Three straight days of playing

Sat., January 18, 2003 - Played lazy all day.  Watched Lawrence Welk & Guy Lombardo in the evening.  Talked to Greta.

Sun., January 19, 2003 - Nancy came.  She sopped at Boston Market for our dinner.  We played Rummikub.

Mon., January 20 ,2003 - Played cards this evening.

It took me a second to notice that Grandma used a form of the word "play" for three days in a row.  Good for her, especially the playing lazy part.

The photos are of my dining room just this week.  Grandma's buffet had been in our bedroom holding up the television in there, but we did some switching out of furniture in the bedroom and it occurred to me that we could put the buffet to better use.  So, the corner cabinet that had been Jane's (John's mother) and had been, well, in the corner, went to Tasha who very much liked having her grandmother's cabinet, and the buffet was put in its current spot.

Right now it holds some of Grandma Anna's china and for the life of me, I don't remember even one thing that Grandma (Marian, that is) kept on her buffet.  Excuse the wrinkles in the dresser scarf there; I put it on quickly to see if I liked it and then promptly forgot to go iron it and put it back. Also, the mirror is streaky.  Egads.  I should have just started over with a new photo.

Plentiful snow

Wed., January 15, 2003 - Went to Book Club in evening.  Zoya cooked a chicken and gave me the dark meat - she only likes the white meat.

Thurs., January 16, 2003 - We have about 6 or 7 inches of snow. It started snowing yesterday afternoon and stopped during the night.  I baked a pumpkin pie & 6 loaves of banana bread.  Tom came in evening.  We had chicken casserole.  The usual laundry, etc. and Rummikub.  I called Lester to wish him Happy Birthday.  Also talked to Myrtle - 5 inches of snow there.

Fri., January 17, 2003 - Spent the afternoon in Zoya's apartment.  She had special medical examination in the morning & needed someone around in p.m.  Pat Ross was there, too. We had a good talk.  In evening Mitch & Anna came while Mary went to a company party.

Ack.  I don't remember a work party in January 2003.  Oh, well.  

And we still have snow here.  You really gotta love that some snow melts during the day, making for muddy roads and chores in the p.m., and then freezes overnight so that I am confronted with a rugged landscape of frozen ice/snow/mud.  Almost gets me cranky by the time I am done and back in the house.  So, glad that today is sunny and warm.  Hoping for less snow by tomorrow morning, even though it means more mud tonight.  The photo is from a day or two after our 8 to 10 inches of snow and everything was all frosty one morning.

Chugging along

Sun., January 12, 2003 - Nancy & I to church at All Saints Luth. Church where Mary goes.  We ate dinner at Popeyes - then got groceries & back here.  I showered, Nancy vacuumed & then we played Rummikub.

Mon., January 13, 2003 - Had a nice chat over the phone with Zoya. Played cards tonight.  Didn't win any game this evening.

Tues., January 14, 2003 - Had a Handi-Van take me to the "College."  Mary brought me home.  Asked Delores to come in evening to play Rummikub.

Grandma isn't giving me much to work with here, but I guess Life can't be exciting and newsworthy every single day, especially if you are over 90 like Grandma was here.  But, I'll get this posted nonetheless so I can keep this blog going.  Chugging along like the little engine that could.  (I put "train" first, but realized that was wrong, and it makes sense because it was the engine that did all the work, not the whole train.)