Dixie Fix: Random Stuff Around Town...

Have you noticed work has ground to a halt on the GV Mural? Well, it's the heat. Too hot to work on it. Seems to be in a minor cooling trend now, so maybe by the end of the week work will commence again. Is it just me, or is this mural the looongest project ever? Seems like fundraising took a gazilion years and now the actual thing is taking, well, awhile.

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Avoid East Main Street near Maria's. Her expansion project has got the road to 1 lane and delays are inevitable along that stretch. As if it wasn't hard enough to get into the GV Post Office when traffic is normal!

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Speaking of ugly traffic, how about getting into the Kmart parking lot on a weekend? That is stupid! Can't there be stop signs or something there? Over the last decade the traffic has increased to the point that it can take several minutes to turn left into the parking lot. Someone help, please!

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And speaking of Kmart, they are in the midst of a fabulous sale! Just about every single article of mens, womens, kids clothes are 50% off, and the stuff already on the clearance racks is 40% off the clearance price! There are all sorts of shorts, capri's, pants, tank tops, polo shirts, t-shirts, dresses, etc. for sale. All casual cotton, although my husband got a linen/rayon shirt for $7. I thought maybe I had been retired too long and was losing perspective, but today I wore my green shorts and green striped polo, and the first person I saw that I knew said "cute outfit!" When I told her it was my $7 outfit ($3.50 for shorts and $3.50 for polo, she was shocked.) I took my neighbors Monday and they both stocked up! Also, all bathing suits and coverups are 50% off, too.

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Weight Watchers is the greatest! Can I tell you we went to friends" houses for dinner or events featuring dinner on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Monday and I lost another 2 pounds and my husband lost 1.8.? It's just about making better food choices and paying attention to portions. You can drink wine and beer, or whatever, and you just add the points, so you really don't feel deprived. Also, you get 35 "extra" points every week for indulgences. Last night my neighbor served tri-tip, homemade hot-cross buns, salad, asparagus with a sauce, twice baked potatoes and chocolate banana cake and we had everything and still lost weight. Can't beat that! It's not a diet, it's just a different way to eat.