Our mild November days continued although we had a couple of typical gray days. I started the week with very few things on the calendar but, of course, the days have been full. I gave my apartment a good cleaning on Tuesday morning. I had art class with Genevieve in the afternoon and we did miniature watercolor paintings that could be mounted on greeting cards. I had my first painting ready and was selecting a backing when it went missing. No matter how much I looked and a couple of the other gals looked, it wasn’t found. So I started a new one and got one card made. As we were cleaning up and putting things away, Judy found my first one. Class was over by then, so I’ll have to put it together at home.
Genevieve and I had talked about going to the StevenBe fiber art store at some point so it worked out to go on Wednesday. She invited me to meet her at Brasa in NE Minneapolis for lunch and it was very nice to hang out with her. We went to StevenBe when we finished lunch and I replenished some of my wool roving colors that were getting kind of low. I was able to meet and chat with Steven - a very colorful, flamboyant character who has a good thing going in the art world. His shop Carrie’s gorgeous brands of yarn and blends and they have the best assortment of wool roving colors around - and any accessory you would ever need or want. It’s a really cool store.
I spent the entire day on Wednesday working on crafts. I finished a stocking cap that I had started a while back and then got busy felting a snowman that Randy asked me to make for him. It turned out really cute.
I ran some errands, one was to the meat market to get some marrow bones for Joey. I like to get the smoked ones, as there is no residue left behind and they keep him busy for a couple of hours. We then stopped at the park so he could run around for a bit. The city recently installed fence and gate across one of the hockey rinks about a half mile from my house. It is a lot closer than driving to the one in Burnsville that is about 5.5 miles away and it’s great to let him run and chase the ball - he chases it but won’t bring it back to me like he does when we are in the apartment. What’s with that?
I went to Willy McCoys for dinner tonight with Elaine. It used to be her, Joann and I that went together but now that Joann has moved to Nebraska, we really of miss her. I talked with her earlier in the week and learned that she is doing ok but she said she really misses her friends here in Bloomington. I miss her too!
I sold my handheld vacuum cleaner on marketplace and the gal came to pick it up shortly after I got home from having dinner. It was such a nice, calm night and I had heard on the news that the International Space Center was expected to be visible this evening, so Joey and I walked to the park but we didn’t see it.
