Note to Self:

Pat myself on the back--Ethan was following the speed limit while driving in town!

We were in Albertson's parking lot, when Ethan was crawling along at a snail's pace. I told him we didn't need to stop and get gas (the gas station was right before the store) and he said he knew.

So I asked him why he was driving so slow. His reply:

"I'm just going the speed limit."

I looked up to see the posted speed limit. I don't think I EVER follow this! He is an obedient driver :)

Next note to self: (and Much more important!!!)

When going to town, shopping at WinCo for over an hour, filling up the the shopping cart with good bargains, piling everything on the check-out conveyor belt,

Bagging everything (neat & orderly--refrigerator stuff separate to put in coolers), using recyclable cloth bags, loading it all back into the cart (now that is a talent in itself!!)

REMEMBER TO REPLACE CHECKS IN CHECKBOOK WHEN YOU USE THE LAST ONE ON THURSDAY PAYING BILLS!!!!!

Yep--that would be me--standing at the nice little check-writing platform, with my checkbook opened to the empty-checked page (deposit only).

I knew I didn't have enough cash in my purse. WinCo does NOT take credit cards (I had used credit cards all the stores I had been to earlier in the day), their ATM machine was out or order, and I don't have a debit card.

The checker said I could run home and get more checks--I told her that wouldn't work because it would take over 2 hours for that to happen.

She asked if I had a debit card (nope), and so I said I would trade my teen aged-son for the groceries run to the credit union and get some cash.

Luckily this happened on Friday (and not today when Rusty & I were in town on our date) & the main branch is only about 3 blocks from the store, so it only took me about 15 minutes total to get back & "un-suspend" my grocery cart. They were really nice and had parked the cart in their walk-in freezer (since I had milk, fries, frozen pizzas, eggs, yogurt, etc.).