I had a very productive morning before heading to the gym.  Lost track of all the things I got done around the house, but here's a partial list.

• washed, dried, folded AND put away load of laundry
• ran dishwasher and unloaded it
• watered all the plants
• did some banking on-line
• wrote some snail mail
• ironed bright fabrics, start cutting sets of five 4" squares
• cleaned some bathrooms
• TRIED to reach Mom, even going through the nursing station
• collected hummer feeders, set them to soaking

Patti called this morning but I was almost at the gym so we only got to talk for a short bit.  Their house-hunting isn't going very well; just not much available, and the few houses that are on the market are highly over-priced.  

Not an easy leg workout today but I powered through, though I was careful with my foot/ankle.  Did remember to cancel my gym session for Tuesday morning (we'll be in Scottsdale meeting with Becky) but I picked up an open slot on Wednesday to replace it.  

After the gym I popped up to the library to pick up the latest book that had come in, 

The Last Stone, by Mark Bowden

Bowden (Black Hawk Down) delivers a narrative nonfiction masterpiece in this account of fiercely dedicated police detectives working to close a cold case. In 1975, Sheila Lyon, 12, and her sister Katherine, 10, disappeared from a shopping mall in Maryland. [Where I grew up, going to that mall!] Despite reported sightings and extortion attempts, the Lyon sisters’ fate remained a mystery for decades. The break came in 2013, when Montgomery County detective Chris Homrock chanced upon a witness statement that he’d somehow missed. Shortly after the disappearance, then-teenager Lloyd Welch told the police that he’d seen a man talking to two young girls, who then left the mall with him. At the time, Welch was dismissed as a liar, and his account was forgotten. The police found Welch serving time in Delaware for sexually abusing a minor years earlier. Though he was initially viewed as a possible source to incriminate the man who was viewed as the leading suspect in the abductions, Welch’s contradictory stories, told over the course of multiple interrogations, ended up making him a person of interest. Bowden makes extensive use of taped recordings of those conversations to bring the reader inside the interrogation room as the detectives inch closer to the truth. This is an intelligent page-turner likely to appeal even to readers who normally avoid true crime.

Gassed up today.  

Prices really have risen substantially, and it cost me over $50 to fill up.

I got more things done in the afternoon (the hummers should be happy with newly filled feeders) though I definitely slowed down. 

When Marcie came by I only had about ten sets of squares to give her, along with the second completed quilt.  I'm looking forward to seeing how the first ten blocks turn out, and hope to get the rest of the sets cut by the time she's ready for them.  Too tired to sew more this this afternoon or evening, but should have no problem sewing the label onto her last quilt in the morning.

I was excited when the leggings I ordered yesterday arrived in today's mail - except they're the wrong size!  Definitely would be too large for Aja and Tami... and most likely why they were on clearance.  Sigh...  Now I will need to return them.  

The irrigation schedule finally arrived last this afternoon.  We should be back from Scottsdale on Tuesday in time to monitor the entire cycle,which starts at 12:45 - but certainly well before it's time to let the water go at 2:15.