Afternoon all – later post today and for a change I’m not typing over Happy’s head.
Michelle - I can imagine trying to squeeze all the meetings into a three-day week – why do they try to schedule them all on Tuesdays? Wednesday is a good day for meetings - people are more likely to be in the office. I know I hate to take single days off mid-week – just don’t want to come back to work the next day!! Thanks for posting the links to the back and hamstring stretches and exercises. I’ve done many of them during cool-downs at the end of exercise classes. I need to make them a daily thing – stretching and flexibility in general is very important and I just don’t make time for it, just do it when it’s incorporated into an exercise class. Hope the gym locations you can make it to have the right amenities and class schedule so you can make the best of the membership. Sounds like you’re really enjoying being back in sunny CA!!! I’m so happy for you sister!!
Happy – Did you buy any good bread at the Farmers Market? Yum, just love good bread.
We met a friend on Sunday at Panera and bf & I had bread with our salads and soup. We didn’t eat it all, so we took the leftovers home and wrapped/froze it. Love good crusty bread. Gosh, you're still worried about frosts up there! Glad it didn’t get that cold and that you protected your plants. We had a chilly day yesterday, but no frost worries. Still, my veg patch (two tomato plants, one fresno pepper plant and three 95% dead bean plants, LOL) are not exactly thriving. I don’t think the veg patch is in the optimum position for the most sun, and being next to a flower bed probably blocks a bit of the sun at a certain time of day because some of those flowers can get tall. I’m thinking about some major changes to that flower bed – it’s been left to its own devices for years and it’s jam-packed with flowers, and you’d think there’d be no room for weeds to invade, but they still manage! Glad you got the pork roast done – sounds delish. Nice you’ll have guests coming to stay and shake up your schedule. Hope the shop finds some volunteers to fill in for the weekend. So you’ll only be making the trip to take your mom back home? How long will you stay when you’re in town?
Annie – Glad Sassy’s procedure went well yesterday. Sad to hear about Tari’s dog passing away. She had a lot of years with Bailey though, have to be thankful for that. Glad you aren’t permanently blocked from this site at work. I've tried to get to a couple sites - maybe from links that someone suggested - that were blocked by my company – due to content or just not deemed safe. Didn’t run into that issue recently with this one though. Yum, pizza – we had it last night too!!! I just put myself on the library’s request list for Silver Linings Playbook – I’m number 43!!! But they have 5 copies of it and if it’s new, the checkout period is only 2 days…I might get it in 2-3 weeks!! Maybe we’ll just rent it from Redbox instead, LOL. Weigh-in was good – down 1.2 pounds. I think the exercise is the main contributor because eating has been somewhat so-so lately. Speaking of eating – I’m not even a meatloaf person and that meatloaf you made sounds YUMMY. But it’s quite an involved recipe – I’m sure I’d enjoy it significantly more if someone else prepared it, LOL!
Shad – Nice of you to help ds with the reno work. Long wait for the car, but now you don’t have to choose between the car and little S, LOL and you get that upgrade.
Ceejay – Sounds like yesterday was challenging – I keep imagining a bathtub running over, lol. What really happens when the tank runs over – where does all that water go??. Hope today goes better. Are you going to schedule a visit to see your sister and her grandbaby anytime soon? Weekend coming already for you – nice!!
Mel – Have a lovely day today and not filled with too much work! Yeh, I suppose my eyes are getting dryer – I’ve done the same type of work for years and worn soft contacts for years, so it’s probably me that’s changed.
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Went to the eye doc last night for a contact lens follow-up appointment. Yeh, the left lens was not sitting properly in my eye, so this brand is out for me. I have severe astigmatism, so it’s hard to properly fit my eyes with lenses. Back to my usual brand – they gave me the trial pair of those last night - and I hope nothing’s changed with the lenses. My rx hasn’t changed, thank goodness.
Instead of Middle Eastern for dinner last night, we opted for pizza. However, bf ordered from the wrong Malnati’s location! Much further drive for him – it was the one we usually go to when we eat in. The one nearer the house is a carry-out/delivery location only. When he went to pick up the pizza (at the near location), they didn’t have his order. They asked if they wanted them to cancel the order at the other location and order it there, but he said no. He didn’t think it was fair to have them eat the loss. If it had been me…if they’d offered to do that, I would have accepted. Oh well, that’s okay, we put the pizza in the oven when he got back with it and it was fine. So fine I had TWO pieces! That’s a lot of pan pizza. Bf updated his cell phone contact list so he doesn't do that again!!
My sweaty Jazzercise classes make me want to rework the car seat cover I made out of the bath towel and elastic. Too much of a PITA lately to get the elastic where it needs to be. Now I’m planning a design where the cover has an opening at the very top where it can just slip right over the headrest. I want to add some fabric to hang over the back and have it sewn to the front (towel part) at the sides so it’s sort of like a sleeve that goes a little ways down the seat back. But not too far down so as to interfere with the seat belt! I’ll check my stash of fabric, but I’m almost 100% positive that I have something that’ll work for that. That’s one project. The other is letting down the hem on some slacks.
That’s about it for me. Going to the nearby Thai Festival w/ a couple work buddies for lunch today. Hope they’ve got some tasty food there!
or broccoli or even parsnips are they all need frost to give them their great flavour. Shame you didn't get the roast pork into the crock pot - love roast pork.
I did manage to get the pork roast in the crock before I left yesterday. Came home to a delicious dinner - will definitely do this again. 
always sad to lose a devoted companion. So many people talk about losing a long time pet and then they are reluctant to get another one - but thankfully after a period of time, they usually do. Have fun with Sissy today. 
Did you reschedule your meeting with the SS people? Hope you and Shad can connect up on the telly soon. 
Yummmm. Wow! I'm impressed that you're designing your own car seat covers!! I hope your lunch is delicious!
