Another Busy Week

Well, I have been here a week, and it sure has been a busy week!  Today is Friday.  This was errands day.  After doing our morning chores our first stop was the bank.  From there we headed to the jeweler’s to pick up Jana’s watch.  She needed a new battery.  While there I had my ears pierced.  I hadn’t been wearing earrings for quite a while and the holes closed.  Dumb me.  Next was Wassler’s Meat Market.  Then Kroger.  After we got home and brought the groceries upstairs, Jana and I both needed a nap. 😊

After being revived we did some reading.  I also started my embroidery project.  Can’t say what it is since it is a Christmas gift.  Penny likes when I embroider because she likes to try and catch the thread.  She has finally made herself at home.  When we first arrived she stayed upstairs most of the time.  Now she goes all over the house.  She even found out how to get on top of the television.  We have to really watch her because Jana’s television is not bolted to the stand.  She gave us a real scare the other morning.  I have mentioned how she climbs on everything.  Well, Jana has a gas stove, and while we were fixing breakfast the teapot was on getting the water hot.  We weren’t paying attention and she jumped up on the stove.  I don’t know who was most scared; Jana, Penny or me.  I grabbed her and put her on the floor.  She walked off like she didn’t have a care in the world.  Meanwhile Jana and I almost had a heart attack.  We stood there shaking.  Now we guard the stove whenever anything is being cooked, etc.  I guard the television.

Mattie guards her toys.  Every time Penny comes downstairs Mattie grabs this one pink toy and runs away with it.  We don’t know why that one toy since she has so many others laying around.  She also guards her bed – Penny has never gotten into it, just smelled it.  Penny does play in Mattie’ water.  They are very entertaining.  They chase each other everywhere. 

Jana and I decided that Saturday would be a day of rest.  We have a busy week coming up next week so we decided we needed to recharge.  Of course, the girls had other ideas.  They were crazier than normal.  They chased each other from one end of the house to the other, including up and down the stairs.  We can only hope that this means they will sleep better tonight. 

I did some embroidery this afternoon.  My biggest problem was Penny jumping on my lap while embroidering.  She never does this at home.  There she just tries to play with the thread.  We watched some NASCAR.  Went to Mass.  Then went to Skyline for supper.  After we got home we decided to sit outside for a while since it was so nice. 

Sunday was another lazy day.  We have to rest on the weekends so we can get through our busy week.  Monday we went to Barnes and Nobles to pick up the books we ordered. Of course, we also bought a few new ones.  Next was Frisch’s where we met with the “camping” group.  Everyone was there and we had a great time.  Tuesday Jana took Mattie to the groomers for her bath and pedicure.  While she was there we went to Shoe Carnival, and did not find anything.  So, we left there and went to Kohl’s where we did find a few items.  I bought two shirts and several pairs of new earrings.  Jana bought a new purse.  All things we couldn’t do without.  After picking up Mattie we went home.  Didn’t do much the rest of the day.

Wednesday we met our friend Ginger at Cheddar’s.  We had a really fun time.  Ginger went to school with Jana.  She lived up the street from where we lived when we were growing up.  We have all kept in touch through email, facebook and blogs.  We had such a good time that we set a date to get together again while I am here.  We actually spent almost two hours in Cheddars visiting.  When we left there Jana and I went to Half Price Books and turned in several bags and boxes of books.  We didn’t plan to buy any books.  We were just going to take our money and leave.  However, we made the mistake of walking around to see what they had.  We both bought a couple of books that we knew we just couldn’t live without.   😊  On the way home we stopped at Walgreen’s so I could refill a prescription.  We will pick that up tomorrow.  After that we headed home and called it a day.