leftovers

I am so tired of leftovers. I haven't had any luck in altering things to prepare meals for two... so we are stuck with leftovers. Bob doesn't complain ( thank you!)  and willingly eats them. As a matter of fact that is dinner tonight. But really... I am tired of them!

The other day we had a young man going door to door for a painting company. He managed to talk a good enough story that Bob arranged for someone to come today and look at the house.. see what needs to be done and give a quote.

The painting company has a good website and good reviews. Two men came .. went and came back. Now we wait for the quote. BTW I think they were at the house across the circle for the same thing!

I'll have to decide what color !

 It is cooler but lovely and sunny... more daffodils and the redbud trees look wonderful! 

LATER:   Leftovers went ok.. the fridge is emptier now and salmon is thawing for tomorrow. The painting guys are coming back tomorrow to talk about their quote. Not just the money aspect but what they would be doing.. or not doing. Our house is board and batten  and some need replacing...

At dinner Bob and I compared what each of us thinks the quote will be... we were about $500 apart...we'll see which is closer.

finishing "The Residence"

 Last night we finished "The Residence" on Netflix...really enjoyed this kookie murder mystery set in the White House. I wondered how they managed  ( they being the filmers) managed all the settings. I can't imagine them being allowed to film in the actual White House!

ps.. enjoyed Al Franken in his role!

 The weather has been gorgeous these past few days but thunderstorms, cooler temps etc rolled in overnight.

Bob is working away at our taxes... still. Probably ( actually) they would take less time if I didn't have a business ( bears etc.) I think he must be "waiting" for me to retire...  Then there is our rental.. inherited $$$ and so on. He's always done our taxes and I've always dreaded the possibility of being stuck with them... Tax man here I come!!  Think I'd find  a "professional" to take care of everything. Guess I have to "go" first!!

 

Gorgeous out!!!

 Another gorgeous day... well , at least for now. Bob and I have been watching a "kookie"  eight part series on Netflix - "The Residence"! We have only three episodes to go!! Surprisingly one of the characters is played by Al Franken as his real life persona... fun! 

My grandson is on his spring break from college... He went to "help out" his Mother's class yesterday. Guess he really enjoyed recess just like the students, I had trouble visualizing this 6' 5' kid on the swings!!

 

a round-about trip coming up

Bags of de-cluttered stuff are waiting for us in our lobby... waiting to be put in the trunk of our car .AND then left at one of the local thrift stores. Should it be Goodwill, Salvation Army or Disabled Vets? There several for-profit private ones too...

we did our round trip jaunt... UPS store to drop off  a  toner cartridge for return... then the Disabled Vet thrift store drop off place...then the Mid-Continent  library to return books and pick up our two reading challenge coffee mugs... car wash and QT gas station.  Finally home. Amazed at how much traffic there was!!

I was also surprised by all the flowering trees!! Magnolias.. dogwoods... red buds... Bradford pears and more. Also lots of daffodils. The grass is getting green again... maples are in bud !

 

two shows on at the same time

 I have been following the HGTV Home Town takeover show... they are working on Sebring in Florida. We actually drove through Sebring on our way from the Keys to Jacksonville! But now PBS will be starting a new season of "Call of the Midwife" at the same time!! 

Bob just watches Home Town because I enjoy it... guess we'll be watching "Call of the Midwife" which we both like and have watched all the shows and specials...Should but a positive spin on things!!

Bob has been clearing out his "supply" of retired/vintage ham radio stuff... someone called today to see if he had something... which he did... and then drove over purchase it... less stuff in his work area and cash in his pocket.

I have been doing my own decluttering... bags and boxes  on the couch waiting for a trip to the thrift store!!

reading the news

 With things the way they are, we don't watch much of the TV news anymore... not even PBS. But we do read... and as Bob says, " it can't get any worse!" But it does.

red cabbage

 while grocery shopping yesterday I came across a small ( softball sized) red cabbage!! My Mother always made the best  red cabbage and I decided that what I would make today.

So today I shredded the cabbage... chopped an apple and put everything in my smaller Cuisinart pot... with a little water, apple cider vinegar and a small amount of brown sugar. And set it to smimmer.

Now the house smells of red cabbage... and giving it a taste test, it's almost as good as my Mother's 

We both enjoyed it for dinner... since the cabbage was small we don't have loads of leftovers!!

still super windy

 My daughter calls every school day on her way home ( hands free)... today's tale was her kids enjoying their outdoor recess but it was so windy that the swings weren't straight... luckily nobody crashed into the swinger next to them!!

And it was so warm the kids took off their coats which went flying!!

It got to 80 today but tomorrow the weather man is predicting at least an inch of snow!! 

improving

Things are slowly improving... hooray...  wearing loose pj bottoms is part of the reason why!!

Weird to find a coating of strange looking snow this morning. I looked like at rained on top of the snow...little holes and a crunchy coating. It's gone now!

hematoma amd sleeping

 Well... the bruise has developed into a large hematoma. Wearing anything with a waistband is awful... so I am staying in my pj bottoms. Thngs are still painful and I am restless at night but sleep too much in the daytime.

My daughter and her family were in Springfield, Mo for her  sister-in-law's funeral when the funeral director had everyone come inside.. a tornado was two blocks away... They had planned on dinner in Springfield before they headed home but when everything cleared they headed home ASAP. The trip home was rainy and very windy but no more tornadoes. .. though there were more reported all over Missouri....I worried the whole time til my daughter texted me that they were home!!

 

 

Care Now

 Bob set up an appointment at Care Now for me this morning. He says that he told me he was going to.. but I don't remember. Anyway we were there st 8.30... no temp... great blood pressure and the doctor wanted an x-ray. No x-ray tech here in Blue Springs so we went to the Care Now in Lee's Summit....Nothing broken nor cracked. So it is Tyenol. cold compresses and time!

We arrived home... cold compress in place and I slept for hours... trying to stay awake now.

 

The little elephant... and falling

 I finally finished the little elephant and he will be heading off to Virginia shortly. I haven't made one of these in awhile so it was fun!

Good that I had something to work on.. fell on the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Lost my balance and have a horrendous bruise on my back and a lump on my face. Don't feel much like doing too much so sitting and working on the elephant was good.

It almost seemed like Spring today...almost 76 degrees. We rearranged the deck furniture and tossed down all the branches from the last wind storm (?). The trees around are still leafless so sitting  on the deck was too hot!!

 

a little lavender elephant

 I have been working on a little lavender elephant ... an order. Two legs to go ! 

I have been saying that when I reach 7,000 bears and friends it will be time to retire ...I have  20 to go. Not sure that I will retire. I have loads of supplies left... so what shall I do?

I made my first bear when my younger daughter was 9.  I won't say how old she is now but she is the mother of my 22 year old grand daughter!! 

When I was doing craft shows she would go along and carry a bear under her jacket . She would pull it out and tell people that her Mother made the bear and that I had a booth "over there".

BTW... she still has that "first bear".

Missouri weather... weird as usual.

It rained and rained yesterday and then the temperatures dropped. Very little crusty snow today. I didn't hear much of the wind (which  had been predicted) but some of the local school buildings and my elder daughter do not have electricity..

So schools districts have cancelled school... or will be teaching from home.  School calendars will be reorganized soon..

My daughter's electricity came on... for ten minutes. Time enough to make a cup of coffee!  Then it went off....but she had her coffee!

 

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rainy day... blizzard tomorrow?

Spent today finishing a bear made from scraps of mohair fabric...It rained all day even though the temperature was quite nice... 60's. But starting tonight a blizzard is supposed to arrive with super high winds.

Because of the winds schools may be closed... I'm glad I grocery shopped earlier this week though we surely could survive with all the Girl Scout cookies piled on top of the fridge.

Our TV is off... no Trump State of the Union address for us.