Houses in my neighborhood sell really quickly. But the problem is people buy them, tear them down, and then build huge McMansions on the lot. Back in the '90's, people wanted charm and character, so they renovated old houses. But now they want open-concept and no lawn maintenance. This used to be a quiet neighborhood, but between the leaf blowers and back hoes, I'm going deaf.
Since we had such fabulous weather this week, I met friends twice for lunch and both of them wanted to go to Culvers. Ick! I don't know what people see as the attraction to Culvers. Their food is over-processed and over-priced. I ordered the chicken strips, but it was hard to tell the difference between the chicken, the fish fillets, and the tenderloin.
I don't even think Culvers ice cream is that good. They had a big sign advertising their flavor of the month - Midnight Toffee. Since I love chocolate, I decided to get some. But what I was given looked more like the dish on the right. I'll stick with Ben & Jerry's.
I participated in another international Zoom meeting for Urban Sketchers this week. It's interesting how you can communicate with people from all around the world. Luckily the meeting was at 7:30am my time. People in Anchorage, Alaska had to log on at 4:30am. Of course, now that I think about it, that's about the time I usually wake up.
My insurance company keeps sending me notifications about the new "telehealth" service, so I decided to take advantage of it for my annual doctor's visit. The great thing is you don't have to get dressed up (meaning put on something besides sweats), drive over there, look for a parking space, and sit in the waiting room with a bunch of old and/or sick people. The bad thing is that my doctor (not really the man shown in the photo) is obviously not a big technology user. Theoretically, the app should look like the photo on the left, but my doctor kept drifting off-screen. Truthfully, if I really had a problem, I could probably get more off of WebMD.
And speaking of technology, last week I mentioned that Walmart had laid-off their inventory-taking robots. But not an hour later, I was at the grocery store and saw that they'd hired them on there. For those people who are complaining that they can't get a job in this economy, I want to say that if a robot can get a job, you can, too. You just have to persevere.
We just celebrated Halloween last week, but one of my neighbors couldn't wait to get into the Christmas spirit. The day after Halloween, she tossed the pumpkins in the dumpster and decorated her house with Santas, wreaths, red bows, and lights. She even has 2 of those blow-up figurines off to the side, but they were turned off and laying flat on the grass. I'll have to go back at night and see if she actually turns all that stuff on.
But I can't complain about the Christmas season finally coming back, because that means Starbucks put Peppermint Mochas back on the menu. Yum!
