Good morning ladies. We had a real downpour early this morning and it is over but cool and cloudy this AM.
We had an enjoyable time with the kids at brunch yesterday. I don't know why they seem to always put us at lousy tables. The stuck us in a round booth, which I couldn't get into, so I had to sit in a chair on the outside. That was ok, but it isn't like the woman seating us couldn't see my size for heaven's sake. They did it last year too only the table was stuffed into a corner with no way of walking around it because it was so tight. The food was great though it is an expensive brunch at $31 apiece. They did have better quality stuff though not just your basic eggs, bacon and such. They had peel and eat shrimp, oysters in the shell, smoked salmon, to die for prime rib, waffle bar and omelet bar, the regular bacon, sausage, eggs, sausage gravy and biscuits kind of thing then salads, great fruit, and lovely desserts too. I had this to die for italian pasta salad that was just delicious. I did succumb to their bread pudding and sauce though I think it needed a lot more nutmeg and cinnamon and the sauce was thin from being heated too high. It was a nice time though as everyone talked about cruising more than anything else.
I have been wasting my time looking at yarn for socks this morning. I ran out of red for the monkey hats and it has been shipped, but I can't finish the one I have almost all the way done until I get more red. The second one went a lot faster than the first, but then I haven't started the sewing part yet, which was what drove me nuts before, getting everything centered and such. I have decided to buy Lorna's Laces Shepherd sock yarn this year. It is a bit pricey, around $24 for a hank long enough to make one adult pair of socks, but the colors are just exquisite. I found this color to make the boys Christmas socks this year. Jay loved the boys socks so much at Christmas last year he told me he would love a pair. He has really large feet, probably size 13 or 14 but this particular yarn is like 435 yards so should be enough. I am also going to make Alicia a pair for her birthday in July but am waiting to hear back from her about whether she wants solid or patterned type socks and what colors she likes.
Poor Jack has to come home and fool with the new garbage disposal after dinner. I don't know what is going on, but the dishwasher doesn't completely drain out. Thing is, it is not flooding out of the machine onto the floor, but there is water in the bottom after you run a load. I tried running it empty this am a short load time and it still has water in the bottom so something isn't draining completely and it has to be something he put on wrong because it was working before he put the darn thing in. This is the third one we have put in since we moved in here. I lived in Indiana for 10 years and never even had to have the one there fixed and it was a cheap one as it was a rental apartment so don't know why this keeps going out.
I did lose about 4 lbs of the weight I have gained since leaving the hospital, just hope I can keep it up now. My abdomen is so bruised feeling that it keeps me in the chair a lot so it is harder to get up and get stuff to eat I guess. I bought some gas-x thinking maybe the feeling is built up gas, but I don't know if it will help or not.
Today is laundry day. I have 3 loads and that was just over the weekend. We were out and about so much that there were a lot of showers, dress clothing and such besides the regular stuff. I also want to wash throw rugs so I can clean the downstairs tomorrow. I was going to do it today, but I don't want gunk tracked in from the rain so will wait until things dry out and just get all the laundry caught up.
I wore one of my new dresses, my new sweater, and the shaper to lunch yesterday. Jack told me I looked beautiful. I told him the biggest thing was going to the bathroom and getting that shaper back up when I was finished! Actually, it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be and it does provide a smoother and definitely no jiggle look. The dress and the shaper are both comfortable, the shaper doesn't roll down at the waist or anything and stays in place on the legs too. I really like the easy flow of the dress too and the material doesn't wrinkle which for a cruise is superb.
Well, gals, the buzzer for the dryer is about to go off so have to get the first load out. Have a great start to the week. Faye