Odds and Ends

I hope you can spend the day basking in the love or the memories of your mother and/or your children!

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To the anonymous piece of crap who sends me (and some of you) long diatribes about "the gods" and Heaven knows what all = cease and desist! I will delete forever each and every piece of spam you post as a comment on my blog, and I never read past the first line. So there!

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There's a lot to be said for having a day when you do nothing you don't want to do!! But I didn't laze all day; this morning I weeded a little and pruned some bushes that had gotten overgrown since we have had so much rain this spring. Last year the drought was so bad that virtually nothing grew, and pruning was seldom needed. I had two forsythias that were about to eat my deck and the corner of my house, so they were cut back sharply. The irises had bloomed and there is nothing sadder to me than a bed of irises with empty stems rising well above the foliage, so I cut them down to size. What I call a flower bed here is a pale shadow of what they ought to be, but they do look a little bit better now. I'd be embarrassed for you to see them, however. I should be ashamed! I suppose it is a little bit like the plumber's wife who always has a stopped up sink. This florist deals with cut flowers, not growing ones (sadly).

I went out to the grocery store, intending to make side visits to the bank, post office, drycleaner and druggist and got sidelined at Kohl's with a 15% off coupon and sales in every department! I should have had my camera (how many times have I said that?!) because in the dressing rooms was a small, pretty girl, probably 3 1/2 or 4. She had on a new plaid sundress; one with a full skirt and she was twirling in front of the 3-way mirror and admiring herself on every pass! I asked her if the dress was new (though I could see the tags under her arm) and she replied...."Yes, my Mommy is going to buy it for me." I said, You look so pretty; don't you love getting new clothes?" and she vigorously nodded her head and ran off to see her mom, who was trying on clothes too. I wish I could show her to you. I love little girls at the age of four. My favorite photo of myself was taken at four (I was queen of the world at that point).

Anyway, I never made it to the grocery until after mr. kenju and I went to the health club and made good use of the hot tub and the pool, which were the perfect temperature today. I felt like a limp dishrag afterward and that was exactly how I wanted to feel! We had a quick dinner at Chipotle (burrito for him and tacos for me) and I finally made it to the store, where I had intended to get only a few things to "tide us over the weekend" and came away having spent $117. Where did it all go? There sure weren't many bags to carry in. No matter, it will mostly be gone after my children and grandchildren come to visit tomorrow, even though they are bringing our meal with them. I hope each and every mother has a wonderful day tomorrow - we definitely deserve it!