After Rod left this morning I had a productive trip to Target, not only finding everything on my list (more than a dozen items) and not buying anything that wasn’t on it... but also getting out the door for less than $100.  

I was home in time to head over to Park Meadows during Diane’s “break” (when the kids are at PE, or music, or art) to give her the bag of goodies I had for her.  But the new policy at school didn't allow me to head over to the classroom, so she had to come up to the office.  Not as private a place for a chat as her classroom, but we're hoping to squeeze in a lunch one of these days.

Marcie brought over the laundered labels this afternoon, and they should be much easier to attach to the backs of her quilts without all that stiff stabilizer.

I've been looking forward to a fish dinner since Tom got back from his trip.  Yesterday he thawed out a batch from an earlier trip, but when he opened the package it had freezer burn and wasn't any good, so we ended up having breakfast for dinner.  Today he thawed out another package - but at dinnertime realized we'd used all the eggs (needed for dipping before Panko crumbs) last night so we ended up at Sweet Tomatoes.  (I had put eggs on the list, knowing I was going to use most of them for deviled eggs this past Saturday, but before Tom shopped he saw we had plenty of eggs and figured we didn't need any more yet.)  Maybe the third night tomorrow will be the charm?

Alex just called to check in and say hi.  He hopes to start heading home next Monday, so we should see him in a little over a week - at least for a day or so before he heads off again.  Busy guy!