Special Lunch Date 2 - Steveio on the Mend

Uggghhhh  today we woke up to rain rain and more rain. After all of our below-freezing weather for the last few weeks, this is really strange. It was over 40 degrees plus we got half an inch of rain.

They say every inch of rain equals 8 inches of snow if the temps were colder. So I guess we just avoided shoveling 4 inches of snow?


Today was the second of my wonderful lunch dates with the grandchildren at their school. Today it was 4th grader Chelsea's turn to have me show up for her special day.

I had gone into the school, and paid my money on to Chelsea's lunch account at the office to cover for an adult meal.  Nobody in the office said a thing to me or asked why was I there?

I looked around, and it was strange, there were no other parents there!!!

But I saw Chelsea come walking out with her lunch tray. I surprised her at her table.

It turns out, that after the notices had been sent out, somewhere along the line the date changed! She said last week at school the teachers had them cross off today and change the date. I didn't know that. I just had a copy of the original notice. Guess what?

The Eat With A Parent WASN'T TODAY!!!

It was rescheduled for tomorrow

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA


Then we went and got a tray for me because the teacher on duty said parents are welcome to come and spend lunch time with their children, and that goes for grandparents as well.

We had a nice little lunch of mashed potatoes, turkey and gravy, green beans, some raw veggies, a roll, and a dish of a wonderful pear upside down torte with whipped cream in a separate little styrofoam dish. (I saved that and took it home for Sicko Boy Steve as a special treat).

We chatted with some of her friends and she introduced me to a certain little boy who is just a boy, but who happens to be a friend.... You know how that goes in 4th grade, right?

We chatted about her "Crochet Club" that she is in at school. Here are their informational posters on the bulletin board in the main lobby.

She said they mostly like to finger crochet, but sometimes they crochet hook crochet too. They sell their little bracelets that they make in the school store near the entry way to the school.

All too soon lunch was done, and Chelsea put our trays away. She got back in line with her friends and headed off back to her classroom.  The certain friend who is a boy who might be a friend was in line right behind her.

I took my dessert cup and headed home to my sick husband..

When I got home, he said he was actually feeling a little bit better. He got enough energy and took a shower and managed to shave. That means he's doing better! He ate his little dessert, and also some chicken soup for lunch.

He wasn't up to working on any projects, but sitting in a chair and watching tv.  I kept myself busy with my own stuff.  I hemmed up the three rugs that I had just taken off the loom. I used my grandmother's old Singer sewing machine to do the job.

It needs to sew through three heavy layers header folded over to become a flat hem. That very old singer does the job quite valiantly.

One rug is already spoken for, and the other two will be listed in my Etsy shop for sale. But not until after I take some nice pictures of them on a brighter day.

It was still raining and dreary all afternoon. We both curled up and took a nap. The dogs joined us and things were pretty peaceful here all afternoon.

He said his appetite is back and he could finally start tasting things again. He gobbled down two bowls of a chicken noodle casserole for supper. I think it was filling comfort food but should be pretty mild on his stomach.

Tomorrow we go to our regularly scheduled yearly checkups... and he will talk with the doc and see how he REALLY is doing.

As I am typing up this he is watching Andy Griffith on Me-TV, cozy in his chair, sitting in the She Shed.  The fireplace is going and it's dark and dreary outside.  But inside it is warm and comfy and pleasant.

I think that after all the work he did on the She Shed, 

he is really enjoying the room as much as I do! 

Special Lunch Date - Ceiling Fan and Lights

Yummmm we started out the day with fresh baked apple turnovers. The local grocery store has a "you take it and bake it" department in their freezers. 15 minutes in the oven and we had fresh flaky pastry with our coffee this morning. The sun was coming up, but we didn't see it due to the clouds....

Steve is still feeling under the weather. I have a feeling he is now suffering from a sinus infection. We have an appointment on Friday with the doctor. Hope he makes it till then???

(He is gasping and wheezing and coughing and trying hard to not laugh while I read that part to him)


While he was resting this morning, I had a special lunch date with a young man! Our youngest grandson Clayton, in second grade, had an event at their school today called "Lunch with a Parent". His mom was not able to make it, so I filled in.

While I was waiting in the foyer of the school for the classes to be released, an ambulance pulled up and in walked two paramedics! No worries, no emergency. They were there to have lunch with one of the students. How cute was that?

The second grade classes were released to come to the lunch room. As they filed in I kept my eye out for Clayton. He didn't know I was coming so it was a huge surprise.

He was bouncing on past without even expecting to have a parent waiting in the line in the foyer. I reached out and snatched his shirt collar and really gave him a start.

"How did you know I was here, Grandma?"

(Grandma's know everything)

He showed me how to get our lunch trays and our eating utensils, and he chose milk while I opted for a glass of water. He was so proud to be the one to teach me, and show me the routine of his lunch room process.

After making our choices at the fresh fruit and salad bar, we entered into the kitchen area to be surprised by the attire of their chef in the school cafeteria!  I believe that is a Rat-a-touelle hat?

I had the pleasure of eating a most delicious lunch of some fresh veggies, then some kind of a soybean burger patty thing and stack of semi warm round smile face french fries along with a very sweet gooey chocolate brownie.

We sat and chatted with two other little friends at the table. Clayton told them all about how he does the spinning wheel and does rugs on the weaving loom at my house. He had me show them pictures and the video on my phone. He told them that every time he comes to my house he does some kind of "yarn thing". Awwww

With a hug and wave and smile, he was back in line and headed back to his classroom. My... what a handsome lad to have a lunch date with!

Tomorrow it's the fourth graders turn to have a guest, so I will be there for granddaughter Chelsea too.  I will have to find out if the middle school is doing the same event and see if I can show up for the oldest grandson Jameson.

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After I got home from my marvelous lunch date, I found Steve finally resting and taking a nice nap. That only lasted so long...  He was back up and at em and looking for something to do.

It's hard to keep him down and make him rest. Next project he tackled was changing out the wall unit for the fan speed control for our ceiling fan in the she shed. See?

I love the ceiling fan that we put in the shed, but the control has set speeds of notched increments of 1 2 3 4 and 5. Speed on notch 1 is so fast, and speed 5 is like a standing underneath a helicopter!  We wanted a rheostat type controller that we could go lower or higher without any set increments.

So we bought a different controller for on the wall that has a slide control and we will see if that helps slow things down a little bit.

He got it all hooked up, turned the power back on, and let me try it out. YAY! I am really glad the fan in now fully operational and we can control the spin a lot better. No more helicopter winds! 

Speaking of the ceiling fan, when we bought this particular model it was made to be suspended from a flat ceiling. There was not a provision in the bell housing for tilted or sloped for a slanted ceiling. After we mounted it, there was an angled gap above the bellhousing that hides the wires. Steve created a cute little wooden wedge to fill in the space.

I painted it white and he was able to put that up there to make it have a more custom installation. He did that a couple weeks ago but I didn't post about it then. 

 I do like the plain white fan, 

and it is up and out of the way 

high on the ceiling. 

I found another small project to let him help with... we added another row of garland and lights along the top section of the front porch.  By using his "tall-ness" he was able to nail up the electrical staples to hold the lights. Otherwise I would have had to drag out a stepladder and go up and down and up and down to do the job.

I hoped these lights will shine down onto my gem studded snowflakes and illuminate the front porch better for Christmas.  Now that it's dark out this evening, it looks like that is going to do the trick.

That's better!  

Once he was done with that, it pooped him right out. Back to his chair now till suppertime. He has no appetite, but said he will eat whatever I make.

He said it don't matter what it tastes like, because he can't taste anything!!!   Such a testament to my cooking?