A Regular Day

I'm still not doing well in the motivation department, although I stayed busy most of the day. I spent some time online this morning looking for a pattern. My best friend's daughter is getting married in January, and she wants either a white fur-lined cape or a 3/4-sleeve white bolero to wear over her wedding dress. They've been looking on Ebay, but I thought if I could find a pattern and some fabric I might be able to make it for her as a gift. I found lots of patterns for the bolero jacket, but nothing exactly like what she wants. Plus the cost of mailing a muslin back and forth and trying to fit something as form-fitting as a bolero would be pretty inefficient. So I don't know if I'll be able to do it or not. The cape might be doable if she decides to go with that. Another problem is that I'm on the west coast and they're on the east coast, in separate countries. Just a small snag! ;)

Other than looking for a pattern, I got a couple of loads of laundry done and worked on some cards. The cards just weren't coming together, so I put them away for another time. I also got my grocery shopping done for the week and went to the library. And I caught up a bit with my husband, just sitting and chatting - he was gone for 5 days - that means I had 5 days' worth of talking stored up! LOL

I made pizza buns for lunch. Take hamburger buns, spread with a thin layer of pizza sauce, top with cheese and pepperoni (or whatever you like). Bake at 425 degrees for about 7 minutes, and you have a quick and easy lunch. We had salmon for supper. I marinated it in Italian seasonings, olive oil, and vinegar, then broiled it in the oven. I fixed Ranch-style beans and corn on the side, and cut up and fried some leftover new potatoes from our roast on Sunday. Beth baked some chocolate chip pumpkin bread after her dad finished a Bible study with a man who's been coming to our church recently. It smelled heavenly while it baked! I had a small piece, and it's very rich. Daddy is happy! ;)

We found out today that an old friend's wife of over 20 years passed away yesterday. She was a 2-time cancer survivor - but not this time. She was only 46. We haven't seen them in years, but we had heard over the years of Susan's illnesses through mutual friends. Our prayers are with Billy and their daughter Anna as they face the days ahead.

That was my day. Not necessarily productive in the sense of actual physical things getting done, but a day with a steady rhythm to it. I hope you had a productive day, too - however that might look in your home!

Thanks for reading!