Dreaded dentist for me today. I love my dentist and his staff, just hate sitting there for what seems like an eternity.

I'm a sluggard in comparison! LOL! Today I'm doing some laundry, doing my 10,000 steps and making dinner. Trying a new recipe - warm spinach and mushroom salad. For the recipe, I had to buy some white balsamic vinegar that I had no idea even existed! With it, we will have breaded pork chops (panko crumbs) baked in the oven and DH will likely also have a baked potato.

Put away all the blankets etc from the clothesline yesterday...get the spare rooms straightened out after grands were here last week. (

* I cant remember today how to spell straigtened??)

And get the beef stew cooking!

Find a hotel for a group we're sending to a reverse site visit and pay for the symposium we just had. Then goof off? Tomorrow and Thursday afternoon I'll be out there really scrutinizing my seedlings. Tonight and Tuesday night will be last of the very cold weather. I'm anxious to see how cold tolerant they are. So far, they're puttering along just fine. Crossing fingers!

Just work. I should clean my house when I get home but that probably won't happen, haha.

It is such a dreary day here today and I am moving slowly...but heck, I am retired! This afternoon, I am going with a group of ladies to a nearly town to see the movie, “I Can Only Imagine”. I have heard so many good reports about this movie, but will be taking tissues with me....

Washing some bedding, checked little seedlings that I have under lights. Having lunch at noon with our garden club, then I think I will finish doing my taxes this afternoon. It is snowing and I'm thinking I may just grab my book and take a nap!

I am packing. Every minute I have, I am packing and cleaning up....I am getting ready to go. It may be a long time before I leave but when the time comes, I will be ready.

I will be working on financial stuff, looking at my accounts, rebalancing, re-assessing my budget, doing my taxes; all part of planning for impending retirement.

I also need to go to Home Depot to buy a new mailbox to go with my new siding, and a replacement part for the toilet - the fill valve is on its last leg. I should do that now before I get involved in the paperwork.

Indoor stuff -- it's cold and drizzly now, supposed to switch to a wintry mix this evening with a couple inches of snow by morning. Yuck! I should do some laundry, pay some bills. Dear daughter travels a lot for her job, and she will be staying overnight with us tomorrow. So definitely I'm mixing up a batch of milk choc chip oatmeal cookie dough to bake fresh tomorrow afternoon.

Like rob333, I'm checking on seedlings today, and setting out more seeds. My onions are looking poor, as we have had cold cloudy weather.

Like, ont_gal, we're dealing with blankets. But ours are just going out on the line today. We're trying to figure out what new piece of furniture to acquire to store blankets, as we have a closet shortage. Going to a thrift store today and if they have armoires without the backs cut out for televisions, we might get one for blanket storage--if there is a good looking one.... Did you know armoires sell for as little as $15 now because so few people want them anymore? I see them offered on Craigslist for $300-400 and just kind of laugh. Even antique shops around here are not wanting the truly antique ones taking up floor space anymore.

My sister and I are going to lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. She does not bake (other than yeast breads) as her DH does not like to eat sweets, so I baked Irish soda bread last night. My recipe makes two loaves, and one is going to her. I don't think she ever has had any. DH and I raised 3 children, so I baked a lot. It never occurred to me that she did not bake, and this past year I have turned into her dealer!

I'll just watch you, nicole, with all your doings ! :o)

Packing to head back to Michigan.

Dental cleaning (yuck, hate going to the dentist) and then proofing and baking the bread dough I made last night. The latter will be a lot more fun. :)

Mow the yard. it is cold and gray out there, but it will rain the next 4 or 5 days. This will be the first mow of the year. go drop off some kids stuff at goodwill, and wash a load of clothes(after I shower from mowing.)

Watching it snow - ugh!

I meditated, changed plans for tomorrow, have to go to the gyno (oh boy!) and have shopping and other errands to run before I come home. Tomorrow it's supposed to bring a foot of snow and we're trying to get to the theater -- if they don't cancel.

We've had a group at church, usually about 10 or a dozen, that has met once or twice a month for about three years to discuss various of a wide variety of topics covered by our denominational-related magazine, "The United Church Observer".

We talk for an hour or so and then have lunch, taking turns bringing it, and it was my turn this morning, so I brought a couple of large pizzas and some veg and tangerines ... plus cookies.

Now I'm here talking to you, expect to visit son shortly, then to another library (two hour limit at this one) en route home, where I have some dishes to wash and straightening up to do in kitchen and elsewhere, partly in preparation for doing income tax.

ole joyful

I have had several texts, and phone calls, so that slowed things down a bit. I have the dishwasher running and this morning fixed my breakfast and then his and carried his up to him. I also mixed up two batches of yeast rolls and baked them. I am giving two of my daughters some later and put all but 3 of them in the freezer. I also went out to the storage shed and brought in a folding table, have had Izzi out and back in several times and that is about it. I have had my lunch and supper. I go to bed very early.

Sue

Last night I boiled my chicken carcasses, strained, and put back in the frig for todays chicken noodle soup.

I tidied up the house and did some floors. On my second load of laundry. A load of white sheets, Persil Perls, 158degf water, 4 rinses. No fabric softener and a load of white bath towels same procedure as the sheets but added 1 Tablespoon Downy citrus spice.

I'm thinking about making some sort of dessert. I don't need dessert but the kids will enjoy something.

Were supposed to have a pile up of snow and ice. It started about 20 minutes ago with huge snow flakes comming down heavy and thick....already laying in the grassy areas. I imagine school will be cancelled or delayed tomorrow. On second thought maybe I should hold off on making a dessert in case school is cancelled than the boys can make cookies..yep that's what I'll do and just give them a piece of fruit after dinner tonight. Since I'm not baking today I will probably make a pot of tea and sit at the window for an hour with my book. I have an hour and a half before the boys get home and I'm pretty much done for the day AND I'm tired. Cant go like the energizer bunny any more. Lol

Been doing housework. Finished up some laundry. Gathered up all the trash to go down for tomorrow morning pickup. I don’t have to fix supper this evening. Yeah. Son’s family invited us for the evening.. The kids got a new puppy and they want Mamaw and Papaw to meet him.. all in all it’s been a dusty day.

I am watching the grackles devour the bird seed at the feeders in the backyard. Oh well. A family of robins and a blue jay have been pecking at the front lawn so fun to wach the birds. I went to Costco to get a few items. The weather forecast is not good. We have had sleet today which will change to snow overnight and continue tomorrow. DH and I have appointments for physicals tomorrow morning. I hope we can make it because the doctor's office schedules the appointments months ahead.

I plan to make meat loaf for dinner. Tomorrow I am looking forwad to making blueberry muffins and chicken soup. When we cleaned out my MIL'S condo last week, I found a notebook of recipes mostly for cookies and pastries that were always on hand at her house. It would be fun to make one and bring it to her. She lives in an assisted living now. Also bring some to my daughters on Thursday.

I truly enjoy hearing about what you are all up to.

I did not go to job two today. I did three loads of laundry. Baked salmon. Cooked fresh spinach. Boiled eggs. Made a salad. Took out garbage. Cleaned the bathroom floor. Changed the drapes in the bedroom. Graded 20 essays. So I did work. At home.

Yesterday I went for a run, did some laundry, came here (but missed this thread), went to see my mom, went to BB&B, went grocery shopping for milk and bread.

Well it's the next day.

I'm off work today and at the moment I'm leaving to go buy about 15 bags of mulch to cover the front flower bed. If I survive all that, I'll work in my office shredding old papers and getting it ready to do taxes.

Happy Wednesday!

I really need to get some things done today since yesterday I didn't amount to a p-hole in the snow. Things need to be prepped for the freezer, broccoli to be blanched for tossed salad. Mineolas to be juiced. Other puttering jobs like shredding, a chore I absolutely hate. I wish I liked doing it because there is so much of it and I compost all the paper. I have some Easter gel clings that I want to put up. I realized that as of yesterday I've been retired for an entire season. Hard to believe, and you'd think my house would be cleaner than it is. Later I'll be starting a new book I've been waiting for that DH picked up at the Library for me last night, and enjoying my daffodils that I bought to celebrate spring. Enjoy your day!

Progress report from me. The doctor cancelled our appointments because of the snow. The wait is four months to see the doctor for physicals in spite of living in a major metropolitan area. I shoveled the driveway which was fun since it is not cold or windy. I will have to do it again but maybe grandsons can come over if roads are clear and earn some money. I made the chicken soup as planned, also getting ready to bake jasdip's blueberry muffins. I did not make the meat loaf last night, so it is on the menu for tonight. I keep saying I would like to wach little TV or read it never get around to it. Maybe today.

We spent the day at the zoo with all of the grandkids (4 that are toddler and pre-school age), our daughter and daughter in law. Came home exhausted, but it was a great first day of spring.