Friday, April 26

Up this morning around 7 a.m. to get ready to go to another town about two hours east to shop and meet Hubbie's family for lunch.

We were on the road by 8:30, and arrived at the other town by the time the stores opened. Our first stop was the hobby store. I was hoping to find stickers appropriate for making sympathy cards for Caring Hands hospice. There was nothing very suitable in stickers, but I did find a couple of rubber stamps. Found one card of birthday stickers that Mother can use.

Next, we went to a department store, where I hoped to find a swimsuit, but the prices were through the roof, so I didn't even try any on.

From there, went to an Italian restaurant to have lunch with Hubbie's two sisters, his niece and her baby, and another great-niece. This was the first time Hubbie saw the new baby.

Hubbie and I had our usual lunch of chicken gnocchi soup, salad, and bread sticks. The others had pasta dishes.

We spent about an hour with family, and when we left the restaurant, we were surprised at how cold it had gotten. It was raining, and it was very uncomfortably windy.  

Before heading home, we stopped by the warehouse club store and picked up several things for ourselves, as well as for Sis.

We were back home around 4 p.m., and later I heated baked beans and barbecue, and we had this for supper, along with potato salad.

Not long after supper, the power went out. A power company representative phoned to tell us about 1,250 customers were without power, but the company expected to have it restored by around 9 p.m. It came back on just before 9:30 p.m.

While the power was out, we waited by the light of a kerosene lamp, and around 8 p.m., we enjoyed fresh strawberries that Sis and Mother had prepared today, along with angel food cake.

As soon as the power came on, Mother was ready to head home, and Sis accompanied her. Hubbie and I watched TV until bedtime.