Boots

Nineteen years ago I was traveling to Salt Lake to take care of my parents.  At the time I purchased four pairs of leather boots to keep my legs warm as I traveled and they served me well.  Two pairs were brown, two black.  Two pairs were short, two long.  I wore three pairs until the soles were very worn and I replaced them with some shredded tire from an entry mat.  The short brown boots still had an intact sole, but the zipper on one of the boots never worked right.  It has been several years since I wore any of those pairs of boots and in the meantime I acquired other boots.  I created a pull out boot rack with dowels, a piece of plywood and craft wheels that slid out on bottom mounted drawer sliders.  There was enough room for eight pairs of boots, but I had acquired six new pairs.  My boot rack lost function and was crowded and messy.  Today I threw out my old boots and some other shoes that were defunct.  Meanwhile I had created a storage space for 'yard boots' on my porch.  Now my boots are all neatly put away.  Today I shared my gas benefit with Lucinda.  It amounted to 85 cents discount with 300 points and a credit card discount of 55 cents.  She got just short of ten gallons worth of gas and purchased mid-grade for less than 2 dollars a gallon.  Afterwards I mentored Diana with her pastel drawing.  I ordered supported boards from Dick Blick for a bargain price which means my encaustic project will not begin immediately.  I also signed up for a free trial of Disney Plus.  It has not been a very busy day, but I hope it will be a more restful night.