I had 2 more days in Rhode Island before I'd fly home Tuesday evening. It's a good thing I was having fun because home was calling to me. Even after a relaxing week at the beach, I was ready to be home. For a LONG time before I travel again. But first the rest of my RI time.
I used to love Dunkin Donuts but they stopped making my favorite donut - lemon filled with chocolate icing. Well Janice found that Market Basket (a Massachusetts grocery chain that has a couple of stores in RI) has them so we started the day Monday getting a donut. Janice had donations to drop off a a thrift store so we ate our donuts in the parking lot after dropping them then went inside. It was a lovely store - clean and well organized. I found a couple of Evesham ramekins so was happy with that. From there we went to yet another Job Lot. I think it was my 4th one on this trip but it was the biggest one so far and had lots of stuff I hadn't seen yet. I bought quite a bit more. : )
With our shopping done, we headed to one of our old haunts for a late lunch - Newport Creamery. It was bogo day for Awful Awfuls, which are super thick milk shakes (called cabinets in RI) so we got one after our sandwiches. Yum! After a quick stop at Dave's Market, where I stocked up on Near East tabbouleh mix that I can no longer find in Nebraska, we went home to veg. Janice and I were always big box game players so we played boggle for awhile. When we got hot, we jumped in her pool and then enjoyed swordfish and corn on the cob cooked by Chris (Janice's husband) on the grill. I had bought a small serving of grapenut pudding (another RI thing that's an egg custard with a grapenut crust) and we were so full we split it 3 ways for dessert. It was another fun day and my last full one in RI.
I started Tuesday packing up all my stuff, which was mostly Job Lot purchases. Lots of them. I got it all into my suitcase and loaded it into the car. We were headed to meet Deanne at Mrs. Basset's, who was our girl scout leader, for a visit. It has become a tradition on my RI trips and was fun, as usual. I said goodbye to Janice and Deanne and I headed to her new house where she had an inspection or something. I got to see it, which was cool, and then we went to a late lunch at Avvio. Delish. We had some time to kill before I needed to be at the airport so we drove to one of my favorite neighborhoods on the water in Warwick - Conimicutt - and then she dropped me at the airport and I was headed home. My flights were nearly empty and on time. I walked into my house at 11:30 and didn't let the cats out so I could shower and go right to bed. It was good to be home.
It was great to wake up at home on Wednesday and after unpacking first thing, I got busy with laundry - mostly sheets and towels from the beach house with a few undies thrown in. It all got hung on the line. I picked some produce in my garden, went to Lorri's to pick up the fundraiser peaches she'd picked up for me and then did some cooking - sausage with peppers from my garden, tabbouleh with my garden tomatoes and pasta for supper. It was a lovely first day home.
Thursday was a Lincoln day because I had scheduled lunch at the Chinese buffet with Layton a month ago. I started at the rummage sale at St. John's in Weston and scored some cool Pyrex mugs in lovely avocado green. Peaches to Anne was stop number one then I enjoyed a long lunch with Layton, catching up on all things UNL. From there I went to Helen's to hang for a bit before hitting Aldi and Russ' to restock on groceries. I was now ready to stay home.
Friday was laundry day and I enjoyed knitting and catching up with YouTube videos. I talked to Lori in the morning and offered to chart a sock pattern that she wanted to make but it had no chart and needed to be converted from toe up to top down. I ended the day with more knitting charts. Rene wanted to make basic cabled socks and after we looked on Ravelry and couldn't find the right thing, I charted that out and emailed it right before bedtime. Helping friends with sock knitting - all good.
Since I retired, weekends have become time to spent at home to avoid all the working people who flood stores on their days off. I got dressed early because Tim was coming to mow before the rain. I had just enough time to pick produce and throw some fertilizer on my containers before it started raining. I spent the afternoon on socks - frogging 2 pairs and then spending 4 hours reclaiming the tangled skein from one of them. I was way behind on my temperature blanket so did minimal chores on Sunday and knitted squares galore. When the internet went down that night, I went to bed early to read and called it a good weekend.
While I had a great time in Rhode Island and it was a totally relaxing time, I am travelled out! I want to stay home for a long time. Like maybe I won't travel until next year. I have lots to do in the yard and have a basement to clear out so they can reblock my east wall this winter. I also want to get into a routine. Gotta work on that. I'm ready.
Here's a pic of my front step, done Janice style. She has a front door she doesn't want anyone to use so puts an enormous plant blocking the step. I never use my front door so centered the huge impatiens on the step instead of having it on the side. Great idea and I like it.
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