We may make it to 50* today! Yay!! Rain is moving in late tonite but that's OK. It's been a nice, sunny several days since we got home. No complaints.
Yesterday was Chiro, Costco, and lotto blocks. Our money wheelbarrow almost wasn't big enough! We didn't even buy any alcohol, clothing, or impulse items either. And the only meat we got was one pack of chicken breasts. It was all just normal groceries. But we're set now for a long while, except for fill in the fresh stuff that we get at Fred Meyer (our Kroger).
Today - I will finish up my lotto blocks and probably work on my North Stars. I decided on my next project. QIAD just had the pattern on sale a week or two ago but I didn't know I wanted it then. It's the Bigfoot in the trees quilt. It's for our good friend, Bob. His wife was Betsy, the double lung transplant patient who passed away Dec 23. His plan - and they discussed this plan long before she died - is to sell their place in eastern Oregon, buy a new toy hauler RV, and go full-time RV living for a while until, as he puts it, he decides what he wants to be when he grows up. He loves Bigfoot and I decided to make him a new quilt, all for him, for his new 'home'. So when I finish this post, I'm going Bigfoot pattern shopping. Bob is whimsical and he even built a life-size Bigfoot with glowing eyes to put in their yard to startle folks.
TINA - glad you're starting to heal. Sorry about your set-back though. It's slow going and, I'm sure, very frustrating, but you'll get there eventually. Hang in there! And your situation is exactly why I confused Bill last fall and came home from a thrift shop with a shower stool to have on hand just in case. And when we remodeled our bathroom back in 1998, we put in a walk-in shower for same reason - I coudn't get in/out of the tub after I had surgery in 1997. I'm glad you are seeing your new chiro office taking shape. There is a chiro in Georgetown, TX that I've gone to. He just charges everyone $25. He doesn't take insurance or appts. You just show up at his office.
JANA - Your household is about to step up the busy! We managed to spend enough at Costo without splurging on any new things. And they were missing some of our old things. But they did have a few of our usuals on great sale. We saved $33.30 with their 'coupons'. And for the record, Foxy's "litter box" cost $93,000 when I bought it in 1986.
CAROL - Yes! Now that you mention it, I do remember that song! A good one! I know exactly what you mean about your quilts. Selling them would be like selling my children. (though there were days when I'd have given them away free!). I have so many and they are each precious to me, even if they are folded up on my quilt closet and don't get out much.
LORI - that is exactly what I told Bill - things happen for a reason. So it was a good thing that we came home when we did, even though he really wanted to stay in TX for two more weeks. I can't imagine 'weathering' their ice storm in our little tin box of a home, without power. Or having highway adventures on the ice with a fifth-wheel. We tried our Trader Joe's orange chicken last night. Didn't notice until we went to cook it that it's made with all dark meat. Neither of us care for dark meat. But we gave it a try!
We are treating our friends, Doyle and Susie, to Italian restaurant tonite. They went above and beyond watching our place for us while we were gone. Even blew leaves off the cement parking pads twice because he didn't want it to look like no one was home. I'm not sure yet what I'll be having, but it will be tasty!
Vel
