After we finished remodeling our home, about 40 years ago, we had an inground pool put in. A nice patio built all around it. It was really nice. Once the boys got older, they didn't use it that much anymore. I had to start limiting my sun exposure about the same time. Cary didn't want to continue to put money into it to keep it going, plus all the work involved. We had it all dug up, and filled in with loads of top soil. That's where we've had all of our raised beds for the past several years. In a way, I wish we still had the pool.
Had a fun trip into town, today. We went to Sam's first. Loaded up there. I got coffee, mayo, a case of Bush's baked beans, a jug of miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, garbage bags, a 15lb bag of potatoes, a 30 bag case of assorted chips, shampoo and conditioner, a 6 box package of Lipton Onion Soup Mix, a 40 bottle case of water, and a 24 bottle case of green tea. Cary topped off my car with gas while there. Paid $2.90/gal for Premium, which is up from $2.73 from the last top off. It was cheaper in the big town today than it was in Mom's small town last week. There it was already over $3/gal for Premium.
Went to the bookstore, but the book I was looking for wasn't there. I'm going to have to order it. Will do that, Monday. I would have let them order it, but I didn't want to stand in line for an hour waiting to get to the checkout!
As usual, I came home empty handed on new shoes. I went to 3 different shoe stores, but none in my size in the color I wanted. Oh well.....sigh.
I got my 4 hummingbird feeders, along with 2 gals. of food, a new throw pillow for the sofa, and a really nice rustic wooden bowl for the countertop in the kitchen. I've been wanting something there to hold all of our snack cakes and candy bars. I hope it will hold a 2 week supply at a time. It's pretty big, so it should.
Last stop was Belk's. I didn't find anything there I really wanted, even though they had a big sale going on. It was fun looking, though.
On our way home, we stopped at our favorite Mexican restaurant (Mom and Pop), and had a huge supper. It's been awhile, since we've been able to go there, and everyone was so glad to see us. I think they put extra food on our plates, LOL.
All in all, it was a great day! Cary was very patient, too. He got most of his book read, LOL.....