Sunday Dinner, May 23, 2010

My, another week has flown by! Hard to believe it's been a week already since my last post, but the calendar doesn't lie, so it must be true.

I'm sure that someday I'll eventually cook Sunday Dinner again, but it won't be this week. Lamar is still gone to visit his brother, so after some discussion with my sister Cecil/Lisa we decided that since only she and my sister Ducky would be here for dinner anyway, the three of us will just go out to eat somewhere.

But I'm sure many of you are actually cooking Sunday Dinner, so feel free to share your menu in the comments. And if you're going out to eat somewhere, please share your plans as well.

You'd like to hear a recap of the events of my week, you say? Well, glad to help you out. ;o)

My hubby has been in Dallas/Ft. Worth all week so I've taken advantage of that by getting a lot of cleaning, purging, tossing and decluttering done without him underfoot.

Tuesday I grilled pork steaks and burgers for Jessica, Emmy, Sue, Cecil and myself, and Jessica also took Jason a goody bag for lunch. It was good if I do say so myself, and we also had corn on the cob, tater babies, sliced tomatoes and rolls to round out the meal.

While I was watching the grill, Jessica hauled out most of the contents of my outside utility room and together we ended up tossing most of it. Well, I made executive decisions from my lawn chair by the grill and Jessica did nearly all the work, carrying the rejects to the side of the road.

I have a lot more room in my outside utility room now, and people were already stopping to scavenge through the reject pile before we went indoors to eat.

Works for me: I get more room, somebody gets some free stuff that's still useful and doesn't end up in the landfill just yet.

On Thursday Jessica helped me go through one of my living room closets and one of the closets in my spare bedroom. Once again we did a major purging of stuff from those two closets, with Jessica doing most of the work and me ruling on what to keep and what to toss.

I got rid of a lot more stuff, including a 10-year old computer monitor that still worked, an equally old computer tower that still worked but was so outdated that it couldn't be used online, and lots of Christmas decorations and assorted paraphernalia.

I looked out back a little earlier and was amazed that of the mountain of stuff Jessica hauled out to the road, only a few things remain from a pile of stuff that was over 6 feet high! Most of the stuff still had a lot of use in it, that's why I'd been so reluctant to get rid of it, but it was past time to let it go and move on, so I'm glad several people will benefit from my pack rat syndrome.

Jessica also moved my old Singer sewing machine in its cabinet from behind my dining room table into my spare bedroom. I'm sure with it in there I'll use it and my new portable sewing machine more often. I can also use my old sewing machine cabinet as a table for my new portable machine, so hopefully that will work out well.

As an added bonus, before she went home Thursday evening, Jessica cut my hair for me. I like my hair really short, especially in hot weather, and it was more than time for a haircut. It feels so much better now, and just in time, because it was 92F here today and so icky sticky I don't even really want to discuss it. If it hadn't been for the nice breeze that was blowing it would have been absolutely miserable, and I'm not ready for Summer in Arkansas just yet.

Not that my preferences are being considered, before someone points that out.

On Friday I had Emmy from 8:30 am till almost 7 pm, as usual. I managed to do 5 loads of laundry and get them hung up, folded and put away, and I also moved a small bookshelf from my spare bedroom and put it in the space freed up by moving my old sewing machine cabinet.

The bookcase takes up less room than the sewing machine cabinet and I think the exchange is going to work better all around.

Emmy and I managed to fit in a tea party after she woke from her nap. I was ready for a break by then, and our pot of hot Earl Grey tea really hit the spot. It tickles me that even at 3 years old, Emmy already likes hot tea. I like my tea really strong, and Emmy drinks it just as strong as I do, though with a little more sugar than I prefer in mine.

I also did some other cleaning and housework, but I think I've bored y'all enough for now. One thing Jessica and I didn't get done was emptying all my kitchen cabinets and doing the purging and rearranging routine in there, but we'll get to that someday soon, hopefully. It's not like it's going anywhere, after all.

I do want to apologize for not being more present regarding commenting on blogs and on Facebook. As you can see, I've been really busy with real life things, and I'm also really involved in Kingdoms Of Camelot on Facebook. It takes a lot of time and effort to really play the game as it should be played, and I'm nothing if not committed when it comes to most things I do. ;o)

I still have some things I need to do before bedtime tonight, so I'd better wrap this up and get busy. I have a couple of pairs of pants to hem for a friend, and I want to take a shower and make a nice pot of Earl Grey tea to enjoy while I rest for a bit before bed.

Y'all have a blessed Lord's Day. May God meet all your needs, and may you have enough to share, dear family and friends.