Thursday, Feb. 25

We were up at 6 a.m. this morning, so we could get ready for a trip to the Capital City. We meant to leave at 8 a.m., but Hubbie was feeling icky, so we waited a while. He perked up around 9 a.m., so we headed out. I drove, so he could rest.

We arrived around 11 a.m., and stopped by the wholesale club to pick up several items, including a package of ink jet cartridges for my printer. I nearly fell out, when I discovered the cartridges have gone up in price and extra $10! Yikes. I'll be more judicious in my use of the printer from now on.

The price of fresh fruit is a bit staggering, too, but for our health's sake, I don't plan to skimp on healthy foods. While we were there, we picked up items for Mother, too, like dried cranberries and pecans...got those for ourselves, as well.

From this store, we stopped by a campground that is located just across the river from the museum where I'll be teaching photography in July. We figured we needed to make reservations now to assure a space, since we want to camp there beginning on the July 4th weekend, and continuing through that next week.

The campground is in full view of the area where the city conducts its July 4 fireworks display, with accompanying symphony music, and we will be able to see it from a picnic pavilion in the campground.

From there, we went to the Olive Garden restaurant for lunch, where we had soup, salad, and bread sticks. Mother and I chose a creamy chicken and dumpling soup, and Hubbie opted for minestrone, which he ate only a spoonful or two of before deciding it wasn't what he wanted.

I told him the creamy chicken would set on his stomach better, and thought he should have ordered it. "Well, I didn't know I wanted it. Why didn't you tell me," he laughed. So as soon as one of the wait staff stopped by to ask how everthing was, I asked him to bring Hubbie the creamy soup.

After lunch, we went to a hobby store, where Mother and I shopped for rubber stamps on behalf of the club for making greeting cards for Caring Hands. We also picked up on-sale scrapbook papers and stickers.

At 2:30, we headed to the dental clinic, where I had an appointment. I arrived a few minutes early, but the hygienist took me back right away. So the cleaning and exam was completed pretty quickly, and we headed home.

Mother and I settled for leftover soup and scones from last night, though Hubbie had only a cup of hot tea. If he isn't a bunch better by tomorrow, I think I'll insist he see his doctor. He isn't running fever, but he's been blah for a couple of days now.

Later, we watched the movie, "The Longshots," a cute 2008 PG film starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer. It's a true story about Jasmine Plummer, a middle school girl who became the first female to play in the Pop Warner football tournament, as a quarterback.