I've got a busy day ahead. I have a bunch of errands to run, shopping and cleaning to do.
Errands is a funny word. Hang on...
List:
- Meal plan
- Grocery shopping
- Pick up my prescriptions.
- Change bedding.
- Plan Christmas presents (yep, I still haven't even looked at presents yet 🙀)
- Buy Christmas cards
- Get decorations out of the shed
- Clean hall and stairs
I'm sure there was something else...it'll come to me.
The woman customer on the left reminds me of my mum in the 70s. Look at her writing a cheque and chatting with the cashier, those days are almost gone - I wonder if supermarkets still accept cheques?? Now you're lucky if you find someone on a till, instead I get stuck with an automated till shouting UNEXPECTED ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA and some poor shop worker trying to keep up with 20 different tills at the same time. Urgh. Give me a human who is managing just one till! UK stores are being taken over by automated tills, do you have those in your neck of the woods? They are so annoying.
Yesterday I was reasonably productive. I did a few jobs first thing but then came over so sick, dizzy and almost panicky feeling. I put it down to post-flu fatigue and had a lie down. I slept for about an hour. After that I felt quite a bit better and managed to give the living room a really good clean.
Have a lovely day
Sarah x
10 comments:
The days of cheques, or even cash, are disappearing. It's all on one's phone now (except mine)
Thank you for visiting my blog! I just came over here to get to know you, and you sound so much like me! LOL. I am dealing with walking pneumonia right now, and my Christmas to do list sounds exactly like yours! No gifts, no cards (but I'm starting to work on them a little at a time), decorations are still waiting in the shed for our son to come help us get them out so I can put up the tree, etc., and I don't like automated check out either. Our Walmart was going to to that almost exclusively, and then it changed and they have human beings again, plus the automated ones but they are limited to peak times. I prefer the real human so she and I can smile at each other. I look forward to getting to know you better. You sound lovely! Have a blessed and wonderful Advent/Christmas season, and I hope you are feeling much better by now.
It's just crazy. I really don't like having apps on my phone, but you need an app for everything these days!
Hi Pamela - I feel for you, I had pneumonia two years on the trot 2022 and 2023, it's no fun! Thank you for your kind words too, I'm looking forward to getting to know you too :)
Hi, thanks for visiting my blog and taking the time to leave a comment. :) Hope you're feeling better.
Thank you I'm feeling much better x
I'm so glad you visited my blog and left a lovely comment. I liked your explanation of the word errand. Words and their origins are very interesting.
You're right about the automated tills everywhere. We have figured out which stores have the easiest ones to get through and choose those over the ones that invariably are a problem.
I hope you got everything done on your to-do list.
My mum always called her errands or shopping 'messages', which I think is Scottish in origin.
Thanks for your visit too Granny Marigold. I love words!
Hi Su-zee, that's really interesting!
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