I received a note from my youngest sister, frankie, with the command: BLOG!
And so I am. I’ve thought of two dozen entries to make in the past week or so, all when I can’t get to my computer. Frankie and I were talking about the phenomenon of the perfect sentence for a blog entry, which pops into our heads when we are in the shower. and can’t write it down. It’s really aggravating to know that I’ll forget that perfect sentence before I can get to a notepad. Darn it all!
So today is a pastiche….a collection of short comments, if you will.
Elegante Mother is doing better! YEA!!!! She is speaking in complete sentences, and her voice seems to be getting stronger. She is lucid, focused, and appears to understand where she is. She also understands that she needs help to get better. AND, she is clear that the food stinks! She’s lost ten pounds. On my next trip to see her I will take an avocado, or some guacamole, and I’ll stop at Culvers for a milk shake. Mechanical-soft fattening food, coming up!
EM and I bird watched while we were on the way to appointments. This week, I saw TWO hawks. One was sitting on the top of a light standard over the roadway, and the second was holding it’s position in a stiff breeze over a field…no doubt watching for a mouse to appear. They are amazing birds
Friends traveled this weekend to Starved Rock about an hour west of us along Interstate 80, to watch the eagles. I think they said they saw 100 eagles! What a great way to spend a Saturday in January. The eagles also winter on the Mississippi south of Rock Island, Illinois. We’re blessed with big birds.
One of my nieces has been my house cleaning guru while we have lived in this house. She came last week to help me take down and box up Christmas. I HATE to take down the decorations! Left to myself, I’d probably leave them up for months. The only advantage of all this is that we did some spring cleaning in Elegante Mother’s rooms, and I was able to get several hours of filing done in the office. My niece’s son joined us to carry things to the basement, and to do a little high cleaning. He’s 6’6″, so those high jobs are easy for him. My house is ready for spring. Where the heck is it!?
Well…I’ve finally made the binding for Dear Husband’s quilt. I could possibly get it finished in time for Valentine’s Day. There’s hope yet.
I was thinking that we might start an American book meme. Adele pointed out that the children’s books on the meme I posted earlier made her think that the meme had originated in the U.K. I think she’s right. I’d offer to do the meme, but I’m not a regular enough poster to be well read. Shall we encourage Joy, or Patty at Texas Trifles to start a meme for us?
I dragged my feet on making dinner tonight. I wanted to be under a quilt, near a roaring fire (it’s bitterly cold here). I made chicken planks, an Uncle Ben’s mix of rice, wild rice and orzo with chicken broth, peas, French bread with mozzarella cheese melted over the top, and a green salad with dressing from Olive Garden. The point was to use up things in the freezer, or things that would go bad in the fridge, if we didn’t use them up. It took thirty-five to forty minutes from getting off the couch to serving dinner. In all fairness, I should say that DH made the salad. A piece of French chocolate served as dessert. YUM!!
And that’s about all the trivia I have to share with you at the moment. I’ll have more posts once I download some pictures. I hope you have a great week!