End of the month

That went by pretty fast. With August out of the way, there’s only 4 months of the year left. And just to remind me of that fact…we were in Costco yesterday and I spotted the Christmas decorations. A whole aisle of them. Is this the earliest date for the holidays to begin or have you seen them somewhere else, earlier?

We made the decision to renew our Costco card once again. We’re justifying it by saying it has some entertainment value. Just looking at what is in other peoples shopping carts can be quite amusing. Our own cart? It’s pretty much empty most of the time. For instance; we had a case of water, some Caffe mix and a bag of apricots. But the bill was over $200 because of the fact that we had to buy new cell phones. (My old one had died)

Buying the phones was an exercise in frustration. It took over an hour to complete the deal. I know technology. If we had been in Europe or in Asia, we would have been walking out of the store in less than 10 minutes; and with phones that worked to their full potential. And the phone kiosk was located in the TV department, so we had to try and listen to the salesperson while screening out the sounds from a dozen TV sets. I believe I had to give her my SS number 5 different times. Remember the stories about carelessly giving out your SS number? And the danger of identity theft? But you can’t even buy a phone without it. The little card that states, ‘not for identification purposes’.

This morning, the odor coming in the study window reminds me once again that we live in the country. Darn cows! We could use a good north wind right now. And of course that reminds me of the dust in the air from the ongoing harvest. Hawai’i is the answer to the problem. The trade winds blow almost constantly, bringing in a fresh supply of sweetly scented air every day. I wonder how much a house costs on the ‘Big Island’? Should we?