If Not for the kindness of strangers...

HERE Would WE BE?

Today I'd be stuck walking home or calling  Uber.  I've never called an Uber so I probably would have to walk...we have no bus system and no taxi's that just drive around looking for riders...
So my car wouldn't start this morning So I jumped it with my Battery pak...it started up and off to town I went, it charged up fully but I decided to go to Walmart and get a new one while in town, Listen to your gut,,,please, I didn't.  
Me thinking out loud: Ok I come to Lowes first so I will stop and get what I came into town for and then I will go to Walmart and do the battery cause my hands are gonna get dirty taking out the old battery and putting the new one in there in the parking lot. 

Went into Lowes bought this thing And then when I came out my van would not start, the battery  I put in back in 2016 right before I left TN for my Canadian trip...and I've been all over the place since then...including 2 trips back to CO and beyond...so I tried to jump it no can do...it would start but immediately die again ....So I gave up.  They don't sell batteries at Lowes, but Walmart was nearby It took me 15 mins just to cross the busy highway a sidewalk is on one side only....yes you guessed it the opposite of the one I was on. There is no cross walk.

So hiked up there thru the big parking lot where a small stip mall is located and then cross another busy street and into the Walmart...got a cart, got the battery and intended to push it back in the shopping cart no way I could carry the battery.  So  I mentioned to the girl who checked me out, I hope I can get back across that street to Lowes...and she said "NO Problem I will take  you.  HOW nice.  I told her she was my angel.  

Between the two of us we got it in and it started right up...So happy and she took my old one back for the core...so I didn't even have to bother with that...I was so grateful.  OMG...lucky me eh?   I promised to pay it forward.  I hope that solves that problem....

MY son's phone had gone dead and he connected it to charge  but did not turn it back to on till he got it off the charge,,,,and sooo he just called me back like 20 mins ago...so I would have been stuck there for 3 hrs If I had waited..NOTE to self...Don't go on any long trips without buying a spare battery to take along...JIC.  I could easily have been in the middle of NO where some forest near a town I know nothing about. 

Now the reason for the big cardboard tube?? It's gonna be a Christmas Gift for Bella, my son's cat.  I promised her a tower for Christmas, then I priced them $80 the cheapest one  found, then I saw this photo..ON WAYFAIR

I want to build it myself....so the big tube is a cement form, it's sturdy rigid cardboard, its 12 inches round and 4 ft long...I have 2x4's left over from Mom's ramp build so I will use that for the uprights and I have a piece of plywood to use for the bottom platform...

I got some sisal rope to make a scratch post and I will go to a cheap variety store for some soft throw rugs to cover the perch's/beds with.   The Tube cost $14...the rope $10...I had to buy some Spray glue...$8 So if the rugs are $12 I will be happy.  It's $124.99 but original price is $179.99 So If can make it for less than $50 I will be happy. It's 42 inches tall..I may make mine taller. 

Im watching a silly zombie movie...called Fido.  I't's about this space dust that causes the dead to rise and become zombies They wear a electronic necklace that makes them docile enough to use as pets and domestics...lol..the people are like Stepford wives, its based in the 50's and now it looks like this one "wife" has her eye on the pet zombie...utoh. She is dancing with him...yuuuuwhoooo. LoL.  And her husband just zapped the zombie with the  necklace..ouch. Then he had the zombie sent to The Zombie Shelter,,,and the man just gave his 11 yr old son a pistol as a gift.  LoL...Now the kid wants to go find the Zombie and bring him home,,,,very strange movie. 

The fire is taking the chill out of the room we had more rain this morning, And I think we are to get one more storms being pushed in by a cold front that give us some lows in the 20'a BRRR.  I had the last of the Thanksgiving left overs...been good to not think about what I will have for dinner. 

So I found something else to be thankful for....Kind Strangers!!