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Tell Me I’m Dreaming

March 21, 2015 at 9:23 am by Claudia

3-21 friggin snow

Did you think I accidentally reposted our Christmas photo?

Oh, silly you. You would be mistaken. I took this just yesterday. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve already seen it, but I thought it was worth sharing on this second day of spring.

If I was inclined to despair, this could definitely send me over the edge. But I’m not. So, though I am not necessarily a happy camper, I do know that it will melt rather quickly.

Perhaps I could get an extension cord and plug in my blow dryer to help it along?

Even Scout looked disgusted. We’ve been promising her that the big corral will be open for business very soon and this isn’t helping.

The snow didn’t start until early afternoon, so Don decided we needed some donuts. Not just any donuts, but donuts from a tiny little local shop located in the same complex as our antique shop. It’s called Dohnut and boy oh boy, has it spoiled me. I told Don I will never again eat any other kind of donut. These are made fresh every day and they are incredible. Crisp, light, amazing.

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Do I need them? No. In fact, I’m hoping that working outside and in the garden – at some point in what seems like the distant future – will help me shed a few pounds. But we needed comfort food and Don is usually the instigator when it comes to comfort food. In cases like this one, I am his enabler.

Don ate all three of his. I saved one of those chocolate covered donuts for today. Yummy.

So the question is: Do we shovel or do we wait for it to melt? I’m voting for option number 2.

I ended up cleaning the bathroom, doing laundry, and reading yesterday. No quilting. But that just might happen today.

Happy Saturday.

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There Are Times I Just Can’t Come Up With a Post Title

March 20, 2015 at 9:21 am by Claudia

3-20 deer watching Scout

A deer looking at Scout (who’s in her mini corral.) Right after this, Scout became aware of the deer. They engaged in a stare-off. (This was shot through my kitchen door, so there’s some reflection bouncing off the deer and the tree.)

What a beautiful animal.

I was going to say that there’s much less snow on the ground – and there is – but on this first day of Spring we are supposed to get 3- 6 inches of snow. I’m calling this The Last Hurrah. My only comfort is in the fact that snow doesn’t stay on the ground for very long come March. The ground is warmer, the angle of the sun is higher. And the temp tomorrow is supposed to be in the mid-forties. Nevertheless, the whole thing is a bit daunting, wouldn’t you say?

Don, the saintly man to whom I am married, came along with me yesterday as I searched for jeans that fit my no longer angular and now curvy body. He helped me find various styles in my size and patiently waited for me to try them on and discard them. Eventually, I found a style by Lee that fit well. Huzzah! And then I found the same style in black. So I bought two pairs. There was a sale at Kohl’s so I got them at a very good price. Huzzah again! Note: I want to write the plural of pair as pair because that’s the way I was taught. But I hardly see that anymore. What to do?

Then we stopped at Target to pick up a couple of items.

I rewarded Don (and me) by agreeing to a stop at Five Guys. He got his burger (yes, he does eat meat now and then) and we shared some fries. As we were heading home, Don saw that Dairy Queen was open for the season and somehow we ended up with two chocolate shakes.

How did that happen?

And how did I end up having Five Guys fries and a chocolate shake for lunch?

I’m not sure, but it was awfully tasty – and slightly wicked.

3-20 lamp

This is the lamp that I had on my sewing table. It’s been moved to the den because I need a stronger light here. It’s the Ranarp Lamp from IKEA and my plan is to get another for the studio but since I’m not working on anything up there, there’s no hurry.

Today might be a good day to do some hand quilting as the snow falls.

For the last time.

I insist on it.

Happy Friday.

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Potpourri: Heat, Flowers, Cups, & Jeans

March 19, 2015 at 9:24 am by Claudia

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Don went to Trader Joe’s the other day, so I gave him orders to come back with flowers. I even took the time to show him photos of the specific flowers I wanted – alstromeria. He passed his test with flying colors.

Fresh flowers are very pricey around here. Our local supermarket will have a price of $12 – $15 per bunch. I just can’t pay that much money when I know that the price at Trader Joe’s for the same amount of flowers – actually, more flowers – is $3.99. No can do. I got two bouquets for much less than the price of a supermarket bouquet. Pretty good deal!

Not long after I wrote yesterday’s post, our furnace guy came over and replaced our thermostat. He was pretty sure the power surge blew out the thermostat. The replacement, which he thinks might be better, is unfortunately not digital, like the one we had. That means that I have to put on my glasses to read it and fiddle with the dial. Ah well. As soon as he put in the new thermostat, the heat started to come through our baseboards and all was well.

The driveway and parking area were very icy, so I salted everything so Don could get out of here and run some errands, one of which was this:

3-19 cups

Yep. We decided we had to get the other three cups and saucers. They needed to be together. I love this Susie Cooper pattern so much and after I learned more about it and her, I loved it even more. For now, they are living on this yet-to-be-filled-with-books shelf. I’m thinking some sort of tole tray would be pretty behind them. What do you think?

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More flowers.

Today, I get to go through the depressing ritual of buying new jeans. Yuck. But since a largish hole has appeared quite near the crotch of my current jeans, methinks it’s time to replace them. After all, I mustn’t reveal too much.

Don’t forget: today is the last day you can leave a comment in order to be entered in the giveaway of Hush Hush, Laura Lippman’s latest mystery. Click on this post.

New post up on Just Let Me Finish This Page.

Happy Thursday.

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