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This morning, I needed to go to my PT appointment. First, we had a war game, which I could only play part of. I played for the first 25 mins, then when I got to the appointment, I played another 10 mins. 

We had to be in Rochester by 10 am. So, we got the kits ready to go. I had a gal from the fair say she was willing to do the kits if we had them. Patrick and I have been keeping them up. I have 3 more kits for anyone that needs them. Colleen has 2 to give away to another gal. 

I met up with Martha at the QVC parking lot and gave her the kits. Then we headed to the casino. We played on their money for a while. Then we pretty much played and lost it ...

 This morning, I could wait to leave for embroidery. I had a ton of stuff to do afterwards. 

Arrived at the grange to find Sandy there. I haven't chatted with her for a while. We had a good visit. She worked on one of her projects that she wanted to get done. I worked on my Seattle piece and started on the mountain. I didn't like it at first but just needed to keep going. I will work more on it later. No photo yet. 

After our meeting, I headed to moms. I was able to drop off ...

Today was the first day in over a week that I was able to just stay home. Patrick went golfing and I listened to one audiobook after another. I was playing my games and trying to do laundry. I realized I only got 2 loads in because my mind was on my game. 

After Patrick came home and went back to Olympia for his finger appointment, I started to work on my beading. 

I finished the second set of panels and started the next set. I made a few errors on the second set, but I'm going to leave ...

 It was embroidery day. I was off and out the door by 9:30 am. I forgot to take the boxes with me to take to Colleen. I will try and do that tomorrow. 

Arrived to see Geralyn already there. Sandy V didn't come because she had a cold or Covid and she wasn't sure which. Think she said she was going to the doctors if she could get in. Geralyn and I enjoyed a bit before more came in. Mom joined us and we were asking about Geralyn's mother, since she's been in and out ...

We decided to get "cool" at the casino today. Our house does not have air conditioning. I could go downstairs and work down there but didn't want to. 

We arrived around 11 or noon at the casino. It was nice and cool. I even took a jacket to wear because it's a lot colder in the casino then it was at my house. We sent about 5 hours there. It felt good to be in the cool area. We were winning for a while, then we lost it. But we played on the money they gave me for ...

Today, I slept in. Hoping to have a day to myself, doing 'Not Much.' But hey, we all know how that works out for me. 

Trouble is, my hubby is home with me ALL DAY! Which usually means he has something for me to do. Yep, that's how that works. I ended up having to clean the kitchen so that we could make apple sauce. He picked the apples 2 days ago. So, he wanted to make the apple sauce before the apples went bad. Lucky me. I ended up peeling the apples while he cut them and started ...

Rosemary came home on May 1. She is a short-haired almost all-black Bombay cat. 

Rosemary

She is affectionate and agile. Loves to play, and often zooms around the house. Surprisingly, she is not interested in our food. She neither begs nor does she sniff our plates. 

It has been a while since we had a third family member. After Jonesie passed away and Louie displayed misdirected aggression (and returned to the shelter), we had been a pet-free home for a few years.

When we spotted a mouse in the house on Easter, and the mousetraps did not work, it was ...

This morning, Patrick was up way before me. I thought he was going to sleep in, but he didn't. 

I worked on my exercises and was glad to be done with them. I'm getting tired of them, so have cut it down to once a day instead of twice a day. 

Then I decided I wanted to work on the beading. Patrick had the table set so I could. I found it was pretty easy to work on my beading now that the table is cleared. 

Her nose is showing now. I find that one has to be ...

Today was another busy day. Patrick was off to Olympia for his appointment. Then I was off to my Physical Therapy appointment. By the time I came back, Patrick was home, and I had 20 minutes to get ready for another trip to Olympia for our appointments. Patrick had his MRI and CAT scans, while I had a mammogram and possible ultrasound. 

We were early in Olympia, so I ended up waiting 30 minutes for Cindy to find me. She picked up the 2 quilts we had in question. We talked about this. I showed her the problems with the ...

 After the passing of our beloved Ms. Spooky Boo the house seemed a little empty with just one cat. So we started looking at the local shelter and after several weeks and multiple visits, we found Maple.

To say that we are smitten with our new kitten is an understatement! She is absolutely adorable and a bundle of energy and love.

This morning, I had to take Sophie to the vets. She wasn't too crazy about the idea. She cried halfway there. 

He kept her head down at the vets. When a dog whined while visiting with the vet, Sophie headed for the corner of her new crate. 

This morning, we went to Colleen's to drop off more garage sale stuff. She gave me a couple things too. I picked up another quilt, which will help on our count. I'm still waiting to hear from one of our quilters to see if she wants to quilt another quilt. 

We then went to the casino. We played a couple hours. When we were ahead about $200, we decided to quit and come home. I think we were getting a little tired of playing. Now we are thinking of going on Wednesdays instead of Tuesdays. Not sure if ...

This morning, Debbie asked if I wanted to go to DB with her and go pick up the quilt from Colleen. I said sure. We got 75 extra points today at DB. So, I needed them. 

She picked me up and we headed out. Stopped at Colleen's (after DB), then to the museum for my check. We had a good chat with Colleen and the quilt was ready to give out. When we got to the museum, brother Chris called and wanted to talk about Lisa's passing. At least he called to tell me. I was being to ...

This morning, we headed to moms to get in her attic for her quilt frame. I thought we had it, but we didn't. Patrick brought it down and it looks a 100 + years old. Mom got it from a 90-year-old lady in 1978. She said it was her grandmothers quilt frame. So, chances are it's about 125 years old. Mom likes it and is going to set it up. She has a quilt she wants to put on it. Asked her about Ethel's quilt and she said Kathleen is gone for a week, so she can't ...

 This morning, I was busy cleaning, picking up, getting laundry started and getting some stuff filed with the State for the water. 

I took a few minutes to cross stitch before heading over to moms to take her out to eat. We then went to Dick's Deli in Ground Mound area. We tend to go there when Patrick is hunger for steak. He always gets the French Dip. I got a Reubin Sandwich and more got a brat. 

Came home and I pretty much played on my tablet till about an hour before calling it a night. 

Good news ...

 This morning when we woke, we got ready to go down to Iloni past Kelso/Longview. It's about an hour drive. But I tend to like it down there better than at the Lucky Eagle outside of Rochester WA. 

We had a good time. We spend our money, and then started winning. By the time we were done, we had played on their money and came out even. I'm okay with that. We tried a couple new games. One of which I won $400 on one spin. Then I turned around and won another $250. It was a ...

 This morning, Patrick left for Olympia and I headed to moms for quilting. And yet, I didn't quilt. I arrived early and she needed me to order some clothes for her. She can't remember her sizes, so I ordered the size she thought she needed. Wonder if those will be going back. I did go get gas and drinks for mom and I before I got there.  

There was only 4 of us today. We decided not to do a lunch, but to snack on the stuff that was brought. Mom worked on her quilt, Nancy and Carmen ...

 This morning, I was up early. Slept good but just couldn't go back to sleep. 

Sophie was waiting on me. She seems to love stretching out on the couch first thing in the morning. 

I played for a while. Patrick asked me to go walking with him, so we did 3 laps. He starting to join me in my walking. Surprising but nice. We chat about this and that. Almost like being in the car together. lol 

Came in and got busy on doing the billing. I needed to send out bills for the water. So, that took most ...

 This morning I enjoyed not having to get up. lol

When i did get up, Sophie made sure I paid attention to her. I played for a bit but wanted to get laundry going. Then Patrick made a mess at lunchtime and I cleaned the kitchen.  

Then it was off to Olympia for Patrick's oncology appointment.  We left early. When we got there, he had blood drawn. Then went up to appointment to find they were 30 mins behind.  He will stay off Chemo till his infection is cleared up. 

We stopped at Dairy Queen for supper.  His tastes ...