Swingin' Saturday

[blessedw2]

hello d twins! hello d lady, hello d b is sweet, hello d Nancy, hello d everyone!!!!

yesterday dd younger brought in what I thought was all the groceries. nope - this morning my apple cider sits there and 2 bags of groceries that didn't show up! I thought she got everything but I remember her saying your groceries are here and she brought in 5 bags. (I assumed - never assumed that she brought in all the groceries).

cleaned out the fridge - it's a Saturday thing at least for this Saturday
mom is still resting in bed - I need to give her her meds and breakfast lunch but she wants to lay there a bit

[Nancy]

CI / update walked saw 5 deer only got 2 on vid. they meet up with friends after that!
One had antlers.

Brought ddoggo home and went back to yd. sale and got some red & green fabric pieces,
one had to have the sizing rinsed out of it. That one red & black check is dripping on the deck rail for now.

I have noodles drying too they are dog treats I cut up with the taco shells.
I made soup and it's cooling now.

Heading to the basement to press my fabric finds next. X

Waving to all!

[bittersweet]

My goodness, it's busy in the village this morning! I've been puttering around a bit, and have managed to get all the dishes washed, and the sunflowers deadheaded. Normally that's not a thing for them, but these are teddy bear sunflowers, and bloom much better if they're deadheaded https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products ... 9411930172They have multiple flowers on each plant, and are a wonderful happy shade of bright yellow. They're also perfect for growing in pots.

I've been relatively busy, having also gotten all the dishes washed, ddoggos fed, and morning dailies done. Today's big task is going to be going through a Rubberma*d tote of old family pictures to see if I can find the one of my great-great-great-stepfather. He was an engineer on a Scottish railway, and my aunt would like to be able to gift the museum for that railway with the picture we have of him.

It's a bit chilly outside to be doing gardening just yet (8C) -about 45F. It's lovely and sunny... just not very warm yet.I'll have to find things in the house to do until it warms up a bit this afternoon.

- wipe down kitchen counters
- vacuum living/dining room and hallway
- 15 minutes going through pics

[Harriet]

Nancy, my first thought was chambray, although that word may be specific to the blue color. Right now, I am looking for a chambray shirt for fall. Sometimes I get directed to "lightweight denim", so I don't know what's up with that. Poplin is actually another word for broadcloth, so I don't think that's the word you're looking for but might be. In between there are the twills like gabardine, chino, but they are going to have that line/texture. Honestly, just the phrase "medium weight cotton" is one I've heard, to mean a cotton that is sort of firm compared to, say, what a blouse might be. And some designers or lines that are marketed to quilters insist on calling theirs "quilting weight" or "quilt shop quality" to distinguish their fabrics from some more lightweight calicos.

I enjoy miniature golf. Need a broad-brimmed hat for it - don't get sunburned.

bittersweet, I hope you find that photo. If so, make several copies.

The pharmacy robo-called to tell that the same antibiotic has been prescribe and is ready for pickup. First I've heard of it. Ds is going to be close by there and will pick it up for me. This was my concern voiced to dr - that I would go back into the 2010 situation I faced, with getting better on antibiotic then worse after it left my system, etc., etc., eventually being put on inhaler. I could have gotten it earlier if someone would tell me. I wish I could have a conversation ... ..

Kathryn, has Ken heard of the movie Omni Loop, with Mary Louise Parker - I know he enjoys time-related literature/film. Kind of the wrong time to recommend as he prepares for a long trip. We like it. It's different.

[Nancy]

Thanks Harriet. I will check it the fabric store. Chamrey was one I thought of but was not what I was looking for.
I have a shirt like that it's too small for me thinking of you when I try to ware it.

Got a kitchen spiff happening dishes are n the sink, meat it thawed for my next batch of soup to cook up ground tky,
to go in place of the bacon with beans.

It's warmed up in the house finally.

Got the fabrics prewashed and pressed up the other red and green ones.
I have others to mix in with those I can do holiday prints maybe a bag of strips and ribbons for draw strings.
Great for gifts.

Had good response on the hot pads & dish cloths. Had to rip out half of the dish cloth I was knitting on.Okay got that dish cloth reknit back to half way done again now.

I have washed up the dishes after my dinner.

[Harriet]

Because dstepson and dd44 were both here when ds came with my meds, I didn't get a chance to talk to ds. I want to ask him about medical for himself, but won't do that in front of a group. He was in a rush anyway.

One downer piece of info from dd44 is that the quilt I made for dsonil out of reproduction fabrics for the reenactments he used to do ( encampments, historic scenes, outdoor talks, etc.) was stolen. She feels terrible about how I will feel. His brother who is a museum guide continued to take it to use it at outdoor events - completely appropriate and I'm glad he did. Nothing lasts forever and anyone can have something stolen. Dsonil knew back then that I wanted to make that for him and wanted him to have it. That's the only important thing. The moth doth corrupt.

HRH had his experimental banana pudding here to serve the kids, lol. He wished he had it to send to grands, but not enough to go around.

I coughed all the while they were here. Good gravy. They would tell something funny, I would laugh, and then coughing.

The flat-to-the wall plugs/power-strips with surge protectors I ordered came. One works in the new bathroom receptacle but rather than have the cord hang straight down neatly from it as the photo showed, it goes off at a diagonal. So, I am disappointed. We can use it, and it is better, but looks odd. The other one can't be used because the plug itself blocks the "test" and "reset" buttons so is not safe with a bathroom outlet. Can be used elsewhere in the house, so not a waste, just frustrating. My intention was that since the new receptacle is right at eye-level I'd like it to look neat.

[Elizabeth]

Hi everyone! Long time no see. I got a password reset message from Kathryn that reminded me it has been ages since I checked in. Happy end of fiscal year (9/20). I got everything done and turned in at payroll that I committed to done. I had allocated extra time on Thursday so I would not have to come in on Friday (which was a day off in my 9/80 schedule). I had the essentials done on Wednesday, but a last minute request was made on Thursday and completed by 5:15 pm.

This weekend is devoted to getting Halloween invitations out, cleanup for the Halloween party, and assembling shore excursion info for December's cruise. Not with my traveling companion friend, but with my daughter and parents. October is going to be crazy. There are two weddings, one on the 11th, one on the 19th, where I am a Queen Elsa dressed bridesmaid. My parents are coming out for the 2nd wedding if the doctor gives Mom clearance (broken ankle) and we will visit DD who has permanently moved 3.5 hours south where she is in college (graduating next semester). We will be taking the travel trailer because she does not have enough beds for us all. We have to be back in time for the Halloween party on the 26th.

I hope everyone has been well during my absence. I will try to be better about checking in. I did miss you.

[lucylee]

Well, it is so good to see you, Elizabeth!!! Welcome back!!!

Harriet, that is sad that the quilt was stolen, but as you said, at least dsil enjoyed it and used it. I can imagine how bad your dd feels about it, but certainly nothing she could have done to prevent it... as you said, it could have been stolen at any time, any place, and it was so good that it was being used by his brother.

Chambray, light-weight denim... I have been on a quest that would rival Indiana Jones for an elusive light-weight denim.
Many, many years ago, I had a pair of jeans that were the PERFECT weight. The were Liz Claiborne, more trouser-cut than Western-cut, and they were sooo light weight and sooo comfortable. I wore them to college ballgames all the time because it is HOT in South Alabama until football season is almost over.
Finally, they developed a hole in the knee before this was stylish, and wore out in other spots, and of course, I outgrew them...
and nowhere, ever, have I been able to find another pair like them.

Well, I have roughed-out my planner for the coming week, and y'all, I have a new zest for life, thanks to your tips and patience with me!
I took a sheet of paper and wrote down all those "OMM" projects, thinking, I will do like y'all said -- pick ONE thing that is important and DO it this week, and THEN move on to another... without keeping that whole list in front of me, overwhelming and depressing me every day.
Then I realized, MOST of the list could be taken care of if I would only use my 3x5s and follow daily routines... themes, as Nancy said.
The specifics of a CARD would be more useful to me, I think, than this open-ended list. So, I am going to add in cards for the things that can be done that way, and quit writing these things down as just "DO THIS WEEK." I'm going to give them a specific day.
Of course, I know things will happen. I came in with a few hours between parade and ballgame Friday, fully intending to vacuum, but dcousin stopped to visit. Well, people are more important than projects. Maybe she needed a listening ear; maybe I needed to know I was on her mind. If it doesn't get done by Thursday "Catch-up Day," it can just go back into the next week.
My "zone" for this coming week is going to be the memory book, and I'm going to put a card in the file for Projects, 15 Minutes. Of course, I hope to work on it longer than that, but that is * hopefully * the nudge I need to get started. Remember -- our very wise dDee said, "Begun is half done," right?

Generally, I plan to give photos a week out of each month, and yard work a week, and try to quit letting this list stare at me and make me feel bad about myself every day.

Y'all just don't know how much I appreciate you all.

I have to share one more thing. I can laugh -- yes, I know I am grieving, and maybe I need to give myself more time to deal with my thoughts, but I don't THINK I am just pushing them aside, still in denial of dh's death... but at any rate, when ds and I are together, we can find some sort of humor in just about any situation. Sometimes ds's life becomes a good basis for a Seinfeld episode. Musicians are a unique breed to begin with, you know. Today's funeral was no exception. There were annoying things and things we found humorous and something was said afterwards as we were going to eat, and I laughed so hard I was crying, couldn't talk, could barely breathe. DDIL was laughing about as much, and I thought, "I have not laughed like this except one other time (also with ds) since before dh died."
I hope it is not disrespectful to dh (or to our dfriend whose funeral we attended) to have these times. Sometimes I think, I'm not crying enough, you know? Nancy, Harriet? But sometimes I think yes, this is just what I need. Laughter IS the best medicine, they say. And dh certainly loved to see me when I got so tickled about something that I would laugh like that. So maybe he was watching and enjoyed our little episode along with us. (He would definitely have been laughing if he had been there!)