subtitle – wow, we did NO regular chores and survived!
Well, if you read anything I post, you know the bed installation was a huge big deal. It eclipsed all other chores and things on the to-do list. But it was NOT all we did this weekend!
Sunday we headed up to Bangor for the Maine Harvest fair – a whole civic center and auditorium FULL of fabulous, locally grown/processed food, like a giant farmers’ market. It was heavenly. Samples galore, lots of friends in the biz. We bought a few yummy things, and had to pass others by because we are, after all, dieting… hahaha. So we bought some donuts, some goat cheese, some pasta sauce, a whoopie pie, some herb dip mixes. We passed up the world’s most beautiful cranberries because we still have some Sugar Hill Cranberries in the freezer. But if you get a chance to buy them anywhere, do it! they are huge, beautiful, make grocery store ones look anemic. And they taste heavenly. We also were able to find that cinnamon maple sugar we love and get a big jar of it, a card so we never run out again, and let them know our local source is apparently out of it. Kinney Sugar House – yum! We bought a few other treats there as well. So you can see, the diets were far from our mind on Sunday.
Following this, we went for lunch to the Coach House Restaurant – comfort food place. A had her Beano with her, so I was able to order one of my favorite winter treats – chili and cheese. It was delicious. I might have to make a batch for the freezer, since A doesn’t like it and I would get sick of it long before I finished a pot of it.
Then it was off to Brewer for a craft fair – saw another one of my business buddies – Susan Merrill of Weaving a Life (www.weavingalife.com)- she had not only her amazing Journey Looms there but new woven earrings that are simply stunning. I might have to get some next time I see Susan. We didn’t have a lot of money left after the harvest fest, or I would be wearing a pair right now.
From this wonderful start of buying and eating local, we leaped into the consumerism world of the big boxes – a new PetSmart just opened up in Bangor, and we need cat food, so A dropped me and sister-in-law L off at AC Moore, and she and sister-in-law S headed over to Pet Smart. I went as fast as I could through AC Moore, grabbed paper I wanted, searched hard for the jewelry findings I wanted (finally found them) and managed to get a bottle of tattered angels glimmer mist (been wanting to try this for the longest time), a stencil and an embossing folder. A came in looking for us just as we were checking out. I don’t know how else to entertain her while I shop at craft stores – I thought for sure a pet store would keep her busy for more than 20 minutes – and that it would take her time to park. But she is good – she got lots of kitten food wet and dry, and of course, a few new toys…
When we got home, it felt really late, was heading toward twilight, but it wasn’t even 4 o’clock! So, A made some raspberry jam, as she was all out of it, and I worked on my sock – ready to turn the heel today.
Today she has to work, but I get this holiday off, so I will do some of the chores we neglected so much the past couple of days. I plan to:
- clean the cat box
- do the laundry
- tidy up the living room (cat toys and structures everywhere right now!)
- rearrange the living room just for fun
- start making christmas cards – I have a few ideas for them this year, and so will make a couple and let A choose which one is “it”.
- turn that heel
I’ll check back in and let those of you who care know how I did with today’s list!
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