Good morning. It's going to be a beautiful day today. The sun is preparing to peek over the mountain and until it does its job it will be chilly outside. It was a windyish day yesterday, so no yardwork got done.
Kathy, I love cheating chicken soup. I used to do the same thing with a chicken, the secret ingredient for me was Thyme, it gave the chicken soup that flavor we loved when we were kids. If I wonder what to put in my soup, I look at what they put in canned soup for hints. I use rotisserie chicken and canned broth on the rare occasions that I make soup now. Hope your grumpies go away. I do that sometimes. I'm grumpy, I know it, and it's not going to go away just yet.
Suzette, hope you find the perfect table. Would be nice if you had a sort of countertop across two sets of drawers, file cabinets or something that has storage. The height wouldn't adjust but it would have an opening for your chair and sturdy enough to hold the machines. We have Habitat for Humanity stores here that have things like counter tops that would work. I have two of these and want to put something on them to make an ironing board.
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Velda, I have been to two family reunion type things. The first was meeting people we found during our genealogy research. The second was a cousin reunion. Seems that if people in my son's generation don't start having children, they will be the last in our family line. There will be no one to hand down the family treasures to or tell the family stories.
Judi, do you know that I have never been to an IKEA store? The nearest store to me is 3 hours away. But I would love to go. Our family reunion would be much smaller than yours, my generation would be 6 plus spouses, the next generation would be 5 some with and some without spouses and there, so far, is no generation after that. I so wish I could be part of a bigger close family. So glad Jane is almost done, I can't wait to see it.
Flo, sorry about those ears. Mine have also been ringing from time to time. I think it's time to add a couple of drops of peroxide in each one to help clear them out. Thanks for the prayers, they are so very appreciated.
Becca, we will see some rain next week, I will try to see if it can evaporate before it gets to your side of the map. Thank you for the prayers, we really need a biopsy next week, or at least very soon so we can start treatment. How is little Gabriel? and do you have a new baby yet?
Maryz, I will use many fabrics in my houses. this is a scrap tote emptier for me. well, at least an attempt to empty the totes anyway. I'd like to iron my fusible and cut my backgrounds for HSH today. Kind of goes together doesn't it, HSH and kitty cats, or in my case puppy dogs. Hoping your day, while unplanned, has some adventure in it.
Jana, sorry you forgot your coat. Perhaps all the standing and sitting and standing again in church along with sitting shoulder to shoulder in the pews will keep you warm. I suggest not sitting on the end but rather the middle for warmth.
Maryq, I had to go look at the Pat Sloan pattern. Love it. I like patterns that don't require sashing. One less thing to line up. She has a lot of great free patterns. We had a spring issue with one of our garage doors some time back. Since then, we have installed a garage door opener with a battery backup. It will open and close a few times if the power goes out. I laugh whenever you say you bought new fabric, so glad you won't run out. I agree about fusing everything and getting whatever projects done so you can sew everything at one time. It's my goal for the projects I have going on. Enjoy see your brother day.
Valerie, I also was falling asleep watching tv last night, went to bed early and slept late. My CPAP machine said I got 7.5 hours. Way more than the 5 I am used to. Hope you get to catch up on your sleep too. I also have some heavy furniture I'd like to move from the garage to the house when I get Marilyns room cleaned up, I will hire a friend's kids to help, they are good boys. I think waiting on insurance approvals might be part of the medical slow down, but I think that there are just so many patients and so few doctors. When we go to the cancer center, the waiting room is so full, almost nowhere to sit. We could go to a bigger center in a bigger town, but they would be more crowded. So far, Jerry understands this but it's still frustrating. He wants to get started but is still in the waiting line. Once we know what kind of cancer and what stage it's at, he will exhale. He wears out so quickly. Last night he bbq'd hamburgers and just the few trips in and out of the house, he was beat. We have only 5 steps up to the back door from the yard. He says he can feel the cancer growing. I'm glad to see he is still trying to do things; it would be so easy to just let me do everything. He isn't giving up yet but does have his limits. He tells me things that he will or will not do regarding his medical stuff.
Well, I had a dilemma this morning and have already figured out how to solve it. Marilyn wants to come here in April but wants it to be a surprise for Jerry. Her room has no bed, and she is bringing her boyfriend. As luck would have it, Big 5 sporting goods has a one day (today) only sale on a blow-up mattress for only $20, it's the route I will go but how do I go get the mattress without Jerry finding out. HAH! he paid the bills yesterday; I will go mail them today and also pick a few things up at the grocery store. and sneak and buy the mattress, hide it in my car and bring it into the house without him knowing. He could use a surprise.
Train travel is so the way to bring Marilyn from her house to mine. She lives 4 hours away, a round trip train ticket is $45 per person.
I need to get into and out of town so need to start my day. You all have a fun day.
Chriss