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It's so annoying to type out a good journal entry and then lose it.  The thunderstorm was going through Friday night and the system didn't record my entry.  Hope it doesn't happen again as there's another storm rolling through tonight too.

THURSDAY

Went out to buy cat food and get lunch.  Stopped at a couple thrift stores, no purchase was made this time.  I did find a tomato plant but not the brocolli I wanted; four brussel sprouts plants were substituted.  Back at home I weeded a couple veggie beds and planted the brussel sprouts.  I had borrowed one of those suspended planters from a friend to see if I wanted to use that method in future so I put the tomato plant in that. 

Went through the sample books I had kept last fall and discarded another boxful that I'll tdrop off at the Salvation Army.  Stripped out two big books of silk samples.  We have lots of ideas for projects from these.  Leofwyna wants the white pearled piece to make another caul for a friend.  I have my eye on a vivid piece for a ME cap and other metalic embroidered pieces for more ME caps for largess.  There are enough of the painted on pale colors for a hanging divider for our tent... very decadant!  Other's will go into a lovely two-sided comforter.

FRIDAY

After Natalya came by to pick up a check for the site deposit at Cattle Raids I loaded the car with the box of sample books and clothes for the consignment shop.  Once I'd gotten my late lunch though I didn't take time to drop that stuff off.  Instead headed back home to locate camp gear.  Then I hemmed and added a blue border to the linen I had stashed for a Roman peplos to wear to the Gladiator Tourney party at Lilies.  I brought the sunshades, floorcloths and an old sunshade into the house.  I started taking apart the old sunshade to make carrysacks for camp gear.  I also need to mend the big sunshade and floorcloths.

I had decided to wait the full week until Sunday or Monday to mow but when Leofwyna got home from work...  Well, I hadn't realized what I was hearing wasn't the neighbor until she was nearly done.  I'd planned on preventing her mowing again 'cause of her feet and knees by beating her to the punch but that didn't happen this time.  Anyway, I cleaned up the kitchen before going back downstairs to my sunshade deconstruction.

SATURDAY

Turns out Friday and Saturday would have worked out just fine for the rummage sale as the rain only came around midnight; the daytimes were beautiful and sunny.  Da-yum!  Today I bought up the subject again about doing the sale next week and leaving for Lilies a day or two later.  She's much more receptive of the idea now so we'll do that Thursday-Friday and I'll drive down Saturday afternoon.  No telling what kind of camp site I'll end up with and figuring out what to do with the car seats and packing staging location while the garage is set up for the rummage sale is going to be extremely interesting.

This afternoon though we took time to hit a few rummage sales and go to UP! in 3D.  Turns out we could have saved a little money going to the 2D version.  The trailer for Ice Age 3 showed up well in 3D but UP! not so much.  UP! was really an original storyline and we both enjoyed it... our new tag line is "Squirrel!"

Stopped for supper at the Chinese Buffet and then back at home I mowed the 'mohawks' in the yard she'd left by mowing in the dark yesterday and then mowed the backyard to finish up for this week.  I'll have to fit in mowing next week before I leave.  I doubt she'll leave it until I get home again but at least I can prevent her doing it twice.  Then I got back to the sunshade deconstruction while we watched Dirty Dancing on TV.