Saturday Adventures and a Sunbeam Mixer

Well if you can believe it Mars actually went into Little Big Town with me today!  I think he's been off the Pioneer Living Homestead two times now since we have been here.  He's quite comfortable not dealing with the stores and the people and the traffic and such.  Like there is any traffic here!

I was once again reminded how different our lives are now.  I can with all honesty say that I don't miss Big Town one bit.  The hustle and bustle, all the crowded stores, the traffic that even during mid day is oppressive to say the least. The chemtrails that lace the skies daily there are more uncommon here.  Oh they are still here- but not every single day with layers upon layers raining down whatever poison they are spewing. We both are breathing better here as well.

We stopped in a Little Little town on the way to L.B.T. and had lunch at a little cafe.  Special of the day... Chili Dog (homemade chili with cheese and onions) with Fries and a drink.  $3.49 Not bad huh?  This is the first time we have been  "out" to eat since we came back up here from Texas. While we were sitting there watching the locals and enjoying a meal neither of us had a hand in cooking, we ran out of tea.

Oh and I don't know about where you are but where I'm from they don't ask if you want sweet tea or unsweet. It's unsweet and you add your own sugar. Here they actually asked!  I thought it was "interesting".  Anyway, I digress (again) .  The cafe started picking up while we were sitting there.  We ran out of tea and the waitress was busy.  I walked up to the counter with our glasses to see about getting a couple of refills, holding both glasses in one hand.  And NO not by the tops - by the bottoms.  Well out of the blue the lady at the counter asked me if I might be looking for some part time work. I guess I must have looked at her a little oddly because she said  "I see the way you carry glasses.... we could use a waitress who had some experience".  Apparently there is a shortage of "seasoned" waitress's in Little Little Town.  But then again there seemed to be a lack of customers as well!!  First time I've ever been offered a job I wasn't looking for.  And all because I can carry a couple of glasses!  Yet another reason to love small town living.  Oh and least I forget... I was wearing one of my customary Texas Longhorn tee shirts on top of it all!  These Okies are pretty cool.
We got into Little Big Town just after noon and drove over to the other side of town  (insert snicker here-took all of five minutes) to have one of our propane tanks filled. Between heating water on the stove and all the baking I have been doing lately we cruised right through that bottle in just under 3 months. The only reason I mention it is that in Big Town that same bottle would have lasted all summer.  Anyway,  we pull up and wouldn't you know it... they closed at noon!  We had missed it by about 15 minutes.  No worries though.  I told Mars I would just have to get it the next time I went to town.  About that time a guy walks up to see if he can help us.  I guess he works for the guy that owns the place.  No problem he says. "If you have the exact $$ I can fill it for you but the cash drawer is closed".  Amazing! And I'm still wearing my UT tee shirt too...

The only other thing on our to do list was to check out the thrift store for some books for Mars.  He's already gone through the last 5. Well as luck would have it I spied a garage sale, hit the brakes and went to check it out.  End result - Box of Books $3.00. Oh and that really cool old Sunbeam mixer in the picture?  $2.00 and it works great!  I just couldn't help myself.  I have always wanted one and so now there is one more appliance to find a place for in this tiny RV!

So for some this may have been just another trip to town, but for us it was a great adventure day!