The First of May

   Yesterday was a very busy day.

   First, Jeff had to take the Outback to the mechanics in Little Falls to have the 'check engine' light checked and leave it there.  That meant I had to follow in the Forester so he would have a ride home.  How do you decide how much money to put in a 18 year old car??  Even if it is a Subaru?

  From there we traveled back to Herkimer to the Post Office so I could keep everybody...but me... happy by mailing this month's bills. That was followed by Stop #1 at the Rite Aid drive thru pharmacy window to leave one of Jeff's Rx's to be refilled.  K-Mart has closed it's pharmacy and transferred their customer records to Rite-Aid.  Jeff doesn't expect K-Mart to stay open in Herkimer for long without the pharmacy. We'll see.

   We went Ilion to pick up some more M.C. Beaton/Hamish Mac Beth mysteries at the library and check out the new discount beverage store that we had seen advertised in the paper.  It didn't have what Jeff wanted but the owner said he'd ask the distributor if it was possible to get Old Mil in bottles.  We'll stop after our next time at the library to see what he found out. 

   Since it was almost noon and we were already on the south side of the river it meant lunch at Mona's in Mohawk (that's the purple house on Main St).   She serves breakfast all day and Jeff wanted breakfast!  (I had a Mexican and fries.)  After lunch it was back to Rite Aid and  Stop #2 at the drive thru pharmacy window but the Rx still wasn't ready.   We fought traffic some more and went to Walmart...the State DOT was painting State St... so I could get a birthday card...one of the few I actually mail...and then fought traffic to the Post Office to mail it (Happy Birthday, Fran Davy!) before heading back to Rite Aid and Stop #3 at their drive thru pharmacy window to pick up Jeff's Rx. (Ready, at last!)  I had had enough of orange cones in the road and skipped State St. and the painting trucks and took the scenic (?) route thru the ol' neighborhood to get out of town. 

   When we got home we found that the new filters for our Berkey water system AND my cherry bushes were sitting on our back steps waiting for us. (Thank you, Mr. Postman!) And there was a call on our answering machine that Jeff's Rx (the one we had just picked up) was ready to be picked up! Fanny was exhausted and headed to her chair next to my computer where she was soon  snoring (in no time Jeff was doing the same in bed.)  I started one of

new books and then started a baby hat.  Didn't get far with either!

    We had a good spring storm last evening.  Wind, rain, thunder and lightning!  Fanny first tried hiding under my bed but decided she needed more cover/comfort than that and ended up stretched out in Jeff's bed with her head under the covers.  Much more comfortable than on the floor!

  Oh, and I got an email order for a pumpkin baby hat.  Once I get the check I'll knit the hat and mail it.  But it's only May.  Pumpkins!!?!!