Not much to write about

 As Steve and I settle into our new lives here on Bates Street, life finally begins to be routine.  That's a good thing.  We did establish care at a new dentist this past Monday.  It is called Borgmeyer Dentistry comprised of three dentists -  a father and his two sons.  It is located just three blocks away from us in a cute, Holly Hills type building.  We scheduled our routine cleaning, just to check them out, and we were very pleased with the whole experience.  While I miss my former dentist who worked in Boonville, I won't miss the long drive to get there.  We are so close we can walk.

I fixed homemade lasagne on Monday and invited Beckie to come over.  It was supposed to be her birthday dinner waaaaay back at the end of March but, thanks to Covid19, that never happened.  So, we just celebrated about eight months late 😀

We drove to Columbia on Thursday for a nephrologist appointment for Steve.  I hope eventually he will find a kidney doctor here in St. Louis but, until then, it gives us an excuse to visit old stomping grounds.  I was able to give an in-person lesson to Ethan.  We enjoyed lunch with Elise at Culvers.  Tamara fixed an amazing dinner of crab legs for us that evening.  Steve was able to help Steven begin putting up outdoor Christmas lights on their roof.  And, I got to ride in my friend, Elizabeth's new (to her) car to Hobby Lobby to help her pick out something for the walls of her newly finished downstairs bathroom.  

I had some assorted projects to work on throughout the week.  I did some Days For Girls sewing and I hemmed a pair of pants for Elise.  I cut out a Christmas dress for Alice.  Many years ago, before Sarah and Kirsti were born, I painted a set of wooden spoons to represent all the members of our family.  A few years ago, I mounted them in a shadow box for display.  When Alice was here, she admired these spoon dolls but wondered where her mother was.  So, I bought two more spoons and I painted a Sarah and a Kirsti spoon and now my shadow box is complete!  Kirsti is right in front and Sarah is in the green sweater.

Another little project was to display two model airplanes Steve bought when we visited Pearl Harbor a few years ago.  One is a United States plane and the other is Japanese.  They came with some descriptive information and I wanted to post that as well as the planes.  I bought small frames and painted them to match the rest of the wall display.  I bought the wrong kind of hanging strips for the planes and I expect them to fall off the wall any time but they have lasted for two weeks now.  Below is a closeup and a full view of the display of WW2 artifacts from Steve's father and uncle. (the uncle was shot down in the European theater)  When our handyman gets back to us, he will hang a large model airplane from the ceiling above this wall.

Plumbing projects are still pending.  At least the home warranty and home insurance companies have not denied them outright.  I started creating a flower bed behind our garage this week.  Rain and cold have put that on hold for now but hopefully by the middle of this week I can resume pulling up grass again.  I am on a quest for largish rocks (the size of a honeydew or a small watermelon) to line a three-foot section of the front flower bed to prevent erosion.  We got to a landscaping supply place too late yesterday so we will try again tomorrow.  We tried to buy some pizza dough for our friend Fred at a nearby Trader Joe's but the line to enter the store had at least thirty people!  St. Louis Covid numbers are alarmingly high and authorities have clamped down on how many people can be in buildings.  Our church meetings were cancelled for the next several Sundays as a result.   So, as holidays approach, we are adjusting our gathering plans.  Stupid pandemic!

Oh, I almost forgot my movie report:  We watched two more Harry Potter movies - Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix.  We watched episode three of the Mandalorian and we watched Wonder.