Small Stuff Again

I washed and dried two loads of clothes this morning. The going up and down stair {plus the walk to Robin’s apartment and the walking up and down the four flights of stairs to and from her apartment } counted as my morning walk. I walked in the rain for 30 minutes this afternoon.

 This afternoon I noticed we had two very ripe {think black skins} in the fruit bowl. Later on I found a recipe for banana bread in one of my two new bread machines recipe book. The recipe said that the bananas should be “very ripe.”As I gingerly removed the skins I verified that, yes, these were actually very ripe. I squished them up in a measuring  cup and found that I had half a cup. This was enough to make a one-pound loaf so I did. It was very good but could use more bananas.

Tomorrow I go back to help Robin at 2 pm and over to the library in the evening for the book club discussion at 7 pm. It will be interesting to hear the take of the others on the Barbara Pym book. Next month the book choice is Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I liked this one much more than I liked The Da Vinci Code which I have to admit I couldn’t get beyond the first couple of pages.

It is getting to the time of year when I change from sweaters to long-sleeved cotton tops. But I can’t put the sweaters away completely because since this is Vermont, it is possible we might have snow still. This makes for a more-than-usually cluttered bedroom. Today it has rained all day and it “feels like 33 degrees.” I put my heavy winter coat, scarf, warm gloves and hat pulled down over my ears when I went for a walk in the rain today. A day or so ago, I was out with a vest and no coat! Anyway, later this week I am going through all my cotton tops and get rid of some of the bigger and older ones on Free Cycle.

Things to do in the next couple of days:

• Move all the winter sweaters, get out the summer shirts and pick out the ones I want to get rid of.
• Finish sorting out the earrings and hanging up the necklaces and bracelets {Having them out where I can see them is working very well.}
• Clean off the paperwork piled up on my desk {Fred is setting me a good example cleaning off his table.}
• Walk, walk again, and walk some more!
• Start on my sketch. {I have it worked out in my head what I want to do. Now, I just have to do it.}
• Get my bike out of the back shed and pump up the tires.
• Vacuum the floor.

Until later…