November 1-2, 2008

This is all the much farther I got on Amethyst Snowflake today, and that was before I went to sleep! The eyelets are finished and it's waiting to be washed.

It was probably 5am before I turned off my light this morning. I slept til almost 3pm, so I guess I was coming down with a little something when I felt bad yesterday. I don't usually sleep that long unless I'm ill. I felt fine when I woke and about an hour later, just as I was getting ready to go run my errands, Mom called. She said she was home alone tonight because Dad had to play music and she just needed some company. She said she was feeling off, too, but not sick and wanted me to come up and play cards and talk. So I did, of course!

I didn't arrive at Mom & Dad's til almost 8pm. Mom and I sat in the livingroom and talked for a while and then we started playing Skip-Bo. Dad got home around 12:30 in the morning and we were still playing cards. And, Boy! Did Mom have a potty mouth since no one was home except us! And she tried to tell Dad that *I* had the potty mouth! But it was all in good fun and I just laughed at her! She corrupted me, and I started talking bad to the cards, too! They weren't being nice to either of us! We ended our last game around 2am (and that was AFTER Dad moved the clock back one hour).

I was planning on waking up around noon, but I woke up at 10:30am instead. That was after tossing and turning half the night, too. I just couldn't get comfortable! Needless to say, I was tired all day, but I had alot of stuff to do.

I went downstairs and took my bag of scroll frames out onto the deck. I brought the palm sander and a box of 150 grit sandpaper with me to get the tape residue off my scroll frames. I quickly discovered that the 150 Uncle Wes gave me wasn't going to do the job. I got out of my pj's (Yep, I was out on the deck, using a power tool, in my pajamas! I am WOMAN, hear me ROAR! Hehe!) and dressed so that I could go to the hardware store in Elkton for lower grit sandpaper.

On the way, I saw gas was only $2.04, so I filled up! Halelujah! I filled up my truck (the gas light was on) for under $30!! That hasn't happened in over a year!

After picking up a multi-pack and a pack of 100 grit sandpaper I went back to Mom's and continued working on the scroll frames. The 100 grit was perfect and even took the dingy look off the frames and scroll rods. They look brand new!

After Mom cooked breakfast (well, it was lunch, okay?) we went to the JoAnn's Superstore and the Christiana Mall over in Delaware. Tax free shopping! Can't beat that with a stick! I finished purchasing the items I needed for an Advent exchange I'm doing in one of my Yahoo groups. Now all I have to do is get everything wrapped up and shipped on Wednesday. I know I'm cutting it close, but I couldn't do anything the first month after I received my partner's info because that was when I was in the hospital and my hands were flaring up. Then, of course, I had to wait to get paid again...but I think my partner is really going to like her Advent gifts! I had to do a little more research into her likes and dislikes because she doesn't post to the group much, and her questionnaire didn't really tell me alot about her interests. Luckily she had a good Blogger profile!

Anyway, Mom and I didn't get back to the house until after 5pm. She kept asking if I could stay the night and I continued to remind her I had a 10am EGA meeting. I didn't leave Mom's til after 6pm, and I was closing my eyes and shaking myself awake within 15 miles of the house. I didn't have any gumballs in the truck so I pulled over and got the Reece's Pieces out of my backpack so I could chew on them. Why does chewing on something wake you up? Anyone know? Well, it works so that's all that matters! After I started eating them I was okay and no more head-nodding.

I got home around 8pm and went straight to bed. When I woke up two hours later I began getting my trade stash ready for the EGA meeing tomorrow. I thought I was going to need to type out a price list of all the items in my trade blog but the garage sale price stickers I picked up at the dollar store worked wonderfully instead.