Monday I went for the annual mammogram—one thing I'll say for the folks at Asheville Radiology. They're fast. I was in and out in about 20 minutes. Then I came home and took a nap.
Tuesday . . . what did I do Tuesday? Cleaned up, mostly. Finished one of Emma's birthday dresses. Nearly finished the embroidered bag. Cooked a nice big pot of pinto beans with the almost-last of the Easter Ham, and made corncakes to go with it. Began Emma's other birthday dress—so far I have the bodice finished, but I forgot to look for buttons at the fabric store today, which means I will have to go back tomorrow or Friday (since they need to be mailed by Saturday). Scrubbed the bathtub. Took a nap. . .
Today, we went to: Lowe's, for birdseed, another small birdfeeder, a couple of smallish plastic boxes in which to store projects-in-progress in order to keep Earl from wallowing on them while I'm asleep, and various pieces of stuff with which to build an incubator. (With all these hens laying madly, I don't see why I ought to order dibs. We should be able to hatch some . . . and some turkeys, too, to sell later.) PetSmart, for the next month's dry and canned catfood, cat litter (I had coupons!), and to price cat trees. (Exorbitant. But ours is pretty much past its prime—trans.: fit only for the deck outside—and we really need a new one. Maybe in another week or two. Must save egg money . . . ) Hancock, for muslin to make a seed bed cover, more pink thread (since it seems that every other thing I make is pink), embroidery thread to match a piece of fabric I'm working with (only to discover that they no longer carry DMC, but something called Sterling. I opted for DMC perle cotton instead.), and fabric to go with other fabric that surfaced in The Stash the other day . . . but I forgot, as aforementioned, to look at buttons. Which means that I will have to go back and face temptation once again, in the form of on-sale seersucker, which would make lovely little girl sundresses . . . Post Office, to mail a few bills and retrieve mail, which turned out to be highly uninteresting: more bills and three fat-lady-clothing catalogs. Ingles, for the larger part of the next month's groceries. Flour, cornmeal, canned stuff, etc. Plus exorbitantly priced prescriptions. (The copay has changed, and not for the better. On the other hand, insurance now mandates that we switch to a mail-order pharmacy, which will be about 1/3 cheaper. I don't like it, particularly, but . . . neither do I want to pay full price for my drugs.) Came home, put away groceries, put away cat food, left bird seed, bird feeder and incubator parts on the sofa to be put away later. Brought laundry in and put it away, except one shirt which needs ironing . . . sometime. Feet hurt (concrete floors in Lowe's), head hurt (Bradford pears blooming EVERYWHERE), pocketbook hurt. Took a nap . . .
Bloodroot is blooming down in the hollow; I need to get down there with the camera tomorrow. Also need to finish the other dress tomorrow. Must wash sheets and towels tomorrow or the next day, before it rains again. Also need to go by Barnes & Noble to buy Emma a birthday book. (New tradition: grandchildren get BananaWear and books for birthdays. Their other grandparents buy them plenty of toys. Besides, I love shopping for children's books.) For now, though, I have acquired a copy of Firebird by R. Garcia y Robertson, so I am retiring to the rocker (after removing a cat) for the rest of the evening.
No wonder my birdseed bill is so high! Go eat out of your own feeder, you mooch!
I enjoyed this post SO MUCH! Felt as though I were right there WITH you! Can't wait to see the dresses you're making Emma! And anytime you want some DMC, tell me! I'll get you some & mail it! I'm headed for Hobby Lobby Saturday so if you need some, email today & I'll add it to my list! Yum! Pinto beans with ham AND corn cakes. Heaven! Had to grin over you getting 'Earl repellent' containers! So Schmoodge is a wallowing-in-projects kinda kitty. Heehee! I LOVE that cat! Also grinned over the squirrel! They find the birdseed regardless! Dying to see the Bloodroot, wondering about 'cat trees'(?????) and so exhausted from YOUR busy week, now I need a nap!
Posted by: Kai | Thursday, 27 March 2008 at 05:25 AM
Always fun to follow you on your daily meanderings. And smart of you to carve your creative niche in giving the truly give-able gifts, lovely clothes and books for your grand-children. At our home we are also s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g the Easter ham (freezer, split pea soup, and ham and potato casserole). Have a well deserved read and rest today.
Posted by: Anne | Thursday, 27 March 2008 at 08:05 AM
Woman, you are BUSY! Don't forget to put your feet up and enjoy the sunshine once in a while. :-) I love the squirrel picture.
Posted by: Judy Merrill-Smith | Thursday, 27 March 2008 at 09:28 PM