Soup's on

Hello people.  Good thing winter clothes weren't put away because it's damn cold here.  I do need to shop online for spring clothes since not a thing fits me.  My super long tunics that normally hide the bulge and saddlebags are no longer swinging freely.   They now accentuate the hysterectobelly and hip rings and could pass for colorful duct tape.  I can't blame this on the hysterectomy though.  This time of year should be spent buying plants, not pants.  It's too cold for one and too upsetting for the other!  I'm assuming Amish greenhouses will be open. Carole wants 4 ferns and 4 Bubblegum petunias which fills the entire cargo area and seat so a second trip will be needed for mine.  Traffic here has increased dramatically yet nothing has opened so I am wondering where everyone is going.  Dunkin Donuts like me???

Carole called Cleveland and rather than her scheduled virtual visit, she wants to go.  Instead of having her testing done here ahead of time, they scheduled echo and ekg for the same day so we will be there early morning until late afternoon.  Her doctor told me she can certainly have any testing done here but for some reason her usual lion's roar turns into a timid mouse squeak when dealing with anything medical.  She won't ask them to send testing orders here which would be limited contact, not an entire day in a crowded lobby as large as the Clinic's.  

I got an appt with the hair doctor for this Monday, so glad they called with an earlier opening and am anxious to hear his recommendation.  Hoping I am a candidate and he can help.  Rather than touching up my roots, I have been using Loreal Magic root touch up.  It works.  I don't care for how strong the blast is and it takes some time to gain control of the spray (you have to move it along quickly).  I'm wondering if it would blend well enough while growing out the gray.  I can't cut it short because there is nothing on top and I am needing the "comb over".  Brenda (Sampler Stitcher) looks great with really short hair.  I DO NOT!

I thought I read quite some time ago that Em-li's owns Sheepish Designs and was to re-release many of their charts.  Do they have them all including Sheepish Antique charts?  I always get requests for info on the header photo (manipulated) which is from their Yellow House Sampler.  I offered the chart in a giveaway along with the McCarthy Sampler last year.  

Here is a little tip if you don't have a nose piece in your mask and would like one.  The plastic closure tab on the pound coffee bags and some cracker products are perfect.  I cut it in half , trimmed sharp edges, and it can easily be sewn down the center.  Works perfectly.

Making cauliflower soup today in sweat clothes with the furnace running.

Hope your day is safe and warm, but not too tight!

Be careful!

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