I’ve got the news on right now. They have promised an update on the end of the world. I thought no one was suppose to know neither the day nor the hour. I hope it didn’t happen as I am sitting here writing my blog again.
It is the end of our nearest grocery store. The owner has sold the Red Apple and they have a big sign saying everything is now on sale at 20% off. I don’t usually shop there, as the selection is too small. As much as I complain about over selection in the world, there are those few products that I really want and Red Apple didn’t have all of them.
20% off sounds like a good deal. It wasn’t. Nothing is on sale and I usually shop for sale items. It may not be true but I have been hoodwinked into thinking “on sale” means a better deal (silly me). Since I now do all the grocery shopping I do know what some of my favorites cost. Even with 20% off there were better deals at my regular Safeway store.
Red Apple sold out to Grocery Outlet. If you are not familiar with these brands just know that prices are usually very good at Grocery Outlet. So a store that I may frequent more often is coming in. I suspect it will take a few months to change it over, but Grocery Outlet is not known as a particularly attractive store. Functional is the word, and that is the only word. I have always had my doubts about fresh items and even some frozen items. But if you are you watching the expiration dates the cereals and canned goods are great. They have a mix of brand names and others. Stay away from Fred’s Soups. Yuck!
Thinking of coming to an end, stores continue to close in old town (our section). I hate to see that as the area if really cool. Businesses that come and survive seem to be offices not seemingly dependent upon walk in traffic. I can’t explain this, but for some reason beauty shops flourish. I just spotted a new one the other day that I have never counted. That brings the count to eleven plus one barber, two nail shops (where you can now get pictures of your family and friends applied to your nails. What happens if you break one?) There are also four massage parlors – the legit type. I do wish there were some zoning laws that required that businesses to maintain the old look when rebuilding. The new construction is changing the character of the neighbor. I don’t mind that that they are new. I lived in an old house and it sucked.
I am now waiting for Lester Holt to explain what happened to dooms day. NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. I didn’t miss a thing as reported by NBC. Of course these predictions appear from time to time. I have no idea what they even use for calculations. I prefer to go on with my life instead. Way back in 1975 I wrote a script for Canada’s Tri-District Conference based on Matt. 24:4, Mark 13:5, and Luke 21:10 which all in context tell us not to worry as we are to expect threats of wars, wars, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis and more. I like what Matthew says in The Message. “This is routine history; this is no sign of the end.”
I used three announcers reading current news of disasters and wars that were all hitting the news in the month before the event. As the news reports were read the screen flashed a collage of slides of these various events (no video available then). Frankly, the news sounded like it was written this past month or two. These things are part of history. One does not have to like it, but it is true. Disasters happen.
Well, I guess I'm going to have to do my laundry and clean my apartment after all. I really didn't want to do it.
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