MONDAY MORNING

Well where does the time go.  It has been a busy week, I don't even remember what I did last week but I do remember I did go in to church and do some left over rummage sale work, got some things put away, bench's, chairs, tables, I even pulled apart our screen partitions and pulled out two brown partitions that were stored in -between the gray ones and on Saturday Jim came in and hauled two of them to the dumpster over at the city offices.  I know we left for Duluth on TUESDAY and picked up my new sewing room/office cupboards.  I now have 12 feet of cupboards about 15 inches deep with double doors on each.  All white and neat and tidy.  I will fill those up with junk real quick.  First I have to haul the tubs back in the house with the junk in them.  I am going to start bags for the next rummage sale right away.
We had a nice lunch on Lake Superior.  Dogs could come with us since it was an outdoor place.  As soon as we got home Jim got right to it and it took at least 3 hours to get the first one together.  Only three to go but he was able to do 2 the next morning on WEDNESDAY before company came.  Frank Yates and Ronnie Scavo came up for a couple of days but actually only stayed one day.  Frank was concerned about Helen being alone during thunder storms and possibly too much rain so they left Thursday morning.  I made chicken on the grill, sweet potato wedges, Strawberry Salad and Rhubarb cake from scratch for supper and I did a sausage egg bake for breakfast.  Both the guys brought me my favorite thing, wine.  Sweet of them.
They stayed out in the suite in the pole building.
I have had the dehumidifier running for 2 weeks now.  I bought it at the rummage sale for Alexis.  Haven't been there to drop it off and forgot when I dropped our old toilet off.  
THURSDAY I know there was a reason I couldn't help Joyce at the meat raffle but for the life of me I can't remember why.  It is almost like Thursday didn't happen.  We did something, I wonder what.  It will come back.
FRIDAY I made wonderful chocolate chip cookies for the bake sale, I brought them in about 1 pm when I was finished.  I call them Lori's Chocolate Chip cookies because it was an old housekeeper I used to have named Lori that gave me the recipe. They have cream of tartar in them.  Them melt in your mouth.   Brought in 4 dozen.  I can't remember what I did Friday night either.  This could be a problem.  
SATURDAY was a busy day.  Thank goodness June across the way called me because I had forgot about our Fun Event at church.  Going Green.  We learned how to make all kinds of cleaning products for the kitchen, bath, dishes, laundry and we also had a brunch.  At least a dozen of us and wonderful Amber, Pam's daughter put it on, she has been doing it for quite some time and really swears by the stuff, besides being inexpensive compared to what you buy over the counter it is environmentally safe and non harmful to humans.  So nice not to have fumes do you in.  Then off to the Library for our 1st year anniversary and open house celebration with a bake and book sale from 10-2 and them we were fortunate enough to have Rhonda Fochs (fox)
do a presentation on her new book "Minnesota's Lost Towns", Northern Edition after the open house.  She plans on doing the rest of the state but it will take awhile.  Her presentation was really interesting with all the antidotal stories about towns that are no more.  I bought the book and have been enjoying it but I really wish I could just sit down with her and listen.  She was that good.
SUNDAY we went to church and I really wanted to work more on the sewing room and I did some but I also have a house to clean and wash to do.  I baked us a chicken and made mashed potatoes and gravy with peas.  Was fun and really good.  I went in to church for our first summer concert outside with bonfire, we sang patriotic songs.  It was fun and topped it off with Sundays.  Got home just in time to see part 2 of a Mystery Theater on public TV.  It was so good it had you on the edge of your seat.  Really really good.  My goodness those Brits really know what they are doing when it comes to good TV.
Brings me to today and I got up at 4:20, kill me for not being someone that can sleep in. I dusted the floors, started mopping and when Jim got up he finished mopping for me.  Wanted to have the house all Spic and Span for Mac and Huddie who came today and were here by 11am.  Made brats for lunch with potato salad,  Jim got some potato salad at Cosco and he just loves it.  Mac read a bunch of stories to Hudson and he is now down for a nap and by gum that sounds like a really good idea.