Bad Stores

One of Janet's volunteer jobs at Our Place Society is to help the program director, Patricia.  Once every couple of months, she troops downtown to the Dollar Store to purchase "readers".  She says the least expensive of the two shops downtown is an absolute shit hole.  Turns out they have been closed down as the building is unsafe - rodent droppings, mold, asbestos and this barely scratches the surface.  Previous to volunteering, Janet had never been to the Dollar Store.  She has had a cough for about three weeks and is convinced it's asbestos related.  Crazy Lady Janet says she may seek a legal remedy!!

The only downside to the store closing is several people will be out of work.

Next up on the bad stores list are nearly all grocery stores.  Expensive, lack of selection and bad produce.  This was a turning point for Janet:

Cilantro - purchased one day previous and fully rotten in the middle.  While it's true that cilantro only cost $0.99, when you need it at 7PM the next day, who wants to run to the store to replace it?

Today, she tried Peppers, which is a bit further away, but not a big deal.  She was explaining to Phil that they give a 10% discount for Seniors on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and that she was pissed because they never asked her.  Phil says "no problem, just take the receipt back next time you go and get the discount".  Now Janet is super pissed as he didn't understand they gave her the discount WITHOUT asking if she was a Senior.  All Phil had to say was "ooooh"

Speaking of more bad things, this is what is coming soon to a location near me!  Apparently, his name is Sherman and we now have special food, special leash, special harness, special crate, special ex pen.....shall I go on?  I am determined to give him the cold shoulder!

 A month or so ago, we asked the Handyman Phil to fix the door knob in the bathroom.  he "kind" of fixed, only for it to fall off while Janet was at home by herself this morning.  She was trapped and had no access to a phone.  Fortunately, as nothing ever gets put away around here, there were two screwdrivers in a cabinet that she was able to use to free herself!

What if it had happened on the weekend at 7PM while Phil was out of town?  Janet could have spent the whole night, sleeping in the bathtub with a towel for a blanket!

Justin Trudeau was in town last week.  This drew all kinds of police and people protesting the Kinder Morgan Pipeline.

I would like to be a protesting doggie!

Janet has been busy quilting.  Two off to Arlene, long arm quilt lady and one in the works.

Jack and Gwen have lived on our street for more than 40 years!  They are now moving to an easy care, one level townhouse.  We are having a party!

We hope the invitees are smart enough to know it's at our house, as the "graphic designers" neglected to put on the venue address!

And look what else is exciting!  They cost the earth, so it better be worth it!

Good night.  I need to rest up before my arch nemesis arrives!