stuff from Sunday

I had intended to do laundry today, even though I have enough underwear for another week and a half. Mainly because it was going to be a warm and sunny day with a nice breeze. But when I got up, I just didn't feel like it. So I drank a big cup of coffee while reading my latest book. Then I made a couple of cards.

I got the notice from Sears that my order was in. I called a friend with a car and asked if she could run me up there. There is no bus service in Fredericton on Sundays. Small city. Always hurting for money, they say. Coincidentally, Jude also had a package at Sears, so we drove up after lunch. My packages consisted of the missing mini blind that for some strange reason was sent back from the 5 that I'd ordered. No one knows why. Plus the other 5 panels for the windows. I had thought I would just need one panel per window, but when I'd got the first blind up and put up the rod and curtain, it just looked unfinished unless it was pulled across. So I ordered 5 more. Mini blinds are white and the curtains are off-white sheers with pale olive and tan ferns on them. With my huge boston fern in the corner, it really makes the room come together. The rods are brushed pewter with round knobs on the ends that have - you guessed it, ferns on them!

I really like how the back porch is going to look - I've been using it as my living room for over a year, but since the apartment building went up on the street behind me, I have no privacy once the leaves are off the trees. I had roll up bamboo blinds, but they were a pain in the butt to put up and down and really gave little privacy at night since there was as much space between slats as there were slats. I took them off when I put the plastic up last fall and never put them back up. Kijiji, here I come! (It takes me a while to actually take action.)

I've got one window finished, sort of. I have to re-think how I'm putting the blinds up. It is a little low on the window frame, so I can't put the centre support hanger on, which means it is sagging a bit. But to get the rod support on for the curtain rod on the window frame as well, I had to put the blind lower down. I'm afraid to attach the rod hardware to the drywall, even with the plastic drywall thingies because I don't trust the drywall to actually hold the rods with all the pulling closed and opening of the sheers. I probably should have gone with rod pocked flat rods, but I fell in love with the rods and ball ends.

Of course we didn't just go to Sears. Jude wanted to go to Beauclaire to look at curtains for her front porch, I wanted to go to PetSmart for kitty litter, and then we had to go to Winners (of course). I bought an olive blouse and a couple of other small items, including three stocking stuffers. I do love shopping for Christmas all year round!

Then home again and supper. Then another card made and a couple more chapters read.

Then, surprise of all surprises, a phone call from my friend Dorothy in Pugwash. Dorothy started out as an employer (horse stall mucker outer and babysitter as a teenager - stories for another time), then became a sort of second mum, and finally morphed into a sort of sister. There is 20 years between us, but that makes no difference at all. I think I will have to rent a car one weekend this fall and drive down to see her. She will not be around for ever. We actually haven't talked since Christmas. It was good to catch up on family news.

Time for a shower, and then I'm going to curl up with my book until time for bed.

A lovely day.