11-24 No Square Dancing

Let's go for a walk

 This morning it wasn't as cold, it was in the 40's. We didn't have anything planned for the day so we decided to beat the Thanksgiving rush and do our weekly grocery shopping. We loaded Flo into the car and off to HEB we went, for those that don't know HEB is the largest grocery chain in Texas. It is named after Howard Edward Butt (HEB), for many years they only had stores in Texas but have now expanded into northern Mexico. They started in 1905 and are one of America's largest privately owned companies, the current CEO is Charles Butt. After picking up a few things we swung by The UPS Store to get our mail. We had a couple of packages waiting but we could only pick up one because the other one was too long to fit in the car. When we got home I put the groceries away and then made soup for lunch.

HEB mascot

Larry is still doing The Home Depot Seeds Program and one of the items he received to do a review on is a wireless video doorbell. He worked with it for quite some time and couldn't get it to work so he called the tech support number, they had a system where you could wait on the phone or you could press a button and they would put you next in line and call you back, he chose that option. About 15 minutes later one of the support folks called, something had gone wrong and they had to have Larry use a secret process to reset the device and remove it from the computer and the Android phone, after that they were able to start over and got it to work. The support was excellent but it was unfortunate that he needed to use it. Once the device was working he had me help test it by standing outside and pushing the button, he could then see and talk to me from the computer. He plans to go ahead and install it temporarily but right now he does think he will keep it installed. In a couple of weeks he will write a review on it. Flo has been bugging me about going for a walk but I didn't feel like it but I finally gave in. We had a nice walk around the neighborhood. By the time we got home Flo was exhausted but she did great.

Stubb's Chili

When we were grocery shopping Larry decided he would like to try something different so he picked up Stubb's Chili Fixins. We also purchased the other ingredients we needed to go with the cookin' sauce. There were two ways to cook the chili, we decided to do it the slow cooking way. Larry and I both like our chili thick and with beans but Stubb's chili came out thin and didn't have beans. I added a can of HEB Black Beans with Jalapenos. I am sure some folks like this product but we will not be buying it again. Of course you must try new things, keeps things interesting and sometimes you find something you really like.

Cabin Fever finished product

It's Thanksgiving week and our local clubs aren't having any square dancing so tonight we watched a couple of videos via Amazon Prime. The first one was Caffeinated, a documentary about coffee and coffee growers all over the world. This was very interesting, at times there was subtitles but not many. The second one was Redwood Highway, it was about an elderly woman named Marie who decided to do a 80 mile journey on foot to the coast of Oregon for her granddaughters wedding. It starred Shirley Knight and Tom Skerritt. I really enjoyed the movie, it was a bit of a chick flick and I don't think Larry was as thrilled about it. After 25 days I finally finished assembling the Cabin Fever jig saw puzzle. After watching the movies I started reading a novel by William Kent Krueger. I read one of his books while on our fall trip and enjoyed it. Both of these books are part of a series about Cork O'Connor. The main character Cork O'Connor is part Irish and part Anishinaabe Indian, who is a private investigator.