I got my hair cut this afternoon. I have to look slightly down when I take my picture with the webcam to avoid reflections on my glasses.

This evening we took Sis's things to the hall where the craft show will be held tomorrow. They had said the dealers could set up anytime after 5 p.m. The craft show starts at 8 tomorrow morning and runs until 4 p.m.

After she set up her table, we went to Wendy's Restaurant near there and had supper. I had my favorite - a double stack hamberger, and a cup of coffee. Sis had the homestyle chicken filet sandwich and a cup of coffee. Later at home we ate the two apple dumplings that were left from lunch.

Wednesday night

Our office did not close for Veterans Day but it was a fairly quiet day. The art group met in one of the rooms for their weekly class. One of the church members came to work on the sound system. A couple from another area church came and brought several bags of beans and rice for next week's food pantry. It is always open on the third Wednesday of the month from 1 to 3 p.m. I get several telephone calls daily asking about it. The volunteers give out food to nearly 100 families each time it is open. This month they will be giving out additional items such as turkeys and Thanksgiving-related items to help provide each family with the ingredients for a nice Thanksgiving meal.

It seemed strange not to get any mail and a couple times I found myself starting to go check the mailbox.

Recently I found a recipe for whole wheat Bisquick substitute. I made up a batch this afternoon after I got home from work and put most of it in ziplock bags in the freezer. I kept out enough to make biscuits for supper and we had sausage gravy with it. Delicious!

I did have trouble with the oven of our new stove. It has an electronic pad to use to set it and I thought I had it set for 450. It heated up and started baking the biscuits but when I checked on them a few minutes later the heat had gone off and they weren't done. With my cataract, I have difficulty reading that dial which is on the back of the stove and I had to wait until Sis got home from her Wednesday night church service to re-set it and finish baking the biscuits while she made the gravy.

I'm so short that I can't lean over and see the dial at a good angle, even with the light on the range hood turned on. I like this new gas stove but I wish it had the old style knobs to turn it on and off instead of that touch pad panel that I have to touch bake, then keep touching the up arrow until it reaches the right temperature, then touch start. It is the temperature part that is so difficult for me to see.

Tuesday night

It got into the mid-70's again today with lots of sunshine.

I was busy on the computer most of the day az work. You wouldn't think I'd want to touch a computer when I get home, but I do.

We had sauerkraut and sausage, mashed potatoes and salad for supper.

Monday

Mondays are always busy at work. We sent out a big mailing so that took up a good bit of the day. I didn't get them all ready until after the mail went so I dropped them off at the post office after I got off work.

Sis wasn't feeling well a good bit of the day - don't know what is causing that. She was better by evening.

We had spaghetti, garlic bread, and broccoli for supper.

Sunday evening

It has been a long, rainy day. I got a call last night from one of the church members who usually comes by bus, asking for a ride today because of the predicted rain. I was glad to do so.

It wasn't raining when I left for church but after the church service started I could hear it really coming down outside.

We had a meeting after church to discuss some of the options given us by the district superintendant at the church conference.

When I finally got home we fixed lunch at home. We had salisbury steaks, potatoes, green beans, and corn on the cob.

I wasn't feeling too well and took a nap for an hour or so. This weather gives me a little sinus headache. I'm feeling better now but it is raining steadily again.

Saturday night - a long day

Sis got home from her church retreat this afternoon.

I agreed to help serve lunch at the church to a group of volunteers from another church. They planted trees and plants in our courtyard and put down mulch. Sis made up bowls of egg salad and tuna salad and I made sandwiches out of that and pimiento cheese spread and brought three trays of them. The pastor is out of town today but she bought soft drinks and cookies to serve them. We also brought some potato chips. So we just put everything out on a buffet table in the fellowship hall at noon and let them serve themselves. Two other ladies came to help serve also.

I left before the volunteers had finished their work in the courtyard so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see how it turned out.

Sis does a lot of crocheting and other crafts. She had our third bedroom all set up for her craft room, but she had so much stuff in there she could hardly move around. So over the last couple of weeks she bagged up a whole lot of it that she doesn’t use anymore and donated it to a thrift shop near us. They were glad to get it.

Right now she is working on crocheting chemo caps. She has some other crocheting projects that she has either started on or plans to.

I don’t do crafts, but I sure do love to read. I have two six-foot high bookcases that my husband built me and I have them full of books. I also have books on smaller bookshelves throughout the house, as well as on my bookcase headboard and stacked in the corners. I re-read the ones I really like, so I don’t like to get rid of too many of them.

I picked up some extra Thanksgiving-type stuff to donate to our food pantry. They will be open on November 18th and will try to put as much things in for Thanksgiving as they can. I brought 10 boxes of Stove Top Stuffing, 10 packages of gravy mix, and 2 cans of cranberry sauce. They ordered turkeys from the food bank and the things they usually give out, such as rice and beans, fruit, canned green beans, etc. Sis usually picks up bread at the bread outlet store and donates enough for the number of families that usually come. They usually give out food to nearly 100 families a month. With the economy the way it is right now, there are more families than ever that are having a hard time making ends meet.

Friday night

It was very foggy when I left for work this morning, but warmed up into the 70's during the day.

Sis is on an overnight church retreat and will be back sometime tomorrow afternoon.

i got my hair done this afternoon, went to a garage sale a couple of streets over from my house, and got groceries. The garage sale was a moving sale for a member of our church. I bought a one-cup coffeemaker, a desk lamp, and a cake plate.

I got a coupon in the mail today for a free meal at the new IHOP Express that just opened near us, so I turned it in for a turkey club sandwich with onion rings and brought it home for my supper. It was delicious and almost more than I could eat. I could (and should) have made two meals out of it.