Life: It Goes On - September 7

Happy Sunday! Going to make this short because I'm only finally getting it written just before bedtime. I can't say I've been too busy to do it; just wanted to get a pic of my new auction "win" in its new home and I had to get dressed before I could go outside to do that. If you've been reading this for very long, you know how much I like to spend weekend days in my pajamas and since I couldn't do that yesterday, I was determined to do it today. 

We've had a lovely, cool and dry weekend here so doors and windows have been thrown open and we spent a lot of time outdoors. Yesterday we went to Lincoln to pick up my auction item and to visit family. Because they live downtown, we also got to walk around downtown Lincoln, soaking up the excitement of the first home game of the season, even if it was six hours before it started.  Had to stop on our way home and pick up some Baker's chocolates at the factory store. Did we need two pounds of chocolates? No. Did we actually consider buying a third flavor? Yes. But like the grownups we are, we used restraint. 

Are you old enough to remember
when milk was delivered to your 
house and put in these boxes? I 
was so nostalgic about this when 
I say it on the auction. It even 
has the little clip where the wife
would put her order 

Last Week I: 

Listened To: Still listening to Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist. I'm afraid it's a little repetitive but otherwise, it's an interesting story based on a real person. 

Watched: Lots of football (including our Husker's first shutout in 16 years), three volleyball matches, and some episodes of Only Murders In The Building. 

Read: Still reading Rachel Hawkin's The Woman in Suite 11. 

Made: We used the leftovers from the taco bar in a lot of ways, including old-school taco salad with Catalina dressing. Yesterday for game watching I made a cream cheese mixture with dried beef and chopped dill pickles that we spread on mini-bagels. Tonight I put together a ham, broccoli, and potato casserole we'll toss in the oven for dinner tomorrow. Later this week we'll have onion sandwich, based on a recommendation from BG's brother and SIL. I'd be as skeptical as you are right now if it had come so highly recommended by two people who know good food. 

Enjoyed: Dinner with friends Friday - I was jonesing for poutine and they all humored me. 

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This Week I’m:  

Planning: My office has once again become a dumping ground so I need to get up there and work on that. Then I'm hoping to get out to the garage now that's it's cool enough to work out there. 

Thinking About: A couple of long weekends we have coming up. I can't wait! 

Feeling: Tired. I never get sick when I get my Covid vaccine, but it always makes me really tired for a day or two. Got it yesterday so I'm hoping tomorrow is better. 

Looking forward to: Miss H is coming up for a cleaning job this week so we'll have her with us one night. The next night Mini-him and I are going to see Hamilton in the theater. Saturday we're going out to eat with friends to a new-to-most-of-us place as part of Omaha Restaurant Week. 

Question of the week: Do you go to auctions, estate sales, or garage sales? Have you ever done an online auction or bought something off of Facebook Marketplace? I'm a little addicted these days, even if I don't buy much (because it's kind of hard to justify it while at the same time trying to get rid of stuff).