The Day Flew By!

Good Friday.  The beginning of Easter weekend.

I thought about Good Friday more today than in the past.  Plus we watched the Good Friday service from the Christian Church on YouTube this evening.  I think it was the first time (or maybe the second) that I have attended a Good Friday service.

But that isn't what made the day fly by for me.

What was it then?

I was busy.  Very busy.

I didn't sleep well last night, and my first inclination when I awoke AGAIN at 6:45 was to turn off the 7:00 alarm and try to return to sleep.

But I didn't.

I needed to work out this morning, so work out I did.

I hopped in the shower, dried my hair, dressed in my Purdue shirt and black leggings, and headed to the kitchen.  After I fixed my morning cocktail of OJ and Diet Dew, washing my medicine down with half of it, I was ready to connect to Zoom and meet with Megan the Trainer.

Our group was large today---9 of us, including Charlie from our usual group, Penny that I met when I first started with Miracles Fitness, and Rodney, the Curmudgeon, whose wife was also participating this morning.

The session was good today, and I was satisfied with myself for making three days out of five this week, but I also know I need to motivate myself to attend two more each week.  I need to keep myself active and moving.

With the new FB group for the current OBS, I am in charge of posting something fun for Fun Friday.  Today's challenge was to share a fun picture from Easters past and write a little commentary to explain.  I was on a quest to find a picture of either Greta and me or the girls in Easter outfits.  As i went through several albums, I found a few other pictures of the girls and a couple from the baby shower Greta gave for Megan and me at Grandma Greta's house in August 1981.  I posted a picture of Greta, Megan, Pat, Kim, me....and Dale.  No one remembers why Dale was at a baby shower, but he was because we have proof in pictures of it!  That resulted in a humorous exchange on FB with Karen, Dale's wife, and I was laughing so hard, that Gary thought I was crying.

After I found a picture of Gary and me with the girls for Easter 1990, I think (because it was in the same section as pictures of Hilary's 6th birthday party), and a couple of pictures of Gary and me with Landon, Tessa, and Cooper on Easter 2014, I posted in the FB group for our weekly Fun Friday activity.

It was after 11 when I finally finished going through some of the old picture albums in the bookcase in the family room.  The original planwas to run into Delphi to shop for the missing items from the Kroger order last night---early.  Like right after I finished the workout.  Well, THAT didn't happen, so off we went at 11:30.

Success at Save-A-Lot!  We walked out with a little over $100 worth of groceries, including some treats for Easter Sunday.  We also picked up a box of Banquet chicken for lunch (and I was NOT a fan so I will put the kabosh on any future purchases). 

Putting away groceries has changed in the last few weeks.  We transferred items from the back of the Escape into the bags we usually use to carry in groceries.  Then I wipe off everything with Clorox wipes, letting the items air dry on the counter before they are placed in the fridge, the freezer, or the pantry.

Late lunch, then work in the sewing room on Tessa's quilt top.  I thought I had a piece of solid yellow that I could use as part of the border.  However....when I opened the bag it was in, the smell of Mom's basement came rushing out at me.  It was a piece of fabric she had purchased at Helping Hands Quilt Shop in Berlin and who knows how long ago that had been.  It was rolled up, like a scroll, and secured with a rubber band that broke as soon as I tried to remove.it.  The yellow was a good blend with the rest of the fabrics, so I tossed it in the washer, then the dryer. After I ironed it, it seems to be really thin, and there were knotted pulls in various places.  I decided against using it for a several reasons. Back in the dresser drawer it will go.

Dinner was delivery of catfish fillets, fries, and salads from Tippy's  SO good!  Then back at the sewing again to finish putting all of the rows together so I can take it to Burnettsville tomorrow.

Betty will be at her shop from 9-11, and she said if I brought the quilt top, she would come to the car for it, then match a couple of fabrics to it so I can add two borders.  She is a gem, isn't she?

And I am tired.    I need some good sleep.

It was a busy day. And it flew by.

Oh yes...I have a new picture of Cinderella on the fridge.  My favorite princess colored for me by Miss Tessa Rose.   Love it!