Eler Beth went to The Louisville Zoo with her friend Sarah, and Sarah's parents. She came home with some great pictures, a fox figurine, and the thrill of the Lorikeet Landing experience. Then she went to Sarah's house to play, and is still there as I type.
Andrew is off doing his thing, and Thomas worked for a while, so I had a really nice afternoon at home alone. I didn't really do anything, but I finished my book without interruption. And then in the mail I got two more crime novels that I'd ordered from PaperBackSwap (an organization I dearly love). These are Double Jeopardy by William Bernhardt and The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly. I'm pretty sure I've read the Michael Connelly one before, but I'm up for it again. I'm not sure why I've been in the mood for crime fiction, but I have.
I did a few piddly things around the house and made some more homemade meat balls as per Thomas' request. I freecycled a garbage bag full of pears. Seriously! A friend had given us a BUNCH of pears. We ate some and I made a few pints of preserves (most to be given away), and I really didn't want to fool with any more of them. So I put them on freecycle, and half a dozen people emailed me for them within minutes of the offer posting. Let's see. What else did I do today? I took Thomas lunch, and I served as his own personal spell check. When he calls me from work and I see that he's calling from his desk phone and not his cell, 9 times out of 10 I know he's checking with me to see if he's spelling something right. So today every time he called from his desk phone I'd answer, "Hello, spell check here." (Ha Ha, I'm just so funny.)
When Thomas got home we watched The Long Hot Summer, in honor of Paul Newman. I was very saddened to hear he lost his battle with cancer at the age of 83.
Now Thomas is on the phone with his younger brother, and I'm getting ready to go pick up my daughter. I hope that everyone is having a nice weekend. I will try to get by everyone's journal tomorrow. I've been out of the mood for journaling for some reason, but I do want to see how everyone is doing. Oh yes, I heard from Anne after she got home. She left a very nice complimentary comment in the entry I posted about our meeting, so I certainly need to stop by her journal to see if she's made an entry yet. Well, bye for now!
Ten more tunes from my iPod:
1) Into The Great White Open -- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
2) Running Scared -- Roy Orbison
3) Must You Throw Dirt In My Face -- The Louvin Brothers
4) Paperback Writer -- The Beatles
5) Rock Around The Clock -- Bill Haley and The Comets
6) Cover Of The Rolling Stone -- Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show
7) I'm Yours -- Jason Mraz (contemporary) {I really, really like this song!}
8) It's Still Rock And Roll To Me -- Billy Joel
9) Only In America -- Jay and The Americans
10) Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) -- Leo Sayer
Today's salute goes out to
Ostfold, Norway, population 265,458
4,335 miles from Jeffersonville ~~
Sa-LUTE!!
10 comments:
I use Beth as my spell check here in J-Land :o)
Glad you had an afternoon to yourself.
I'll take 7 and 8 on the hit parade. The zoo sounds like a great idea. I'm glad Eler Beth had fun.
Hugs, Joyce
OK Lori, I say let's pack a bag and head out to Ostfold, Norway. Wonder if they have foxes? I have my granddaughter, Sedona this weekend and we went shopping for a Halloween costume. We also had meatballs and speghetti. She fixed a fabulous fruit plate with some Tupelo honeycomb on it. Been too busy with my mother and brother to post. BTW, Vivian's DIL just gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. Anne
I enjoy my time alone too. Thursdays John playes donimoes from 1:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. That time goes so fast. I liked Paul Newman and Jo Ann Woodward. Paula
Sounds like a perfect afternoon!
Hope you got a photo of those meatballs, I'm adding a food photo challenge over at Perception. I know you cook a lot like I do, hope you'll come play along. The idea is on my last post there, but I'll be making an official post later, the theme is Marvelous Macroni this week!
Martha :-)
Sounds like a lovely afternoon. I like Michael Connelly's books.
I've never heard of lorikeets, but I looked at the link--what beautiful birds!
From one Spell Check to another <wink> (I saw Ken's comment!),
Beth
I'm having an unusually (but WONDERFULLY) quiet afternoon also, Chris is at his friends house for a pool party, my mom didn't need me today for anything, so I'm just relaxing, AND about to go read my book, 'The Shack'.
Joann
Nice to have a quiet afternoon and I'm sure it is a treat to finish your book without interruption. Ha...the spell check hotline, I like that idea. It is a shame Paul Newman passed, he was a great man.
Lisa
I am glad that Eler Beth had a good time at the zoo. I love the lorikeets. They had that at Philadelphia zoo too. The kids had a blast with it. I love having quiet time for reading. With three kids . I dont get that alone and quiet time often. As soon as I sit down to read, they need something...hugs, Christine
Now that the weather is getting cooler, I think we will haunt the zoo until it gets too cold!
Traci
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