It's 4:45 on a Sunday morning, but I couldn't sleep any longer so I thought I might as well get up. The coffee is made, the dishes done, butter out softening for baking and rags at the ready to wash the floor ! The temperature is supposed to be whatever with a windchill of -39* this am. We won't be going anywhere !
The best thing I did this past week was to use an old bag from wine in a box to use as a hot water bottle ! It is just lovely. OUr room is always cold in the winter so that. With piles of blankets and afghans have kept my toes so warm ! I look forward to getting into bed and resting my feet on the warmth.That bag is at least 25 years old. I used them camping that many years ago !! I may ask at work if anybody still buys wine in a box and then whether I could have their bladder !Sitting here at night my feet get cold so it would be even more wonderful if I could rest my feet on some warmth ! LOL
The second thing that I had never done before was to make soup using some leftover beef gravy. I watered it down, threw it into a pot after softening some onions. Added water, vegetables and the tiny bit of leftover roast. I added pot barley, hot sauce, and worstershire sauce and emptied some little packs of ketchup . Near the end I threw in some peas.It was delicious. And to hint I used to throw the gravy out ! Mind you it was a dee rich gravy.....
By posting the 5 stockings I had finished up last Sunday on FB, I got an order for 3 more !! I knit like a mad fool ! So, yesterday morning, instead of starting to get the appliqués ready, I decided to downsize and make a small one for the teacher who placed the order for a friend of hers. Her friend really admire L's, and wanted to buy three - until she found out her ex hadn't paid some bills. L decided to buy them for her so I made her a small stocking for her cats ! This morning I should finish sewing up the stockings to be ready for tomorrow morning.
Today I want to wash some floors and make oatcakes, butterscotch square and sour cherry oatmeal cookies. Then I need to organize the prescription receipts and enter them into my health spending account to get all the 'handling fees' back. In between I need a shower !
It was so bitterly cold this week's we had indoor recess the whole week ! Looks like we'll start off with the same this week. Our resident nutty EA told a really tall tale this week. She apparently said she went to ER twice as she thought she was having an allergic reaction to her mess. The third time she went to her Dr who told her that no, it wasn't an allergic reaction. It was because she had cancer somewhere in her body ! Sure that's what a doctor would say ! She told the w ring person who is an RN [ who stop laughing about it ] I am guessing she needs some more sympathy as she is not getting any from anyone. And her teachers are making her work hard. Paging her even to the classrooms !
The grandchildren ate up every bit of the Shepherd's Pie on Thursday night ! I thought I might have some left for school, but no not a mouthful was left. YD had had two concerts at her school so long days for all of them because it was 9 before she picked them up.
Time to get a move on to get as much accomplished today as I can !
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