Another Tuesday

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Well, today has been a bit of a wash for me.  I didn't feel very well for a good part of the day.  I thought for a while that I might be coming down with something, but as the day wore on I felt better not worse…so think that it was just a day I didn't need to do much!  Donna and I had decided on Sunday that we would take today off from the church library…so it was a day that I could do next to nothing!  I did bake some biscuits from scratch early this morning…before I realized that I wasn't feeling great.  I had the meat thawed to make a soup/stew today, but put that off until just a little while ago.  It is now made for tomorrow…but now I have a mess to clean up…after I blog and sit and rest a few minutes.  While cooking I finished listening to a book, the next book for my Cottey Bookclub.  I did do a little stitching early this morning, but set it aside. Maybe I will do a little more when I get the kitchen cleaned up.  I am close to being finished with this Christmas ornament.  It was another beautiful spring-like day today.  I enjoyed it when I made my trek out to take the garbage can to the road and get my mail.  I did have a piece of mail that I had been looking for…my birth certificate…back after being sent to the government with my application for my passport.  The only item that hasn't gotten back to me yet is my renewed driver's license…that I renewed online.  I renewed it online the same day that I sent off my passport application, which had to go through the mail both ways.  US government seems to be on top of things more than the TN government!  

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

March Came in Like a Lamb

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Another spring-like day…though not a blue-sky day.  I was thankful that it was overcast as I had an eye appointment and that meant when coming out into the daylight that my dilated eyes wouldn't have to fight the brightness. My eye appointment went well.  I could tell that I could see better with one of my eyes than the other and asked her what the eye that wasn't as good tested…20/20…so guess I am seeing very well.  I didn't ask what the better eye tested…but I know I could read several lines more with it.  She said that my eyes were doing well and that everything tested out well and that I didn't have to come back for a year…sounds good to me.  I liked my new eye doctor very well, but it was rather sad to go into the office with all the memories of my former eye doctor and realize that he had died.  The office is still just getting used to his absence.  

The rest of my day has been rather quiet, as my eyes were dilated (and still aren't totally back to normal and I just didn't feel like doing much…couldn't stitch, couldn't read…the kitchen lights were too bright for me to do anything in there.  I did call Cheryl, my favorite and only sister, to wish her a happy birthday and we talked for a while.  After lunch, I took a nap.  Another friend called and we talked for a while.  Then it was time to head to Monday night Furnace Room Prayer Meeting.  I am now home and am going to have a late supper.  Then I hope that my eyes are able to do a little stitching, if not, then I may watch a little TV before settling in to sleep.  

We did have a good birthday celebration for Graham yesterday…a nice family time.  I’ll add in here at the end the family picture that I took before the gathering broke up.  Kathy hadn't gotten a picture of all of them on the day of Esther's and Patrick's wedding so she was determined to get a photo of all eleven of them together yesterday…so I obliged! 

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

Sunday Favorite=Celebrated Graham Today!

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A Very Happy Camper!

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I guess you can say, instead of camper, a very happy cruiser because my passport arrived in the mail today.  I now have "real" ID!  I have tucked it away for safe keeping…told Melany where it is…in case I forget! I guess I am one step closer to being able to go on the cruise.  I still haven't gotten my birth certificate back from them. Wade said that usually the birth certificate gets sent back before the passport…well, not in this case!  But this is what I really need.  Sailing to Alaska, but one of our ports of call is Victoria, British Columbia, Canada so I will be in another country during the cruise.  

Today has been a stay-at-home day and I have done a little of this and a little of that around the house.  I have also stitched on the Christmas ornament  that I have been working on…getting close to a finish on this one.  I have talked on the phone with Melany.  We were making plans to celebrate Wade's and my birthday (we share the same birthday) this coming weekend.  Tomorrow afternoon we celebrate Graham's birthday. Monday is my favorite (only) sister Cheryl's birthday.  Lots of birthday celebrating going on! 

It has been a very pretty spring-like day.  Once again, nice to go out to the mailbox without having to wear a jacket. It seems like days like this are happening more often…Spring must be close!  I'm ready!

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

Is It Possible? Graham is 24!

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How time does pass…all too quickly!  It doesn’t seem possible that Graham could be 24, but unbelievably that many years have passed since I heard him cry through the phone lines not long after he was born in Texas.  Woody and I drove to see him for the first time in March during my Spring Break from Montessori.  On that trip to Texas, we stopped in Missouri to see Woody's sister who was dying from colon cancer.  After our visit we continued on our way to meet Graham.  I believe that we had been at Nathan's, Kathy's and Graham's about thirty minutes before we got the news that Tammy had passed away.  We stayed in TX until the funeral and then went back to MO for the visitation and funeral and then turned back around to head back to TX.  Interesting what memories pop in to my mind at times.  I hadn't thought of this back and forth trip of both great joy and great sorrow until I started writing tonight's blog.

I have had a fairly busy day.  I did my Krogering and then put everything away.  I had my lunch and then felt the need of a nap.  I did take a nap, then talked with a friend on the phone for a while.  I did manage to do one of the things on my to-do list…the kitchen and downstairs bathroom.  I dust mopped them and then mopped them…a task that I had good intentions to do for quite a few days…glad that I finally got them mopped.  

This evening I plan to listen to a book and do some more stitching. I will end with a BIG happy birthday to Graham.  We will celebrate his birthday on Sunday,  

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

Last Thursday in February

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The day started out a bit rainy, but it wasn't very far into the morning before it was over and the day ended up sunny and fairly mild.  Once again, when I needed to go to the mailbox or to put something in the garbage can no jacket was needed.  Nice to be able to go out and not freeze even with a coat!  

I have enjoyed a stay-at-home day.  Part of the day I just felt lazy and didn't feel like doing anything..maybe because that was because I woke up very early once again.  I will say waking up early is one way to end up with a day seeming quite long!  I have contacted my tax preparer to make an appointment.  I think that I have received everything and/or gathered what I need to take to her. I then went through some papers that had stacked up and got rid of some and filed others.  I have made a grocery list, as I plan to make a trip to Kroger in the morning.  I have been trying to figure out what sounds good to cook.  Today I did cook a pork roast…that tasted pretty good for supper tonight.  

Once again…I am clearing off my sewing cutting table which seems to be a magnet for things that I don't have a place for…it's not too bad this time.  I do want to do some sewing so will need the surface to cut all cleared.  I will be using a new pattern that I haven't made before so I plan to make a muslin first…I had bought some muslin fabric a while back.  Today washed it so it will be a little less stiff than it came from the fabric store.  I’m sure it will come out of the dryer in a wad since it is five yards!  It is drying now.  

Tonight I'm looking forward to stitching and watching Matlock and Elsbeth…their season is starting up again tonight.  I have taken a little time today, when I didn't feel like doing anything else, to do some stitching.  I continue to work on Christmas ornaments.  This one has more stitching on it than some of the others that I have planned for this year. Some I am doing on perforated paper which is higher count and I can actually stitch on it without any magnification other than my readers.  The one I am stitching on currently is on tiny count and readers and extra magnification and extra light is very necessary.  

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

Wednesday

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I got home a little while ago from Wednesday night Bible study.  I ate supper before I came in here to blog. While eating, I checked my email and got the best news…my passport has been approved and I will have it in hand soon…maybe even as early as next week.  That clears the last hurdle, that I know of, for Melany's, Wade's, and my Alaska cruise!  Good news!  

Today I stayed at home except for this evening for Bible study,  I mainly did little things around the house…dried a load of clothes and got them put away.  Took things out to the trash…picked up a couple of pieces of cardboard that I had put out for recycle that ended up blowing back into the yard.  Later in the day I took the garbage can back to the house…just mundane tasks, as usual!  I did set aside some time to stitch.  Last night I finished another Christmas ornament.  Today I picked up a Christmas ornament that I had started but hadn't finished yet…so back on that one.  I even got in an afternoon nap…not exactly intentionally…but closed my eyes for a short period of time. As I put away clothes today, I was thinking what items will go with me to Alaska!  I guess I am in planning mode…have more time to plan this one than I did for my first cruise back in January…that one was a spur of the moment trip planned by Nathan and family. I guess I will see if more or less time to plan is better!  Now to get passport in hand…I’ll let you know when that significant event occurs! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!