My day began quite early, complete with bright sunshine, as I had to be at The Club by 8:30 for our new social outing called “Meet, Eat, and Play”. I carried my very heavy box of Trivial Pursuit over, and for some strange reason, the Scrabble dictionary. Wishful thinking, I suppose. The reason the box is extra heavy is there are other boxes of cards in addition to the Genus edition for added variety. While we had six of us at breakfast, only three of us could stay to play. Mary, my new friend met at the pool late summer, joined us for breakfast and watched us play for a bit before having to see a client. She is in pain management, using reflexology and therapies similar to what my wonderful massage lady, Carol, uses.
Mary needs to find a new place to live, as the lady with whom she stays now needs the room for her granddaughter. I had been asking around if anyone knew of a garage apartment or a studio/efficiency place, but no luck. At breakfast, I asked Randy and his wife, Carol, if they knew of a place and Carol thought she might so hopefully that will work out for Mary.
Sloane, Maggie O., and I played the game, the short-cut version, which I ended up winning simply by default. We had to finish up as Sloane needed to get going, and since my pie was full and I answered my last question correctly, was declared the wiener! Maggie and I then went to Basketique so she could get a birthday gift for her friend, Pat, and I picked up my jar of muffuletta which the proprietress had ordered for me. It’s an olive mix and extraordinary tasting. The owner of the shop, Pat, told me that it is so good, a person could take a spoon and eat the entire jar in their closet. I laughed and said, “I live alone---I can eat the entire jar if I want to!”
Maggie loved the wax flower bowl I told her about and got one for Pat which was then bagged so beautifully that Maggie would not have to do any additional wrapping. She dropped me and my purchase and the heavy box of Trivial Pursuit at my door before she headed home. Tomorrow night she is attending the show “Mamma Mia” at Thrasher-Horne and is going to walk through the art gallery to see Dee’s show. I am glad she is getting to see it since last week when we did the walking tour with Dee, Maggie was unable to attend.
It was after noon when I got home so sat at the desk to listen to the radio. I was sleepy but resisted lying down. The temperatures outside were still chilly, starting out at 41 that morning and conducive to napping after my busy morning. My neighbor, Randy, contacted me via instant message, offering me some chili he was making. I told him I like sissy chili but he brought me a sample later on after it had brewed a while. It was quite good, did not have a residual burn in the throat or remove my fillings, so I said I would accept a container of it from him. We talked in the kitchen until my feet went to sleep, with me managing to get a story or two of my own in.
Eventually I did take my rest, but not sleeping, before it was time for me to get ready for a Wine ‘n Whine Pampered Chef gathering at my friend, Kerri’s, house. Her husband and she used to be at GS but when Victory was started, they transferred there. Joel was extremely helpful in the construction of Timmy’s memorial pond at The Preserve house, having done this type of work for a living at one time. Joel is the brother to the music director at Victory, Rachel. Anyway, the other Victory ladies were there, too, and we had a great time. Several are learning to knit using this special yarn which makes up into ruffles or interesting lacy looking scarves. Rachel was able to help those stuck to get finished and to help another lady get hers started. It is amazing! This is so not your grandmother’s yarn!
My order was simple from the party---I ordered a trivet and a jar of cherry almond topping to be served with pound cake or lemon cake, or over ice cream. Truly delicious! I really like the ‘rubber’ trivet for using when hot dishes are placed on the table, to protect the surface from burn marks. One young lady that came in after the party began was a co-worker of Kerri’s, at Pastiche, a gourmet restaurant in Jax. As she was about to leave, I said to her, “You look so familiar to me..” and she said I looked familiar to her as well. It turned out she is the niece of the lady who owns The Club, so I see her around there periodically, as well as being a St. Johns student in Justin’s class! She was a debutante when our friend, Olivia, was going through that. We knew we knew each other but it took a while since we were out of our elements. Love that!
It was an early start and late ending to a fun day, and sleep will be appreciated!
