It was so marvelous, in fact, that I don't even know if I ate anything. I did, actually, because the nice lady clearing things away after the buffet was closed brought me a to-go box of bacon to take home with me! It seems they had a bounty leftover even though I had done my best to make a dent in the stack. No broken up pieces today---nice, full strips, oven baked to perfection!
When I walked over this morning, the fog was thick on the river. When I walked home, the sun had burned it off and all was clear again. The dining room was busy with hotel guests coming and going for breakfast, and poor Kathy was running ragged. The Rotarians had finished eating already when I arrived. As soon as they left the garden room, the staff was busy taking down tables and dressing others in lovely silver/grey tablecloths. Must be a weddding!
Much to my delight, Pat showed up for breakfast, the two us eating and talking for nearly two hours. It is amazing how quickly the time flies by when we're together. As the two of us were about to wrap things up, Pat told me she enjoys our time, that I was her 'counselor', which was flattering to hear. I feel that way when talking with her, not necessarily counseled, but rather, inspired!
It seems my friends, the ants, have left me. When I opened the second Terro trap, I cut it too far down, and the liquid ran out of the container. Fortunately I had a plastic sandwich bag within reach to catch the drippings and sort of feed it back into the trap. The original trap which was nearly dry was crowded with ants, doing a seeming happy dance in and on the container, as if to spite me. I showed them by pouring the poison all over the place! Have to be careful not to lick my fingers or mess with that stickiness next to me.
Oops, I spoke too soon....there they are, back again. I might have awakened them with my canned air, dusting off my window shelf and the lamp. I have to get the dust wand to clean around the windows before Linda arrives. It still puzzles me how spiders can get up here this high and busy themselves making webs to hold my dust. They can stop any time they want as far as I am concerned!
Last night Justin came home after helping his father, and he was bearing gifts. He stopped at CVS for soda which was on special, and found my favorite Easter eggs. Bless you! He gave me one and put the rest in the fridge for me. Also, he bought a bag of robin's eggs, malted milk balls, of which he took a handful, leaving the rest in my room, out of his reach. He is doing so well with his diet and weight loss, it's just falling off of him. I have to watch where I step so I don't slip and fall on his lost weight!
I figured he could use my nice bacon in his next batch of cooked cabbage that he loves so much. A couple months ago, my neighbor, Maureen, told me how she makes her cooked cabbage. Justin made his first batch using her recipe, loved it, and has made it many times since, varying some of the ingredients to change it up a bit. He thinks Jesse and he can live on that when they get moved into the 'new' house together. They will have to get a large fry pan to use for it, with a lid, or an electric fry pan like Maureen uses for hers.
We are looking for temps today in the low 80's while my family is being buried once again in a snow storm. The schools are closed, so many snow days this year! Mom was supposed to go for a hair cut today and I hope she is able to get there. Linda J. usually takes her but she was planning to go to Shawano for card making class. Not sure that will happen for her either with the snow covered roads.
My poor sister, Kerry, is at home today not due to snow but due to having a medical procedure yesterday. She will recover this three-day weekend after having skin cancer removed from her cheek, and a sort of graft put in place to cover the hole left by the carving out of the cancer. My heart hurts for her and I hope the recovery is swift and the scarring minimal.
Sarah with her grandma, Sue
It looks bad now, as any surgical site would, and from that I have determined I will wear a hat in the pool this summer! My goddaughter, Sarah, was sporting a lovely blue 'picture hat' with a fur border the other day when shopping with her grandma, and I think that's what I would like for the pool! The color would coordinate with my swimsuit, and look stylish besides. It is all about the accessories and all about being careful now in the sun.
