Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Bountiful Baskets July

 Plum variety pack-this was one box worth of plums for $13.50
 Rainier Cherries 18 lb box for $22.50!  (Just saw Rainier cherries at a grocery store for $6.99 a lb.)
Share for $15 with two summer squash, 6 plums, 1 box raspberries (I got an extra box for volunteering), 1 box strawberries, 2 pkg. carrots, 1 cucumber, 1 bag green grapes, 1 large bunch broccoli, 4 red corn, 1 cantaloupe, and 1 head of living butter lettuce

Order every Monday, pick up on Saturday.  www.bountifulbaskets.org

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 12

 Finished!  They did open on the 27th of June but we didn't make it up until June 30, 2012
 Cars lined up going through the Two Lane Drive-Thru
 View of the south east corner
 Left side of drive-thru menu as of June 30, 2012  Happy meal with 4 McNuggets is $3.45, hamburger happy meal $2.99 and cheeseburger happy meal $3.35. 
 Right side of drive-thru menu as of June 30, 2012  Big Mac meal is $5.25 and just the sandwich is $3.65
 We got a chicken McNugget happy meal, chicken wrap, strawberry banana smoothie  and
 a two cheeseburger meal, a big mac meal and a wild berry smoothie
It's been fun and interesting to watch them rebuild this McDonald's from the ground up over the last few months.  I just wanted to see if they would really be open by June (as advertised) and they did it. We went and tried it out but I admit we're not frequent customers of McDonald's or any fast food place or restaurant for that matter. 

(For dinner tonight we had baked top round steak, wilted spinach, imitation red lobster cheddar bay biscuits and mashed potatoes-we try to make homemade food when possible.  For dessert we're eating leftover cookies made by hedgehog: peanut butter/honey cookies and chocolate chip/coconut cookies. )

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 11

 Now there's trees and bushes outside on pretty planted terraces-south west corner
 South side planting bushes while inside they must be working on refrigeration
Almost all the construction evidence is  gone-but there's that lone blue wheel barrow off to the right
                                                                           June 25, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 10

 Parking lot getting closer to completion on south side but there's still the giant mound of dirt
South west corner still a fair amount of construction materials to be seen    June 23, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 9

 Front "Welcome" facing west
 Installing the drive-thru signs by the south east corner-the "M" is facing east
 Still have some scaffolding up on the south side
 South west corner                                      June 19, 2012

 Two drive-thru lanes
 New digital marquee-reading "Opening June 27th"


 Partially poured parking lot
 Front facing west
 Still have a backhoe working on a few things by the north west corner  June 21, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 8

 Front south west corner still with the old marquee

Below is the south side-notice the white sections on the top two pictures.    May 29, 2012
 What a difference a week makes!  Above is the north side, now painted red.
 South side painted red with the white brick

Below is the front of the McDonald's facing west


And here's the south west corner with the new digital black marquee.  June 10, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 7

 Front facing west
 Back facing east-note the stone work going up
 South side
Front south west corner-the McDonald's sign still has the old white background with black plastic lettering                                                          May 23, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 6

 South side May 6, 2012
 South side one week later on May 13, 2012


South west corner
                                                                           May 13, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 5

 Back of the new McDonald's facing east
 Drive up side of the new McDonald's facing north
 Kids play place facing south
Shot of the south west corner of the new McDonald's
                                                                May 3, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 4

 Lots of reinforcement on the side where the new play place is situated.  Front of the building facing west
 North side of the building
Back of the building facing east and again showing where the new play place is located.
                                                                              April 28, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 3

 About one month after the demolition pictures.  Moving right along with the framing on the front of the building facing west
 The north side which will have the drive-thru option
 Back of the building facing east
Another view of the back of the building along with the pallets of wood for new walls
                                                       April 22, 2012

Sunday Randomness #19: McDonalds Rebuild part 2

Demolition after about a week     March 17, 2012


 New footings poured
New utility boxes       March 21, 2012