Week 9 of 2022 is in the books and for the first time I feel better about the pandemic just as I get to be filled with sadness and dread concerning the world stage and Putin’s invasion. I really did focus on things that made me happy this week, as I continue to hope and pray for peace.
Saturday: My SIL was gone for the day before I even woke. I had a hard time getting to sleep Friday night, did not go to bed before 3 and wound up sleeping in until about 9:20. She left about 9 to go visit cousins in Tuscaloosa.
TheHub and I got dressed for the day and decided to do some exploring. Our first stop was a new to us olive oil store. After wandering around it for a minute I told TheHub I felt like I had died and gone to heaven. It was a perfect (albeit a tad pricy) stop for me. I left with 3 bottles of flavored oils, one really bold EV oil, black truffle salt and a delicious olive tapenade.
We left that store and ran a few more places before coming home for a quick change and a drive to Tuscaloosa to meet relatives for dinner.
We were a few minutes early so we drove through the campus. It is amazing how much and how quickly a campus changes. If you had told my 17 year old college freshman self it would look like this one day, I would have said you were lying. Only The Quad still looks the same!
After our drive down memory lane we met TheHub's brother, SIL, and his sister (our houseguest) at Dillard's Chophouse for an early dinner (or late lunch for me, P. and C. ). We had a great time, fabulous food and managed to be back in Birmingham by 8 o'clock. We decided to have a repeat performance in a month or so in a different town.
Sunday: We enjoyed visiting with my SIL over breakfast before she left. I am glad she feels comfortable coming here and staying with us. The day was pretty dreary so TheHub and I stayed home, read, and finished season 2 of Mrs. Maisel.
Monday: Fingers crossed that Monday was the last day I have to have any sort of meeting about Mom's estate.
Other than that is was a really good day, and the upside of having to go to the meeting was the cookie shop that was right next door. Yes, I bought cookies and I ate them! And they were good!
On my way home I stopped at ThePig to pick up the weekly free items, but this time I had to spend 25 to get both 5 bucks off the total and to score the 32 ounce free Heinz.
After dinner we watched Billions.
Tuesday: The day was gorgeous and it was Fat Tuesday. I indulged all day. Keto be damned. We did the traditional pancake dinner then watched Alabama get pounded by Texas A&M. After the beat down we watched Mrs. Maisel.
Wednesday: I was supposed to have lunch with my sister and one of our friends, but her Mother had fallen during the night and she was going to have to take her for X-rays and a scan. Instead I did a little bit of housework but mostly enjoyed the drop dead gorgeous day. A special treat was the asparagus fern which I put in the back bathroom and promptly forgot about survived my winter neglect and even though I did not water it once, it still is alive. Now I have to baby it so it can thrive again. I am pretty sure I heard it say “bout time you remembered me b!”@/“
Thursday: Another gorgeous, beautiful day happened. I had coffee on the deck watching birds courting and listening to birds serenades.
I had been watching videos of doll restoration. Pip is coming in June and I thought it might be fun for us to do a doll project while she is here. As a kid I loved playing with Barbie and decided I would check out thrift stores to find a gnarly one we could rehab. I struck out at the first store, but hit the jackpot with my second try. Vapor had a bin filled with them for .99 each. I bought 5 so I can figure out how to root the hair before she gets here. BTW it is a pain in the tookas to comb the snarls out of the hair from a well played with Barbie. Thanks to YouTube tutorials the dolls are clean, with soft clean Barbie hair that has no tangles.
We ate dinner early so we could watch Alabama’s women’s basketball game. They played well and beat Georgia
Friday: It was another gorgeous 80 degree day. I spent the morning putting Barbie heads into boiling water. It seems that is the way to straighten their hair so it can be cut and styled. That is for another day though.
I had a wonderful phone conversation with Sluggy who always makes me laugh. What a joy to have made friends via the blog.
TheHub came home early and we went to the Electric for dinner before the crowds hit, then it was home to watch Alabama’s women’s basketball be destroyed by Tennessee.
Go find your joys! They are out there and while you are looking for joy, do not forget to remember The Ukraine and what the people there are going through. My heart aches thinking about it. Peace!
May all your weeds be wildflowers,
Anne
Lovely post. I asked my son about Chophouse and he said it was near his friend’s bar and is a very nice up scale restaurant. I am so out of touch with what restaurants we have… lol. You would think I would know more about the town I live in part time!!!!Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteIt is not my favorite restaurant in Tuscaloosa, but it is pretty dang good!
DeleteI appreciate reading all the joys of life, yours, my own, feel they send something positive out into the world. The Barbie doll project sounds fun. If I ever babysit the great niece's, might be something fun to do.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow I am going to try removing one of the Barbies hair so I can experiment with re-rooting it.
DeleteHasn't the weather been perfect?
ReplyDeletePlease point me in the direction of that olive oil shop? I was really upset when, in 2018, the moving company refused to transport mine and I was forced to give them away.
It is in Mountain Brook on Lane Park Road right before you get to the Grand Bohemian
DeleteI enjoyed reading your joys for the week. My joys this week include freshly picked broccoli from the garden, fresh oranges, and a shower of rain! :)
ReplyDeleteNow I have to envy your orange and broccoli harvest!
DeleteLove reading your joys! A few for me:
ReplyDelete-M & I had a date last night, which was lovely.
-It's a gorgeous day out today, and i'm planning on soaking up the sunshine soon.
-It was a really challenging work week, but I was able to help out someone with family members in the Ukraine, which was a positive moment amongst all of the darkness
-Nick played in his first tennis match, which brought me back to my first high school tennis match. I reached out to my old doubles partner via Facebook, and we had a lovely catch up
You had some wonderful joys! I miss watching my kids play sports!
DeleteWonderful news to hear that Pip is coming to visit! She sounds like such a sweet girl and I'm sure she'll be thrilled with your project.
ReplyDeleteI hope that was the last meeting for your mom's estate. Enjoy your lovely weather!
It looks like the lovely weather will be stopping in the wee hours of Sunday morning. But it was magnificent while it lasted!
DeleteI am fascinated by your Barbie rehab. I've never done anything like that and what an interesting project to do with Pip.
ReplyDeleteI bought some to use as trials first, so that by the time she gets here I will hopefully know what I am doing.
DeleteI'm watching Season 4 of Mrs. Maisel and while I never found her particularly funny, I just love that family's New York Jewish banter/repartee! And of course the clothes are to die for. Just an after thought, are you sure those Barbie dolls are for Pip?
ReplyDeleteWell like I said, I loved playing with Barbie as a kid. Too bad I did not know then that you could re-root her hair after you cut it all off!
DeleteI love the family banter most of all, well and of course Susie! The wardrobes and the hats!!!!!