On the Porch
Onisha Ellis
I know it doesn’t make sense, but we decided to leave the North Carolina mountains and return to our home state, Florida in August. What were we thinking? It is crazy hot plus the second night here we were under a tornado warning. But life happens and so, here we are in Florida in August. There are nice bonuses to being here, time with our daughter, grand-dog and good friends.
It’s nice to look at our hometown with fresh eyes. The credit union has a new paint job in bright orange, a house in the neighborhood that has always been immaculately maintained, is up for sale. I wonder what prompted the move, hoping it was not due to health issues.
Wednesday my daughter and I ran a couple of errands. Our first stop was Hobby Lobby.
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As I entered the store a feeling of contentment settled over me. This is my store. No searching for the 75% off Spring section and I know where the bathroom is!
Our next stop was Aldi grocery store. We have an Aldi in our North Carolina town and as I walked into the Florida store, I felt a little disoriented.
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Aldi doesn’t utilize the same floor plan in every store. I didn’t have a problem navigating to the cheese and lunch meat section, but it took a couple of tries for me to locate “The Aisle of Shame.’ (If you know, you know.) I did score a couple of finds, two items that sold out at my North Carolina store.
Aldi encourages shoppers to return their shopping carts to the store using the quarter method. Unlock a cart with a quarter, return the cart and get the quarter back. As we exited the store, I headed to the North Carolina side of the store. My daughter gently corrected me. Even with this confusion, I was happy to be shopping in my home store.
Two errands was enough in 94 degree heat. I needed a little rest with a good book.
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I love our mountain time, but there is no place like home.
After my retirement, I decided to re-learn the canning and preserving skills I learned from my mother but hadn’t practiced for twenty years. I titled the blog Old Things R New to chronicle my experience. Since then I have been blessed to have six other bloggers join me, DiVoran Lites, Bill Lites, Judy Wills, Louise Gibson, Janet Perez Eckles and Melody Hendrix
In addition to blogging, I’m a general “mom Friday” for my author daughter, Rebekah Lyn. I also manage her website, Rebekah Lyn Books
My 2024 goal is continue to use my love of photographs and words to be an encourager on social media.
Old Things R New 