Hello! It's me...I'm back. Well I said I had broken down and joined the blogging world, but then never actually wrote any blogs. Hmm. At this rate you can count on quarterly updates? Yes I ended that statement with a question mark. :)
Just last weekend I had an experience that I found blog worthy. I went to the grocery store. One might ask why such a mundane experience might give me such motivation to write on this silly blog thing when I haven't done so since August. If you are asking yourself this question then you obviously haven't been to the new HEB Plus! on Evans and 281.
I remember when I was a young child and I lived in Walla Walla, WA. On a lucky humidity free, sunny Saturday my dad would ask if I wanted to go down to Loneys, the neighborhood grocery store, and get a 39 cent loaf of bread to take to the park and feed to the ducks. The whole event was obviously a highlight of my childhood and probably took about an hour in it's entirety. Going to the grocery store did not mean fighting for a parking spot, trying a million samples, being bombarded to open a credit card, or choosing between organic, frozen, fresh, local grown, or imported foods. We could just go, park, buy bread and leave without a second thought.
These are the days I miss. In light of the many new and forward moving changes our country has made within the past 10 years and more recently within the past week I have to stop and ask myself if some of the changes are really moving us forward. After visiting the new HEB Plus! I had to wonder if bigger is always better; or do we need to take a look at how things used to be and copy that instead? Do I really need to purchase a flat screen TV at my local grocer? Maybe not.
All things aside, Danny and I had quite the fun time walking through this grocery store. When we were finally finished with our shopping, I just couldn't resist being the biggest dork ever and taking a picture of Danny standing beside the worlds largest shopping cart (with a motor) standing in front of the biggest grocery store in the country. I cannot say it will be my go-to store for every shopping experience, but every once in a while I think I can muster up the desire to be over stimulated for a few hours while getting my groceries. And hey--if I can make it through this circus of a grocery store maybe I'll actually finish the upcoming 26.2 miles I have next weekend too. Until then...
2 comments:
yay cathy! you did it! we have been waiting quite a while for that 2nd blog post missy! and it was well worth the wait! informative, yet thoughtful! i have to agree with what you said in fact! good luck on sunday too! i will let you know if i can come down for it, waiting on zack's schedule!
yeah...my mom is in mourning over loosing the lil quiet HEB. First she lost her Albertsons and now this! :)
Hope you are feeling better and you can do your race!! Go Cathy!! (Thats us cheering you on! haha)
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