I listened carefully to Catie. She has been asking to go to Tim Hortons every day for a week now. If she asks subtlety or explicitly, she can’t get anyone in the house to stop in there with her. Not that people aren't working towards Xmas.
Ten timbits for $1. That is what is being offered there. The small print is, “with a beverage”. She explained that the beverages come at $1.59, $1.79 and $1.99. We tried to figure out the best deal: 2 small drinks and 2 cartons of TimBits, or the two large drinks ….
Catherine said that she would join us at Tims if we would go shopping with her. Grocery shopping, her last go at it until after Christmas. This was serious checking off the grocery list work for the two of them. I used the time to walk the emptier isles at the grocery store and put in some steps.
The 10 timbits for $1 did not disappoint us. As we sat for a moment, drinking the hot chocolate and getting ready to take the cartons of “holes” home we tried to think of the best part of our day. For Catie it was a visit with a woman who has hired her to do some work which involves scalpels, pig skin and salmon oil pills, plus reading a medical text. Hard to believe how that could make it a really good day, but it does for Catie.
Catherine had received a thank-you note from the emergency department of a hospital. She referred a patient from the walk-in clinic on to them and they put in a stent, saving his life. So there is one man who is like me – amazed at every breath he breathes.
My best part of the day was having Catherine come out of the plumbers. We had driven to the far east of the island to find a part for the tub. While she was there she saw a set of measuring spoons, reduced from $40 to $20. She told the woman she would take them. Since they were discontinued, the clerk couldn’t find them in the computer and wouldn’t sell them to her. Catherine came to the car, shaking her head and saying, “It is a store. The product was on the counter. They wouldn’t sell it to me. I thought they were in business to sell their product. I am too busy today to argue with them.” She shook her head again.
Life is a lot of fun.
Arta
Catherine said that she would join us at Tims if we would go shopping with her. Grocery shopping, her last go at it until after Christmas. This was serious checking off the grocery list work for the two of them. I used the time to walk the emptier isles at the grocery store and put in some steps.
The 10 timbits for $1 did not disappoint us. As we sat for a moment, drinking the hot chocolate and getting ready to take the cartons of “holes” home we tried to think of the best part of our day. For Catie it was a visit with a woman who has hired her to do some work which involves scalpels, pig skin and salmon oil pills, plus reading a medical text. Hard to believe how that could make it a really good day, but it does for Catie.
Catherine had received a thank-you note from the emergency department of a hospital. She referred a patient from the walk-in clinic on to them and they put in a stent, saving his life. So there is one man who is like me – amazed at every breath he breathes.
My best part of the day was having Catherine come out of the plumbers. We had driven to the far east of the island to find a part for the tub. While she was there she saw a set of measuring spoons, reduced from $40 to $20. She told the woman she would take them. Since they were discontinued, the clerk couldn’t find them in the computer and wouldn’t sell them to her. Catherine came to the car, shaking her head and saying, “It is a store. The product was on the counter. They wouldn’t sell it to me. I thought they were in business to sell their product. I am too busy today to argue with them.” She shook her head again.
Life is a lot of fun.
Arta
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