TheCapeBlog

We attended a job fair “for mature workers” at the “Cape and Islands Career Center” yesterday and had an hour+ long meeting with our new insurance agent.

Good rain last night, maybe an inch.

Kitchen has been smelling “off”; turns out, garlic had spoiled. I’d stored it in an airless container. Kitchen’s better now that it’s aired out.

We splurged at Amie Bakery yesterday. I bought four pastries and a rum/maple syrup cocktail infused with cardamom for Ron.

Also bought “Amie Bakery” hot cup holders for Em and Ami.

Good customer service call this morning with T-Mobile. Saved us $19.76.

Cleaned out frig. Ron cleaned the freezer. Would be nice if that makes us closer to godliness.

We picked up free “Impossible” Whoppers at BK in Falmouth and drove Robert home afterwards. The Whoppers were a Tuesday gift from t-Mobile. Also stopped at Cumby so Robert could get his refreshments and Ron could fill the gas can for the lawn mower.

I applied for a merchandising job at SAS.

NY Times. Working on laundry. Our poor washing machine keeps stalling.

Stopped by Soares to admire their gorgeous Fall decorations.

Picked up groceries at Shaw’s. Two bags of $5 a dozen bagels and a number of other sale items.

Baked apple slices with traditional spices and a little cornstarch: pie without the crust and very good.

Replaced six wire hangers with the heavy duty plastic ones from yesterday’s shop at Job Lot and pulled out a slew more wire ones. Wreaths?

Took a “programming” test that involved almost no programming yesterday morning.

Did the transfer station run yesterday afternoon. I was so disorganized, I went through the recycle area three times, the last to return a bin that I’d absentmindedly put in the truck.

Got our phones squared away with T-Mobile. Mine at least: Ron had a load of trouble with his, but an Apple Support rep and I got him squared away today.

Gave Robert a ride home yesterday and will be heading out shortly for James. Split a chicken (arg) Caesar sub with Robert; he bought me a chocolate milk.

Spent a good part of this afternoon with Ron’s phone. Did get the Emme garden cleaned out of weeds and watered it.

We briefly attended a free concert at Falmouth Marine Park. Did a shop at Job Lot: 20% off everything in the store. Loaded up on a month’s worth of staples: paper goods, dishwasher soap, nuts.

Surprised to find so many beautiful flowers in the gardens this week.

I took the horrid Avanade test this morning. Not what I expected, very little coding, a lot of questions about Patterns and SCRUM. Bias toward big company dev shops, which in retrospect makes a ton of sense.

We seem to be in good hands for our insurance renewals.

Skipped political meetings this week. Upset that David Weeden seemed to endorse Habitat. Will discuss with him at his “meet and greet”.

Intestinal distress last night. Ate too much too soon before trying to get to sleep. Up early today.

Found a whole bag of dried blueberries. Plumped up half and made muesli this morning for breakfast. Really, really good.

Forget to take meds one day this week, not sure which.

Received TMobile SIM cards yesterday.

Mowed back and front lawns yesterday. Ron has been working on the shower.

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The seedlings have started, especially pak choy and kale. Spotted a baby rabbit today, so repurposed the fencing that topped the strawberries. It was crazy not to have done this before planting, but there you are. Luckily, we have two soaker hoses, so I could set them up separately.

I finished the strawberry patch today. Replanted the strongest plants, removed runners, did a lot of pruning and even more weeding. Watered everything.

We ate the 15+ ounce tomato today. I made French toast for breakfast. Salad for lunch, peanut butter and cheese for supper. Ouch.

Did a little more C# exercise work.

Ordered a dehumidifier from Amazon. Ron bought eggs and made tapioca!

Rained last night, rained today. We lazed around for a bit this morning and watched it from the bedroom window.

Did some minor weeding of pseudo-strawberry plants in the corner garden.

Deadheaded and pruned the two hangers.

Cut off end branches that had tent insects from the birch.

Was at risk of overdraft at First Citizens, so had to do another emergency bank run. Small shop at Roche afterwards for salad, snacks and some delicious-looking stuffed portobellos. Ron went to Shaw’s and Job Lot.

Got some very helpful feedback from Monday’s technical interview, with suggestions for further study.

Did laundry and not much less.