Errands / Partially empty shelves / Gov. opens State 100%

This morning I could not believe it was already Wednesday. I woke up to the noise of the neighbors rolling their garbage bins to the curb. I wait until around 10:00 a.m. to put ours out after everyone has gone to work or is inside their house. Once again had to pick up trash along the fence line.

Mornings have been in the low 40's but it is the wind that makes it feel much cooler so I had not even tried to take the car out again since Saturday but I had to go to the post office. I was a bit nervous about the possibility of breaking down on the road but thankfully nothing happened.

After running errands I stopped at the main HEB and was surprised some shelves were partially bare they had more stuff at Little HEB the last time I was there. Why are people still panic buying?

Few cold cuts.  Is everyone still eating sandwiches?

Plenty of whole milk but I drink 1 and 2% milk...had to settle for half a gallon.

Why are they out of ice cream...it has been cold lately.

Of course, toilet paper and paper towels are the first to go. Though in fairness they did have enough. If after what we went through last year...you do not have a stash of toilet paper in your house...that's on you!

It was around 5:00'ish and I had not eaten since breakfast so I will blame my low glucose levels rather than my lack of self-control for purchasing a cherry pie, a strawberry coffee cake, mini muffins, chocolate chip cookies, potato salad, along with a can of Nestle powder hot chocolate mix.

For some reason, the avocados (.59 each) and my serranos do not show up in the picture I took as I was checking out.

In case you do not follow Texas news our Governor has opened up the state 100% and removed the mask mandate making us the laughing stock of the nation. In a state where only 6.5% of the population has been vaccinated, he decides to do this without consulting with his medical team?

Seems the debacle regarding the failed power grid during our arctic storm is getting to the governor and he wants to get in his constituent's good graces. So who cares if we have more cases or workers are killed trying to enforce mask mandates that business owners have the right to enforce if they so choose.  I for one will continue wearing two masks, my face shield, and gloves.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Aunty Acid Saying of the Day

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Visitor / More deaths / Brisket plate

I have not been picking up the trash the litterbugs throw along the outer fence line in some time...decided to remedy that this morning. I usually have bad luck and have people stop and try to talk to me when I am doing this chore so I was prepared...I made sure I had two masks on followed by my face shield and latex gloves. Now that I was prepared not a single person engaged me in conversation and the only one that followed me outside was Paquito.

I had left the front gate open so when I heard the trash truck go by I went to bring in the trash bin. I was wheeling it back up the driveway to the backyard when a car went by and honked at me. I had no idea who it was so I just waved. Came back inside and washed my hands when I heard a voice outside but I could not make out what they said. Grabbed my mask and face shield and headed back out. Did not see anyone but the same car was parked by the fence so I walked over to it.

I was surprised that it was a friend of my mother's and Mr. Joe's wife's mother. I have mentioned her before on my blog, she is a very sweet lady and grandmother to the rowdy/drunk. We had a long chat and I think Mrs. Joe was getting irritated as she was waiting for her and I could see her looking out her window.

She told me all the mutual people we had in common that had passed since the epidemic began. Just two days ago I had gone to the three local funeral homes webpages to find a person that recently passed so we could send flowers. I was surprised to see the obituaries of two people I knew. My college roommate's brother-in-law and the twenty-year-old granddaughter of a neighbor when we lived in town. This young girl's death was not Covid related but due to a traffic accident in San Marcos, Texas where she was attending college.

In the past two days, we have had 89 new Covid-19 cases bringing a total of active cases to 592. To date, we have had 183 deaths.

This afternoon I went to pick up our mail and finally stopped at the car wash...the car really needed it.  Gasoline went up again but due to my CRS do not remember what the new going price was 😕

I have not had fast food in MONTHS so I stopped at Hot Pit B-B-Q across from the main HEB to pick up a brisket plate. Prices have gone up here too.

This was our last nice day before the weather turns sour. After we burnt through the morning fog we had a high of 80 degrees. 

Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Aunty Acid Saying of the Day

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Decided to give it a try

I have been contemplating giving a morning walk at least a try as many of the blogs I follow are reaping the rewards of this activity.  George, of Our Awesome Travels...Barney of OFM Adventures...and Bigfoot of Old Fatass Fart.  

There are other lady bloggers like JO of Mom's Little Runaway who exercise on their stationary bike and Gypsy of  On The Road Again who goes to the gym. 

There is a church on the main road into the subdivision that has several lots, I suppose for future expansion.  One of those is used as a walking/jogging/running trail.

I was up at 5:30 a.m. waiting for it to get light outside just in case there was a rattlesnake lurking around.  If you read my blog you know by now how petrified I am of those creatures.

I made my way down the road but not before I had to take Paquito back who insisted on following me.  Soon the sun came up.

I started my walk at 7:20 a.m. but lost count on how many times I walked around the trail so just focused on the minutes.

Even here I could not get away from the pesky mesquite pods :-(

Pesky mesquite pods follow me everywhere.

It was getting a bit warm and sticky so walked back home at 8:00 a.m.  I usually do not pick up the trash people throw along our outside fence line until trash day who happens to be tomorrow but decided that since I was already out an about to get that chore out of the way.

Paquito was waiting for me by the gate and followed me around.  After I finished that I once again had to focus on picking up the pesky mesquite pods that had fallen since I last picked them up.

Finished my morning chores, took a shower and when I went to watch the news at noon fell asleep.  Woke up with a pain in my right foot. A while back I had tried to open the door with my foot as I was carrying laundry but it had closed and I kicked it too hard and hurt my toes. This walk revived the pain.

I do not know if I will be making this a daily, every other day or weekly event.  Only time will tell, I just wanted to give it a try.

We had a high of 106, a  low of 82 with a heat index of 108 degrees.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Early to rise / Menudo / Barbacoa / Comparison Price Shopping

I was wide awake by 6:00 a.m. and since I could not go back to sleep turned on the TV so I could catch up on all the shows I have recorded on my DVR and hopefully delete a few.  I have been sleeping with my windows partially open as at least at nights it gets down to the very comfortable '60s.

My boys (my stray cats) were having none of that and came to sit by the window ledge and whine until I finally gave up and went outside to feed them.  Walked to the front gate to see if Mr. Joe's step-son's vehicle was there as I suspect he and his family no longer live there...me doing my happy dance!  Only to see that more litterbugs had dumped trash along the fence line.

Lined my five-gallon bucket, put on my plastic gloves and started picking up trash at 7:00 a.m.  The only person that came out was the nosy neighbor's son as he made his way to town I presume to buy breakfast.

Hum....breakfast?  Yeah, I can go for that.  I allow myself one day a week to eat whatever I want. The only problem is that it is Sunday and my favorite "menudo" selling restaurant now closes on Sundays.  If I want to partake in their delicious dish I have to buy it the day before.

Headed to HEB where they make a version of "light menudo" and "lower fat barbacoa" though they would not get a five-star rating from me...it was "eatable".  

It was so good not to have to encounter any crowds at the store that I took my time and went to price compare some items I have posted that I buy in Mexico.

Comparison Price Shopping

Garnier Nutrisse Hair Color sells at HEB for $6.97

The same item in Mexico sells for 39.00 Mexican Pesos divided by an exchange rate of $17.30 for the equivalent of $2.25 USD. That is a savings of $4.72 each which will more than pay for the $4.00 USD in tolls to cross to Ciudad Acuña.

I purchased a Garnier Fructis shampoo 650 ml for $39.60 Mexican pesos divided by an exchange rate of $17.30 for the equivalent of $2. 29 USD.

That same item was selling at HEB in Del Rio for $4.94 saving you $2.65 per shampoo bottle more than paying for the tolls to cross back to the USA which depending on the exchange rate range from $1.60 to no more than $1.80 USD.

While I still had 3/4 of a tank full I decided to top my tank as it is only a matter of time for prices to go up as high as they have in California where they are almost $5.00 a gallon.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Spurs Corner

I have often said that if I did not write it down whether in my Personal Journal or my Blog...then it did not happen...tonight I will subscribe to that philosophy...tomorrow it might be a different story.