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December 17, 2006

I can't believe the weekend is nearly over!

Let's see - I got home on Friday night - it was too late to make it to the annual Christmas Holiday Party held by John's employer, so we went to Outback, sat at the bar and had a nice dinner.

Kevin, Sarah and Carrie were our bartenders. We have known Sarah and Carrie for years, so I suspect we had more fun at Outback than if we had attended the party - sometimes there are a few overly anti-Catholic wives of guys who work there around those parties. And I invariably get in trouble for jumping their overly made-up asses when they start slamming Catholicism.

(I guess "overly" is my word of the day!)

Yesterday, I was tres lazy in the morning. I had my tresses coloured and highlighted in the afternoon, and then, because she had a cancellation, Millie, the wonder woman who gives the best massage this side of the Mississippi, gave me a great massage for a full hour! It was unbelievable. My arthritic knees felt so much better, as did my sore shoulders and my neck and lower back.

If any of you ever, ever, ever come to Leavenworth to visit - and you want to have a massage, give me a holler, and I'll see if Millie can work you into her schedule.

Let's see - oh yeah, last night, I was really even lazier and phoned in for pizza for John and I. I was exhausted and was asleep by 10:00.

This morning, we went out to brunch and then I put John on a jet to DC for a couple of days worth of briefings at the Pentagon. He can't tell me about it, though, or he'd have to kill me!

I went to a fabric store after that - Once upon a time I had time to sew things, but that was long, long ago. It doesn't matter to my shopping gene, though. I go into a fabric store and go fricking nuts!!!

My dear Mother-in-law and I were teasing at Thanksgiving, and I told her she was the Queen, and she said, OK, where is my crown, sceptre and robe?

So, I found a gorgeous tiara on EBay for about 10 bucks, and I ordered a beautiful red bathrobe for her, too. Today, I bought some gorgeous fake fur and Velcro - I am going to make her bathrobe look like a royal robe with fake ermine fur trimming the cuffs, the neckline and the hem.

I'm going to just use iron-on Velcro so she can remove the furry stuff and throw the robe into the wash.

If only I could find a sceptre!

And then, I could not stop there, oh no. I am the craftqueen! I have no time, but I have talent and imagination!!!

I spent $99 on this.
It was on sale at Hancock Fabrics. And seeing the UK price of 99 pounds sterling, I got a great deal!!!

Now I have to decide where I want to set that lamp up. Do I put it in the living room, so I can crochet or knit while watching tv? Or in the bedroom, or the kitchen or my office (which needs a serious cleaning/paint job.)

Last weekend, John and I were in Boston, and we were wandering around Faneuil Hall and the shops on either side of it, and there was a lovely Irish shop. I saw a beautiful Irish knit winter scarf there, but it was $120.00. So I found a pattern with a Celtic something or other and some beautiful 'fisherman's yarn" - off-white virgin wool with the lanolin still in it. I got a couple of crochet hooks, and I will be able to make something very similar, or even prettier, for about twenty bucks.

Got home, fed cats, put dogs out, found out that a couple of ex-cotillionites hate the cotillion and all in it, fixed a margarita and now I'm going to go and fix a salad.

So, that was my weekend.

And it's almost gone.

I need 5 day weekends!

Posted by Beth at December 17, 2006 06:24 PM

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