It's a Beautiful Day!

I usually do the 'It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood' greeting [Fred Rogers], and then as I was typing it in, I remembered that back in the 70's/80's there was a band,'It's a Beautiful Day." I have their CD and saw them in concert- and like them a lot.
I was out mailing the autumn leaves to Arizona, and picking up the book from the library that I had reserved. 'The Secret Life of Bees' was a book that I read 4 years ago and I loved it, and now it is a movie. I actually got it out for a friend, but I might have to brush up on the story before Stacy picks it up. I stopped at the farmer's market and got some tomatoes, Indian corn and pumpkins.
As I was driving through the main street of town, I saw that Nationwide [my insurance co.] was having a rally. I was mailed info about it, and filed it somewhere thinking that I wouldn't go. There were balloons and a hay wagon filled with pumpkins. They had complimentary coffee, hot chocolate, cider, and muffins and donuts. You could spin the wheel for free t shirts, stress balls, key rings, etc. I got something that you put your coffee/tea in and you don't burn your hands. I also put my name in the raffle for a 22 in. LCD flatscreen TV. I'd like to be optomistic, but I am generally not the luckiest person . I would be shocked !
But the best part [ aside from the great big free pumpkin, hot chocolate, and muffin] was that they were doing a promotion to have your car's VIN number etched onto each window of your car, and as a result get a discount on your insurance. On Saturday, my mom's caretaker is there from 9-11 while I run errands. It was 10 o'clock, and I figured it was not in the cards for today. But when I pulled in and asked how much it cost and how long would it take...They said that some places charge $100...but that it was free...and that it would only take 5 minutes! Wahoo! I even had leftover time to get Flo some scratch off lottery tickets and the dog to get a walk before 11 o'clock.!!
All this in 1 hour 45 minutes...and limping, no less. [ I'm hoping to be able to get back on my arthritis meds on Monday since my last antibiotic is Sunday.]
To wrap it up, it was a morning that kind of flowed gracefully and was very productive.
If the lottery tickets produce any surprises, or that 22 in. LCD TV comes my way because Jupiter is orbitting in Mars' eclipse on a Saturday in October where the sun was shining and the moon is still full....whatever! Cross your fingers. Hey, ya never know.