#7? there’s a highway.
I need maps. I may want to travel.
You remember that travel involves leaving your house, right?
Dang it. That entirely slipped my mind (;))
A week ago I ordered a shirt on Amazon. It’s expected delivery date is JUNE 30th.
Beck, you must be on a special secret platinum level at Amazon to be getting deliveries so soon. They must know how special and secret you are.
Yep. That’s me super secret shopper Beck.
My DIL said the exact thing. She’s waiting on Easter stuff she ordered for the kids. She doesn’t think it’s coming in time.
But just try putting them on the bear(N.O.B.):eek:
I wonder how many packages the will send your crap in. I bought 6 small items yesterday, mostly kitchen stuff to replace broken stuff that is impinging on my lockdown cooking. And it has now already shipped :), in 5 separate packages 
that are currently estimated to arrive next Monday,Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and following Monday.
I noticed the things coming in dribs and drabs as well.
I wanted a breadmaker. I’ve owned two in my lifetime, loved them dearly. Somdearly, I worked them to death. hand over heart
Several weeks ago, I ordered some flour, and, oh, the plans we made! The flour arrived. It’s gluten-free. Make sure you read ALL the fine print, Bekkers, before you click!
So, I wanted a breadmaker. I almost got heart failure, instead! On Amazon, IF you could find one, a Zojirushi breadmaker was over FIVE HUNDRED BUCKS.
My other two breadmakers were Zojirushi. I like the brand.
Based on what some folks were saying, I went straight to the Zojirushi website…and got redirected, because they don’t sell the machines to individuals. They had a long list of dealers, in alphabetical order, with links.
Nice!
I started at the bottom, and thought I’d have to change my name to “Out of Stock” to buy anything.
Then I clicked on “Bed, Bath and Beyond.” Heh. I bought their loyalty card for $29, then turned around and bought the top-of-line Zojirushi, the “Virtuoso,” and saved $65 because I had the card!
Less than three hundred, total. And free shipping. It arrived yesterday.
I do have all that gluten-free flour. But we kinda want real bread.
So I’ve been clicking.
The Daughter is going to kill me. I bought a 50 pound bag of bread flour.
She’ll probably cremate me in the new Zojirushi breadmaker.
~VOW
Dang it, girl. You got this breadmaking like a boss.
Say that AFTER the flour arrives!
wincing
I can hear her now…
~VOW
We’re looking for yeast. You got the yeast didn’t you?
I found an unopened package on a shelf. A bulk package.
A package crying out for fifty pounds of flour!
~VOW
I had a jar of rapid rise. It was dead.
DIL found some pizza-rise the other day. Mid-daughter made magnificent pizzas last night.
That won’t raise a loaf enough.
But we might be able to make baguettes or rolls with it.
I’ve had pretty good luck with deliveries. It’s like Christmas every day! Something new to open
First loaf completed! It riz just fine, even though I did not use the rapid yeast setting.
Hey, it had more buttons and displays than the Space Shuttle!
We’ll see what tomorrow brings…
~VOW
Oh. Man. I needs me a bread machine now.
Laptop arrived at least a day early, but for my past transgressions it still needs to be opened by a staff member to see if Amazon slipped in a bottle of vodka. I hate this dump.
My sweet kid bought me a pair of Birk sandals online, scheduled for delivery yesterday. Followed the tracking, they had arrived in my fair state of Minnesota yesterday… and were promptly put on a plane to New Hampshire. I haz a sad.
At least the temps here now won’t be above 50 for at least the next 10 days, so I wouldn’t be able to wear them out, but still.
In contrast, I popped a large care package to her on Monday and she got it yesterday. Who knew Knorr Pastas and Rices were so expensive to ship? All the stores in her town were completely out, and they love them as quick and easy sides.
(As far as Amazon shipping times, Prime Members are still getting purchases in relatively decent time, for non-members it’s a crapshoot. There’s been a few media stories about it.)
Aside from supplies I needed to set up a home work space (and things I probably should have had already anyways), like keyboard and mouse wrist rests (I got a set of these cute pink pig ones), I’ve been buying stuff to put together a survival bugout bag.
I already had a good knife, and I bought:
[ul]
[li]drybag backpack[/li][li]lightweight fiberglass handle hatchet[/li][li]folding entrenching tool[/li][li]Army compass[/li][li]canteen with steel cup[/li][li]200 ft of neon yellow 750 lb paracord[/li][li]200 ft of green camo 750 lb paracord[/li][li]magnesium strips and flint strikers[/li][li]10mm thick 8x10 tarp[/li][li]iodine tablets[/li][li]lifestraws[/li][li]hand-crank solar LED flashlights[/li][li]headlamps[/li][li]first aid kit[/li][li]compact fishing kit[/li][li]compact sewing kit[/li][li]a bunch of heavy duty waterproof zip bags (so some of this stuff can just go in a normal JanSport)[/li][li]mylar space blankets[/li][li]mosquito net[/li][li]roll-up ponchos and rain pants[/li][li]fishing hats with neck and face flaps[/li][li]book: “ACEP First Aid Manual, 5th ed.”[/li][li]book: “Wilderness Survival for Dummies”[/li][li]book: “Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods”[/li][/ul]
My wife thinks I’m a little nuts right now, but I’m certain this thing is going to save our lives one day. Maybe sooner than either of us thinks. I assured her I wasn’t about to “Mosquito Coast” us. Then I had to explain to her what “Mosquito Coasting us” meant. 
Now I’m thinking about what maps I should get.