downsizing and as soon as I read a book I put it in a sack for Goodwill.  I had 2 bags of books for them this morning.  I read 2 books over the weekend.

Lunch was a roast pork sandwich and 2 peaches.  The roast I fixed Saturday was delicious, very lean, just perfect.  It is all gone now though.  (Sigh)

I am enjoying the package from FedEx.  This is a good reception area, being so close to Peoria with lots of traffic. 

I hope you all have a great week.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Thursday thinking…

The washer arrived a couple of days ago and I am checking it out this morning.  The price is still the same, $1.50 per load which is a miracle in itself.  The dryer is still 75 cents but the first round never gets the clothes really dry.

My package arrived yesterday and I am having a blast with it.  Check the link if you want to know what it is.  It is all loaded from your computer and the screen is touch.  This has been (check link) a hobby of mine since the seventies when the things required crystals.

So now you all know that I do have a hobby, other than knitting which I haven’t touched since I moved here.  I need some nagging from some of my readers out there that knit.  Happy One??  I used to knit a lot when I was working at the AFB.  I would take my knitting bag with me and knit until time to go to work and on my lunch hour.  I really like knitting, it is just that I have a lot more things to do here than I did at home. 

The weather is gorgeous here again today but is to warm into the 90s.  Maybe some rain on Sunday, that is the forecast anyway.

I need to cut this short as I have to go check my laundry.  I also have to grocery shop this morning.

I hope you all have a great day.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth