The big adventure for the weekend was a trip to Costco; same sort of deal as Sam's. We sure did spend a lot of money saving a few dollars! However, the carts are better at Costco than at Sam's, so that cinched the deal.
FWIW, here's my official cart score card:
- Central market - by far the best carts in town. Never a shimmy or thump-thump. They also have mini-carts. Four casters out of four.
- Costco. Okay, I only have experience with one cart, but it was a good one. Three tentative casters.
- Randall's. Smooth floors and smooth wheels. Too bad we don't shop there. Three casters.
- Sam's. An okay cart, but we've marked it off the list.
- Walmart carts are horrible. I have taken back as many as 3 carts in a single trip trying to get one that doesn't go thump-thump, and I have abandoned more than 1 cart mid store! The greeter hates to see me coming. Negative casters.
About 60 from Westover have gone to Peru to hold a VBS at the Community outside Lima. Mom and I chose not to go. Okay, the truth is, our friend the director wouldn't let us go had we wanted. Her experience with VBS trips is that it takes more flexibility than we possess (she knows us well). She's right. Their plane spent 7 hours on the tarmac in Houston (without air conditioning), for one reason or another, before departing on a 6-7 hour flight to Peru! I would have gnawed a hole in the side of the plane to get out. Mid-air, if necessary. More likely, others would have gnawed holes and shoved us out!
This weeks videos: For a really impressive look at an extraordinary event in the natural kingdom, go over to Mike Cope's blog here.
And just in case you're fresh from a week in the Antarctic and haven't yet seen this on Facebook, CNN, YouTube or the evening news... go to Rob's blog And no, I must say of the hundreds of weddings I've done, none were this much fun.
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He's being nice. I was the only one who considered going to do the VBS (last year) and who was rejected. Then later we decided to do the mission trip.
Someone asked if I were going this year and I said, "No, I'd been rejected for not being flexible enough". She said, "Oh, you must have been flexible. You were a teacher."
And I said, "Yeah, but when I was teaching, I went in my room, closed the door, and did it the right way". (Translation - the way I thought it should be done)
Dad said "I'm not sure that's lack of flexibility. I think that's maybe bull-headedness?" And if I were honest, I'd have to agree.
i took that as physical flexibility - which shows the perspective that I would have trying to do that myself.
Okay, I am _loving_ the cart review system, because I am a firm believer in good cartage. A bad cart so easily wrecks the whole shopping experience. In fact, I probably buy more when I have an exceptionally smooth cart. Stores should definitely keep this in their ample cart research.
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