Wednesday, April 13, 2022

I was up and out the door early this morning so I could get the groceries I needed for my hot cross buns. The store wasn’t busy but I went to FreshCo and I have no clue where anything is. FreshCo is one of the few stores that has still arrows indicating which way up or down an aisle you should go; that added extra time as when I knew where something was I usually had to go down another aisle just to get to it.

Pat has a birthday coming up so I told him that as of today he was not allowed to make any purchases. I had a few ideas that he wasn’t thrilled about so what I picked out on my own is what he gets. I was behind on a couple of April birthday cards so I went into my Splendid Sampler stash of blocks and picked out a couple. One of them is ready for binding.

At one point both Pat and I were working in the kitchen; he was making soup in the Instant Pot and I was making hot cross buns in the bread machine. Whenever one or the other of our machines would beep we had to sort out which one it was or if it was a timer that we had set. When we started up the kitchen composter that added extra beeps to the mix. We had the soup for lunch and my hot cross buns are out of the oven (and have been taste-tested) so I guess we each answered the right beep.

I spent some time working on my Botanical Garden today; the weather wasn’t quite good enough to work out in the “real” garden. I was quite behind on the weekly posts but with some luck I think I can catch up this afternoon. I think I’m four weeks behind on my Peppermint Purple stitch-along.

I have a show at the Hall tonight so I’ll be heading out right after supper. I’ll be checking the pre-purchased tickets as well as selling memberships for the Hall and tickets for our next show. I was worried that we wouldn’t have a big crowd but I think by the time we sell a few tickets at the door we’ll be as full as we’d like to be given the Covid risk. Both Pat and I took a Covid test this morning and we’re both okay.

Now I’ll gather up the things I need for tonight and get back to stitching.