Good weekend plans

Sounds like a terrific plan. You're going to love "Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society." It was delightful.

I have a good weekend plan, too: Stitch night at the Stitching Post on Saturday, which will be great fun. I have a list of several new charts to acquire. And fresh new copies of brand-new books from the library: the new Jodi Picault, and the new Laura Lippman. I think I'll start with Picault, because she's due back first!

This morning I finished a fun mystery read: "Earthly Delights." It had me laughing out loud in several parts. Great fun. This is an author/series I'd like to hear more from! It's sort of if Katie McAllister wrote the Diane Mott Davidson series....

sue

Doesn't it just. Today DH finally went to work - after being out for 2.5 weeks. We went to the doc together on Monday - tee hee. So, we're taking our Z-packs, and after spending yesterday in bed - but not the fun way - we both ventured out today. He to work, me to take Puckster to the groomer (he was way overdue) and then hang at the LNS to have lunch with the stitchin' crew, do some browsing, etc. So, got home, now figuring dinner - which is going to be ....leftover matzoh ball soup, & corned beef hash made from the corned beef & cabbage+ which I did on the weekend - the day I felt kind of okay.

I've got a couple of library books to finish immediately - the Sue Grafton "T is for" and "The Art of Racing in the Rain" . Wasn't feeling well enough even to read - how sad is that.

See my above.

Always a good thing.

I'm doing more job hunting things. Excellent interview on Tuesday - which basically had them offer me a job with a big but...the infamous clearance thing. So, I think I'm going to end up having to get an attorney to just go make my former employer release their stupid remark of a non-answer so I can actually work - not that I really want to - except for the debtor's prison and house issue.

Also planning to get some yard clean-up done if it's nice - however since they're predicting snow/sleet tonight - I'm thinking that's doubtful. But, we should be able to do some inside the hosue arranging and cleaning. I think DH is not skating much as most of the local play-offs are done - they're in house level hockey now.

And, I think I'm going to set some time to work on this latest brainstorm idea for a charted canvas piece. Hmmmm. Maybe that will come to fruition.

Ellice

"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" was the BBC Radio 4 "Book at Bedtime" a couple of weeks ago. Nice, gentle latenight story

I'm trying to make it last - read a few pages, put it down, read a chapter or two in something else.

I may have to buy this and I think I could hand it to DD.

Cheryl

Let me know if you can finish " T is for...". Including myself, I know several died in the wool Grafton fans that just got really bored with that one and didn't finish it.

Never got into the RMB books, but I'll try Rhys Bowen ones.

Funny that's about the reason I'm looking for work. Plus DS is going off to college or a plus year in 2010. OMG.....

HS is over here, DD has one house game ( the championship) and possibly play down

I want to see!

Cheryl

Well, it seems to be very dark. And IIRCC, about 2 books ago she also wrote a pretty dark one. Anyhow, that is why I've put this off, but I'm going for it tonight.

Honestly, I never read the RMB ones, after the required Ruby Fruit Jungle. But, she actually paints a good picture of the scene, and, well - the fox hunting series is set outside of Charlottesville in VA, so kind of local. And has a lot of local horse country & VA references. They are a bit redundant, but I read all the horsey things... Interestingly, the heroine of this group somehow reminds me of Sheena. She's a 70ish (or late 60s when the series starts) very, very fit & active, feisty widow who is the MFH (master of the hunt) and the stories involve intrigue plus the realities of life. Of course, in the last I read said heroine performs an astounding acrobatic feat invovling jumping from one cantering horse to another (with a rider on it) in what I thought completely stretched the bounds of reality. Said heroine, now 71, also gets a real, full, romance....without being too racey. Not for the socially conservative, these books - but fun reads. If you don't like horses, this series would be a bit tough, and if you do know about them and hunts, then you can skim part (like explanations of dress codes, boot tops, etc).

Hey, you're in NH. Where the COL is so much less than here. You're just stuck with all those hockey expenses

Well, we had snow, sleet this morning in the wee, wee hours. It's going to be ucky all weekend, so indoor work.

I'm hoping to get it done this weekend while my creative juice is running. At least the basics. Takes time to do 'cause I have to pick stitches....

Ellice

that was my mistake *last* weekend. It was beautiful, and I got so carried away yanking out dead stuff that I was too sore/exhausted to do much else!

sue

Still - with the way the market is going - community college maybe too expensive ....

It is supposed to be really warm all weekend. So I may do some out door work.

What is "warm" in New Hampshire?

It's supposed to be in the 50s here - not warm enough afaiac.

Linda

It feels great after going out in 15F for the bus

Well, hwre's some bad warm news in the yucky weather. A house on the street behind us, about 4 further down the road from the corner that turns to us- caught on fire yesterday. We were having afternoon "tea" (late breakfast so snack) and heard the horn/siren of a fire engine going behind the house. DH gets up, looks out the sliders from the breakfast room and we see a smoke plume over the houses at the corner (we're 2nd house) across the perpendicular street from us - further down the main street running behind ours.

He grabs shoes, coat and leaves. I - not being much of a looky lou (given I ride a medic wagon and see plenty) drink some tea and then head out. In the

What started this - evidently the people had a contractor in working on the basement - and they shot a nailgun thru into a portable propane heater/light. We think the house is totalled - will be interesting to see what happens. Most importantly, no one hurt, and the fire didn't jump to a neighbor. The firefighters, at least one engine & ambulance - were there for a good 4 hours. Most were there for 2. Makes you think.

Well, plans changed, not done. But, stuff to do anyhow.

ellice

This brought memories of growing up in a small NJ town with a volunteer fire dept. Freddie's Meat Market printed up a list every year of the fire siren codes. When a fire lever was pulled anywhere in town, the siren would go off, and everyone would stop what they were doing to count the codes. If it was 2-3-3, you'd look at the chart (inevitably hanging inside a kitchen cabinet) and see the fire was at the corner of, say, Chestnut and Fisher Avenues. They you'd put on your coat, grab your cup of coffee, and go watch the excitement!

DH never believes me when I tell him this happened whenever there was a fire within a few blocks of home. Everyone was in on it; not like in the city, where the professionals would take care of it, and all you'd know is sirens going by and unless they stopped on your street, you'd think nothing of it.

sue

Yup, I understand. Not from my urban youth. DH wanted to know if I needed to go help - my answer, ummm, no. There were plenty of folks there from the local fire houses - couple of guys I know vaguely. Since no injuries - they certainly didn't need an off-duty medic - especcially when there were 2 bored ambulance crews hanging out.

Here, this county is primarily - if not all - volunteer at night, and on Saturday. At least 1 weekend day - different houses will have career folks on Sunday, others on Saturday. Yesterday looked like pretty much 90% volunteer, with career batallion chiefs. Must've been a slow day - 3 batallion chiefs showed up.

True. Here, some of the houses that aren't necessarily dispatched will mark-up to come over 'cause they want to play with some piece of equipment. Been an issue where I ride, that the fire only house was bringing out their big new tower all the time - even though they shouldn't. Wanting to "be there" - makes rescue ops a bit more political than they should. Me, if the on-lookers stay back and safe - whatever.

Ellice

File under holy smokes.