Pollyanna Was Here

Today is one of those wonderful days for no reason in particular. I'm in a good mood, it's sunny, and not too warm, but that's not why I'm in a good mood. Or maybe it is.

I had to go to Walmart this morning for a garden hose. Our nozzle seized onto our hose. That isn't normally a reason to get a new hose, I know. We need a hose without a nozzle to drain our pool, though. For those of you who don't have a pool, you need to drain some of the water out before you cover the pool for the winter. We have a hose for the power washer, but it's only a 50' hose. To reach the street, we need at least 100'. So anyway, I went to Walmart. They didn't have any 100' hoses. They did have Christmas wrapping paper and Christmas trees, though. Neither of which helped me today.

I got a couple of things, checked out (painlessly- I have to put that on the calendar) and went to my car. Do I go home, or do I try Home Depot, which is right across the parking lot? I mean, it's close enough that you could probably walk there. I can't, but a lot of people could. I decided to drive over to Home Depot and look there.

Home Depot had some interesting Halloween decorations, but I didn't buy any. Maybe I'll check after Halloween to see if there are any on clearance. If I remember. Some years ago, we bought a small Halloween inflatable from Home Depot. After a couple weeks, it stopped working. My husband took a look, and the motor was all rusty. Why would you make something made for outdoors, and not protect the motor? I went there to look for a hose, right. So I walked past the trimmers and stuff, and lo and behold, garden hoses!!

Who knew they made “Contractor Hoses”? At first glance, the only 100' hoses I found were way more than I wanted to spend. We have a never-kink hose already, so this hose I'm buying will be for draining the pool only. After looking more intently, I finally found a 150' hose at a reasonable (to me) price.

The pipes in my house weren't 100 years old when I was a kid, though

A friend came over for coffee, and we sat on the back deck, just chatting and laughing. Today is a wonderful day.

Is it because I'm feeling good? Not especially. My arms (my most recent injection sites) are itchy/burning/stinging and still sore from where I stupidly nicked the muscle. I'm exhausted. I'm aggravated with the hospital asking me for a non-existent CD of a CT scan that was done at their hospital. I'm tingly. But you know what? I'm still walking. I can still laugh about stuff. My kids are healthy. What more can you want to put you in a good mood?

I hope you're having a good day, too!