We've been watching the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Golf Course in N. Carolina. It is a hard course with not many under par. It's fun to watch. A couple from our church & their son are there. The son is carrying the names of certain players & the father has some volunteer job. What a thrill. Both father & son are good golfers. Maybe you noticed Aaron's picture in our paper. Sports section.
It's been very cool today with showers & the sun alternating in making an appearance. I'm baking tomorrow, dinner rolls, coffee cake & short cake to go with fresh strawberries. Also plan to make jam as I used the last jar, or I should say the last jar is in the fridge. I won't make jam for awhile. Barb says she wants to pick berries to freeze & she'll pick some for me.
Dale was saying he was working on a truck & it smelled so strong with men's cologne he could hardly stand it. He wondered if they poured it on themselves.
Kim's birthday party was very nice. When I made a pie instead of cake, I arranged some strawberries on cool whip & put birthday candles on them so she had candles to blow out.
We went to CVS today to get my meds & then to the Mall. I went into Big Lots & noticed they had "Anna's ginger cookies". I got a pkg. of the ginger ones & 1 pkg. of the almond ginger cookies. The regular Swedish thin wafer cooky & they are as good as the ones you gave me one Thanksgiving & they were cheaper. Not in a tin. I love them & hope to get more if they aren't sold out. They taste so good with a cup of coffee.
Then I went to the Dollar Store & got toilet paper & kleenex. Kim gets a lot of her paper goods & cleaning supplies there.
Kim is painting her kitchen. She wants to get all her chores out of the way & then enjoy the summer. She'll play in a women's league Tues. A.M.'s.
Tonite I made tuna noodle casserole & Dale said it tasted pretty good. Leftover strawberry pie for dessert.
What did the Pittsburgh Pirates do to deserve the present games. 3 at Yankee Stadium & now a weekend series in Boston. They did have a couple of home runs in NYC.
Sheila said they enjoyed their cruise. One interesting thing -- they had to sanitize their hands before going on board the ship & before going into restaurants.
Mon the 20th. I'm enclosing a recipe from "Quick Cooking" (Greendale, Wi) for Brats & Beer muffins. You could use some of your leftover brats. I thought it looked interesting. Recipe came from a lady in Texas.
Wed the 22nd.
I'm watching the Mets at Philly. Just the 1st inning & no score. We now can get Turner movies as of today. What will be interesting. And we also have the Discovery Health so I'll get my fill of hospital stories.
A cool spell came in today & it is really nice tonite. I made a carrot cake this aft & it is so good. I couldn't eat a whole cake in on aft!
Barb's garden is looking so good. The flowers are blooming & healthy looking. It was worth starting them from seed.
The Mets had a shaky 1st inning. Phila had the bases loaded & no outs. Thome was up & struck out & then the next one hit into a double play so I feel better now. But Mets lost.
Thurs. pm the 23rd
I fixed chicken & rice for dinner, a favorite. Yesterday it was cooler so I made a carrot cake. This A.M. I made an apple pie. Tomorrow the temps rise & more humidity -- no baking. We've talked about going out to dinner & Kim said they like to go out Sun. evenings. Barb said Nickel Inn would be nice & Kim said how about Sun nite. So Sun. we'll go to Nickel Inn for a 6:30 reservation. We like the ride going out thru Scandia.
I noticed your temps were in the 90s. Hot, hot, hot. Suppose it will come our way.
