First I said I couldn’t go to a theological discussion at Willamette University because I had already said I would help Barb carry Andrea’s artwork downtown for a show at First Wednesday tomorrow.  Actually, that wasn’t first.  What was first was that Barb split her lip open playing ball with one of her grand dogs.  Maybe second was that Andrea has a migraine.  Next, I think, Barb called back to say we couldn’t meet at noon because she just remembered that she has a meeting at St. P’s on first Tuesdays.  That jogged my memory that first Tuesdays are senior discount days at Fred Meyer’s, one of my favorite days of the month.  I had so many coupons on top of the discount that they practically had to give me change to get me out of the store.  Had the 99¢ senior cup of Starbucks there.  The Thanksgiving blend. By then I was on a money-saving roll and drove out to Packsaddle to buy forty pounds of wood pellets for $5.00.  It’s the best, cheapest cat litter and it is totally compostable.  Rosie prefers it.  This is good, because, as an economy measure, I do not have garbage collection.  I just do not produce much garbage to speak of.  I do have a gigantic recycling bin which costs practically nothing.  I usually put one small bag of garbage in a friend’s bin and bring his recycling home to mine.  Life is simple.  Life is good.  And it’s always good to be flexible.