Well it seems that a lot of us haven’t done as much blogging this summer as maybe we usually do but was this really a summer? Cooler than normal and rain, rain, rain, and more rain. Not much sun to speak of either. Garden’s were late, or least mine was, and not looking as productive as it should be but some veggies anyway. If the weather stays warm long enough there will be more so I’m hoping.

Never got the patio set up like I should have. My fault more than the weather’s but not done none the less. Not good eh? Ok so I’ve been a slacker this summer. I have however made progress on finding just how many clothes I have that I didn’t even know I had and packing up bags of others for give away to the needy. I’ve also made a few trips across the border to shop more so I could have even more clothes to find a place for. Just this weekend I went down to Grand Forks for a bit. Took Friday off to make the long weekend even longer. It was a great weekend weather wise, in fact it even looked like summer surprising enough. The trip down was good and there was about a 10 minute wait time at the border. I didn’t do much of anything after arriving in town except check in and go grab a fast food burger for the room and then just laid low the rest of the evening. Saturday morning I was up early and had breakfast at the Village Inn where I go quite often when down that way. It was then off to the Farmer’s Market to browse around for a bit and to make sure I stocked up on some more kuchens. The market this year never did fill up with as many vendors as usual but this so-called summer we had probably didn’t help much. There was an older fellow there who makes these bears out of wood with a chainsaw and they are nice. I took 2 of the ones that were sitting with fishing poles in their paws with a rubber fishing worm on them. One for myself and one as a little gift for the lady who cleans my house. Yeah I think she is spoiled but she does a great job of cleaning. She also stopped by on Saturday evening to check on my kitty cats which I need someone to do especially when I’m going to be gone for 3 to 4 days. I put out lots of extra food and water and an extra poo poo box but those boxes need tending to. She is a wonderful lady.

I browsed a few stores and there were lots of sales everywhere ranging from 20 to 75%. I went to one store I usually always go to and before I knew it, I had a lot of clothing from the Carhart section. A total of $247 worth!! I know I’m bad but I just can’t help myself when it comes to a bargain. Spent most of the later afternoon in my room chilling and relaxing. Next morning it was back to the restaurant for breakfast and then back to my room until the stores opened at noon. I cruised through Columbia Mall looking for a deal on a nice leather jacket or car coat. Have more coats than the law allows now but I want a regular leather jacket. No one had much of anything and most didn’t have anything at all. When I inquired about this they told me it was a bit early! EARLY!!!! Do they know it’s getting along into September? When are they going to get some….Christmas !!!!??? Geez I guess I’m just not thinking right. Anyway a group of us are going to Fargo during Canadian Thanksgiving as we always do and then maybe I’ll find something then. Could be too far away from winter even then. I mean I wouldn’t want to rush these people. I also ran into one of my co-workers and his wife while in K-Mart while I was cleaning them out of IBC Root Beer. Love that stuff but can’t get it up here.

Fargo means I get to eat breakfast at IHop which is my favorite spot. The good part about Fargo is that Minnesota is only a 10 minute drive away so instead of having to wait for stores to open at noon on Sunday in North Dakota, you can go to Minnesota at 8 in the morning and shop. Makes for a non-stop weekend of fun, fun, fun.

Anyway it was back home early Monday morning and my meow meows were glad to see me. I did a few chores around the house, a load of laundry, mowed the grass and unloaded all my loot from the truck. I had a letter I was working on that I needed to turn in this morning when I got to work. I have decided to retire and take some time to get myself together, do some projects around the house and just enjoy some leisure. Not sure how long it will be before I get bored and have to go back to work at something but I will be able to keep myself busy and out of trouble. Lose some weight and get back into martial arts training, pick up my saxophone and start playing more and during the most nasty snowy days, just sit back inside the nice warm house and watch it from there. The only thing you will see me driving will be my snowthrower. My baby will be parked safely in the garage out of the weather. I really like my job but I feel the need for some healing and this is the only way I can see to get it done. The people I work for were very understanding and we came to an amicable agreement on everything. As of October 30th I will be jobless.

Holy Crap I’ll have to install doors into the kitchen and lock them to keep me from cooking and eating too much.

So there you have a re-cap of the nothing that has been going on around here. Geez now I’ll have more time to blog. Won’t that just drive you nuts with me in here all the time writing.

I hope everyone out here enjoyed the one week of summer we had this weekend.