@Shellsbutt It is difficult times these days and it is hard not to be stressed and anxious. Sending good thoughts your way. I try to focus on positives where I can find them like listening to music, reading a good book, Hallmark movies, and meditating.
Glad to hear of negative covid tests.
We went to a Market Basket yesterday that we don't usually go to. We went out to breakfast and it was nearby. DH went to the deli to get thin and trim deli turkey that we always get. He was the only one there and waited. There were 2 women working there and both were very obviously ignoring him. One pretended to do some straightening up while the other just keep peeking out to see if he was still there. Finally the meat manager went over and asked one of the women to wait on DH. She said No. He asked again and she again said No. Then the other woman decided to ask DH is he wanted anything. He said No and walked away. I really hope the manager took care of it. I was flabbergasted when DH told me the story. If you aren't going to do your job then just go home. We stopped at our usual Market Basket on the way home to get the turkey. They know us there and especially DH as he does the shopping every week. When he goes shopping the deli lady starts slicing the turkey as soon as she sees him coming down the aisle. What a difference in service.
The Christmas tree is making my allergies act up. I told DH next year we have to get an artificial tree. I hope I can make it through this season. My eyes itch and I am all stuffy. We haven't decorated it yet, probably during the week. Today we hope to start wrapping the grandkids gifts.
It is rainy here and around 42. Tomorrow it is supposed to be in the mid fifties and sunny.
Happy Saturday.
Glad to hear of negative covid tests.
We went to a Market Basket yesterday that we don't usually go to. We went out to breakfast and it was nearby. DH went to the deli to get thin and trim deli turkey that we always get. He was the only one there and waited. There were 2 women working there and both were very obviously ignoring him. One pretended to do some straightening up while the other just keep peeking out to see if he was still there. Finally the meat manager went over and asked one of the women to wait on DH. She said No. He asked again and she again said No. Then the other woman decided to ask DH is he wanted anything. He said No and walked away. I really hope the manager took care of it. I was flabbergasted when DH told me the story. If you aren't going to do your job then just go home. We stopped at our usual Market Basket on the way home to get the turkey. They know us there and especially DH as he does the shopping every week. When he goes shopping the deli lady starts slicing the turkey as soon as she sees him coming down the aisle. What a difference in service.
The Christmas tree is making my allergies act up. I told DH next year we have to get an artificial tree. I hope I can make it through this season. My eyes itch and I am all stuffy. We haven't decorated it yet, probably during the week. Today we hope to start wrapping the grandkids gifts.
It is rainy here and around 42. Tomorrow it is supposed to be in the mid fifties and sunny.
Happy Saturday.
Quarantine, Chill and Kindness Greetings to All! Have been reading but not a lot of time to post. Had some crazy busy shifts at work, along with informational sessions about the upcoming Covid vaccine we’re being offered. Many people in the hospital right now are very sick with numerous problems. It‘s been that way for a while. Speaking of which, 
! It was literally all fat and gristle from the end of the roast. Having worked in a deli in college I could not believe that someone working there would actually package this up! So I wrote to the company (not just the store) and told them about that and a few other little issues I’d had and they put me in touch with the store manager and assistant manager (who no doubt would be quizzed on the resolution of the problem, I’m sure). It seemed they wanted to blow it off a bit until I showed them the pictures of the meat. Then they were as shocked as I was, saying both had risen to store managers from being deli managers first. They were falling over themselves to make things right and get me back into the store. (Even though I had never said I wouldn’t go back.) I told them I was good with it as long as they figured out who was working that day (date was on it) and talked to those involved. Manager made me promise to look him up with I was in the store, so I did. We had a really nice conversation, and before I left, he sent someone over to me at the checkout with a gift card. Overall a pleasant ending to the situation. People have gotten so grumpy tho, these days.
I prayed they were still on sale, so I checked, and they were, and they had a 9.5 so I ordered those, too, figuring I would bring the 10s back to the store right away (Nordstrom Rack) or consider giving them to DS’s girlfriend (going to say future wife, if I’m a betting person) so no harm, no foul. Well since that time I’ve gotten numerous emails that their shipping was delayed as there were stock issues. Finally a few days ago I got a notification that they 9.5’s had shipped! Yay! Then the next day I got a notification the order for the 10’s was cancelled as they were out, and they’d refunded my money! Another yay! I’d already gotten DS’s girlfriend a slow cooker with many other features along with some cookbooks, as she loves to cook, and I have the print from NH and some stocking stuffers so that will work out pretty well, I think. Two years ago I got all the men in our family Uggs slippers from NR they were $59 and I thought, a great and easy gift. Everyone loved them (and they all fit!). So this year I thought I’d do the same for DD’s boyfriend (who’s a peach). They’d gone up a little but I was happy I was able to get him a pair and I think he’ll really like them. I also got him a small crockpot for his apartment along with a cookbook so he can maybe make himself some easy meals. It’s just us this year with no Yankee Swap as we usually do with the extended family, so I didn’t mind splurging a little. 
We started cracking up so DS comes running in from the bathroom wondering what we did and he had a laugh about it as well! (I don’t think he would’ve “waved” on his own.) Last week he was struggling to get his Capstone project done (he is working FT), but he finally finished It and it came out really great! He’ll be going into police work so it was really interesting reading the history of that and, in particular, the history of police and the black community. Between that and his working in security among the homeless this year (not to mention being raised by a nurse and now has a twin sister who’s a nurse), I know he is developing a lot of sensitivity about a lot of different things that will help him serve with a kind and good heart (as he already does; some of the stories he brings home warm my heart). For graduation I am having a plaque made with a picture of him in his college baseball uniform along with his locker ID (that has his name and number on it as well as the team logo) and a saying on it that should be done soon. Can’t wait. And, like I did for DD since there is no college graduation ceremony, I’ll be making him a video put to music with a variety of pictures from his college days. The past few days I’ve been trying to decide on a song for it, and I decided on this one. It will be a tearjerker, but it’s what I want to say to him. See what you think. 
Like all of you, I struggle with the stresses of the times and season, with seeing the good. There is still a lot of good among us, so we have to keep that in mind!
and Godo Morning to all!
