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Tuesday I made a stop at the community garden and raked over the east end, raking the shredded weeds off to the side. Looking real good. Then headed to the other side of town for lunch and the south Goodwill, looking to fulfill a requested commission. The sheepskin is still there so tonight I ran the idea by Leofwyna about getting it for a bed pad in the camper... she thought it would be a good idea so I'll go back tomorrow in hops it's still there. On the way back to go to FoodNet the car died. A nice young man had stopped and let me use his cell. Calling Leofwyna didn't get her on the phone... she didn't have the one upstairs turned on and didn't hear the one downstairs ringing so I was only able to leave a message on the machine. Nearly an hour later the young man was back with a gallon of gas (He wouldn't allow me to pay for it, bless his heart) but the car still wouldn't start. I called Farmers for a tow and left another message for Leofwyna on his phone before he had to leave again. It was a nice neighborhood. Over the next hour three different man checked to see if I was okay. The one from the house I was in front of allowed me to visit their bathroom and later his wife came out and offered coffee or hot chocolate. The tow finally arrived (from Omaha for heaven's sake) and in no time I was finally at 24-hour where I learned sometimes it takes more than a gallon of gas to get the car started again. Who knew? It was a relief, when I got home, that Leofwyna had rationalized sufficiently so as not to worry about my absence and had gone to FoodNet without me. Since it was late when I got home we went to Golden Corral for supper. At the sewing table I broke down the cotton flannels from Kronberg for a couple tops but I can't finish either of them until I find the box of flannel I know I have somewhere.

I went out in the sunny afternoon Saturday having reclaimed my car from the mechanic.  That was another hefty bill but the brakes are now in good order.  Goodwill was having 10 for $10 so I stopped in at a couple of the stores but found nothing to tempt me.  All the green-and-cream blocks are done but I'm putting off assembling them for the time being.  Sunday I got out again and dropped the recycling off since the sun was shining and there was no wind to make a wind chill index to deal with.  Leofwyna surprised me with crablegs for supper Sunday.. yum!  At the sewing table I'm doing some sorting and culling before moving on to further projects.

It is the battery!  And add on an overdue oil change and tweeking the brakes.  When he mentioned a loose tie-rod I objected.  It's not so long since we did the work on the front stuff so that better be on them!  We'll see how that goes.  So I absconded with Leofwyna's RAV4 since she was sleeping into the afternoon, and Shelly was coming, and there's no music this week.  I got Sash and Chiara to their various appointments; it made a rather full day.  Mid-evening when that was all done I joined Shelly and Leofwyna at the Greek restaurant for supper with the Straatmans including their young son.  I continue to be impressed by the young man who can hold his own with the adults with such elan.

Thursday I took the car in for some work I'd been putting off cause it was going to cost so much.  I told them I had only so much for it so prioritize the work and stay on budget.  They did it ALL and stayed a couple dollars under!  I suspect since I've been going there so long they cut me a break but didn't want to say so.  My budget was about two-thirds of the estimate.

Wednesday I put beef shanks in the crock pot for supper.  I called and scheduled a car appointment for Thursday, then called and scheduled an appliance service appointment for Thursday.  Oops, overlap so after supper Leofwyna and I delivered the car to the shop and came back by way of picking up hot fudge malts at Perkins.

Friday I harvested more ground cherries for the freezer.  I threw supper together from the freezer; we really need to use up old stuff so we can shut down the chest freezer for awhile.

Saturday the new window was put in.  Apparently Leofwyna has been bubbling all over the neighborhood about getting the bow window version instead of the flat but left me in the dark for the surprise factor.  She was so pleased with herself.    I had to take the car in for the headlight and it cost quite a bit more than i was expecting as the whole headlight assembly had to be replaced due to the accident last year making it impossible to just change out the light.  I was also told about another problem (a cracked boot) that will need attention sometime in the future which will be another hefty expense.