Dear ones: it has been a gloomy Sunday after a beautiful Saturday. Saturday was sunny and the temperature got up to 52 degrees or something like that. Today is cooler and cloudy and we had had a skiff of snow when we got up. We didn't expected that. We need more rain or snow. We need some moisture in our topsoil but we will take what we get.
I worked several days in the kitchen this past week. They just can't keep people at work. I was also called about every day to sub for a para but I had already agreed to work in the kitchen. I expect to work Monday and Tuesday also but we will see. At this late hour of the day, I won't know now until morning about 5:30 or 6 am. I would rather know ahead of time if I'm going to have to get out of bed at 5:30.
Enough grumbling. I better find something positive to write about or I should just not write! A random photo here but after seeing this, I will forever know how to spell baby Easterlie's name. And Lee's. ha!
Erica and I helped Johanna remove the wallpaper from Baby E's room today. There were two layers of paper but if we used plenty of water to soak up the paper, then it scraped right off. I think we only worked 2 to 3 hours on it today and got it almost ready to paint. Johanna had worked on it yesterday for several hours.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was getting my sewing and crafts all corralled into one room. Here is the photo to prove it. The sad part is that it has set this way now for two weeks. I haven't done another thing. Well, I might have hung a spool rack on the wall above the sewing machine and filled it with spools of thread but after that, not another thing.
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| Photo bombed by a pink teddy! |
This week, I will at least close the doors on this homemade cabinet and put away extra boxes and bins. I have a pair of curtains all measured and pinned to be hemmed. I will do that. I'm getting excited about making a baby quilt for Baby E but I am waiting to find out color schemes. But I have plenty of other unfinished projects to do.
Himself and I drove to the cabin mid-morning, Friday. It was a nice day to drive and warmer than it has been so we went down to check on things and stay the night.
The Lake was very quiet. Vi and Bob were gone to Colorado, Bill seems to be gone (he lost his wife this last fall), Benji had colon surgery so he and his wife were in Des Moines. Don't know the whole story there but imagine we will learn it soon.
Our water faucets in the little cabin were frozen shut which was unusual but a little hit with the hair dryer and we had cold running water. We didn't light the water heater as we didn't want to drain it again. We heated the water on top of the stove -- like the 'good ol' days'.
Himself was content just to be at the cabin, so I went to town. I had made an appointment to get my hair trimmed. Then I shopped for the groceries we needed, hit two local meat markets looking for smoked cheddar block cheese and found it at the second shop, Markos. Back to Mercer's grocery and consignment shop. I scored at the consignment shop as Martha had three dozen home-grown eggs saved for me. Yes!
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| I love these big, brown beauties! |
I almost froze at the cabin for the first half day there. It takes so long to cook the cold out of the cabin's floor, walls and joints. After we got the chill off, it was nice and cozy. We snuggled in and watched TV while multi-tasked and read a book about a couple living in the wilds of Canada and crocheted. Not at the same time!
Himself and I are starting to talk about a winter trip. Don't hold your breath. Sounds as though we might start off in Texas, not too far from The Alamo.
More randomness . . .
My crossing guard morning, in the rear view mirror.
Crisp and cold.
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| Madison County gingerbread, neglected and fading. |
As there, obviously, is not a lot of news I will let you go! Take care,
until next week,
Love, Ma
1 comment:
Great pics! So if you start in Texas are you going to do a drive across the coast??
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