Monday March 10, 2025

Posted on 10 March 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Happy birthday to my sister Frances.

The day here started out cloudy and cool. The sun finally came out this afternoon and warmed up into the low 60’s.

Gym this morning. Spent the afternoon at Donna’s doing craft things.

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Sunday march 9, 2025

Posted on 9 March 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I left yesterday morning for Winston. Arrived at Frances and Al’s around 9:30. After getting my stuff in the house we left for Lexington, NC just a short drive from their house. It was warm and sunny but very windy.

Spent a nice half day shopping and having a lunch then headed back to their house. After a short break we left again. We stopped at the JoAnn store to see what they had left in their going out of business sale where I picked up some craft supplies.

Then we went on to Firebirds for a really nice early birthday celebration for Frances then stopped at Michael’s to check to see what they had in the way of craft supplies on the way back home.

This morning I made a Costco run on the way out of town. Got home around 12:30. Started a load of laundry while I unloaded the car and put all the stuff away. It’s sunny but chilly here and thankfully the wind is not blowing.

 

 

 

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Wednesday March 5, 2025

Posted on 5 March 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Gusting winds and heavy rain started just after midnight. Had almost 2 inches and the winds kept me up most of the night. The sun came out this morning and temps rose into the mid 50’s. Clouds rolled in this afternoon and brought in some of and on rain showers. Temps are supposed to plummet down into the upper 20’s by morning which means more gusty winds.

A slow day at the store. Joyce and I changed the window and the front table for March. We had a few customers but a weak sales day. Had a couple of donations come in.

From work I went to Donna’s for dinner and played with the dogs.

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Monday March 3, 2025

Posted on 3 March 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Sunny and breezy today with highs in the upper 40’s.

Gym and grocery store this morning. This afternoon I had a Friends of the Library meeting then Wendy and I left there to go to Donna’s to finish off the afternoon crafting.

Time to heat up some dinner and call it a day.

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Saturday March 1, 2025

Posted on 1 March 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Gusty winds last night and all day today up around 35 to 40 mph. Sunny skies today with highs in the low 50’s. The winds are bringing in a cold front tonight for tomorrow.

We had a good day at the store. Half price paperback day which brings in a lot of folks just for the sale. We also had several nice donations to process in between customers.

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Wednesday February 26, 2025

Posted on 26 February 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

A spring teaser day with highs in the low to mid 60’s, lots of sunshine, and a bit breezy. It will turn cold and nasty again but it was a nice day.

We had an okay day at the store with sales. Not real busy with customers but Joyce and I were busy doing store organization stuff and working on some of that big donation.

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Monday February 24, 2025

Posted on 24 February 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Sunny and warm today with highs in the low 50’s and calm winds.

Gym this morning. Went to Donna’s this afternoon to craft along with Wendy and Teani.

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Saturday February 22, 2025

Posted on 22 February 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

A break from mother nature with lots of sunshine and highs in the low 40’s most of the day. Clouds have rolled in late this afternoon but I don’t thing we are supposed to get any precipitation.

We had a busy day at the store. Mostly out of town folks. Had a few nice donations to work on. We did make over $100.00 so a good day after a slow week due to the weather.

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Wednesday February 19, 2025

Posted on 19 February 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Light snow began to fall around 7 this morning. It’s been snowing all day but no accumulation except a little covering on the grass. May get some more tonight. Temps are to drop down into the single digits and we will have those wonderful gusting winds again.

Thanks to DOT here the roads were just wet. I opened the store at regular time. One of our regular customers showed up about half an hour later with a nice donation for me to work on.

Joyce came in at 1:00. We changed out the window and the front table. Had a few customers come in this afternoon.

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Monday February 17, 2025

Posted on 17 February 2025 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Sunny but chilly today with blustery winds. Highs in the mid 30’s. We had just a dusting of snow over night and lows were back down into the teens.

The roads were well salted when I left for the gym this morning. Wendy and Donna got here around 11:30 then we left for Elkin for a road trip today instead of crafting. We had lunch at Jersey Mike’s then hit the Dollar Tree and Ollie’s. Picked up a few crafting supplies for myself and to put in the she shed supplies to share with others.

It was warmer down the mountain. We got back home around 3 pm.

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