Wednesday, July 16

Ah-h-h, the college pool was wonderfully warm this morning. It won't stay that way, of course, but it sure was great today.



While I was at the pool, Hubbie and Mother took cut flowers and the floral arrangements I put together last night to the fairgrounds. Exhibits had to be entered by 9 a.m., because judging started at 10. We won't know how our entries fared, though, until we see them on Senior Day, Friday morning.



I got a nice thank you note and a $25 check in the mail today from the plant society treasurer...a speaker's fee for my talk last Saturday night about photographing flowers. I was totally surprised by this. I agreed to do the program just to help out because the group's scheduled program had been cancelled. I certainly didn't expect any pay. So I called the treasurer and left a message that I would send the check back, because I was sure their treasury might need it. She returned my call saying no dice, she wouldn't accept the check, that the treasury was flush, and they always paid a small fee to speakers. I thought the bag of zinnia seeds, and the bag of Saturn peaches was thanks enough!



The rest of the morning was pretty relaxed. This afternoon, we all (Mother included) ran errands around town. As much as possible, we are trying to combine errand trips, though it still seems like we're spending too many days running around.



Today, Hubbie needed to stop by the John Deere business...something about the new riding mower he purchased recently. Then we stopped by the bank, and a pharmacy to pick up my prescription. From there, we dropped by the movie theater. I wanted to find out if we could use our complementary tickets to see "Journey to the Center of the Earth." No, they won't accept the tickets for this show, since they are giving no discounts for it. So on we went to a health store for a bottle of mult-vitamins. The last stop was at the worldwide discount chain store. We all needed several items from there.



One of the things I wanted from the WDCS was a timer. I've been using the kitchen timers when I soak my swimsuit in a special wash, or when I get my hair colored. Somehow, both kitchen timers are either upstairs when one is needed downstairs, or downstairs when one is needed upstairs. So I bought a timer just for myself today. It's white, so it won't be confused with the yellow one and the red one in the kitchen.



After shopping, we were on our own to do whatever we wanted for the afternoon and evening.