I am hosting my "quilting" group this evening and so went off to the grocery store for drinks and dessert. The couple in front of me in the only checkout lane had an enormous cart full of everything under the sun!! The bagger kept piling on bag after bag into their cart...I swear the pile topped more than a foot over the cart! Boy am I glad I don't have to put all that away!!
Off to the cardiologist for a check up this afternoon....
Everything fine.. quilting was fun....
Hard to imagine except for the cooler weather but non-profits are beginning to set up their "adopt" programs for the holidays.
Bob and I have been adopting seniors for quite a few years... one of each sex.. and have signed up again.
Thank you Phoenix Family for running this.... Bob and I have helped our daughter shop for families that have signed up. I am always amazed at how organized this is... print outs of each family member, ages, sizes , wants and wishes for the kids. We go out late at night to shop so the stores aren't busy and fill cart after cart.... carefully organizing the bags after check out so the right family gets the right things. Then there is a big "wrap party"!!
Our senior adoptees also come with "wants and needs" sheets, sizes etc. We shop and wrap and deliver to Phoenix Family offices for delivery to the seniors. Last year one of our seniors wanted "learn to read" books...
Woke up cold this morning... needed an additional quilt!! And it hasn't gotten warm today either! There are frost warnings for tomorrow morning.
I am baking a quiche for dinner tonight... we will enjoy having the oven on!! It has sharp cheddar, Parmesan cheese, chopped ham, onions and red peppers .
We went to the gym this morning... I am managing to increase my laps ( a bit) and the number of leg strengthening machine reps. Means I am exhausted when we get home... especially since we hit the grocery store afterwards. Thanks to Silver Sneakers... the gym membership is free!!
The quiche turned out well... I swear Bob ate almost half of a 9 inch pie pan of quiche!! There is enough for a cold leftover dinner...
Forgot to publish last night
When I noticed today's date ... October 12th... I immediately thought Columbus Day ! But no.. President Biden has declared this year's Columbus Day is Monday Oct. 14th... Oh well... no mail and other federal things.
Actually I am sort of surprised that there still is a Columbus Day... there has been lots of talk about others arriving to the Western Hemisphere earlier..
It's going to be a much warmer day... 90 degrees as a high. Bob has switched the a/c/ furnace to heat but haven't needed it.
Later... it did get hot and I turned on a little fan to get the air moving...helped.
We ( the family here in KC) watched and worried about family down in Florida. It looked like our brother-in-law in N Ft. Myers and our niece and her family in Jacksonville were right in Milton's path. No news is good news so we are assuming everything is ok.
Bob has been doing watering duty out at our daughter's house. The dogs are glad to see him and they all sit out on the deck waiting for the time to pass.
I have been puttering around..today's task was to "oil" our front door.. I'd love to paint it some bright eye catching color but Bob won't hear of it. But it had gotten that weathered look and "oil" made it look so much better.
Our two daughters are having a get together tomorrow. They are both so busy that getting together doesn't happen too often. So it's dinner out at the local Chinese buffet and then sitting out on L's deck cocktails in hand... and lots of talk. Happy for the two of them!!
Yesterday was a quiet one... everyone rested (!). Bob did go and turn on sprinkler for the allotted 20 plus minutes.
This morning was a gym day... both of us did our thing. Then we came home and changed clothes and will head out on our errands. Pills for me... cat stuff for the cats...return library books.
Luckily most of the road work is done and leaving home yesterday was ok
Turning on the sprinklers and giving the dogs some time outside is scheduled for later on.
Forgot to mention that I ended up answering a pollster's questions on the phone last night...The questions were pretty much Missouri ones and abortion ones and a few were Trump but not Biden or Harris. After she was done, she "God Blessed" me. ??
We don't tend to answer pollsters but ...
We spent the afternoon redoing our elder daughter's grassless front lawn.. prepped the dirt... reseeded...peat moss and covered things with a "blanket" made especially for lawn work. Would have been easier if the lawn was flat!!
Bob will be going daily to water... Fingers crossed that the grass will grow!
All of us are totally whipped...I didn't feel like cooking or going out for dinner so I made a batch of tunafish for sandwiches . We enjoyed it and so did the cats. Tuna juice ( the liquid in the can) is the cat's meow!!
Tomorrow is the " stay at home" day while they start on the new road asphalt.
