Slept late this morning, until around 8 a.m., but did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Mother came over while I was on the treadmill.
Before I headed to the shower, I decided to look for some homemade candy in the side-by-side refrigerator/freezer. Naturally, I couldn't find what I was looking for, so I took everything out of the freezer, and we organized it all and put it back...though I never did find the item I was looking for.
By the time we finished that task, I was ready for a shower, but a thunderstorm rolled in, so I waited for a while. The storm brought a sprinkling of rain, but not enough to even dampen the ground, much less benefit the gardens.
By the time I was able to get ready for the day, it was nearing noon. After lunch, Hubbie and I ran errands...to the bank, to a business supply store to pick up colored sheets of paper to use in greeting cards, to the Extension Services office to pick up entry tags for the fair, to two different health stores for fish oil tablets and multi-vitamins, and finally to the WDCS for groceries and other items.
Back home, I finished the embossed card I started yesterday, and then snapped photos of all the cards Mother and I have made over the past several days and uploaded them to my social network page.
This afternoon, Mother made a pot of vegetable soup, using a container of leftovers we'd accumulated for the freezer. This will be our supper for tomorrow night. Tonight, we had leftovers from last night...barbecued country ribs, with steamed new potatoes, and zucchini and yellow squashes.
Mother went home afterward, and Hubbie and I watched a 2005 movie, "Fragile," from a premium channel. A young nurse finds her new job at a rundown children's hospital unsettling when strange things begin happening.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Monday July 4
Independence Day! Happy Fourth of July to everyone!
We were up this morning at our usual 7 a.m. time, and I did a treadmill session and resistance exercises after breakfast.
We had nothing special planned for this most patriotic of American holidays, so Hubbie went outdoors to clean the awning and top of the camper. Mother and I stayed in the air conditioning, of course, and worked on greeting cards again. Today, I made a thank you card, using handmade paper, and then I began an embossed card. But I haven't finished that one yet, because I needed to stop and help Mother with her projects...a screen door Christmas card, and a scrapbook page.
After lunch, Mother washed new potatoes, and cut zucchini and yellow squash into chunks, for the steamer. We planned to have barbecued country ribs with the vegetables, which I wanted to cook in an oven bag, but I discovered that we didn't have any bags. So I changed into patriotic colors, donned my American flag pin, and went to a grocery store to fetch some.
Around 3:30, we started the meal cooking, and then continued crafting for a while. The meal was delicious, served around 5 p.m. For dessert, we opted for ice cream...I topped mine with fresh blackberries, and Mother and Hubbie had caramel syrup on theirs.
Afterward, while we were putting the food away, Mother somehow lost her footing and fell flat on her back on the kitchen floor. Later, she joked that we'd challenged her yesterday to do a back flip, and she thought she'd just try it.
She was referring to an incident when our 17-year-old Shih Tzu, while trying to scratch her ear, ended up doing a back flip. Since she and Mother are essentially the same age in human years, we asked Mother if she'd like to try to do the same. She said she guessed not, since she can't scratch her ear with her foot.
Today, she nearly gave me an attack when she fell, but thank goodness she didn't break anything. Her pride was a bit hurt, and she'll probably be sore and bruised tomorrow, but otherwise she's fine.
After supper, we watched the patriotic show, "A Capitol Fourth," on PBS. Later, we went to the river to watch the fireworks. We found a great spot to park, where we could see the fireworks from the van. It was a very nice show, and afterward, we were able to beat the traffic coming home.
After a snack, we headed to bed...but it was clear that we wouldn't be sleeping for a while, because our neighbor's teenaged sons chose to shoot firecrackers well into the night.
We were up this morning at our usual 7 a.m. time, and I did a treadmill session and resistance exercises after breakfast.
We had nothing special planned for this most patriotic of American holidays, so Hubbie went outdoors to clean the awning and top of the camper. Mother and I stayed in the air conditioning, of course, and worked on greeting cards again. Today, I made a thank you card, using handmade paper, and then I began an embossed card. But I haven't finished that one yet, because I needed to stop and help Mother with her projects...a screen door Christmas card, and a scrapbook page.
After lunch, Mother washed new potatoes, and cut zucchini and yellow squash into chunks, for the steamer. We planned to have barbecued country ribs with the vegetables, which I wanted to cook in an oven bag, but I discovered that we didn't have any bags. So I changed into patriotic colors, donned my American flag pin, and went to a grocery store to fetch some.
Around 3:30, we started the meal cooking, and then continued crafting for a while. The meal was delicious, served around 5 p.m. For dessert, we opted for ice cream...I topped mine with fresh blackberries, and Mother and Hubbie had caramel syrup on theirs.
Afterward, while we were putting the food away, Mother somehow lost her footing and fell flat on her back on the kitchen floor. Later, she joked that we'd challenged her yesterday to do a back flip, and she thought she'd just try it.
She was referring to an incident when our 17-year-old Shih Tzu, while trying to scratch her ear, ended up doing a back flip. Since she and Mother are essentially the same age in human years, we asked Mother if she'd like to try to do the same. She said she guessed not, since she can't scratch her ear with her foot.
Today, she nearly gave me an attack when she fell, but thank goodness she didn't break anything. Her pride was a bit hurt, and she'll probably be sore and bruised tomorrow, but otherwise she's fine.
After supper, we watched the patriotic show, "A Capitol Fourth," on PBS. Later, we went to the river to watch the fireworks. We found a great spot to park, where we could see the fireworks from the van. It was a very nice show, and afterward, we were able to beat the traffic coming home.
After a snack, we headed to bed...but it was clear that we wouldn't be sleeping for a while, because our neighbor's teenaged sons chose to shoot firecrackers well into the night.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Sunday, July 3
Another really hot day. Though Hubbie ventured out into the heat, Mother and I preferred to stay in our air conditioned house.
Hubbie was up at his usual 7 a.m. time this morning, but I snoozed on until nearly 8:30. I skipped my exercises this morning, so I could quickly have breakfast and get ready for the day in order to have plenty of time to work on making greeting cards.
Mother came over around 9:30 a.m., and we went to work right away. Today, I made an Easter card, a Valentine, and a Christmas card. Mother finished a Mother's Day card she began working on yesterday, and then made a Valentine.
For lunch, Mother made Swiss steak, which we had with mashed potatoes and green beans. After lunch, we finished the cards we'd started, and then cleared away the mess we'd made. Tomorrow, Mother will finish a scrapbook page, and I will make a couple of more cards...one using handmade paper, and one using embossing tools.
Before Mother went home this afternoon, we searched for dishes to use in making place settings to be entered in the fair. I think I'll center mine on a brunch theme...mixed pattern blue/pink floral China, set on a blue placemat topped with a lace doily, a China coffee pot, sugar bowl and creamer, and a white cutwork embroidery napkin. Mother will use a combination of black and white dishes and a white teapot for an afternoon tea theme.
Mother has busied herself the past week or so baking and freezing cookies, muffins, etc., for the fair. So far, the only baked goods I've made are blueberry muffins, and sugar cookies. But I do plan to make bran muffins and a coffee cake. I can't make the coffee cake, though, until the evening before I'll enter a sample of it, because I want it to be freshly baked...it doesn't freeze as well as cookies and muffins.
Later, Hubbie and I watched the 2005 Lifetime Movie Network feature, "Their Eyes are Watching God," starring Halle Berry, Reuben Santiago-Hudson, and Michael Ealy. A high-spirited young woman, living with a much older man, yearns for adventure. She encounters a dashing older man, who marries her, but then tries to smother her spirit. After 20 years of living her husband's dream, she is released to pursue another life. She marries a man many years younger than herself, but stuff happens.
Before we watched this movie, we started watching "The Men Who Stare at Goats," starring George Clooney. It's a satire that's supposed to be fall-down-laughing funny, but we didn't get the joke...we were just puzzled by it. So we ditched it.
Hubbie was up at his usual 7 a.m. time this morning, but I snoozed on until nearly 8:30. I skipped my exercises this morning, so I could quickly have breakfast and get ready for the day in order to have plenty of time to work on making greeting cards.
Mother came over around 9:30 a.m., and we went to work right away. Today, I made an Easter card, a Valentine, and a Christmas card. Mother finished a Mother's Day card she began working on yesterday, and then made a Valentine.
For lunch, Mother made Swiss steak, which we had with mashed potatoes and green beans. After lunch, we finished the cards we'd started, and then cleared away the mess we'd made. Tomorrow, Mother will finish a scrapbook page, and I will make a couple of more cards...one using handmade paper, and one using embossing tools.
Before Mother went home this afternoon, we searched for dishes to use in making place settings to be entered in the fair. I think I'll center mine on a brunch theme...mixed pattern blue/pink floral China, set on a blue placemat topped with a lace doily, a China coffee pot, sugar bowl and creamer, and a white cutwork embroidery napkin. Mother will use a combination of black and white dishes and a white teapot for an afternoon tea theme.
Mother has busied herself the past week or so baking and freezing cookies, muffins, etc., for the fair. So far, the only baked goods I've made are blueberry muffins, and sugar cookies. But I do plan to make bran muffins and a coffee cake. I can't make the coffee cake, though, until the evening before I'll enter a sample of it, because I want it to be freshly baked...it doesn't freeze as well as cookies and muffins.
Later, Hubbie and I watched the 2005 Lifetime Movie Network feature, "Their Eyes are Watching God," starring Halle Berry, Reuben Santiago-Hudson, and Michael Ealy. A high-spirited young woman, living with a much older man, yearns for adventure. She encounters a dashing older man, who marries her, but then tries to smother her spirit. After 20 years of living her husband's dream, she is released to pursue another life. She marries a man many years younger than herself, but stuff happens.
Before we watched this movie, we started watching "The Men Who Stare at Goats," starring George Clooney. It's a satire that's supposed to be fall-down-laughing funny, but we didn't get the joke...we were just puzzled by it. So we ditched it.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Saturday, July 2
Today is Great-Grandson's birthday. Happy Birthday, Great-Grandson!
Slept late this morning, until nearly 8 a.m., but did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Mother had things she needed to do at her house this morning, so I was ready for the day by the time she came over.
We set to work right away making greeting cards. We each completed several. Mother made an especially cute Halloween card. I'm pleased with a wedding card that I created, using a rubber stamp. I also made a Mother's Day card, using a rubber stamp, and a note card, using handmade marbled paper. Mother made a note card using wallpaper as a background that she decorated with buttons.
All of the cards we make will become fair entries, after which most will be donated to Caring Hands Hospice.
We spent most of the day making cards, while Hubbie worked outdoors. His main project today was cleaning and washing the truck.
For supper, we had bagel pizzas, cottage cheese, and fresh veggies...sliced yellow and zucchini squash, cherry tomatoes, and Vidalia onions, with a choice of dressings. Mother went home afterward, and Hubbie ran an errand to a home improvement store to get a soaker hose.
Our state is in a drought, so Hubbie is utilizing soaker hoses in most of the gardens. The heat is taking its toll on the veggie gardens too...the tomato plants are no longer blooming, so the tomatoes that are now on the vines will probably be the only ones we'll harvest this year. Boo.
Later, Hubbie and I watched the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock movie, "Topaz," with John Forsythe. In Copenhagen, a high-ranking French intelligence agent and his family defect to the United States, with the help of the U.S. Embassy. He then becomes involved in events leading up to the 1962 Missile Crisis, and when he is back in France, he becomes involved in breaking up a Russian spy ring.
Slept late this morning, until nearly 8 a.m., but did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Mother had things she needed to do at her house this morning, so I was ready for the day by the time she came over.
We set to work right away making greeting cards. We each completed several. Mother made an especially cute Halloween card. I'm pleased with a wedding card that I created, using a rubber stamp. I also made a Mother's Day card, using a rubber stamp, and a note card, using handmade marbled paper. Mother made a note card using wallpaper as a background that she decorated with buttons.
All of the cards we make will become fair entries, after which most will be donated to Caring Hands Hospice.
We spent most of the day making cards, while Hubbie worked outdoors. His main project today was cleaning and washing the truck.
For supper, we had bagel pizzas, cottage cheese, and fresh veggies...sliced yellow and zucchini squash, cherry tomatoes, and Vidalia onions, with a choice of dressings. Mother went home afterward, and Hubbie ran an errand to a home improvement store to get a soaker hose.
Our state is in a drought, so Hubbie is utilizing soaker hoses in most of the gardens. The heat is taking its toll on the veggie gardens too...the tomato plants are no longer blooming, so the tomatoes that are now on the vines will probably be the only ones we'll harvest this year. Boo.
Later, Hubbie and I watched the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock movie, "Topaz," with John Forsythe. In Copenhagen, a high-ranking French intelligence agent and his family defect to the United States, with the help of the U.S. Embassy. He then becomes involved in events leading up to the 1962 Missile Crisis, and when he is back in France, he becomes involved in breaking up a Russian spy ring.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Friday, July 1
It's July, and the heat's on. I dread to think what it'll be like in August.
The first thing Hubbie did this morning was hang the flag on the well house, just as he did yesterday. We'll fly the flag through Monday.
We were up early, around 6:30, because we expected a plumber to come at 8 a.m. to unclog the sinks in the upstairs bathroom. Hubbie used a plunger on them yesterday, after I complained that water wasn't draining properly, but nothing he did took care of the problem.
I wanted to have breakfast done, get dressed, and then spruce the bathroom, including unloading the cabinets under the sink, before the plumber got here. He arrived right on time, and corrected the problem quickly.
After he left, I changed into my exercise clothes and did a treadmill session and resistance exercises. Mother came over while I was doing that and began working on cards. When I'd finished my exercise session, I spent some time helping her by punching designs on some cards, searching out appropriate stickers, etc. Her creative juices don't seem to be flowing, so I tried to give her ideas for card designs.
While we were doing this, Hubbie went to the farmer's market to pick up yellow and zucchini squashes, and new potatoes, that we'll cook with country ribs for our Independence Day meal Monday.
Once I'd showered and dressed, I joined Mother in making greeting cards. Today, I focused on using rubber stamps for wedding, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, and St. Patrick's Day. I completed cards for all but the wedding. I'll do that one tomorrow, along with ones for other holidays, like Easter and Mother's Day.
Great news: while I was working on the cards, I got a phone call from our water aerobics leader, who said the pool will be open next week. It has been closed for several months due to a fire in the dining hall (the pool area was being used to store equipment). Although I've been pretty dedicated to exercising on the treadmill, I can feel a decline in muscle strength without water aerobics and swimming. So I'll be glad to get back to the pool next Wednesday.
Around 4 p.m., Mother and I headed to the kitchen to prepare a supper of Ziplock bag omelets, potato pancakes, and biscuits. Mother went home after supper, Hubbie went out into the yard for a while, and I played on my laptop computer.
Later, Hubbie and I watched an old Alfred Hitchcock movie...the 1948 "Rope," starring James Stewart. Two young men murder another young man as an intellectual exercise. Then they decide to have a dinner party, with the body hidden in a nearby wooden chest. They even dare to use the chest as a buffet table. Will the body be discovered?
The second feature we watched was, "The Return," a 2006 movie about a traveling business woman, who returns to her Texas town to follow a lead on a 15-year-old murder about which she's had nightmares.
The first thing Hubbie did this morning was hang the flag on the well house, just as he did yesterday. We'll fly the flag through Monday.
We were up early, around 6:30, because we expected a plumber to come at 8 a.m. to unclog the sinks in the upstairs bathroom. Hubbie used a plunger on them yesterday, after I complained that water wasn't draining properly, but nothing he did took care of the problem.
I wanted to have breakfast done, get dressed, and then spruce the bathroom, including unloading the cabinets under the sink, before the plumber got here. He arrived right on time, and corrected the problem quickly.
After he left, I changed into my exercise clothes and did a treadmill session and resistance exercises. Mother came over while I was doing that and began working on cards. When I'd finished my exercise session, I spent some time helping her by punching designs on some cards, searching out appropriate stickers, etc. Her creative juices don't seem to be flowing, so I tried to give her ideas for card designs.
While we were doing this, Hubbie went to the farmer's market to pick up yellow and zucchini squashes, and new potatoes, that we'll cook with country ribs for our Independence Day meal Monday.
Once I'd showered and dressed, I joined Mother in making greeting cards. Today, I focused on using rubber stamps for wedding, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, and St. Patrick's Day. I completed cards for all but the wedding. I'll do that one tomorrow, along with ones for other holidays, like Easter and Mother's Day.
Great news: while I was working on the cards, I got a phone call from our water aerobics leader, who said the pool will be open next week. It has been closed for several months due to a fire in the dining hall (the pool area was being used to store equipment). Although I've been pretty dedicated to exercising on the treadmill, I can feel a decline in muscle strength without water aerobics and swimming. So I'll be glad to get back to the pool next Wednesday.
Around 4 p.m., Mother and I headed to the kitchen to prepare a supper of Ziplock bag omelets, potato pancakes, and biscuits. Mother went home after supper, Hubbie went out into the yard for a while, and I played on my laptop computer.
Later, Hubbie and I watched an old Alfred Hitchcock movie...the 1948 "Rope," starring James Stewart. Two young men murder another young man as an intellectual exercise. Then they decide to have a dinner party, with the body hidden in a nearby wooden chest. They even dare to use the chest as a buffet table. Will the body be discovered?
The second feature we watched was, "The Return," a 2006 movie about a traveling business woman, who returns to her Texas town to follow a lead on a 15-year-old murder about which she's had nightmares.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Thursday, June 30
Last day of June. Another month raced by. I must be having a lot of fun, because time sure is flying.
Had trouble going to sleep last night, and was still awake at 2 a.m. Unwisely, I had a cup of regular coffee at the luau yesterday morning, and the caffeine probably affected me.
Got up at 7 a.m. anyway, and did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Mother came over while I was on the treadmill and began working on a greeting card. But just after I had showered, she called upstairs to say she was going home. She felt "iffy" and tired, she said. Later, I checked on her, and she seemed okay.
Once I was ready for the day, Hubbie and I ran errands...to see if the farmer's market was open, and it wasn't; to the WDCS for groceries and incidentals, and back to town to a grocery store to pick up a prescription and a carton of ice cream.
At the WDCS, the checker mentioned that she noticed we didn't bring the sales papers from other grocery stores, so that we could get some of our groceries at the lower prices offered by those stores.
I told her that we do take advantage of sales at other stores by buying the items at those stores.
"Oh, No! We don't want you to do that!" she exclaimed.
I dare say not, but if folks don't buy at the other grocery stores, then the WDCS will succeed in gaining a monopoly, and I, for one, don't plan to help them do that.
I think the store may be fearful of a new grocery store that opened today. It advertised that it is selling groceries at 10% above wholesale prices. I'm thinking it would be hard for the WDCS to match those prices.
Back home, I completed a couple of more scrapbook pages. I've now done all I'm going to do on that project, and will begin making greeting cards tomorrow.
While I was doing that, Hubbie took the loaner car back to the other town and picked up our truck. He was glad to be rid of the loaner car, since it was bit of a wreck with thin tires.
For supper, I baked potatoes to be topped with leftover hot dog chili, chopped green onions, Monterey Jack cheese, and sour cream. For sides, I heated the leftover fried green tomatoes, and a can of whole kernel corn. The last of the sourdough bread completed the meal.
Later, we watched the 2010 movie, "Robin Hood," starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. This classic tale adds to the rob-from-the-rich-to-give-to-the-poor theme by letting viewers see how the thief-with-a-heart-of-gold, his merry men, and Maid Marion form a band of crusaders for good.
Had trouble going to sleep last night, and was still awake at 2 a.m. Unwisely, I had a cup of regular coffee at the luau yesterday morning, and the caffeine probably affected me.
Got up at 7 a.m. anyway, and did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Mother came over while I was on the treadmill and began working on a greeting card. But just after I had showered, she called upstairs to say she was going home. She felt "iffy" and tired, she said. Later, I checked on her, and she seemed okay.
Once I was ready for the day, Hubbie and I ran errands...to see if the farmer's market was open, and it wasn't; to the WDCS for groceries and incidentals, and back to town to a grocery store to pick up a prescription and a carton of ice cream.
At the WDCS, the checker mentioned that she noticed we didn't bring the sales papers from other grocery stores, so that we could get some of our groceries at the lower prices offered by those stores.
I told her that we do take advantage of sales at other stores by buying the items at those stores.
"Oh, No! We don't want you to do that!" she exclaimed.
I dare say not, but if folks don't buy at the other grocery stores, then the WDCS will succeed in gaining a monopoly, and I, for one, don't plan to help them do that.
I think the store may be fearful of a new grocery store that opened today. It advertised that it is selling groceries at 10% above wholesale prices. I'm thinking it would be hard for the WDCS to match those prices.
Back home, I completed a couple of more scrapbook pages. I've now done all I'm going to do on that project, and will begin making greeting cards tomorrow.
While I was doing that, Hubbie took the loaner car back to the other town and picked up our truck. He was glad to be rid of the loaner car, since it was bit of a wreck with thin tires.
For supper, I baked potatoes to be topped with leftover hot dog chili, chopped green onions, Monterey Jack cheese, and sour cream. For sides, I heated the leftover fried green tomatoes, and a can of whole kernel corn. The last of the sourdough bread completed the meal.
Later, we watched the 2010 movie, "Robin Hood," starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. This classic tale adds to the rob-from-the-rich-to-give-to-the-poor theme by letting viewers see how the thief-with-a-heart-of-gold, his merry men, and Maid Marion form a band of crusaders for good.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 29
Up around 7 a.m., but skipped my exercises once again, so I could get ready to go to a 9 a.m. luau breakfast, sponsored by Caring Hands Hospice.
I opted to wear a pink t-shirt, with the organization's logo, with jeans. When Mother came over, she was nicely dressed. She was unhappy that she'd forgotten to wear her logo t-shirt, though I assured her that it didn't matter what she wore. Nothing would do, though, but that I go to her house and search out her t-shirt, which I did.
At the luau, held in the Caring Hands office, we were the only two wearing the t-shirts...the others were dressed for work or other activities. A dozen or so staff and volunteers gathered in the conference/waiting room of the office, which the volunteer coordinator had decorated with all manner of inexpensive Hawaiian decorations (obtained at the everything's a dollar store, I later learned).
Each of us were provided with leis, though Mother and I wore some that we had at home, left from a birthday party. Breakfast consisted of a variety of fruits...fresh pineapple, grapes, strawberries, orange slices, and watermelon, plus maraschino cherries, along with ham for making sandwiches on small rolls, and homemade monkey bread. A choice of Hawaiian punch or coffee was offered. Mother and I chose coffee.
It was a fun and happy hour of mostly ladies, though a 14-year-old girl, and a 14-year-old boy attended (children of the coordinator, and a staff member). They will be office volunteers for the summer...a good way for their parents to keep track of them, I suspect. Two men visited, also...the husband of the coordinator, who is a doctor and a member of the advisory committee, and a minister, also a member of the advisory board.
The minister agreed to get decked out in a "grass skirt," sea-shell bra, leis, and a floral hat, for a photo opportunity. He was warned that the photo would be shown to his congregation. "I was afraid of that," he laughed.
We were back home around 10:30. Mother went to work making a greeting card, while Hubbie and I ran errands...to the roadside vendor to get more blackberries, to a veterinary office to drop off a CD of the Fairytale Theater photos (the vet is the director of the play), to the bank, to a grocery store, to the newspaper office to drop off the word search puzzle contest; and finally to the WDCS for a few grocery items and dog and cat food.
Back home, we had a lunch of leftovers, and then Mother and I both got busy crafting...she making cards, and I creating scrapbook pages.
Later for supper we had leftover salmon chowder, with oatmeal/applesauce muffins. Afterward, Mother and I straightened up our craft area, and searched for folders suited to containing the scrapbook pages we'll enter in the fair. Mother's will be pages of Niece's wedding, and mine will be pages of the our house and property in the four seasons of the year.
Mother went home then, and Hubbie and I watched the 1998 mystery/suspense movie, "Fallen," from the Encore channel. This very strange movie stars Denzel Washington. A homicide detective witnesses the execution of a serial killer, after he has visited with and been touched by the killer on death row. Later, he discovers the evil spirit of the killer can, by touching them, jump from person to person. Can the detective defeat this evil?
I opted to wear a pink t-shirt, with the organization's logo, with jeans. When Mother came over, she was nicely dressed. She was unhappy that she'd forgotten to wear her logo t-shirt, though I assured her that it didn't matter what she wore. Nothing would do, though, but that I go to her house and search out her t-shirt, which I did.
At the luau, held in the Caring Hands office, we were the only two wearing the t-shirts...the others were dressed for work or other activities. A dozen or so staff and volunteers gathered in the conference/waiting room of the office, which the volunteer coordinator had decorated with all manner of inexpensive Hawaiian decorations (obtained at the everything's a dollar store, I later learned).
Each of us were provided with leis, though Mother and I wore some that we had at home, left from a birthday party. Breakfast consisted of a variety of fruits...fresh pineapple, grapes, strawberries, orange slices, and watermelon, plus maraschino cherries, along with ham for making sandwiches on small rolls, and homemade monkey bread. A choice of Hawaiian punch or coffee was offered. Mother and I chose coffee.
It was a fun and happy hour of mostly ladies, though a 14-year-old girl, and a 14-year-old boy attended (children of the coordinator, and a staff member). They will be office volunteers for the summer...a good way for their parents to keep track of them, I suspect. Two men visited, also...the husband of the coordinator, who is a doctor and a member of the advisory committee, and a minister, also a member of the advisory board.
The minister agreed to get decked out in a "grass skirt," sea-shell bra, leis, and a floral hat, for a photo opportunity. He was warned that the photo would be shown to his congregation. "I was afraid of that," he laughed.
We were back home around 10:30. Mother went to work making a greeting card, while Hubbie and I ran errands...to the roadside vendor to get more blackberries, to a veterinary office to drop off a CD of the Fairytale Theater photos (the vet is the director of the play), to the bank, to a grocery store, to the newspaper office to drop off the word search puzzle contest; and finally to the WDCS for a few grocery items and dog and cat food.
Back home, we had a lunch of leftovers, and then Mother and I both got busy crafting...she making cards, and I creating scrapbook pages.
Later for supper we had leftover salmon chowder, with oatmeal/applesauce muffins. Afterward, Mother and I straightened up our craft area, and searched for folders suited to containing the scrapbook pages we'll enter in the fair. Mother's will be pages of Niece's wedding, and mine will be pages of the our house and property in the four seasons of the year.
Mother went home then, and Hubbie and I watched the 1998 mystery/suspense movie, "Fallen," from the Encore channel. This very strange movie stars Denzel Washington. A homicide detective witnesses the execution of a serial killer, after he has visited with and been touched by the killer on death row. Later, he discovers the evil spirit of the killer can, by touching them, jump from person to person. Can the detective defeat this evil?
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