Market Saturdays

I was a little late getting to the Market Saturday…arriving about noon. But you know what…it was o.k. All right, there was a little less selection of baked goods and pork rinds, but pretty much everybody was still there peddling their wares. It was so good to see them.

I came home with too many baked goods, according to my husband, but I think it was just the right amount. I explained it’s important to purchase things sometimes from your friends.

And which friends of mine am I referring to? All the market vendors. I may or may not know their names, but I know what they offer, and am familiar with their faces. Sure, there’s some I won’t miss, and others I only visit every couple visits to the market instead of every visit. And there’s a few I visit very little I must admit. There are a few things I’m just not interested in.

One of those booths that I don’t ordinarily visit attracted my friend who was with me a couple weeks ago, however. That’s what is so great about the Market, there’s something for everyone.

And, it’s a good place to see your friends and neighbors. I think the Market is the perfect example of community! It so welcoming and friendly…I hate to miss it.

And the great thing is, if you get too hot (cause I tend to take a while), you can visit more friends in the shops around the Square and about a block off the Square down Forsyth Street and Funderburg Drive.

Last Saturday, besides my baked goods, I made it home with a fried pie, fresh okra and tomatoes after a visit with an old friend, and a dress for my grandbaby, I didn’t get earrings this week, or canned goods (I have enough living in a camper), but I got fresh veggies and more.

If you don’t visit the Market each Saturday, or some Saturday’s, you really should. I don’t know of anywhere else you get such a great sense of community…good people doing good things.

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We have power! I wasn’t going to write about our home building saga again this week, but so many have commented on it…I just have to!

Workers or subcontractors from Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (CGEMC) came to the home site Monday and connected electricity to the house. We have lights! And not just lights…most everything electrical is working now.

Unfortunately there was a little glitch, so the electrician must come back, but that’s o.k. He can hook up the cooktop while he’s there. Then everything will be ready, I think. We can make that phone call. And if all is well, we will get a certificate of occupancy (CO) and then we can also get a trash can.

Did you know you can’t get a trash can until you have a CO? Yes, we’ve been living in a camper on the property since April. But we have to take our trash with us when we leave. We are lucky; we have a son who doesn’t nearly fill his up each week, so we put much of our household trash in his can.

And, as you can guess, when building a house there is a good bit of waste so frequent trips to the landfill do take place. So some of the garbage has gone straight there. Regardless, it will be nice to have a curbside unit that we just wheel to the road once a week.

I called the curbside receptacle a Herbie Curbie one day and the people I was speaking to didn’t know what I was talking about (that’s what they were called when we first got them in Jasper County).

So, the next time I write in this space, two weeks, I should be moved in…probably not settled yet, but moved in. Wish me luck!