Good Friday

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Tonight we had a Good Friday service at our church.  I returned from it just a little while ago.  I had a bite of supper and then headed in to blog for tonight.  I decided that I wanted to post a photo of dogwood blooms.  I went to where my photos are stored with Amazon.  It was easy to search…typed in "dogwood" and voilà there were lots of dogwood blooms that I had taken over the years.  But the tricky part was figuring out how to move it over to my iPad photos.  I thought that I was just losing them out in cyberspace…but I ended up with two of the same photo that found their way into my iPad photos. (Insert eye roll!) I wanted a dogwood bloom photo because they are blooming all over at the moment…so pretty.  Also the azaleas are blooming…in my neighborhood…red ones, hot pink ones, lilac ones, and in my yard a really pretty large white one.  I will try to get a photo of it tomorrow…it was almost fully in bloom today…maybe all will be open tomorrow.  

Today has been a fairly full day.  I did go grocery shopping this morning…needed just a few things.  Again, enjoyed saying hello to quite a few friends.  I came home and put the groceries away.  Then got busy making chicken broth.  This time I used a chicken carcass that I had frozen one time when I had cooked a chicken, but didn't need broth.  It was nice to already have the bones needed for the broth…plopped in some celery, onion, carrots and garlic and let all that simmer away for most of the afternoon.  I now have it in the refrigerator cooling so I will be able to use it for a couple of recipes that I'm planning to make and then freeze the rest.  So "liquid gold" was made in my kitchen today.  According to many chefs homemade chicken broth/stock is considered to be liquid gold.  

I’ve done some stitching. There is a US flag growing under my needle.  I plan to get back to stitching after I finish getting dishes from the broth making into the dishwasher. There had been a possibility that Melany and maybe Wade and Erin might come tomorrow for a visit.  But Erin has been sick today…maybe a stomach virus, so they will put that visit off.  I will be seeing Melany next week when she comes to take me to the dentist.  So we will get in a visit…but it will be after her birthday.

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Thursday

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I’ve had a fairly busy stay-at-home day.  When I first woke up I decided to stitch for a while.  Then I got busy around the house…cleaning bathrooms, the kitchen and doing some wash,  I still need to take some of the clothes I washed upstairs.  I just haven't made a trip upstairs since I got them out of the dryer. Perhaps that energy will descend on me so I can get them upstairs and put away before I sleep.  At the moment my momentum is faltering…ready for my recliner.  I attempted to stitch a while ago, but I got very sleepy.  Maybe…I’ll be able to stitch this evening?

I got an order today with a couple of things for the cruise and Alaska…a knit hat and woven poncho-type wrap.  So another step toward getting ready for Alaska!  I think that the poncho wrap will be comfy when sitting on my balcony!  Melany said that it can be quite breezy and cool both on the balcony and when walking on the deck.  It will be early June so there will probably be a nip in the air at times…especially when at sea. If I have things to keep me warm, there will probably be record breaking high temperatures!! Time will tell! Hopefully I will be prepared for whatever weather we get! 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

No Fooling!

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No fooling went on here today…miss young children being around!!! So it has been a very tame April Fool's Day for me today! I just got home from Bible Study and left Kathy considering going with Elijah to play an April Fool's joke on Abigail!  So maybe some April fooling might still happen in our family…and not just little ones planning the foolery!

I have definitely felt better today.  I even managed to get a little done around the house…and, I did some cooking.  I made my spaghetti meat sauce…with a two-fold purpose in mind: a meal or two for me, maybe a meal if Wade and Melany come Friday or Saturday or if they don't come, then perhaps a meal when my sister and niece are here.  Long range planning!  

I did talk to Cheryl today…she called when I was chopping onions and slicing mushrooms for the spaghetti sauce.  So I told her that I might be making something that we would eat while they were here.  (I will freeze it!!!) She told me that Rachel was looking into airline tickets. So their visit is getting real…about 1 1/2 months away.  

I am now ready to load up the dishwasher and then head to my chair to read or stitch/watch TV.  It's the time of day for me to settle in for the night! 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!