I had a busy run around kind of day yesterday starting with a trip down to the local hardware store to pick up the greenhouse I had ordered the week before. Two hundred and change dollars later I left the building. I've decided to start putting pine on my kitchen walls a little at a time so I bought 2 packs yesterday to start me off. I've also decided my ceilings are in dire need of a paint job so a gallon of ceiling paint landed in my cart. And since I bought the greenhouse I could not resist picking up starter plant pots and soil so they landed in the cart too. After paying for my purchases I had to drive around to the back of the store to pick up the pine and the greenhouse as they wouldn't fit in the cart. I backed up to the large bay door and jumped out to open the back door of my van. My foot landed on ice and I nearly wiped out right there beside my van. Of course I quickly looked around to see if anybody had seen my awkward balance recovery moves...lol Lucky for me the place was deserted. I carefully made my way to the back of the van (it was a large slick of thin ice that went pretty much the length of my van) and opened the rear door. Still there was no one to be seen but my stuff was right there and easy to get at. I put the two packs of pine in and was about to heave the greenhouse in when one of the staff finally showed up and put it in for me. I mentioned the ice situation which he shrugged off and then mumbled something about needing to throw a bit of salt on it. I couldn't help but think that if I had fallen and hurt myself there would be more then a little salt needed. With my stuff aboard the van I gingerly made my way to the driver's seat and took off.
What a beautiful day it was and I was happy to be on the move. So much of this winter had been spent locked in doors. Just having above zero temps and a brilliant sunny day was enough to energize my spirit.
My plan was to head to my crazy BFF's place but I knew I didn't have to hurry because she is a night owl and rarely goes to bed until I'm getting up (around 5am). So I stopped in at another friend's place and had a coffee with her and her man, forty minutes later I headed down the road again. I only have a couple of close friends here in Newfoundland and I must say they are both fabulous ladies loaded with talent and brains.
When I arrived at my BFF's she was lounging on the sofa having her first smoke of the day and still groggy from the little amount of sleep she ever gets. I felt no guilt about being there and sailed on into the kitchen and put my 6 pack of beer in her fridge. A little moaning and a little groaning and she was up and at 'em...lol
She needed a few things from the store and I knew I still wanted to get some groceries so we took off and did our prospective shopping. Me in grocery land and her in hardware land...lol The nice thing about Burton's is that they run both grocery and hardware out of the same building and we can walk back and forth between both sections. We didn't spend a long time there, I got my few bags of grub and we drove around and had the guy put her 12ft lengths of baseboard in the back of the van. This time the back door wouldn't close all the way but it didn't matter because she only lives around the corner anyway. Along with the baseboard she also bought paint, not for her home but for the store she is in the process of starting up.
We had one more stop at the drug store and then we headed to her place to do what we do best, sit, smoke, drink and laugh. She hunkers on her chair like a small kid (she's not very big) and makes me laugh on a regular basis. Her floor is covered with stick pins and bits of material from an upholstering job she has on the go and which she will practically charge nothing for!! She's the only one around that does that kind of work and still she will not charge what she should.
I'm paranoid of the stick pins scattered about (sure that one will lodge in my foot) and she walks through them barefoot without a care in the world...lol. Just another of her amazing qualities.
So we've been to the stores and back and we've had a couple of drinks and she has still not gone for her morning pee. We all know where this is going...lol. Yep, it's time for the pee pee dance. Squatted up on her chair, she's not even sure the pee pee dance will save her and she starts eyeing up the foam on the floor by her chair. I'm killing myself laughing as she jokingly suggests using the foam pieces to catch the pee she fears will run out of her before she gets to the toilet.
Ok, she's not wearing those pj's this time but the stance is similar and I got to tell you it busts me up watching her contorted movements as she makes her way to the thrown. "Holy frig," she yells, "it's just like Niagra Falls!" I'm laughing like an idiot and I know that no matter how long I'm there, she won't have to go again. I'm jealous, I can't go more then half an hour and I'm on the run. But that's ok, when I'm at her place I'm saving toilet tissue at my place...lol
The rest of the afternoon we talk about her business and I try to help by contributing odds and ends that I know she'll need. She will make this business work, I know this for a fact! She is so diversified and talented that it's impossible for her to fail at anything she puts her mind to.
So that was our day yesterday and yes, IT WAS TIME WELL SPENT!
Labels: BFF, busy, drinks, laughing, shopping
