SUNDAY WITH FRIENDS

Joe and I were invited over to our friends' house for lunch today.  Trish and Sidney attend the same church we do.  We have been trying to find a mutually agreeable Sunday for several months now and finally today worked out.

We had never been to their house.  What a beautiful place it is.  Trish is a person who does not like clutter nor knick knacks.  So her home is clean and spacious.  Beautifully furnished too.  She gave me a tour of the house and it's just wonderful.

We had barbecued spare ribs, fried rice and coleslaw for lunch.  I made my apple cake for dessert.  Everything was wonderful.

We had fun talking for several hours.  It's always nice to spend time with your friends.

   

MY SATURDAY

Even though I could sleep in today I ended up waking up early.  I tried to go back to sleep, but once I was up, I was up.  I had plans to do so many things, but nothing has gotten done.

I woke Joe up to have breakfast with me.  A friend from church gave us some oranges her aunt had sent her from Arizona.  They are so good, so sweet.  Joe thought he'd be funny and put an orange peel in his mouth and smiled.  You know I had to take a picture of that.  What a funny guy.  He makes me smile.

 
So instead of cleaning up like I was going to do, we ended up running errands.  First we went to the deli and Joe got a lot of lunchmeat because we were all out.  Now we are all stocked up for lunches next week.  

Then  we went to the library where I work.  We had an extra recycling bucket we wanted to get rid of and the one there had gotten stolen.  So Joe took it in.  I stayed in the car.  I knew if I went in I'd be stuck doing one thing or another.

After that we stopped at Rite Aid.  Earlier this week I had bought a fleece throw from their Christmas section at 75% off.  It actually cost $1.49.  It was a solid red and there was a solid green there also, so we went to get that.  Of course we ended up with a bunch of other stuff too.  One of the things I got were these cute Christmas gift bags for 99 cents.  What a bargain.  I'll just put them with the other bags I have and use them next year.  You can't tell it from the picture, but the designs are 3-D.  So sweet!

We ended up at Wal-Mart.  Joe still hadn't found the medicine he was looking for and we were hoping they would have it.  Because of his diabetes he has to be careful which medications he uses.  But they didn't have it either.  However, we ended up buying a lot of food.  And I saw these fleece pants that were so cute and Joe got them for me.  I love the cupcakes all over them.

Fleece pants are so comfy to sleep in with a t-shirt thrown on. 

I made chicken legs, asparagus and honey butter rolls for dinner.  I found these rolls at the store last week.  I had never seen them before, but boy are they good.  And I definitely will buy them again.

We are invited to have lunch with our friends Trish and Sidney tomorrow after church.  I offered to bring a dessert.  So I am going to make an apple cake.  If you want the recipe, I posted it on this blog here.  So I'm off to do that.  Until later.

FRIDAY VIEW

Today was the boring conclusion to a boring week.  It was my Fishtown Branch day and practically no one was in there.  I had a bit of a rush when a teacher brought his 3rd grade students in to hear a story and get books, but other than that I spent the whole day trying to find something to do.  I usually hate days like this, but I wasn't feeling well today and so it was just what I needed.

Fortunately I have a three day weekend this week because of Martin Luther King Day on Monday.  Most times I am working on Saturday or Sunday on three day weekends so this will be very nice.  I have plans to clean the house, catch up on wash, and spend some time with friends.  Sounds good to me.

Even though I didn't do much today I'm really beat.  So I'm going to just show you my Friday View for today.

 How many of you love Jelly Belly jellybeans?  I absolutely adore them.  My sister gave me this box for Christmas.  It didn't last very long.  Of course some flavors I like more than others.  My favorites are buttered popcorn, juicy pear, and watermelon.  Oh my are they good.  They always get eaten first.  How do they make them taste so good?  How does the juicy pear actually taste like you are biting into a juicy pear?  Whatever their secret is, I just adore Jelly Bellys.  Now you know MY secret.  Yum!