I went to Home Depot this morning where I picked up the lawn mower I saw on their website the other day (see photo to the right). It went up since last night, but when I showed them the photo I took from their website they honored the original price, which was $398! Everyone there was so helpful, and an added plus, they seemed to be knowledgeable!
This afternoon Katie wanted to go get some flour and baking mix, so I took her to the “Great Canadian Superstore”. I also picked up some other groceries for the family. Katie wanted to swing by McDonalds so I picked her up an ice cream cone and Bobby a caramel sundae!
The kids and I fed the chickens the “Kidney Beans + Macaroni” concoction that I made in the Instant Pot. They didn’t take to it ravenously as I had hoped… I think the reason is that they are getting other chicken feed, rather than it is not appealing to them.
My wife tasked me with dinner tonight, so we will be having the frozen “Suisse Chalet Chicken Pot Pie” that I picked up the other day. Katie didn’t like the crust, and Bobby didn’t like anything about it, so it looks like it won’t be on our meal agenda anytime soon.
My wife was out walking with our kids this evening and picked up a newspaper for me, “The Comox Valley Record”. It’s the local paper, and is free, and comes out every Thursday. Strange as it may seem, for such a newspaper guy like me, I’m out of “print” newspapers these days. They are just one more thing to throw out, are harder to navigate around than a digital device like an Amazon Fire or Tablet, and waste our precious trees. Having said that, there are a lot of good coupons in this paper so I will continue to get it as long as the price is FREE!
While out on their walk they met a Chinese family who live down the road. They have a daughter who is the same age as Katie.
A bird got trapped into the chicken coop this afternoon. We could not get it out, so this evening, once the chickens went into the chicken house, I shut the door and walked to the other end of the chicken coop. The bird tried to avoid me, flew to the other end of the coop, and out the door. Problem solved! I made sure to open up the door to the chicken house afterward so that they will be able to get out tomorrow morning.