It Ain't Easy Being Green

We are now a one car household, which demands communication and scheduling but we manage.

For the prior month, we had planned to drive to Wellesley today for 1) Dr., 2) barber, 3) Dentist, 4) Roche Brothers, 5) hair dresser, 6) lunch, and 7) over to Natick to pick up pants that were being hemmed. On the way home we would stop at Walmart for cat litter and get gas.

Things started to fall apart yesterday when the hair dresser called and had to re-schedule due to a funeral. Well, not happy, but okay.

This morning, the snow started at 7:00 a.m., not at 10:00 as forecast. Then the dentist called to change times.

Everything fell down like a house of cards, and after some fancy footwork, everything worked out except the hairdresser, where I go tomorrow, adding another 60 miles to the car.

Overnight, gas jumped from $2.97 to $3.15. Yikes!

While I waited for S.O. at the barber, I read a fancy-schmancy Wellesley-Weston magazine. All kitchens must have an island with granite counters. It's de riguer. I mean, that's what you have to have. We have no island and formica counters. Picked up a pair of kids shoes at Nordstrom. Double yikes! $150.00. Okay, they were Prada. Who knew? Small guest ain't gettin' none.

No other wisdom gleaned, except the new Roche Brothers still has traffic jams in the produce aisle just like the old store. Nice checkout guy let me into an empty 12 items and only line with approx. 15 items. Hideous mess in the snowy parking lot and I almost took out 2 kids, another car and the guy collecting carts.

Now the snow is coming down pretty good, and we are home. Stopped at Acapulco for a very reasonable and tasty Mexican lunch. $7.99 for a big platter of food. Can't beat that. Generous wine. I think the willows were a little yellower than last time I looked.

Can spring be far behind?


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