Days before work begins

Saturday was the long awaited flea market at the nearby fairgrounds. We went there and looked at all the “treasures” for sale. We were looking for candles but found none. I did find a hand sander and some weights for Evelyn. I also bought some plastic shaft savers for my golf clubs. We left there and walked the lake. I had hoped to use the wifi at the lake but none of the sites were working. And we couldn’t park near the hotel because the Seventh Day Adventists were having a worship service and had parked in every space available. We came home because we had invited the Rogers and Anna for a lunch of the free pizza we had brought home from last night. We had a good time and I was grateful that they brought some beer because I had none. They helped Evelyn make a decision about the valances in the living room. Anna also suggested a place to go for material Evelyn could use to make them. She thought she might as well make them from scratch if she had to alter the things she brought. We began to work with the Venetian blind that we planned to install last fall. We laid it on the floor and soon gave up. We called the man who had installed our living room blinds, and he came over and we threaded the ladders together. He then took the blind to the bedroom and mounted the bracket and the blind. He also mounted the other bracket so we could thread the next blind ourselves. We decided to hang our new picture so we had to go to Lowe’s to return the valances Evelyn had brought home yesterday and get some angle picture hangers. While there we went to a motel to place some more brochures for Folkmoot. We finished the pizza for dinner and then I used our laser level to hang our picture. It looks great above our entertainment center. We then watched a movie I had rented for Evelyn over the internet on Direct TV. It was “Employee of the Month.” It was stupid but there were some funny lines in it. We then watched part of “Roughing It” by Mark Twain. It is 4 hours long and we were too tired to finish it.

Sunday was a blessing of singing for the Lord, Holy Communion and ushering for Communion. We were surprised to learn that we were scheduled to usher. That is difficult for us because we are to take the offering but sing with the choir during the offering. I got some people to replace us. Afterward we collected the attendance sheets and picked up discarded bulletins. Then we had lunch at a baby shower for the Crume’s new baby. We gave them an ear thermometer. We came home around 2:30 and rested. I called Bollingers to let them know we were here. They never did come, though, because he had a bench that a man was supposed to take out of his way before they returned to Indiana for her 50th class reunion in Geneva. We made popcorn anyway and opened a bottle of white wine (before we knew they couldn’t come) as my drink. It tasted really good and I drank the entire bottle. This was a mistake and I got quite tipsy. I started a movie for Evelyn and went back to watch something else in the bedroom. I don’t think I got very far before conking out. Evelyn came in and turned off the set and I continued sleeping.

I wakened at 3:33 this morning and couldn’t sleep. I got up and read the Bible until 4:30 when I went back to bed and to sleep. We laid in bed until almost 8, not wanting to walk. We finally got up and I prepared the smoker and the country style ribs we had bought Saturday. I put them on to smoke while Evelyn dressed for the women’s club luncheon at the lake. She took her 3 bean salad while I deposited some money in the bank at Clyde and delivered more Folkmoot brochures. I have misplaced a large bundle of them but hope to find them before time to return for strawberries this afternoon. I brought Evelyn home at 12:30. I had eaten a wrap I had made for lunch and she had eaten of the many salads at her meeting. I took the ribs from the smoker and put them into Ziploc freezer bags in pairs. We froze all but two which we saved for dinner Wednesday evening. We then rested until 3 (she did not want more strawberries yet) when we drove to the Iron Tree Golf Course to play 18 holes. We get a cart for $20 and Evelyn can ride along free. Some golf courses will charge for a rider. They probably suspect both people will play when out of site. They don’t have to worry about that with us. I really enjoy the scenery there, but it is truly a mountain course. The back 9 is so challenging that one doesn’t know where the next T is on many of the holes. There was also no water in any of the ball washers. We didn’t finish until 7 so I took us out for a sandwich on the way home. We watered the plants and then watched “The Cutting Edge”. I went to bed early, preparing for my first day at work tomorrow.
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