Thursday, June 21

Up at 6:30, so I could get ready to drive the ladies of our scrapbook club to a town about an hour away to shop for scrapbook supplies and have lunch.

The four of headed out around 9 a.m. on this very warm morning. The traffic was light and the trip was uneventful. Our first stop was a fabric store that also carried scrapbooking materials. Mother and I bought a few rubber stamps marked down to ninety-nine cents, but found nothing else of interest.

From there, we went to a small, corner cafe on a side street off the main drag. We arrived early, because one of the ladies gets low blood sugar if she doesn't eat at frequent intervals.

Fortunately, we found a parking spot on the curb immediately in front of the cafe, but it was a bit tricky getting Mother into the building, since there were two rather high steps up.

The cafe has a limited menu that includes a Mexican chicken plate lunch, sandwiches and/or the soup of the day, which was cheesy asparagus today. Sandwiches include chicken salad, tuna salad, or pimento cheese, with a side of potato chips, and a dill pickle spear. A choice of homemade chocolate chip, lemon iced, or snickerdoodles are free with the meal.

Only one of us ordered the Mexican chicken. The rest of us had chicken salad sandwiches. Mother could eat only a half a sandwich, so we asked for a box to bring the other half home (we had an ice chest with us).

From the cafe, we went to a popular discount variety store of name-brand products. Here, we found a couple of punches...one with little duckies on it, and the other a ribbon stitch punch. We also found a jigsaw puzzle for Mother.

Our third stop was at a scrapbook store...nothing but scrapbook supplies here. Mother found a book of fifteen sticker sheets, a sheet of lady bug stickers, a sheet of owl stickers, and a rubber stamp roller. She thinks she might be able to use this roller better than the regular wooden ones. It'll make a pretty border on cards.

We like the store just fine, but we were not crazy about the handicapped parking. The only space marked for handicapped, and the only curb cut, was at the back of the building...and there's no door there to get into the shop! At the front of the store you have to step up from the parking lot to the walkway. No curb there! I don't think this would pass inspection if someone complained.

Around 2:30, we were ready to head home. The trip back was also uneventful. Hubbie was snoozing when we arrived.

I'd prepared fajitas for Hubbie to put in the oven today, in case I arrived home later than expected. But since I was back in plenty of time, I put them in the oven. Served them with coleslaw, sliced tomatoes, and fresh veggies and salsa. Mother, though, chose to eat the other half of her chicken salad sandwich for supper.

After supper, I accompanied Mother back to her house, and Hubbie and I watched TV, including the 2005 movie, "Sahara," starring Matthew McConaughey, Peneope Cruz, and William H. Macy.

Then we watched our favorite college baseball team in the College World Series. Phooey, we lost this one.