It has been almost 3 weeks now and a lot has changed.
The town board has approved ordinance 679 by a majority vote. This ordinance allows residents to keep backyard chickens on residential property with a permit. There is a limit of 4 chickens and they must be kept in a coop.
The Sugar Beet Festival has raised admission prices from 3 to 5 dollars. Despite falling property tax revenue, the town board has elected to still have the fireworks show on Community Day.
A big block of time has opened up because we have stopped going to the grocery store. After cleaning the refrigerator, (not counting condiments or empty jars), there were three blocks of cheese, a quart of milk, a bag of grapes/raisins, and a bowl of strawberry glaze that started out as just strawberries. The big Tupperware cereal container does not have any Cheerio's in it (regular or chocolate). There are no fiber bars, energy bars, potato chips, tortilla chips or cookies in the pantry. I did find the big jar of peanut butter with the blue top on it (did you know they came with screw on tops?). I unscrewed the lid but could not find the big silver spoon that I know comes in every jar.
The milkman has informed us he can no longer make his boat payments on time because we have scaled back the milk delivery to one half gallon a week.
Another block of time has opened up on our social calendar. The weekly brunch at COSTCO has been canceled until further notice because buying in bulk does not seem prudent now.
When we did get to the grocery store, I had to stop your mom from using one of those little shopping carts, The only other people in the store using one was an adorable 80 year couple wearing a bandoleer of Kleenex, oxygen tanks, adult diapers and bottles of ENSURE. Even if our groceries fit into one of those things I am not going to use one. If we start looking adorable and don't realize it please let me know.
The house looks different now. There is nothing stuck on the mirror, counter, or floor of the big bathroom. I did not realize that silver thing next to the toilet was designed to hold toilet paper rolls. I tried yelling at the bathroom door to summon a roll of toilet paper but that no longer works, I think it is because there is one on that silver thing. The silver bar on the wall has towels hanging on it now. I almost broke my neck standing on the bare tile instead of towels and newspapers when I got out of the shower. After seeing the kitchen counter tops and table for a couple of weeks, I realize they both need to be replaced. The dogs are not happy because they are sleeping on the hard carpet instead of piles of your clothes.
The little fat kid on our block has completed the magic journey (puberty). When he comes home from school he always sings. Now instead of sounding like Susan Boyle, he sounds like Barry White I still spend time in the garage standing behind the table saw with your paintball gun waiting for the cat that wrecked my Jeep seat. The epic battle continues I am Captain AHAB and that cat is my white whale.
Some things have not changed. Except for being cleaned, your rooms are exactly as you left them. They will be that way for a long time. That is as much for me as it is for you but I am not admitting that yet. I also am not ready to admit that Peanut Butter tastes better when the big silver spoon is in it - but it does.
Make sure you keep going to church...it is even more important when you are away from home.
Love Dad
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