This was not a day to be out and about unless you had to be, so we stayed home. There is no more church until fall semester, so we had bsolutely no outside responsibilities. Del got lots of work done and rested his leg some, although it is much better today. I packed up some winter things so we will have more room in our closet and wardrobe, snuggled up on the couch to read and cooked dinner, for a change. It just seemed like a day for that.
The book I'm reading is SPIDER WEB, one of a series by Earlene Fowler. Each book has the name of a quilt pattern as the title. The main character is a younger woman, but her fiesty grandmother and the women in a retirement home quilt guild she organized are prominently featured along with her cop husband. I was tickled to hear that the oldsters were taking a self defense class called cane fu, and thought it quite clever of her to think that up. The more I thought about it, the more I felt the need to Wikipedia, and what do you know. It is a real thing. Seniors go to class to learn to use their canes to protect themselves. There is some concern that people who really need canes might get knocked off balance, but some people who not actually need very much support use the cane anyway so they will have a readily available, legal weapon. So look out bad guys, I'm armed with a Leki, and I've watched the videos.
I made something for dinner that I don't think I have ever cooked before, ribs. They were pretty good, considering they were cooked inside with my made up barbecue sauce. I also made cole slaw and a casserole with some of the mushrooms I bought. We had strawberries for dessert.
My Rick Steves correspondent emailed to see if we knew of a laundromat in Klaipeda. They had been unable to find one in Vilnius. We emailed back that they could use our washer but would have to take the wet clothes back to their hotel to dry. A couple of hotels listed laundry service, so maybe they will find something.
I know you didn't sign up to expose your eating peculiarities to my world, but I had hoped some of you would confess to at least one odd eating habit.
Tomorrow starts cold water week, so I am going to wash hair tonight. Day old hair is not a good look for me, but it makes one less day of cold water on my head or heating water and pouring it over.
The laundry problem reminded me of the way we handled things on our 3 week trip several years ago. I put together a concoction based on several pieces of advice I read. It did not make holes in my clothes, but it would take the spots off a leopard, I think. I combined Fels Naptha bar soap, travel sized oxi clean spray and a small shot of fabreeze to hand wash a few things each time we spent two nights in a hotel. I carried along a couple of those microfiber quick drying towels to wring the water out. Sometimes I wrapped the clothes in the towel, put them into the empty bath tub and used the I Love Lucy grape stomping method to get even more water out. I also bought blow up hangers to take along because they take no room in the suitcase and keep the front and back of a shirt from touching. One of those round rubber things for putting over the drain in the sink was helpful, as was a little clothesline for the shower.
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