With the hurricane behind us and a little pent up energy Dale Mc and I decided it would be a great time to go hunt for shark’s teeth. The Corp of Eng is currently dredging near the marina and dumping the remanents in a nearby spot. The cruiser/resident fossil hunter here at the marina had been the day before and came back we a few new finds.
Dale and I took loaner bikes from the marina and peddaled our way over. It was a good little workout getting there as we peddaled through the still slightly damp sand. Prior to leaving the boat I should have bathed in OFF and dunked my clothes it in as well. The mosquitos were out in full force and they were hungry! The fire ants were pretty pissed off as well and they were looking to get in on the action!
What we were looking for was something like the following…I actually bought this one during a fundraiser here at the marina.
What I ended up finding during that 4 hour hunt was something more like…
The location had alot of really cool birds. The Rosegate Spoonbill is the pinkish bird in the photo. It is smaller than a flamingo, with a short neck and a bill shaped like a salad server. Their coloration comes from an abundance of carontenoids, or algae pigments, in their diet. The older the bird, the pinker their feathers. The Rosegate Spoonbill makes a grunt kind of like a pig, it’s not a song bird!
I got back to the boat from this adventure in time to watch the Arkansas vs Alabama game. Unfortunately that game was about as successful as my shark tooth hunt. We had a great 3rd quarter thanks to Alabama’s quarterback getting removed from the game due to injury but it was still a loss.
It was nice to have a day to get out and not have to due work at the boat or my day job. That only meant that Sunday was designated for those tasks. The downside to having the dogs on the boat in such confinded quarters is I vaccum EVERY day. Sunday was no exception so most of the morning was spent cleaning and organizing.
We headed into town after lunch to pick up some items. While Bubba went to Lowe’s he dropped me off at Target. I never shopped Target much back home but now I seem to be branching out more and more. Being in the corporate world I have been trained to use a planner. This was true even when I took 10 months off several years ago and did not work. I use it religously and usually Franklin Covey is my go to planner. Today while in Target I ran across this Rachel Parcell for Blue Sky. It was $19.99 and so much cheaper than what I would have paid at Franklin.
Living in Northwest Arkansas and having worked with Walmart in some capacity for close to 30 years, I have been trained to shop at Walmart. I am pretty critical because I grew up in Walmart. I spent 16 years of my life devoted to the company and bleeding Walmart blue. Living where we live in NWA we are spoiled by having the home office in our back yard. Around 3:00 today we stopped in the local Walmart to pick up some milk, ice cream and produce. I literally called Bubba to find his location in the store and told him to meet me in the front because we were leaving. There was NO lettuce in a bag, there was NO green bell peppers, and that was a far as I got. We hopped in the car, went two blocks, and got everything we needed at Publix. Turns out I also had a $5 coupon for Publix. I still may have paid a little more but with zero headache from dealing with Walmart, Plus the old guy who checked us out got to have a good time with Bubba. BOOM!
I have to say this is the worst I have ever seen the stores. This same store was out of cheese, breakfast meat and deli items the week before. It was so bad that I sent the Cheese merchandising director and the Breakfast meat merchandising directors pictures in an email. The breakfast category I somewhat understood because it was going through a modular reset last week however that was still no excuse for modulars you could literally lay down on the shelves.
