11/15/2020

 

Occasional Update 11/15/2020

OK, I’m a certified idiot. AT AP, when a package is delivered, it is placed in locker at the mail center. I receive an email with a code that I can enter at the kiosk, and when I do that, the locker that has my package springs open and I can retrieve it. Sounds like a simple plan, no? Well, I can’t tell you how long it took me, and I finally needed to get help from the rental representative in the club house. I hope I’ll do better next time!

My package was a standing towel holder that I needed for my bathroom since towel racks are few and wall space to hang one that would be convenient as I step out of the shower is non-existent. So I wanted a standing one. Another thing this shower lacks are grab bars and a seat. The grab bars can wait a while, but I can no longer bend over to wash my ankles and feet, so I need to prop them on a stool to get that accomplished. I found what I wanted at Bed Bath & Beyond. Now all the puzzle pieces for the bathroom are together.

I had an opportunity to take a tour at Laurel Grove North Cemetery with Don on Monday. It was an offer I could not refuse. Don even took us inside a mausoleum. I could have done without that, but how many chances do I get? On the photo I took of Silence, the statue that watches over the Confederate soldier plot, I was saddened to see that there had been red paint sprayed on it, and it wasn’t completely removed, and that the finger she holds to lips, in fact, the whole hand, is gone. It’s recent vandalism with the trend to rewrite history.

a photo from 2016 - you can see her hand

this week - hand is gone and there is still remnants of the red paint

Still in search of a few items to make the new apartment “just right”, I went shopping on Wednesday. I live very close to the Tanger outlets, and wanted to see if I could find anything there. I began at the Hobby Lobby, but found nothing. Next door to that is a Home Goods. I’ve had good luck at that store in the past, but only found a mattress pad for the bed in the guest room there. (I need all new stuff for that bed: the old mattress bad was so bad I needed to toss it, the sheets have never fit right and I don’t like them, and somehow I lost the comforter that was in that room). Next I went to a store that Kay said might have some things I would like, and it really did! It’s called At Home, and it has lots of cheap home décor items. Right now, of course – like all stores – it has a lot of Christmas stuff. But I found a small autumn tree, another chair and carpet for the porch, all the bedding for the guest room, and even a fly swatter (try to find one of those!). The chair is very similar to the rocker and table I already have - not an exact match, but close enough. I’ll have to find matching seat pads to make them look like twins, but that’s for another day, too. 

Wednesday evening I drove back to Wilmington Island to meet with the group for drinks at Paula Deen’s Creekside. On Thursday, Jane and Helen came out to visit my new apartment. Vicki couldn’t join us because Patsy had been exposed to COVID at school (it turned out to be a false alarm, but everyone panicked). So, I’m getting out and going places and doing things. And not feeling that I’m endangering myself or others.

Friday, I went to the pool. It’s been so long, I almost forgot how much I liked swimming. The water was a little cool, so I wasn’t in for long, but it really felt wonderful!  

I found this. It's interesting, probably because it's all around Columbia Square, and DH is seen in the video.  I thought it might be interesting to share.