But, maybe tomorrow! This fine day, Camille and I decided to go out and about because more snow is coming tonight and tomorrow, and we might be stuck in for a bit. The library was on our radar, and the thrift store because it's Tuesday, discount day for the senior citizens, which apparently includes me.
Voilia, my amazing find, a vintage Little Tikes kitchen, just like the one we had when Emily and Abigail were tiny! And, would you believe it was six dollars? It looks so nice and new! I hemmed and hawed, but only for two or three minutes, by the time I loaded it up on top of our cart, I was certain it was a good purchase. I've been wanting a little kitchen for the grandkids, because ha we need more toys in here. But if they aren't so interested or it gets in the way after a bit, we can donate it it the small children's activity club group.
Camille found lots of sweaters and a lovely teacup and saucer, Bethany Fine Bone China made in Straffordshire England. I bought a few books, and a few grandchild clothes.
We went in the grocery store for just a few quick things, I tell you, it adds up fast.
Then home...ahh, home. I decided to clean out and weed through the shoes near the door, then was going to tackle a closet, but decided to vacuum, then sit down with a hot coffee...ahhh. Then Oscar messaged me, I picked him up and drove to the small city to pick up Sonja's car, was having a repair done.
Home again, and time to make dinner! Cam suggested bacon and eggs, okay. Molly dropped Miss Lydia and Miss Ophelia off right as my eggs were done, they were going to Activity Club with Cam and I. Did they eat dinner yet? No, Gramma, and I LOVE eggs, said Miss Lyd. Perfect. We had leftover meatballs, so I warmed up a few of those with some leftover rice for Ophelia, and they were happy campers. I was also making a quick batch of sugar cookie playdough for activity club, so it was a whirl of crazy going out the door. We were having a tea party with the girls, so we had to remember so many things.
The little cupcakes were from Ophelia's birthday party, I had put them in a container in the refrigerator so no one would eat them. Cherry turnovers were not homemade, the little donuts were chocolate, from Aldi.
Our birthday party on Sunday was loud and silly and crazy and way too much fun. Ophelia kept telling me how nice it was, and how much she liked it.
Aunt Evelyn with Blythe
Molly, and Josh with Denzel
Mariel, and Emily with Jamie
The birthday girl, Ophelia.
On Monday, Kathryn and I needed a few things from the store. Darius ended up coming too, and Camille, and we met Sonja and Oscar there, then went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch. It's a real and genuine place, with extremely good food. I had steak street tacos, and oh my goodness. The atmosphere was so pleasant, with a big courtyard-like working fountain, which three small grandchildren were drawn to. No one fell in, so that was good.
This was too funny not to post, it's me and me, aka Miss Sonja Kathleen. Yes, those are my glasses she has on. And yes, she was mocking me. Joke's on her, she looks just like me ha. :)
Oh dear, I've gone and stayed up way too long. I have to leave for the pool at 7:40 in the morning, if it's not too snowy out. I have decided I just am not driving in it. Well ha, easier said than done. If it's super bad in the morning though, I'll just exercise here.
I am looking forward to a day at home though, I am in this rare organizing mood, so I need to go with it! I was talking to a lady in the pool the other day, her six kids are grown and moved out, yet she still has a dresser near her door filled with hats, mittens, and scarves! yeah, I have some things like that to weed out too.
One of the things I bought at that Amazon store is a set of four wax pillar candles that are actually rechargable non-flame candles. They came with a cord, and you plug them in, two at a time, to recharge. There's a remote to turn them off and on, or on to lower or more flickering settings. They were only like eight dollars, and I get a kick out of them. I also got a candle warmer, which I'll show you a picture of some time when I feel like taking a pic, ha. It came with a nice sized chunk of the glass shade broken, but I got out the Gorilla Glue, and now the shade is turned just so... I have a new bookcase from there, wood, it was unfinished and I sanded it and put oil based polyurethane on it. I got a round mirror with a wood frame, the kitchen light fixture, the bamboo thingy that goes under the Kitchen Aid, with little rolly balls on it, so you can easily move the mixture. Off on a tangent, perhaps.
It's late and it's cold, and it's snowing out. Oh, forgot, I got new boots today! I have not been able to find my winter boots, I wonder if they were in a bag somewhere, I don't know. In any case, they were at least a few years old. I bought a pair of MukLuks from Walmart at Thanksgiving time, for $17.48. They don't hurt my feet, but they don't have any traction on them, and they're pretty ugly. I decided to order Bear Paws, because they sell them in wide width, and they're real suede with sheepskin lining, and at $54, ouch, but not TOO ouch. I got them today, put them on, and oh dear, so nice and warm and comfy, and nice traction on the bottoms, they're the Alyssa boots, from Amazon.
The rich get their boots in October or November, and the poor get theirs in April. I am in the middle I guess. :). They were definitely discounted. There are not too many weeks left of winter, I told myself, but it was a big fat lie. Maybe in England, where one of my bloggy friends was talking about putting plants out to get sun, and I thought of the frozen tundra that is my deck. harrumph. brrr.
So tomorrow after the pool, I stay home and get some closets organized. The sad thing is that I am actually excited about this. Just leafing through that Marie Kondo book has done wonders for me, but shh, I did bring a huge-0 toy kitchen into the house today, but hey, it sparks joy!
Have a really good night!
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