Thursday

​

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!

​

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! 

A Bit of a Rough Day

​

I haven’t felt the greatest today.  There could be several factors causing my malaise…allergies/sinuses, change in barometric pressure, and/or a tooth problem.  Allergies/sinuses = just that time of year! Barometric pressure = another factor in the changing of seasons. Tooth problem = well, I had a tooth break over the weekend.  The tooth has had a slight problem for a while…some of it had broken off a while back, but it caused so no problems so I just continued on with it as it was.  But a larger piece of it broke off over the weekend.  So yesterday, I made an appointment to have it taken care of…at first they couldn't get me in till after I returned from the Alaska cruise…more than two months from now!  But they had a cancellation so called and gave me an appointment this coming week.  Considering what is happening, I am glad that they were able to move it up.  This morning when I woke up, another piece of the tooth had broken off.  So far really no pain that directly can be said it is from the tooth has happened.  But…I have had quite a headache today…again, it could be caused by allergies, sinuses, pressure change, or the tooth.  At the moment I am sneezing and blowing my nose…probably not due to the tooth!  But I haven't done a lot today except for sitting!  I was able to stitch for part of the morning, but this afternoon my headache got to be too much for me to stitch.  I mainly just sat back and rested.  Tylenol didn't help much…or it wore off way before I could take the next dose.  When it was time to take more Tylenol, it wqs time for me to take my daily Celebrex so I took that and put off Tylenol till later when Celebrex might wear off!  But the Celebrex did help and I’m feeling more human.  I have read a little once the headache got better.  I probably will either read or stitch this evening.  

We bid March good bye today.  That just doesn't seem possible.  March is going out like a lamb…weather wise…headache wise not quite so lamb like!  Tomorrow another page on the calendar will be turned and we will be able to say that 1/4 of the year is behind us!  

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

Such a Pretty Day!

​

It is definitely looking and feeling like Spring outside.  I love the time when he dogwoods are blooming and blooming they are.  Their white and pink blooms just seem to shine…add such a bright spot to the countryside.

Today I spent trying to make an appointment.  I think I finally managed…I thought I had one made and then not long after I hung up the phone, it rang again and they were calling to change the appointment.  Now to see if it stays when it is now!  

I have just returned from Monday Night Furnace Room Prayer Meeting.  So am now ready to settle in for the evening.  I finished one of my stitching projects that I started last week after I got my birthday needlework order last week.  So today I got all the projects that I am currently working on and got them organized so I can rotate through them.  I worked just a little on two of them this afternoon and have one chosen to work on this evening.  Tonight's is one of the Christmas ornaments that I am working on for gifts for this year.  I also got things ready to do a little sewing so I can make the stitching items, that I finished recently, into small pillows to join some of my other decorations.  In those four finishes I have some for Spring and some for patriotic decorating.  

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

Sunday Favorite

​

Social Saturday!

​

Yesterday I had a social hour at the grocery store.  Today I have been very social on the phone..talked to family and friends…one friend I hadn't talked to in a year or more.  Always good to catch up!  

Tonight's photo isn't what I had planned to post, but I found something that I hadn't seen before when looking through my photos.  But along with this old piece of farm machinery, I captured a little squirrel running underneath it.

I have managed to do a little around the house today…mainly doing some picking up and straightening up around the house…probably nothing noticeable to anyone but me!  

I have done some stitching and found myself napping with needle in hand one time when I woke up!  So far I'm not stitching while I nap.  Mother would often continue with her needlepoint after she dozed off and then would have to pick those stitches out! I haven't come to that…yet!

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

My Social Hour!

​

Tonight's blog title reflects the fact that I went grocery shopping this morning.  And, each week it is interesting to see how many people I run into that I know.  Those of us who seem to be on the same schedule, I run into most weeks…then I end up running into folk I haven't had seen in months or years.  Today I came up behind a young man and he turned and we smiled at each other and went on with checking out the shelf for what we needed.  But I realized that he reminded me of someone…so I took a closer look at his profile.  I considered saying his name and his brother's name to see if I for a reaction from him.  But kept quiet.  He exited the aisle before I did, but when I turned the corner, he was there in front of me again.  At that point I was pretty sure he was who I thought he was…and, at the point we both spoke to each other at the same time.  He had recognized me at that point.  This young man grew up in our church.  His mom and I were very good friends and he was in Melany’s class in school.  It was just nice to get to visit with him for a few minutes.  It does amaze me that Melany's age group is talking about retiring in not too many more years!  How has that happened!?!  So, for me, the grocery store is a good place to socialize!! 

I could probably get out of the grocery store quicker if I didn't visit…but the visiting makes the task of shopping for food so much more enjoyable! I can hardly think of a time in recent years that I ever go to the store and not see at least one person I know.  Now…when we lived in Sunnyvale, California all those years ago (Melany was 2 and Nathan was a newborn), I can't think of even one time that I ran into anyone that I knew when we were grocery shopping.  I do have a memory of one time at the drugstore running into one of our neighbors…but only one time!  Different times, different places! Out there we went through two cities of one hundred thousand + people to get to our church. Now I get on the street thwtThat was over 50 years ago…I can't imagine what it would be like to live there now!  Tullahoma has grown, but not all that much.  We are still pretty much a small town, for which I'm thankful! I like small town living! 

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