Saturday Snippets - Empty Pallets, National Parks, Speeding

 Chuck got me the Legacy Box for my birthday this year. It's a company that restores old photos, reel to reel films... and puts them on DVD's or thumb drives. I went through everything and finally decided what I wanted, (10 items) packed it all up and it's ready to go. I have film from when my mom was 12 years old, some from when my sisters were little before I was born... I can't wait to get it back and see it all!

A police officer knocked on our door the other day and asked if they could put a speed radar thing in our driveway. (It's not the driveway we use.) The speed limit is only 35 but cars go so fast on our street, some of them really fly by our house, it's scary! We'll see how many of them will slow down when they see this thing.

I'm slowly making progress on my puzzle. Sharaya came over the other day and did most of the black lettering on the bottom. I'm doing a little more each day but I sure have a long way to go!

 I'm in charge of Purchasing at work so I've been scrambling to find disinfecting wipes. We have disinfectant in spray bottles that the custodians use in the bathrooms and on door handles, push bars, etc. but the staff has been disinfecting the seats and arm rests in the Sanctuary after every service and these are easier to use. We were down to our last container when a friend texted me and said Costco has a pallet of the wipes! It's only a mile from me so I was there in less then 20 minutes and this is all that was left!

It was a limit of one (one pack of 5) so I got mine and left. The next day another friend said the Business Costco had some so I flew down to that one and they had 4 pallets completely full! Whew. I got another pack of 5 and now I'm a little relieved. We have enough to last us a little while now. So what's it like where you are? Are your stores still out of certain items? Are things hard to get?

A Thief and a Phone Call

On October 26th, Chuck drove to the park & ride and rode the bus into work. When he got back that evening, the van was gone.

He called me, "Unless you or Diana moved the van, it's gone!" "What?!?"

Diana and I drove to the lot and waited with Chuck for the police. They told him this happens quite often and will probably be found in a few days. The thief will take it for a joy ride, then dump it somewhere. Someone will call 911 about a car parked in front of their house and it will end up being a stolen car.

I was in denial. "Chuck, maybe you really parked over there when you only think you parked over here." Now, this is a 15 year old van with nothing special about it. No fancy radio, no sun roof, it doesn't even have a CD player. Why would they want our van?

We talked to friends and they've all told us, "Ours was found the next day." Our car was returned within 48 hours." One lady even told me her car was returned right to her driveway!

But, it's been almost 2 weeks and we haven't heard a thing. We look for it every time we go out. Thankfully our insurance is paying for a rental car but we're ready to have our own car back.

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I came home from work the other day and Beth came upstairs. She sat at the kitchen table and told me that someone called her cell phone. She doesn't usually get calls so I asked her if she knew who it was. She got a big smile on her face and said, "It was N!!"

"Really Beth? He called you?! What did he say?"

"He wants us live somewhere else." Hmm, okay. I don't know if he just wishes our families lived closer or if he wants the two of them to live together. Either way, we talked about them hanging out together first, going out to eat, to the movies, getting to know each other better. She smiled a lot and I could tell she was a little embarrassed but she wants this so desperately. To have a real boyfriend.

Well, a couple nights ago her and I were in the living room when her phone rang. She went into the hall to answer it and all I heard was, "Okay. Yea. Okay." When she came back, her head was down. "Beth was that N?" She nodded. "What did he say?"

Head down, very quiet, "I don't wanna talk 'bout it."

"Beth, is everything okay?"

"I don't wanna talk 'bout it."

I asked her sisters if she's said anything to them about it but she hasn't. It's killing me but she won't talk about it. :(