Early Start

It was a grocery day today, and so we were up and out early. Now, just after 11:00 a.m., we're good to go for at least another week. I'm hoping we can avoid grocery shopping again before we get home, but that's probably overly optimistic. It's another two weeks, I'm guessing, before we're back at the Three Cats Ranch.

Yesterday was a leisurely morning. We had lunch planned, but we weren't meeting up with our friends until 1:00 p.m. It meant a slow morning. I stitched yesterday's inchy...this one devoted to chain stitch. Chain stitch isn't hard, but it's one of my least-favorite stitches. It's tedious to do such a tiny chain. The outer edge is done with a woven back stitch...or maybe it's stem stitch. I can't remember.

When it was time to leave, Sadie was already well into her sunbathing mode.

Smitty was getting ready for a snooze in the bedroom window, but first...this door handle makes an excellent chin-scratching spot. Anyone who knows cats knows that they have extremely itchy chins. Fortunately, this itch can be scratched on just about any nearby object.

So we had a nice lunch at Enzo's BBQ...pretty darned good BBQ...and then Mike had an appointment to get a new battery for his cell phone. We drove to the Apple store, and it was an hour wait to get the battery. We decided to kill the time at a nearby Mexican restaurant with some margaritas, chips, guacamole, salsa, and an appetizer of taquitos...and no, we were not hungry. That pretty much was dinner for the evening. We were home early enough to catch the news. When we came in, Sadie was fully involved in her sunbathing.

Smitty was stretched out and snoozing on the bed. Obviously being alone during the day stresses them out considerably.

With grocery shopping going on this morning, we headed out early, but not before I stitched the day's inchy. This one is the dreaded bullion stitch, and I stitched it like a boss. I didn't even have to watch the video tutorial, which I estimate I've watched approximately 168 times now.

With my excellent stitching cat by my side, how could I go wrong?

As we were heading out, Sadie was contemplating the arrival of the morning sun. As I write, she's stretched out over my head...warm as burnt toast.

We're back from our grocery shopping trip. Everything is put away, and that's saying something when we're working with the limited space in the RV. As we bring in bag after bag, I find myself sighing heavily at the prospect of figuring out where to put all of it. But it's done. The rest of the day has to get better.

We're meeting our friends Deb and Tom for an afternoon outdoors on their patio. Deb and Tom are providing some appetizers and beverages. I'm taking some cooked shrimp and cocktail sauce and the hot dungeness crab dip that is a family favorite. There should be plenty to eat, which makes me think we'll probably skip dinner again tonight. 

So that's how we're rolling here at the Traveling Three Cats Ranch today...only no rolling. Definitely no rolling until next Friday.