Reading or gardening instead of making food for a family gathering tomorrow.

In the RV parked on a beautiful beach on a beautiful day with no one else around. A pot of King crab legs or lobster or crawfish would be a bonus. Just chilling and listening to the waves roll in.

I'd love to have the time to do some painting (art)!

It's cold and rainy today. My plan was to clean house, but all I managed to clean was my bathroom. I'm having a new furnace installed by my nephews so I'll have heat again soon!!!! My furnace bit the dust with the last heavy snowfall of the season a few months ago. I got an extra 20 years out of the old one. lol If I could do something special today, what would I do? For me, that would mean doing something for someone else. And I have no idea what I would do.

Go swimming in Ptown harbor. But I'm away. Will have to wait until next week when I'm there.

Marilyn Sue, your day sounds perfect to me. Except for Izzi, I'd have Bindi, my cat. In reality, we got almost 3 inches of rain today, and I need to go to town to buy feed, and I am not sure it isn't going to rain some more. So, I am waiting and watching. I wish I was nice and clean and laying in bed relaxing, but I am sweaty and have hay stuck all over me. I still have to go out and move some hay around before I come in to get cleaned up to go to town. I have gotten to the point that I don't want to go anywhere.....too much trouble by the time I get the horses taken care of in the morning and I have to be home in the evening to do it all over again. Add to that, my new horse, Bane, is being fed three times a day, so I have arranged every day around being home to do that.

Yes, Marilyn Sue, Your day is pretty close to what mine would be.

I would be sitting outside in my yard enjoying a perfectly manicured lawn, flower beds that are weed free and edged and trimmed where needed. Dinner of a yankee pot roast is in the oven in the immaculate kitchen. The rest of the house is clean and tidy. Tidy means that some angel came in and organized all that paper glut that I can never keep ahead of.

And I would be able to solve the 9 piece puzzle that I bought 2 weeks ago. Just 9 square coaster size pieces and I haven't mastered it...yet!

Thanks p-log. Less than a year to go to be Medicare age and the problems are already starting. Serves me right for opening multiple threads at a time, going off to do something, and coming back and making an entry in the wrong place.

Sorry, Deleted this comment and made a similar one in the right place.

Your day sounds lovely Marilyn. Ours would be similar. It's sunny but instead of the overwhelming humid heat, it would be sunny, about 70ish degrees and no humidity. There'd be a slow cool breeze and quiet music in the back ground while my husband and I relaxed outside under the umbrella with our lab Ellie. My daughter and SIL would pop in to join us for dinner and we'd throw something simple on the bbq.

Instead, we've got company coming soon and I'm cleaning out the upstairs office and closets to reorganize, it's messier now than when I started. My dear husband is outside in the hot humid heat mowing the yard and planting a tree. It's not all a lost cause, at least the dog is happy, she's having fun playing in the hose while we work. It's 5 o'clock and I still don't know what I feel like making for dinner. Peanut butter and jelly anyone??? :c{

Snidely, did you mean to address Rhizo's roaster question?

The reasons for not doing it in the main oven are many:

• Depending on the oven, to heat the kitchen less.
• Use it outside so as not to heat the kitchen.
• Use it in another room besides the kitchen to keep the kitchen free and/or cool.
• The kitchen oven(s) is full.
• Bring it to a relative's house to cook away without taking over her kitchen.
• Use electricity when the gas is out.

There are more, but this is the special day thread.

I love how so many of you have a special day that includes magical chores. It's been a long time since the fairies came and did my ironing, and that's the only chore they've ever done for me, so my special day is less magical. I'd just like to sit around on a shaded patio with a soft, warm breeze and something pretty and interesting to look at (doesn't have to be a "view", just not ugly and boring), with my best friends. If someone wants to bring along food and drink, so much the better, but not required.

Enjoying a 75 degree low humidity day. All caught up on my work. And enjoying the chit chat of some friends while we sipped some lemonade or iced tea. Just fully relaxed.

Shirley

I am having an almost perfect day. It's relatively cool, the sun is shining, the house is clean and I have a new book to read. I have laundry waiting, but I've decided to enjoy today and put the laundry off until tomorrow.

Every day is "special"! :0) I love the nice weather were having, mostly sunny, a little overcast...80 degrees. Just ate an ice cream cone after taking a nap. Spent the morning at the balloon festival with DH and friends. Dinner is already made. Meeting the same friends tonight for the balloon glow. Life is good......

Flying to Australia for a month visit to all of it's and New Zelands great places.

We just had our special hour earlier. We were both doing chores around the house when it suddenly got dark and started to storm. Both of us love a good show of nature, so we gravitated to the back porch to watch the wind blow the trees around, the rain filling up the bird bath, and to listen to the rolling thunder.

Blended up a frozen beverage of dark rum, honey dew melon, a squeeze of lime.

Perfect!

Nicole!!! i want your day, instead of cleaning our upstairs, can I come visit you ????? I love balloons!!! (Did you take any of your fabulous pics??)

I'm actually doing it today. Watching football with my grand daughter who came home from college and is staying with us for the holiday. She is so special. I don't love the football part but she wanted to watch it. She is in the guard troop and had the weekend off. She introduced us 2 of her room mates on face time. We had dinner out at our favorite Mexican restaurant this evening. Wonder what we will do tomorrow? I'm sure it will be a fun time.

I did have a special day today! Went to the art fair with over 600 booths with a friend , took our time browsing, had lunch there, and found some special buys. Plus, my house was sparkling as I thought I was getting company for the weekend but they ended up not coming! Lol!

I'm jumping on Raven's train. I would love to be in our little RV somewhere on a deserted beach or even a lake. I'm lonely, DH is away on his yearly elk hunting trip to Colorado with his brother. It's bow season right now. Think I'm heading to my one sister's house in Md. tomorrow for a visit.

Everyone have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

It's almost sunset here right now. I would be on the wharf or the seawall watching the sun go down, watching the gulls fly overhead to their evening roosts, hearing the creak of the boats in their slips and listening to the last calls of the sea lions settling in for the night.

No heat and humidity on Labor Day! Can't wait for fall so we can sit outside without sweating.

My true dream would be a private plane, fly to my house in Colorado to enjoy the cool air! Then I'd do charity work

But I'm happy for today to have hung pictures in the basement family room that have been lying on the floor for one year! Success!!