07/12/2011

Yesterday I loaded up the clever washing and drying machines three time, brought the three loads upstairs and put them away.{Well, I put my clothes and the towels and wash clothes away; as usual, Fred put his own away}. I almost went to the grocery store in the afternoon but it was not only hot, but humid so I cried off. This morning I went early-ish {about 9 am} and, fortunately, Fred was up when I got back, so after I brought the bags in, he put most of them away. There were lots of buy-one-get-one sales and a dollar or a dollar fifty off things I would have bought anyway so that was a good trip. I didn’t use the GPS because I do know the way there!

I am watching "Battlestar Galactica" these days. I had only seen the very cheesy earlier one , but my younger son had mentioned a considerable time ago that he thought I would like the remake, and he was right. Amazon had a good sales price on the DVDs so I bought them. I am really enjoying watching them. There was a small part which made me sad and uncomfortable when the President of the Colonies is dying of metastasized breast cancer. Whoever did the research was very accurate. My sister died with metastasized colon cancer and I felt distress watching the actor who played the part of the dying president because she behaved like my sister did when she was dying. I am not going to mention the ending of this episode except to say that it came as a complete surprise to me but when it happened, I said "Of course!" And, of course, it was all very slick and happened very quickly since this was television, but apart from that it was quite believable. 

Things to do tomorrow:

• cut the burlap I already have into strips. Put acrylic paint on some of them
• practice a few embroidery stitches on the non-painted ones and perhaps on the painted ones
• sort out my canvases so the finished and almost finished ones are separate from the backgrounds.

New quote below! I laughed aloud when I read it first!

"We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." – Booker T. Washington.

"We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change." — Katherine Hepburn