MORNING ROLL CALL 2022. CLOSED

It has turned to summer in my neck of the woods but winter will reign by next weekend.  Moms companion had a stroke this morning,  I have not heard from the hospital yet.  I am weary 😕.

Good morning to everyone out there on this important morning at the polls around the country!
Mary and I voted early. Now it is your turn to get out and vote.

🎶🎵 All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray. 🎵🎶

Suffered a 10" leaf-fall here since all the oaks seemingly dumped (and are still dumping) their leaves all at once. Don't you just love the crunch underfoot?  Not.  Especially when it involves wading and postholing across my deck.

@DaveMcK , I also voted early at the beginning of last month.  My neighbor waited until the 'last minute' to vote early, last Saturday, and had to wait ½ hour which is almost unheard of around these parts for midterms. We got redistricted where prior the incumbent was a Republican and currently, the incumbent was Democrat (who won), so not sure that might have had something to do with it. 🤷 That, and it was the weekend before Election Day.

See you Monday on the football field, @catwoman500 . Commanders have been a hot topic in the news around here lately and not necessarily for their 'stellar' performance. 😏 Rumors and controversy abound.  Biggest is potential interested buyers include Jeff Bezos, Jay-Z, and now Matthew McConaughey.

@catwoman500 , Nicole left her mess here and I guess moseyed on up to PA. 

It is amazing how those leaves just love to hitch a ride inside. 🍁🍂 I think I routinely drag half the outdoors in with me. 😁

@catwoman500 , sorry, but can't stop doing my happy dance.💃 I am in awe! 😁

(3 comments) Happy Turkey Day @LaDolceVita , @DaveMcK , @Frozenoem , @MsStretch , @catwoman500 !!! Nicole 🙂

Good evening to all On The Front Porch! Hope everyone is doing well, just wanted to wish everyone A Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving.

(3 comments) @DaveMcK , @MsStretch , @OscarE1968 , @catwoman500 , @Frozenoem - did you guys do Black Friday today? Nope, too COLD!

The last time I was in a retail store on Black Friday other than a grocery store was in the fall of 1978 when I still worked in retail. 

In the Spring of 1979 I went to work for the local Utility that I worked for 30+ years and than retired in January 2009.

Actually the day before Christmas was worst as many drunks came in a bought any thing on the shelf and said as they left that they will never use it anyway.

The second worst day is the day after Christmas with all the returns with open boxes and missing parts. 

@Anonymous, had to laugh at you climbing over boxes in aisle. When I worked overnight, I used to like to stop at Walmart when it was open 24 hrs. (Covid killed that deal.) No one in there but the stockers and palettes of stuff were everywhere! A lot of detouring required especially if I was pushing a cart! 😧

And during the shutdowns, I took advantage of early senior hour every week (although going shopping at 6 AM is not something I enjoy. Being up and functioning at 6 AM is a s-t-r-e-t-c-h for me). I always used self-checkout which nobody else did. Perfect! No peeps in my space. For some reason, people around here complain when they have to do their own checkout. Not me, give me self-checkout any time!

Also, speaking of reaching the top shelf, I once helped a sweet lady who wanted a box of cat crunchies from the top and she couldn't reach it. I grabbed a box and it had a smooshed corner, so I went to grab another one and I don't know what I did, but a whole bunch of boxes came tumbling down. Oh, lord. 🤦 Only in Walmart does this stuff happen!