Good Things Friday (38)
November 1, 2019
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1. We’ve had two days of lovely warm sunny weather and I cannot even tell you the difference it’s made to my mood, stress levels, and good cheer. It’s amazing.
2. It’s high wind and fire season in CA again and this year we’re directly affected by the widespread PG&E power shutdowns. Not awesome. We’re lucky in that we don’t rely on electricity for essential medications and lifesaving or life-sustaining equipment so it’s only a big inconvenience. Many others are not so lucky and are being badly affected by these shutdowns, and cannot afford to just pay their way out to get the medications, generators, and other necessities to stay alive and well.
3. We were able to visit a friend this weekend and it was so much fun. I can’t remember the last time we’ve gone visiting as a whole family where we could mostly relax. Parenting mode is always on but neither of us had work on the brain and we were just out having a few fun adventures. Also tacos, tacos, and more tacos. By our third meal, even JB was suggesting we have tacos again.
4. Friend gifted me a backpack she didn’t need when PiC made fun of my very broken down 12? year old Swiss army backpack I’ve resisted replacing because frugal. The strap is frayed halfway through and all the zipper pulls have broken from age 😆. The new backpack is in great shape and JB immediately tried to steal it.
5. I’ve been waiting for one of these Target promotions: We spent $28 on 4 sets of shampoo and conditioner at Target with a $5 gift card coming back, so we now have 224 ounces of shampoo and conditioner for $25. Comes out to about 11 cents per ounce. Not bad.
6. We are dealing with a really stressful situation this week, and next, with a death in the family. The arrangements have been unbelievably complicated and everything that could go wrong with them has. We’re coping as well as we can, and I’m grateful that while it’s going to be expensive, we should be able to take the hit. LOTS of deep breathing in the meantime.
I’m sorry to hear there was a death in the family, and sorry also that it’s been stressful and difficult to deal with. I hope it’ll settle down for you soon.
PS We also recently replaced a very worn out backpack. It belonged to my older son, who started using it in kindergarten. He passed it down to my second son when he reached Grade 4. It managed to survive two kids, many family vacations, and nine years of rough use!
Thank you, we just need to get through the next couple of weeks and then it should be ok.
You did great with that backpack!
#6 doesn’t sound so great. Virtual hugs!
I suppose I could have been more clear! #6 isn’t a good thing (though the person was quite sick and perhaps it’s a relief to them) itself, but the fact that the very expensive arrangements we have to pay for won’t break us is.