Author: thecapeblog

Made a Pantry supper last night (four-can soup) and Pantry lunches (cheese dogs; ground turkey and vegetable stew), the latter of which we enjoyed outside in 68 degree weather today.

After doing some quick errands, Ron made mac and cheese for supper.

BCL was here to fix our tub drain.  After reconfiguring the drain pipes and adding a cleanout (dandy), they fished out a clump of hair the size of a rat!  Ron bought me a lovely gift of drain grabbers for future maintenance.   I bought him some flowers.

The ladies at the Pantry renewed my $25 voucher, so Alpha and I visited the thrift shop yesterday before our job search outing.

Turns out, they were having a sale on clothing, 50% off.  We picked up a jacket and vest for her, a watch for her friend, a “Mr. Rogers” sweater and 3 pair of jeans for me.

We buzzed the stores along Cotuit Road to see who was taking applications and came up with half a dozen or more ideas for Alpha.

We came back here for lunch, grilled cheese and tomato soup, then tea.  Ron drove Alpha and Robert home at 6.

One of the best descriptions I’ve read of a Lousy Boss

I did cleanup at Edgewater and Ron brought a truckload to All Cape for recycling.  He also dropped off more tools for sharpening.  We returned books and CDs to the library.  I met with the trainer at the gym.  Ron did a round trip with Robert.

We took advantage of the fine late Winter weather over the last two days to do back yard cleanup.  Cut down all the grasses and raked up branches.

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The tremendous expense of maintaining security at Trump Towers in New York, the cost of using Mar-a-Lago as a week-end retreat and the exposure of diners and others to security alerts while there.  In three months the budget for security will outstrip the prior administration’s.  We the taxpayers are contributing heavily to Trump’s next campaign.

The Cursed Forest of Massachusetts

Last evening, we went to Falmouth Eats Together at the Jewish Congregation and sat with three delightful women who engaged us in conversation.  We met a couple of enchanting children with “old souls”.

I drove Alpha to Hyannis on Wednesday and tried out the new Anytime Fitness gym at the Festival Mall.

Ron and I got desk chair mats, finally.

He enjoyed Ellen’s senior job search group yesterday.

I’ve been calling and writing to Republican Congresspeople, hoping we can stop the appointment of damnable Scott Pruitt to head the EPA and start a bilateral investigation of Trump’s Russia ties.

I’ve gotten savage amusement from watching the “it’s for the children” crusade against Betsy deVos, when Sessions, Price, Pruitt, Mnuchin, Mulvaney, Puzder or Perry are much more of a threat to the common good.

Got the laundry and transfer station run done early, thanks to Ron, who I wanted to strangle after he questioned my advice on a computer problem: advice which worked, with an assist from Robert and CapeMac.

We visited a bartender friend at a local pub tonight.  It was fun!

It snowed briefly today, then rained.  We are prepared to be walloped tomorrow, though.