Week 19 - Started My Containers

It was another week of temperatures swings, starting with heat followed by soup weather with the heat on and ending with high 70's - perfect spring weather. I went with the flow and got all kinds of things done.

It was pretty toasty on Monday so I potted up dahlias and then dyed some yarn to take advantage of the sun and heat for quick drying then made rhubarb sugar cookies to take to knitting, knowing a front was coming through that would cool the house down. Alas, as much as I love all things rhubarg, this facebook recipe was not worth making again. : (

The high on Tuesday was 61 and so I made a big pot of lentil soup, which I've been wanting for awhile. Delish! I also made a nice dinner of asparagus goat cheese pasta. So much yumminess! Otherwise I stayed inside knitting to keep warm. I went through my food cupboards on Wednesday to pull donations for the boy scouts but it really needed doing. I did get outside that afternoon and tried to pull up some of the clay from the backyard dirt pile. I didn't have it seeded so am trying to break through to the grass underneath. Time will tell.

Thursday was the beginning of actual spring weather so I took advantage of being outside. I ran errands in Wahoo before lunch and totally scored at the senior center thrift shop. I don't usually find much there but got a few super fun things - a new placemat for under the cats' water bowl, some bias tape for knitting bag strings, some Paris notecards to gift to Cindy and a vintage tablecloth. Not only is it gorgeous but zero stains. And get this - they were having discount sale and I pulled 50% so all of this was $2.41. Gotta love it. I went outside after lunch and potted up the shade planters for along the garage. My containers make me so happy so it was great to get started.

I had zero motivation on Friday and spent the morning feeling guilty for getting nothing done, especially when I got a text saying they needed someone to take care of the cats at the shelter. I didn't respond. I was going to Lincoln later and had the great idea to call Cindy and see if she'd be up for hanging out and she was. I took fake Aldi frapuccino packets and headed out. We had a lovely time sitting on her back deck and then I headed to Lincoln. Dodie and I were going to Suffs at The Lied Center and meeting for supper at Salty's Lodge beforehand. It is the restaurant that replaced Red Fox, which Layton and I ate at almost every Friday pre-pandemic. They changed nothing inside but the menu was different. Dinner was great and so was Suffs, which I knew nothing about but thoroughly enjoyed.

Saturday was a busy day. For a retiree anyway. I started the day doing the cats at the shelter then threw a rhubarb upside down cake in the oven because I was going to Nancy's husband's 70th birthday party, which was also a goodbye party because they're moving back to California. Lorri and Bob picked me up and we had a wonderful time. Pretty much a friend of Nancy's is a friend I haven't met yet so I had a great time talking the afternoon away. All 3 of their daughters had flown in for the party and I hadn't seen them in years so that was fun too. It was a good time and Nancy and I will be getting together for lunch before they head west in mid-June. I ended the day talking to Dottie well past my bedtime.

That left Sunday for chores. It was gorgeous weather so I hung my laundry on the line and did some raking of the back patch until my rake came apart. It just needs a screw to reattach the head to the pole. I went out to my garden bench and started listening to the audio book for book club, knitting a charity hat while I listened. I ended the week with my tetrazzini that I pulled from the freezer. Yum!

So it was a good week. I started my containers (yay!), had some thrifting fun, did enough to feel productive and had lots of socializing. Even some culture with Dodie! Hopefully the spring temps will stick around for awhile because I have plenty more gardening to get done. Here's hoping.