I told you about our crazy weather here. It snowed during the night Friday night and on Saturday morning. Sunday and Monday were beautiful, sunny and warm. Today was warm also. One extreme to the other. Is it working on a full moon or what? Today, I called a vendor to get their street address so that I could fedex them a contract termination letter. The lady who answered the phone said that they did not have a street address only a P. O. Box. The more I pleaded the more she insisted that there was no street address. She said to fedex it to the P. O. Box and they would get it. I told her that fedex would not deliver to a P. O. Box and she kept insisting that the only address that they have is a P. O. Box. I wanted to ask her if I go to the post office and knock on the P. O. Box door, will she answer? But I didn't want to be a smartie pants.

Today I took a vacation day so that I could go to the dentist and not have to rush back to work. I go to the dentist in Huntsville. It is about 1 1/2 hours back to Birmingham. After my appointment, my mother and I went to eat breakfast at the Cracker Barrel. After breakfast, we decided to check out the new Bridge Street shopping facility. It was a nice day to walk around the center. We stopped into Swarowski, Kate Spade, Bath and Body Works and Anthropologie. We then hurried back to Scottsboro so that we could help the girl at the store clean up a mess we made over the weekend. We are getting new tile at the store and the guy is taking his sweet everloving time. He came over the weekend and tiled the hallway and restroom. Today he did the grout. He still has not reconnected the toilet. We had to go to my brother-in-law's restaurant next door. He is closed on Monday, so he gave us a key. It is so inconvenient. Tomorrow it back to the old grind at work.

I was late getting home tonight. I had to go to an officer induction banquet for a civic club that I am in. Usually we have it at a private club called The Club, but they are closed for renovations (about 50 years overdue). This year we had it at The Veranda. It was so good. I splurged and had the filet. It was so tender you could cut it with a fork. I even ate the mashed potatoes. For some reason, I don't think they are South Beach friendly. I drank water and iced tea instead of my usual red wine. Saved some calories there. I was inducted as a board of director. Last year I was treasurer. There's not that many of us, so we just rotate offices. I chose board of director since starting in October I will be the President of the National Conference of Women in Chambers of Commerce (NCWCC). It's not as big of a deal as it sounds. The president presides over a short board meeting in the spring and then over conference in the fall. The agenda is the same from year to year. Each year the president selects a charity and we sell raffle tickets to raise money. Last year we chose Fisher House, which is similar to the Ronald McDonald house except it is for families of veterans that are patients at Veteran's hospitals. We decided that Fisher House would be our charity until the war is over.

I don't know what genius at the Alabama Department of Transportation schedules to hand out traffic surveys during rush hour traffic. Last night I was late getting home because they were handing out surveys at a busy intersection. The reason I rolled down my window was because I thought it was law enforcement handing out WANTED flyers for some dangerous criminal at large. This morning I was 20 minutes late for work because they were at the next intersection handing out the surveys. I filled mine out and sent it in. It did not have a comments section where I could complain about being late for work because of them. I also registered for a drawing for a VISA gift card. I better win. They owe me. This afternoon, they were back out there. I was able to cruise on by.

CRAZY ALABAMA WEATHER

As they say in Alabama, "If you don't like the weather here, wait until tomorrow, it'll change." Yesterday it was in the 70's. We had thunderstorms and tornados last night. This morning when I went to work it was in the 60's. I didn't even need a jacket. This evening after I got home from work, I went outside to get something from my car, and it was snowing. As I said, Crazy Alabama Weather! I came home and got everything done so that I could watch where I recorded Jane Austen on PBS. It didn't come on. What a disappointment. Maybe it will be on next week. Right now I am reading Dragonwell Dead by Laura Childs. It is part of her Tea Shop Mystery series. If you haven't read them, I highly recommend them. Start with Death by Darjeeling. The main character, Theodosia, owns a tea shop in Charleston. She is always solving murders. They sort of remind me of Nancy Drew mysteries. The books are full of Charleston history, tea references and recipes. Laura Childs also writes Scrapbooking Mysteries, but I have not read any of those.

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There's a soda fountain in the town where my mother lives. I have been eating there since I was a kid. It has changed owners only 3 times in the past 50 years. I did not care for the last person that had it. I have not eaten there in about 3 years because of the poor customer service that I have received. The last time I was in there, I stood there for a long time and never got waited on, so I left. One of the old owners has taken it back. I went there Saturday for the first time in years. I had a pimento cheese sandwich and chips. They toast their sandwiches in an old timey sandwich machine. My sister always gets a slaw dog. Their hot dog slaw is made of chopped cabbage, ketchup and chili sauce. If you order a coke (or diet coke), they fill a glass with ice, pump a few squirts of coke syrup in it, then fill it with carbonated water and stir. During the week it is real busy. During homecoming at the local high school, it is impossible to get in the door. Don't you just love places like that. The decor and menu has not changed since I was a child. After I got off work at the store, my mother and I drove to Huntsville to do a few errands. While there I went to The Pink Pelican. It was nice to see all the new Lilly and Vineyard Vines. The store is in the process of offering Stephan Bonanno sandals. They will have their samples in about 3 weeks. I can't wait to go back and order a pair. I would order them from Vivian, but I have such a narrow foot that I'm afraid that I might get them too wide. I want to try on the samples before I order. Belk's had some Lilly and Lacoste on sale, but I didn't see anything that I couldn't live without. Sunday was a lazy day. I read and watched TV most of the day. Monday, it's supposed to be stormy all day. I hope we don't have tornados. I made some stew to eat when I get home. Yum!