You might wonder why, if we have a garage, the van wasn't parked in it overnight. Well, the mama cat and kittens seem to have commandeered a good portion of the side the van would be parked in...which was fine during warm weather. But now that it's colder, I guess it's time to make a more convenient housing arrangement for the cat family, until we can find them new homes.
Anyway, a coat and gloves felt good for traveling to the pool. The water was cool this morning, though not unbearable. Our regular aerobics leader was back. She said her problem was an injured tendon, rather than a sciatic nerve, so her doctor warned her to be careful during aerobics.
After I got home, I made another friendship cake, using the rest of the fermented fruit that was stored in the refrigerator. Hubbie thought he might want to eat it as topping on ice cream, but didn't get around to it, so I felt I should make another cake to keep the fruit from going to waste.
While the cake was baking, Mother and I framed photos of the three of us to use as part of gifts for upcoming birthdays. I also printed copies of scrapbook pages to put with one of the gifts. In our family, in-laws...and grandchildren who reach age 18...don't receive money for birthdays. Instead, we give them token gifts...generally, handmade items, which they seem to love. This year, for instance, Mother is giving Daughter-in-Law three jars of herb varieties that she grew and dried. She made a pressed flower picture for one of the granddaughters.
At any minute, we expect to get a call announcing the birth of Hubbie's and my 21st great-grandchild. Those, along with 14 grandchildren, and six children between us, make it impossible to give money gifts to everyone for birthdays and Christmas. We do give gifts to our children for their birthdays, but for Christmas, we just exchange small gifts, like tree ornaments or homemade food items.
Today started out sunny, but turned cloudy as the afternoon wore on. But by 5 p.m., it began sprinkling. Predictions are for rain the rest of the night and into tomorrow. If it's icky outside in the morning, I'll probably be satisfied to occupy myself indoors. This cooler weather is making me want to dig out my winter clothes and put away my summer stuff. That requires trying on clothes, and culling things for donation to the Second Time Around store. Maybe I'll make that my major Tuesday project.
I talked with Granddaughter yesterday afternoon. She said five-month-old Great-Grandson has cut a tooth...and bit her with it. This is the great-grandson who weighed 9 lb., 6 oz. at birth, and has continued to beef up and stretch out since then. He has learned to roll over, Granddaughter said, and is rolling all over the place. Are we growing a future football player, maybe?
Great-Granddaughter celebrated her fourth birthday with a party Saturday. Apparently, she raked in some pretty good loot. With the money we sent her, she bought a doll and Tinker Belle pajamas.
This great-granddaughter and another great-grandson have the same birth date (he turned one). A photo of Great-Grandson was featured on one of the state's TV stations, but we missed it, since it was featured while we were in Branson. Phooey.
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