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Nov. 8th, 2015 12:52 amFriday we slept longer than planned so we decided to return to Fort Collins (it's only ten miles away) and go to the quilt shop we found closed yesterday and check into the other thrift stores in town. At the quilt shop I got about a dozen pieces of original prints I'd never seen anywhere else. I had good luck at the 4-5 thrift stores, too. We received an e-mail from Australia; they're enjoying their trip once they got past the jetlag. Saturday we'd planned on staying in and doing laundry. It was a beautiful day to hang my jeans outside to dry in the sun and breeze. Saturday evening Leofwyna had plans for trick or treaters complete with black cape, wig and crown. She had 29 visitors. Sunday we went out to visit the prairie dogs then Leofwyna did brunekatefla and salmon patties for supper. Monday we're off to Denver for two days and had a great lot of luck with beautiful weather and at the thrift stores. I found a 301A Singer sewing machine for only $25 with a 25% discount! Leofwyna had made a reservation at Comfort Suites and we had a great room with comfy beds and a huge street light outside our window and NO DRAPES! Back in Loveland Tuesday night and we unloaded bags and bags of our treasures and started sorting them. I ran out of steam and headed to bed early. Wednesday we slept late and stayed in and purely loafed. The weather has finally turned grey and dreary. Thursday we stayed in and did a jigsaw but in the evening we went to a movie, The Martian. What a great movie that is. I want to go see it on a big screen again before it moves out! Friday we went to Longmont for lunch at a place Leofwyna knows; it was closed so we went to Panda Express instead. Then we went to five or so thrift stores. At one of them I found several soft knit garments in my size and bought half a dozen pieces at about $5 each including a turquoise cardigan, black pants, two white short pants, and a black jumpsuit. It's been a great week here in Colorado!
A week in Colorado
Oct. 29th, 2015 09:42 pmFriday we were up early, loaded and finally got on the road shortly after noon. We pulled into Loveland around 8:30 their time so that was good. We got settled in, met the cats and had a little time to visit. Saturday Carl and Agnes were off to Australia and we started a jigsaw puzzle over the noon hour before going out to explore Loveland a little bit. We found a beautiful art park and walked along several paths looking at beautiful bronze statuary (from alligator to giraffe to gorilla to rabbit and wolfpack and much more). It'll take another couple times to see it all. Sunday afternoon we drove up to Estes and to Rocky Mountain National Park. We were able to go in as far as Many Parks Pass before turning back. We saw many deer (3-4 10-point bucks), many elk (including maybe a dozen big bulls), ground squirrels and a stream FULL of rainbow trout. We stopped at a lovely restaurant in Estes so Leofwyna could have trout for supper; I chose salmon. Monday we stayed in. We spent time on a jigsaw puzzle. Leofwyna started weaving a runner. I made Garden scalloped potatoes and ham for supper. Tuesday we went to Boulder by way of Estes (taking the scenic route). We found a couple wool/weaving shops where I bought a couple skeins of wool for a cowl and a pair of socks. Leofwyna wanted wool to add to her project on Anges' loom. We also found a couple thrift stores and I got my hair cut. We stopped on the way home at Katmandu for east indian food which was yummy. Wednesday Leofwyna decided she wanted to get some tasks finished so we stayed in. There was a jigsaw puzzle, letter writing and unpacking accomplished. We cleared leaves from the fish pond and I took the stationary bike for a spin. Thursday we drove up to Fort Morgan for the afternoon; on the way we drove by a HUGE prairie dog town. We ate lunch at Chocolate Cafe; a nice selection of a dozen entrees and over twenty dessert selections... only a couple of the desserts without chocolate. Then we drove up into the Poudre River canyon where we did indeed find a herd of Bighorn sheep! Back in Fort Morgan we found a thrift store where I found a perfect pair of turquoise ankle boots, four skeins of wool sock yarn and a nice piece of fushia t-shirt material. At home I sauted the Garden parsnips to go with leftover crown tourney feast chicken. It's been a great week for us both.
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May. 4th, 2014 07:42 pmFriday Leofwyna brought Moo Shu over for supper and we then we worked up another jigsaw puzzle. We had it more than three-quarters done with only the 'boring' woodwork left to do when we realized there was already at least five pieces missing. It was getting late so we decided to skip the boring bit and call it a night. Saturday I headed out to Weeping Water for Lonely Tower's Spring Fling event. I only went for part of the afternoon and court so I drove separate from Leofwyna as she was staying for feast. It's a nice laid back event and this year Master Gerald was there with his new dog competitions. I've been working all week on the green/cream log cabin in hopes of having a top by next Friday but Sunday afternoon the blocks still need another round each of cream, then green. I'm doubting there'll be a top but just maybe there will be a pile o'blocks for Friday.
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May. 1st, 2014 10:28 amTuesday and Wednesday while dog-sitting with Lucy and Izzie (ant the cat I call Kitty) I worked on the green/cream quilt blocks. It's slow going with the really narrow strips but some major progress is being made. It's been raining but at least not like the storms in the South with tornatos and flooding, thank goodness. Leofwyna came over after moot and we put together a nice little jigsaw puzzle.
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Dec. 31st, 2013 03:53 pmI let the last twelve days get away from me as far as journaling here is concerned. Just before Christmas a friend's wife died so there was a casserole to make and deliver and a funeral to attend. We were dog-sitting the shar-pei that week as well. There was several batches of cookies to be made for gift trays. During this time we went to see the second Hobbit movie in 3D. Then there was Christmas itself. We had agreed to exchange stocking gifts only but I was pleased with what I'd found for her, and with what I received as well. For my birthday we saw Saving Mr Banks. Between Christmas and New Years I went to dog-sit at Geyers; the first night there I was aware I was gearing up for one of my colds. Leofwyna came over those evenings she wasn't working, which turned out to be several as she came down with an infection and couldn't work until that cleared up. We put a couple jigsaw puzzles together and ate plenty of Wild Rice soup, cruditie pizza and holiday cookies. When I was alone with the dogs I slept a lot between sewing up 10-inch squares to make squash blossom blocks. Leofwyna also purchased for the house a floor-cleaner for the hardwood floors and a flat-screen tv for downstairs. Now it looks like we'll have to replace the washer. The last time it went out the repairman said it was nearly toast.
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Dec. 29th, 2011 04:11 pmWednesday even as Leofwyna was getting ready for work I thought I was going to the gathering moot but once she was gone I got involved in washing up dishes and let the time get away from me. I ended up clearing up some leftovers for my supper and put a major portion of tedious jigsaw puzzle pieces together instead.
Thursday I carried my pile of mail flotsom downstairs and got it sorted, bank statements balanced and a couple checks written out... only took four hours altogether as I had some trouble balancing the checkbook but it's done. Just gotta find the stamps and drop the checks in the mail.
Then, of course, both days I sifted through emails, blogs and some more genealogy making the hours disappear in a thoroughly comfortable way. I did start putting together a list of things I want to accomplish for the New Year so I must start curtailing some of the comfort so I can achieve some progress. More on that another time, I headed back to the genealogy page while Leofwyna was out as I knew I'd have to give up the computer when she got back this evening.
Late in the evening we pitched in together to move puzzles to the hidden shelves behind the entertainment center, then she put her vhs drawers in the bottom of the entertainment center and sorted our movie tapes into this storage. Various other sorting and dustings ensued until I wimped out and headed up to bed.
Thursday I carried my pile of mail flotsom downstairs and got it sorted, bank statements balanced and a couple checks written out... only took four hours altogether as I had some trouble balancing the checkbook but it's done. Just gotta find the stamps and drop the checks in the mail.
Then, of course, both days I sifted through emails, blogs and some more genealogy making the hours disappear in a thoroughly comfortable way. I did start putting together a list of things I want to accomplish for the New Year so I must start curtailing some of the comfort so I can achieve some progress. More on that another time, I headed back to the genealogy page while Leofwyna was out as I knew I'd have to give up the computer when she got back this evening.
Late in the evening we pitched in together to move puzzles to the hidden shelves behind the entertainment center, then she put her vhs drawers in the bottom of the entertainment center and sorted our movie tapes into this storage. Various other sorting and dustings ensued until I wimped out and headed up to bed.
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Oct. 12th, 2011 11:24 amMonday I took Leofwyna's van to get the taillight fixed. She had an appointment this afternoon to get her dressing changed and her foot is doing well. We spent the evening with a jigsaw puzzle.
Tuesday we went out to visit a new resale shop and then Goodwill. Leofwyna used her 'knee' cart for this jaunt. Back at home we worked together to make a potato gratin and broccoli salad for supper and later started another jigsaw puzzle.
Tuesday we went out to visit a new resale shop and then Goodwill. Leofwyna used her 'knee' cart for this jaunt. Back at home we worked together to make a potato gratin and broccoli salad for supper and later started another jigsaw puzzle.
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Sep. 6th, 2011 11:52 amSaturday Leofwyna had her godson's wedding to go to and Sunday she worked. We've been having lovely weather this Labor Day weekend so I should have been out every day working in the garage. But no, I've been on the computer doing genealogy every day instead. I'm so-o-o-o bad!
Monday when Leofwyna got up we couldn't find a movie we wanted to see so we changed our plans and stayed in with a thrown together supper and a jigsaw puzzle.
Monday when Leofwyna got up we couldn't find a movie we wanted to see so we changed our plans and stayed in with a thrown together supper and a jigsaw puzzle.
SPRING IS HERE, Pretty, pretty, pretty!!
Mar. 1st, 2011 04:16 pmSATURDAY-SUNDAY
Leofwyna got both her normal workdays in and the entire add-a-shift. I was glad to hear her 'add' was an easy one-on-one with a compliant and drowsy elderly lady which allowed her a chunk of computer time. Saturday I put beef shanks in the crockpot which got boned out and the juices strained to add to a quart of ginger carrot soup out of the pantry for Sunday's supper. That was pretty good; we need to figure out where we got that soup so we can do it again and tweek it just a little. Next time I'd put some fresh ginger in with the beef.
I started another jigsaw puzzle Sunday night, concentrating on the outside edge, then water and pavement areas of the picture.
MONDAY
Today I put the boned pork cuts in the crock pot to go with a baked sweet potato and green beans for supper. We can use the leftovers for barbeque sandwiches this week. We finished up the jigsaw puzzle together then played a game of Scrabble.
TUESDAY
At the two nearest thrift stores I found white linen and green cotton/linen tableclothes for future garb and found the trug I'd been watching was finally on half price sale. Back at home I finally heard a cardinal male singing in the neighborhood, making spring official.
Leofwyna got both her normal workdays in and the entire add-a-shift. I was glad to hear her 'add' was an easy one-on-one with a compliant and drowsy elderly lady which allowed her a chunk of computer time. Saturday I put beef shanks in the crockpot which got boned out and the juices strained to add to a quart of ginger carrot soup out of the pantry for Sunday's supper. That was pretty good; we need to figure out where we got that soup so we can do it again and tweek it just a little. Next time I'd put some fresh ginger in with the beef.
I started another jigsaw puzzle Sunday night, concentrating on the outside edge, then water and pavement areas of the picture.
MONDAY
Today I put the boned pork cuts in the crock pot to go with a baked sweet potato and green beans for supper. We can use the leftovers for barbeque sandwiches this week. We finished up the jigsaw puzzle together then played a game of Scrabble.
TUESDAY
At the two nearest thrift stores I found white linen and green cotton/linen tableclothes for future garb and found the trug I'd been watching was finally on half price sale. Back at home I finally heard a cardinal male singing in the neighborhood, making spring official.
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Feb. 26th, 2011 12:00 amSUNDAY-MONDAY-TUESDAY
I spent a quiet day Sunday thinking Leofwyna would want to do something this evening. Turned out she was on an add shift so I had a quiet evening too. Spent a great deal of time on the computer... more genealogy mostly, some job serches. Got the totes sorted and stacked in my bedroom; there's still lots in the living room to be sorted and priced for a rummage sale or put back (somewhere, somehow) in my room.
WEDNESDAY
Sewed up Halftroll's linen pants and cut out his tunic during the afternoon. Delivered the pants at the social moot and loaded the loom for another piece of narrow trim.
THURSDAY
It snowed all afternoon so we didn't go out at all; we got four inches. After "beanies and weins" for supper Leofwyna suggested doing another jigsaw puzzle together.
FRIDAY
I got the drive and walks blown out this noon and swept off both vehicles. While I was out there I thought I saw a large bird chasing a little one but I'd just caught it out of the corner of my eye so I wasn't sure what I'd seen. Just a little later I saw the large hawk cruising around over the street and knew that was what I'd seen. Probably the little bird was a sparrow; I'd heard some 'chip, chip, chipping' in the brush. Perhaps the hawk has taken up residence in the area and that's why I haven't seen or heard any cardinals this year.
Later when I went out to get supper I had to sweep off the car again; good thing I'd pulled the van into the garage. Coming out of KFC I discovered I'd locked my keys in the car so I used my insurance call-in benefit for the first time, less than an hour later I was heading for the grocery store and home. I found both beef shanks and some boneless pork with manager's special stickers and I'm planning on pulling both crock pots out tomorrow.
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Dec. 4th, 2010 02:00 pmWEDNESDAY
Got out into the cold for A&S farble at the library followed by supper with the group at 9South Grill, then stopped for groceries on the way home. I 'specially needed fruit to go with the leftover cream cheese which I whipped up with a small jar of marshmallow creme. I found the most scrumptious pears for the purpose.
THURSDAY
Finished last week's leftovers concluding with the Thanksgiving turkey, gravy and dressing tonight. Then we set up the Christmas tree. We're using the Cup of Christmas Tea theme this year with the collection of toy teapots and cups and discussed setting up Maude Doll and Jennifur Teddy in a tea party vignette.
FRIDAY
Still working on genealogy and jigsaw puzzles, avoiding the cold outside.
SATURDAY
Went for groceries so I could start the crockpot chili and make something for Yule Court potluck tomorrow. Stopped at the library to pick up books I'd requested; I'm still working my way through Jim Butcher's Dresdan File novels.
Got out into the cold for A&S farble at the library followed by supper with the group at 9South Grill, then stopped for groceries on the way home. I 'specially needed fruit to go with the leftover cream cheese which I whipped up with a small jar of marshmallow creme. I found the most scrumptious pears for the purpose.
THURSDAY
Finished last week's leftovers concluding with the Thanksgiving turkey, gravy and dressing tonight. Then we set up the Christmas tree. We're using the Cup of Christmas Tea theme this year with the collection of toy teapots and cups and discussed setting up Maude Doll and Jennifur Teddy in a tea party vignette.
FRIDAY
Still working on genealogy and jigsaw puzzles, avoiding the cold outside.
SATURDAY
Went for groceries so I could start the crockpot chili and make something for Yule Court potluck tomorrow. Stopped at the library to pick up books I'd requested; I'm still working my way through Jim Butcher's Dresdan File novels.
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Dec. 1st, 2010 01:51 amTUESDAY
Basically much of my day was a repeat of yesterday, except I called the bank to cut off monthly checks to Worldworks and called Worldworks to arrange my refund. I also encountered the winter chill as I made a run to the grocery store, so I guess I'm starting the countdown for spring already, brrr. Oddly, I don't usually do that until AFTER Christmas.
Basically much of my day was a repeat of yesterday, except I called the bank to cut off monthly checks to Worldworks and called Worldworks to arrange my refund. I also encountered the winter chill as I made a run to the grocery store, so I guess I'm starting the countdown for spring already, brrr. Oddly, I don't usually do that until AFTER Christmas.
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Nov. 30th, 2010 12:24 pmMONDAY
Winter has definately arrived and I find myself immersed in hibernation mode already. At least I think that's why I'm getting in so much genealogy time which is what I did this afternoon. When Leofwyna got up this evening she heated up leftovers for supper and then took me off to a movie. Tonight it was Disney's Tangled, a delightful little interpretation of the Rapunzel story. As Leofwyna said, "That was a perfect movie." Back at home we continued with another jigsaw puzzle.
Winter has definately arrived and I find myself immersed in hibernation mode already. At least I think that's why I'm getting in so much genealogy time which is what I did this afternoon. When Leofwyna got up this evening she heated up leftovers for supper and then took me off to a movie. Tonight it was Disney's Tangled, a delightful little interpretation of the Rapunzel story. As Leofwyna said, "That was a perfect movie." Back at home we continued with another jigsaw puzzle.
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Nov. 29th, 2010 10:13 amSUNDAY
Spent most the afternoon making progress on the genealogy tree. It's going much smoother now I've figured out the program and I'll soon have that side of the family current and ready for further exploration.
When Leofwyna got up today it was already getting dark but we geared up with forehead flashlights and went out to clean the gutters before the next cold wave blows through overnight. With her going up the ladder and me being the ground crew we got it done fairly quickly and headed back in for Thanksgiving leftovers. We spent the evening with another jigsaw puzzle and got it completed before I headed up to bed.
Spent most the afternoon making progress on the genealogy tree. It's going much smoother now I've figured out the program and I'll soon have that side of the family current and ready for further exploration.
When Leofwyna got up today it was already getting dark but we geared up with forehead flashlights and went out to clean the gutters before the next cold wave blows through overnight. With her going up the ladder and me being the ground crew we got it done fairly quickly and headed back in for Thanksgiving leftovers. We spent the evening with another jigsaw puzzle and got it completed before I headed up to bed.
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Nov. 26th, 2010 10:03 pmFRIDAY
I spent the day preparing for our turkeyday dinner... roasting the turkey, making apple crisp and dressing. When Leofwyna got up her part of it all was making the gravy, steaming the veggies and serving it up. We were just ready to dish it up when her work called saying, "Where are you?" Apparently she'd managed to mark her calendar wrong and she had to dash off and work tonight. So I ate, packed up lots of leftovers, washed the dishes and now I'm off for cat sitting duties which she took on this weekend and now I'm pitch-hitting.
I spent the day preparing for our turkeyday dinner... roasting the turkey, making apple crisp and dressing. When Leofwyna got up her part of it all was making the gravy, steaming the veggies and serving it up. We were just ready to dish it up when her work called saying, "Where are you?" Apparently she'd managed to mark her calendar wrong and she had to dash off and work tonight. So I ate, packed up lots of leftovers, washed the dishes and now I'm off for cat sitting duties which she took on this weekend and now I'm pitch-hitting.
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Nov. 26th, 2010 12:38 pmTHANKSGIVING
I am thankful for:
a wonderful sister
a great household
a sound home
a potential veggie garden
and plenty to keep myself occupied with
I took my cherry jello salad and went to have dinner with Braganza, Sash and Rich. Spent a pleasant afternoon there talking about costuming, dolls, weaving, remodeling and various other topics. Back at home found Leofwyna's add-a-shift hadn't been picked up. I worked some on my genealogy while she went to supper and when she got back we started a jigsaw puzzle together.
I am thankful for:
a wonderful sister
a great household
a sound home
a potential veggie garden
and plenty to keep myself occupied with
I took my cherry jello salad and went to have dinner with Braganza, Sash and Rich. Spent a pleasant afternoon there talking about costuming, dolls, weaving, remodeling and various other topics. Back at home found Leofwyna's add-a-shift hadn't been picked up. I worked some on my genealogy while she went to supper and when she got back we started a jigsaw puzzle together.
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Sep. 17th, 2010 01:50 pmTHURSDAY
I spent a quiet afternoon knowing I'd be putting in a hard evening with Leofwyna getting the garage cleared for the rummage sale. We hung the bicycle and ladders, cleared some trash, put a pallet and the camp beds in the van instead of the tables and set up a couple tables. We got all the prepared rummage boxes out of the living room and her bedroom onto those tables... quite strenuous really... and called it good. Celebrated with root beer floats and started a new jigsaw puzzle for winding down purposes.
I spent a quiet afternoon knowing I'd be putting in a hard evening with Leofwyna getting the garage cleared for the rummage sale. We hung the bicycle and ladders, cleared some trash, put a pallet and the camp beds in the van instead of the tables and set up a couple tables. We got all the prepared rummage boxes out of the living room and her bedroom onto those tables... quite strenuous really... and called it good. Celebrated with root beer floats and started a new jigsaw puzzle for winding down purposes.
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Sep. 14th, 2010 10:35 pmMONDAY
Got the broccoli pulled and taken to the zoo for the animals to use. I've done this every year that I've had broccoli. There's plenty in my compost bins and broccoli SMELLS much worse than fermented grass and takes up way too much space so I'm really glad the zoo can use it. Noticed how nice the Sunken Gardens looked as I drove by... all purple, red and gold masses of flowers.
My timing in doing all this was nearly perfect. The first rain blew through as I drove to the zoo; the second after I left the zoo; and the third later after I'd been home awhile. I'm glad to report the electricity outage missed us. Apparently we were on the very north edge of the developing storm as there's been lots of damage reported to the south and east.
Leofwyna and I started another puzzle tonight. Found there were two puzzles in the box we chose and in sorting and beginning a border to work the puzzle we don't have a picture for was the one started. This is really a challenge as we both depend on visual placement as we go so it may take a while.
TUESDAY
Aside from making a great chicken and green grape salad I haven't accomplished much today. Did put in a couple hours this evening on the puzzle with minimal progress. I can't seem to get real motivated to get ready for this rummage sale nor work on any of the many possible activities I could pull out, including Queen's Prize coming up in November. I think I'm missing the structure of having a job to schedule myself around.
[Insert much moaning here and we'll move along.]
Got the broccoli pulled and taken to the zoo for the animals to use. I've done this every year that I've had broccoli. There's plenty in my compost bins and broccoli SMELLS much worse than fermented grass and takes up way too much space so I'm really glad the zoo can use it. Noticed how nice the Sunken Gardens looked as I drove by... all purple, red and gold masses of flowers.
My timing in doing all this was nearly perfect. The first rain blew through as I drove to the zoo; the second after I left the zoo; and the third later after I'd been home awhile. I'm glad to report the electricity outage missed us. Apparently we were on the very north edge of the developing storm as there's been lots of damage reported to the south and east.
Leofwyna and I started another puzzle tonight. Found there were two puzzles in the box we chose and in sorting and beginning a border to work the puzzle we don't have a picture for was the one started. This is really a challenge as we both depend on visual placement as we go so it may take a while.
TUESDAY
Aside from making a great chicken and green grape salad I haven't accomplished much today. Did put in a couple hours this evening on the puzzle with minimal progress. I can't seem to get real motivated to get ready for this rummage sale nor work on any of the many possible activities I could pull out, including Queen's Prize coming up in November. I think I'm missing the structure of having a job to schedule myself around.
[Insert much moaning here and we'll move along.]
