Early last week we heard that Bed Bath & Beyond had declared bankruptcy and all stores would be closing. Word this could happen must not have reached the mailing and advertising part of the company, or else the bigwigs did not want to let on, because the news came out Monday and we got a coupon in the mail on Tuesday. Dad wanted to go out and get ( Read more... )

All in all, this wasn't a bad weekend ( Read more... )

I'm going to need at least a day to let my thoughts coalesce, but I can go into what I did on my way home. I left the luncheon at 2:30 and, despite not having used the washroom since I left the house at 8:15, still decided to run a couple errands since I was out. I tend to come straight home after work because I'm not up for shopping, and if it's ( Read more... )

I finished my Christmas shopping today ( Read more... )

For a number of years now, Apartment Therapy has done something called the January Cure. I figure I've been reading the website since 2018, because I know I've seen this before at least once; they also do a September Sweep. The people who have done it before, particularly multiple times, talk about how their homes are cleaner and easier to keep ( Read more... )

My Christmas list is pretty blah this year. Some years I have an easier time with mom, sometimes dad, but this year...neither. My brain was all out of ideas. I couldn't even really come up with anything for myself, even, to give my parents gift suggestions for me. I did come up with something for mom, and I was able to find something that ( Read more... )

My dad has a busy-for-him week, where he has three days away from home, but he still wondered if I'd wanted to go on our annual Christmas shopping sojourn. At one point mom also considered taking a day off to join us, possible to go up to Woodfield or something similar, but she used her day off this week to take care of grandma's situation, plus ( Read more... )

I have an errand I'll need to run this week, but it's contingent on being finished; this is related to the errand I ran the Tuesday I was off. Originally I was told last Monday; never heard anything. I contacted my person; he said it would be done yesterday. Nothing. The next completion date is tomorrow, but because of my work schedule, I ( Read more... )

Day four. Dad needed some stuff from Sam's and he asked if I wanted to go; what the heck. I showered and dressed right away and we were out the door when my hair was still wet. However, as we pulled into the lot, he went, I wonder if they're open yet? Well, they were open if you were a business member; plebes like us couldn't get in until 10. ( Read more... )

Right, I went back to band this week ( Read more... )