Back again.
I am behind on daily preps. Sunday Morning, we participated in an international conference call. A student that spend two years with them in high school, came back for a year of college, then returned home to Hungary, is coming to visit. And bringing her Italian husband! How did that happen? Old enough to get married? They will be here for ten days in the middle of the month. That should be fun.
Also on Sunday, a Bridal Shower 40 miles away, and we ended up staying in the cities all day. Another of my daughter’s international students, “Jeremy” from China who is now going to college nearby, came over for supper because it was his birthday. That was nice. Nice for me. Hubby did not bring anything to do, and was bored all afternoon, because he did not think we were staying.
Since I knew that Hungarian/Italian company was coming to visit, I offered to do some cleaning for my daughter. They are a busy household and she both works and is grad school. I got to clean an open-on-most-sides bookcase that was spilling over. Result, she found several books to donate, and I got three books on vegetarian cooking and took back my favorite chicken cook book. But, now I have four new books so I must eliminate at least four. Something in – more out!
My daughter and family do not clean house. Seriously. They keep the kitchen clean, but nothing else. How that happened I do not know. There is no place to sit. I am hoping that the therapy she is undergoing will bring her around to seeing that just a couple minutes to put something away will make her feel better. I do not dare talk about prepping with them, or anything more serious because they seem to be barely hanging on to day-to-day life as it is. They just know to come here.
Yesterday, my prep was re-hemming towels. You know how the selvedge edge always frays because we pull on the towel to scratch out backs? It ravels. So I did that to two towels. They will not ravel again. Then I dug into a box that was still sealed after 8 years of living here, and only saved a few papers. It was full of class notes and handouts. If I was still teaching, I would have save them. I’m not, so – out they go! And, I did not feel bad about it!
I looked up knitting and crocheting hats. I know how, my questions relate to the size of the yarn and needle/hook used and how that determines how many stitches to start with. I found several good pages, and now must print them and create a reference notebook. Yes, people say, it is online, or save it on your Kindle. I’d rather have a printed copy that will not go blank if I have not checked it in a minute, plus, it is larger print. So, one copy to use, and one electronic copy to keep for back-up.
Now, off to see which cookbooks I am going to donate, and find something else to do in the sewing room. There is light at the end of the tunnel – things are getting more organized.
Stay well everyone.