Believe me, I did not enjoy my activities today!!

I moved things off the balcony because the building is receiving a new paint job. ~~~~  OMG!! About one hundred things to move in one-hundred-degree heat!!

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The living room became even more cluttered but I failed to take a picture.

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Our Chef collects cook books so one more crate will soon be empty. The second crate has superior–quality health books en route to our library. ~~ “No,” the books were not on the balcony. I moved them from the bedroom / “storeroom,” to the kitchen/entry area, in preparation for a trip down the corridor to their respective new homes.

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…with no known connection to “my” Frantz family tree.

I give the “unknown” Frantz as much attention as I give my Frantz family. It took several hours to document these individuals and establish the relationship between husband and wife. Some… might say a marriage between step-brother and step-sister. Actually, the young couple married before their father and mother married. ~~ I love researching and documenting pieces of the puzzle.

In the dining room, at the table….

I smile a lot and offer pleasantries.

Hopefully, I am a “good listener.”

Yesterday, I browsed a Goodwill  store—well–known to me because of my numerous donations. This time, I was looking for an electric hot plate. No electric hot plate but this item (among framed pictures) captured my attention. Words to live by? On another shopping trip, I need Command  hangers for pictures, and this ten-inch wide by thirteen-inch tall wood item.

True story: Two days of browsing in four stores wore me out! Today, I’ll stay in my air-conditioned apartment and enjoy my gourmet coffee.

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POSTSCRIPT @ 11:00 AM: I set up the new indoor-outdoor thermometer—purchased @ Walmart for $47.98. (If the reader has followed my blogs [through the years] you know that the temperature is prominent in my messages.) ~~ “New beginnings” at Lakeshore Estates after the old hot plate failed to operate and, likewise, the indoor-outdoor sensor and display failed to operate.

After the “Big Breakfast” at the RV Park, I browsed the Walmart that I’m familiar with (four miles from the RV Park). Walmart had an “end cap” display with dozens of electric hot plates at $15.96 each. Remember, Target wanted $40.00 for a similar hot plate. I purchased another indoor-outdoor thermometer set—and a rain gauge (will we ever see rain again?). It was much too hot to spend time unloading the KIA so I reserved that for an “after the evening meal project.” No picture… but 102 degrees on the balcony, in the shade, as I prepare this message (at 7:00 PM).

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I’ve “put off” going shopping. I “forced myself” to go this morning because my KIA needed gas, I planned to go to Walmart but could not locate it. I grudgingly went to Target. OMG, their prices are sky–high!! I was looking for an electric hot plate (mine died recently). I wasn’t prepared to pay $40.00 for a hot plate!! I left the store empty–handed. I drove around and finally found H.E.B. (grocery store) and browsed their aisles. No hot plates. I picked up several items on my list. ~~ I inquired instructions to Walmart but got lost (again). Hot and tired, I headed for home and stopped at a station for much-needed gas. I drove out and turned the wrong direction and was hopelessly lost again. I finally found the street I wanted/needed and headed home. ~~ For directions, Google maps was consulted early this morning. H.E.B. and Walmart are reportedly only about four miles from my new home. I drove twenty–four miles today.

Tomorrow, I plan to drive across town to the RV Park for their “first Saturday of the month BIG BREAKFAST.” I didn’t want to trust the gas gauge that read a quarter of a tank. The last thing I need is to run out of gas in this horrible Waco traffic!! Tomorrow, I’m taking a box full of grocery items to share with my former neighbors. I can’t prepare food in my room and (regrettably) the kitchen chef can’t take my unopened items (olive oil, vinegar, rice, quinoa, beans, noodles, etc.). ~~ FYI: The electric hot plate was used each morning to heat water for my gourmet coffee.