BONANZA at Shopko!

 The first Wednesday of every month is senior citizen's day at Shopko.  They give an extra 15% discount to customers 55+.  I usually stock up on essential items and browse seriously through the clearance and sale items.  It would be accurate to say that I LOVE senior day at Shopko.  In fact I call it Old People's Day!  This week I hit a bonanza!  I got 5 pairs of pants (3 corduroy and 2 jeans), two sweaters, a pair of pajamas and 6 pair of socks for $39.32.  Just ask me if I was EXCITED!  That meant that I now have a big pile of clothes to donate to DI since I am trying to stick by the rule to donate an item of clothing for every item I purchase.  I'm generously donating this time.

The next day, my sister Jackie's birthday, I noticed these crocus trying to bloom in my SL yard.  Oh, there's hope for spring!  Yahoo!  I also donated blood to the Red Cross on Thursday so I am feeling a little weak in the legs.  Friday I had a referral listing appointment in Alpine for a home worth about a million dollars.  That one would be fun to sell!  We will see if they choose me or not.

Today, Steve worked for 10 hours and I put in 8 hours on our renovation project at our Meadowbrook rental which flooded recently in the basement.  We are now working to correct the water issues and redoing the rest of the house so we can put it up for sale.  We are looking at some other investment options that may require a little less physical labor. 

 Today we painted the kitchen/dining room changing it from gold and brown to light gray.  We have ordered new stainless appliances and we appreciate Adam coming over to help Steve move the current appliances out of the house.  Some are in the garage until we can post them for sale.  The washer and dryer are in the back of our pickup.  We will save them for future use.

We think the kitchen will look really nice when we get the new appliances.  It feels light, fresh and clean.  It has pretty nice cabinets and hardwood floors.

 We are definitely tired tonight but I needed to finish up some things for my primary class and we have early church tomorrow so we ended our day at the Meadowbrook house by 7 p.m.  We are happy with the results of our labors today, however.  It felt good to get the entire kitchen and all the kitchen trim painted today.