Not today but recently...

The book What Can We Learn from the Great Depression? Stories of Ordinary People and Collective Action in Hard Times by Dana Frank.

A paint-by-numbers kit. This is delayed at Customs. Hope I get it.

The cutest little ash trays for my canna sticks.

A workbook by Michelle Obama.

A drill-by-nuumbers kit. That arrived and looks good.

I found and purchased the most amazingly perfect curtains on Amazon!!

I’ve never been so excited for curtains in my life. My windows have been wide open to the woods since I moved in. Plus they are wicked pretty!

Avocados (7), two half gallons of “fit” milk by a local creamery, limes, a big Rotisserie chicken and a small bag of Asian slaw salad. Oh, and a small bag of coffee beans roasted up on the high desert (from the Bend, Sisters area). High Desert Sunrise. ☀️ My favorite coffee.


https://sisterscoffee.com/cdn/shop/f...g?v=1725568940

– B&W Laser Printer
– Humidifier
– Electric Knife Sharpener
– Plastic Cutting Boards that fit perfectly on the counter in my tiny kitchen

Most of these items have been in my "save for later" cart for a while. Wasn't sure if I wanted to get them, maybe the price would decrease, could work with broken versions or do without, etc... Well, I decided now is a good time to get these items before the price jacks up from Trump's chaos.

Hopiing I'm wrong, but I expect the worst with this one.

:pursebee:

My mom was having an angsty morning so I asked her if she wanted to go thrift shopping and that perked her up.

She didn't find anything she wanted but we picked out some nice stuff for my new home.

I got a set of 10 green cloth napkins for $2
A Ruth Bader Ginsburg game
Two fantastic ceramic bowls in a pretty retro orange color.
A record of roller skating music from the 70s
and from the free bin: A cookbook with recipes from the 1930s. I love reading those recipes.

A step ladder.
A butternut squash.
Grapes.
Cilantro.

A new couch.

I was going to suffice with something from marketplace… but I couldn’t get anyone to deliver to me up on the mountain.

There’s also the issue of smells and stains of used goods.

Not saying I’m a germaphobe….. but…. Yeah

I am with you on that. There's something to be said about a couch that doesn't have a questionable history.

You've got that right. You never know when J.D. Vance has been on it.

A pack with seven pairs of reading glasses. Usually I keep a pair in each room, but I have lost some and broken some until finally I am down to one pair that I carry from room to room. It will be great to have extras again.

Before we got inundated with tornado warnings, hurricane type winds and a fuckton of rain (right after last week’s snow storm :|), my brake lights (stop lamps, in the tail light sector of my car) decided to stop working, so today, for a small price, I took my car to the mechanic and they got it all sorted out (fixed). My car has more secrets than ever. The previous owners from California rolled this car, then fixed it up as if nothing like that ever happened, yet each year that goes by, I have to fix whatever really happened to this car.

My car is super cute, gets fabulous gas mileage (I only burn about $10 worth of Premium gas each week), but my car is full of secrets. But my mechanic is a fantastic detective. He shows me all its secrets each time it needs my mechanic to fix whatever goes haywire.

$28 bucks for bulbs and time to chase down another “secret.” :eyebat:

Inexpensive, colorful tea towels to roll up dog treats in and tie in knots for the dog to play with

1) A Chala vegan crossbody handbag with a new wallet with RFID (protective lining to keep your debit/credit card credentials from being stolen by bad actors). Link: https://www.chalahandbags.com/

2) a pair of new shoes (https://hike-footwear.com/)

3) a manicure with a chromed polish shade in pale pink (chromed donut)

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I bought a couple of new sweaters for my foster dog and a new toy and a new collar. His mom was supposed to come get him today but she was a no-show so... figuring out next steps.

– Mandarins (I live on these)
– Pumpkin seeds
– Broccoli (wanna make a keto-ish broc salad)
– Dried Cherries (not exactly keto)
– Box to keep the leftover paints
– Plastic Suzi-Q for the laundry area
– Lemony diffusser for my niece
– Musk diffusser for me
– Frozen burritos (read rave reviews)

What brand?

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- Home grown tomatoes (not my home, somebody else's far southerly home)
- yellow squash
- Girl Scout cookies

Aldi’s Breakfast Best Burritos.

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Haven’t tried one yet but have heard good things.

Speaking of Girl Scout cookies, I was in Aldi's a couple weeks ago and asked a store worker if some cookies were good (see image below). A couple shoppers turned to see what I had and everyone said they're better than the Girl Scout cookies. Ion't know about the Girl Scout cookies but I really like these (Benton's Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies).

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I don't know if I'd say "better than", but I'd definitely go as far as "as good as". Benton's PB Fudge cookies have a big thumbs up in my house.

We also like the butter flavor Clancy's Puffed Corn from Aldi's. (Brittany gives them 4 paws up!)

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I bought a pack of 10 pair of underwear today. They were on end-of-season clearance for $20! (Usually $70.) And underwear is one of the things that's supposed to go up drastically with the new tariffs. So I got a great deal.

I also bought a biscuit.

Haven’t yet, but on my way home I shall get…

Groceries at Trader Joe’s. I need some quick meals to make on workdays. And right now I’m working 7 days a week. So quick meals to make on LATE workdays.

I’m also ordering the dogs food through Chewy

And I have some pertinents in my Amazon cart. Most importantly, one of those wall racks that hold brooms and mops and such. I can’t stand the clutter any more!

Thanks for the heads up on vanilla. I will definitely stock up. (Although the last time I did that, my roommate ate it all on ice cream. She's gone now - the vanilla was only one of many reasons.)

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I stocked up on coffee.

A little couch for my back porch that folds out to be a bed so I can sleep out on the porch :)

Prescriptions, which I was really concerned about the cost - I lost my prescription insurance when I got Medicare. I did sign up for it as soon as I could, but it doesn't start until May 1, and now I have a deductible. Fortunately, I used GoodRx today, and it saved me a bundle. I'm saving my receipts; I might be able to itemize my taxes next year.

Because of the harrowing times we faced five years ago during Covid 19, I was smart enough to foresee T——p’s toxic grip on our nation of white nationalist haters, so I bought enough cleaning products and toilet paper to last at least a decade (until I die, I suppose).

I don’t need to buy anything made by a bazzillionare person or their business organization.

I plan to buy all my veggies from local produce growers and I’ve got enough sundry goods (flours, leavening agents) to fix (bake) my own ‘bread’.


The only thing I worry about is finding clean water. 💦

Also, I’m not buying any decision made by current members of the GOP or the US Supreme Court. I hope these people feel the heat from members of our US society who don’t buy their BS either. May you all experience the same hate driven cruelty as your instant karma soon.

My forever home... I'm so happy. This is such a sweet little space with so much history. If you need me, I'll be lounging on the riverbank.

- a Brita filter
- dog food
- training treats
- a squeaky dog toy that I removed the squeaker from before giving it to Brittany
- Parmigiano Reggiano
- port wine cheese balls
- oatmeal cookies
- seasoned salt that got thrown in free, because I didn't order it but it showed up in my delivery nonetheless

Groceries for Easter brunch tomorrow. Which involves ingredients to make:

Socca
Hummus
Assorted veggies and olives
Waffles (plain, blueberry, chocolate chip)
Quiche bites (broccoli cheddar)
Berries for a berry bowl
Orange juice
Peeps (to roast over an open fire and see what happens)

I wanted to get Crazy straws for my nephews but couldn't find any. :(

- washing machine drain pipe roto-rootered - $270
- new chrome kitchen faucet - $89 (a deal!)
- kitchen faucet installation - $180