Waiting For The Snow

 Oh my Great Aunt Agnes!!  Yes, I really DID have a great Aunt Agnes Morehead.  Lovely lady ... she collected handkerchiefs from Ireland and Post Cards from all over the world.  I've no idea where her money came from, because way back then on the Isle of Man, there were no jobs for women.  And that's about all I know about THAT!

What I do know is it's 37 degrees here this morning.  Yikes!!  What happened to SPRING?  Hopefully today will be sunny, but the next four days carry lots of rain and the possibility of SNOW!   There is definitely NO fun in that!!

There is a LOT of fun in this kid however.  At his late age (going on 16) he has discovered the FOOD plate.  He has never been a beggar, and never bothered me while eating ... until I made the HUGE mistake of giving him a piece of turkey from my bowl.  Apparently it tastes MUCH better than the exact same turkey that is in HIS bowl.  The little growls make me laugh.

On to the day, I was late at every turn.  Late for breakfast ... late to let Cooper out ... and late to even turn on the television, meaning I missed the bull riding where Stetson won yet again.  You just can't beat this Utah cowboy!!  

That's when I got the phone call from Chef Patty in Arizona.  Seems we were both procrastinating the walk to the sewing room.  Those quilts always look so pretty ... and you get so motivated ... for maybe two days.  Then it all goes downhill until you have to FORCE yourself to finish it up.  I'm thinking we should be making much SMALLER quilts that don't take so long.

I walked by the puzzle, took a gander and placed one piece.  Just so you know there has been SOME advancement, here's the first day picture.

Yeah ... not so much.  I'm happy to report however that I found THREE edge pieces, to fit in the two holes left.  Sadly, NONE of the three fit in the two holes left.  That means there may be a mistake somewhere that I don't even want to think about.  I went back to playing brain games on my phone.  Not that it's helping much, but I'll keep trying.

At long last it was time for the penguin suit.  Like any good penguin, I've eaten WAY too many fish.  It might be MUCH more comfortable if I could just lose ten pounds.  

I opened up tickets sales and the rush was on.  On this night I hijacked one of the other trustees to stand up for an hour and take tickets.  Wow ... that was pretty cool.  I actually got to sit down with my food when it was still WARM!  

New York steak ... a very thick delicious piece of cow ... crunchy raw green beans (oops) and a potato, hard at one end and soft at the other.  I'm not sure how that happens.  You are only seeing half of everything here, since I already put the other half in a to-go box.  Yup ... you get a LOT of food!  Salad, rolls and ice cream finish out the meal.  YUM!!

We headed up to the lodge room for yet another initiation of 17 folks.  I don't know where they all come from, but we are well over 1600 members now.  They come for the daily lunches, dinners every Friday night, the cheap drinks and the $20 lodge night dinners twice a month.  Maybe that's why my penguin suit fits like a glove.

I'd like to list all the things I'm going to get done today, but so far the only thing I see is a nap on the couch.  I got home very late and got up very early.  The story of my life!! 

The sun is just coming up and I need to run outside and get the garbage can that's been sitting there for two days.  Better to do it in the dark so I don't scare the neighbors dog ... or the neighbors for that matter.  Here's to a restful day!!!