Week 11 March 24 - 30, 2024 St. Rita Plants, MU Vote, Brunetta Breakfast, Easter Baskets, Shoes, Alioto's dinner

 Sunday, March 24, 2024

I took two sad looking plants from church to my room to revive them.  I gave them a thorough soaking and sprinkled the leaves.  Holly and a woman who sits in the first row at church came to my door asking if I had the plants.  I explained what I was doing, but I think the woman thought that I was stealing the plants.

There was no coffee after mass, so I went to my apartment.

I made the chicken wings using the recipe from online using beer.  I should have used less beer, because there was too much broth.

We had a large turnout with a lot of food.  There could have been more fancier desserts.

Monday March 25

Did hardly anything most of the day.

I went to the One Person One Vote talk at MU which was a movie about the history of the electoral college  and the voting patterns throughout the years, especially before and after the Civil War and the Jim Crow years.  The movie focused a lot on people's dissatisfaction with the results of elections.  I felt really riled up afterward.

Today was the first time that I did not get Wordl, only one Connection; but I got to Genius in Spelling Bee.

Tuesday, March 26

Bruce Wiggins suggested doing something for Brunnetta Soward who will be leaving on Thursday.  We hastily planned a breakfast for tomorrow.

I printed out invitations for the breakfast group, and delivered them.

We had some interesting books discussed at the Book Club.

I played sheepshead and lost about 15 cents.

I read at mass for Rita who is expecting her family at any time.

I thought that I ordered dinner, but my name was not on the list, so I made a grilled cheese sandwich.

I picked up the ingredients for an egg dish: eggs, frozen hash browns, mushrooms, red bell pepper, shredded cheddar, bacon.

I assembled everything and refrigerated it until tomorrow morning.

Wednesday, March 27

The casserole was in the oven at 7:30 a.m., and the finishing topping (bacon and cheese) at the last minute; perfect timing for 9:00 a.m.

Dwight provided fresh fruit and scones, Cheri had cinnamon rolls, Jackie banana bread and Cecile, a coffee cake.  I'll have eggs for many breakfasts; but it was very good.

I had pretty good luck playing sheepshead.  Bob Koebert's card playing friends, Dan and Kay came for the first time.

Terry and I went to check out an upgrade for our phones at Verizon.  The offer was too good to be true. A very knowledgeable rep explained what our plan is and what we'd need to do in order to get an upgrade.  It was not what Terry understood, so we did not get new phones.

We had dinner at Cabela's that I really enjoyed, linguine with shrimp and a red wine.

Thursday, March 28

I made Easter baskets for the family Easter dinner.  That took some time getting the graphics arranged, but they should be fine.

Iason (Liturgical Director) sent an email asking if I would like to participate in the foot washing; I said that I would like to do that.  Father Joseph gave a beautiful homily on the 314th day of his priesthood, all about love and service.  Jack Huennekens and I got our feet washed along with quite a few selected people, those who did service for the church.  The mass was beautiful.

There was a candy-filled Easter egg on my shelf from Bob Koebert.  That inspired me to make baskets for every apartment on the second floor, plus Bob.  I filled them with peanut M&Ms.

Friday, March 29

Major Shopping.  I can't remember when I last shopped in a department store.  I did not see much selection on the Stan's web page, decided to try Kohl's with a 30% coupon.  I didn't like any of their shoes, but a bought two skirts, three tops and a support garment.  Then to Stan's that had a lot more styles of shoes than I imagined; I bought one black pair that might pass for dressy and sandals that I think I'll live in.  Replacing Velcro on my black shoes that I've worn almost every day would cost $15 per shoe.  I decided to have Peter take them to his shoe repair.

Marilyn Minor called to ask if I was going to Brunnetta's luncheon tomorrow.  I knew nothing about it.  She messaged me the invitation that I never saw.

I had delicious perch and red potatoes at Alioto's.  Afterward, we had drinks at the bar and watched Marquette lose to North Carolina State 58 - 67.

Marilyn had invitations to pass out, but didn't know who to send them to.  I felt better that is was an oversight and not a slight.

Saturday, March 30

Breakfast with Jackie and Dan, then Rikki and Barbara.

Hair at 11:00 a.m.

I made chicken thighs, baked potato and carrots for dinner.

Played Rummy Cube with Joan, Mike and Linda.  She is strange.