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I like the fabric on the Costco sheets we have, but I wish the top sheet was wider. The fitted sheet is plenty deep for our fat mattress, but I can't get a good tuck on the top sheet.
Weekend update:
Friday, after yummy Thai food (Mmmm, eggplant basil!), I ran to Wallyworld for rubber duckies for Swimmy's cake (her request) as they were the only place near me that had them. After that I attempted to go to the grocery store a couple miles north, but the stupid place persists in closing at 8:00. WTF? I can see no longer being open 24hrs, but 8:00 is silly early. I had to drive two municipalities south to the other branch of that store which is open until 10:00 (same "brand," different ownership, different hours) so I could gather the supplies necessary for Sunday's party.
Saturday I cleaned out the fridge to make room for cakes, made a pumpkin cheesecake and baked Swimmy's cake layers, brought up the outside plants and set them in their winter locations, and cleaned the house. Fluff Pupp was having a seizure day, so we were keeping an eye on her, too. We were on a tight timeline because we needed to leave around 3:30 for the final band competition of the year. We got there early enough to get good seats and sat through five hours of competition with 18 bands. It only rained on us at the beginning and the very end, and it was in the low 50s so not too terribly cold for late October, but not the most pleasant weather to sit in for that length of time. There were food trucks and hot cocoa which helped raise our spirits, and Our School's band put on their best run of the show all year. They really did themselves proud! We were disappointed with their score (there's a judge with an alleged grudge; his feedback was nearly all positive but his score was harsh) but they broke 90 again and that's a feat in this competition.
Sunday was a busy day. I sang at early church, made brunch, assembled and decorated Swimmy's cake (two-layer lemon cake with lemon pudding in the middle, topped with pale blue icing, mini rubber duckies, and icing "bubbles"), ran to an indie yarn show where I ran into old acquaintances and got stuff to make Eldest and Swimmy new hats, picked up Eldest at her apartment, then helped the girls carve pumpkins while I finished putting party food in the oven. Family came over around 5:00 just as the pumpkin carving was finishing up, we celebrated October birthdays and visited, then cleaned up and I hauled Eldest back to campus around 11:00. I crashed hard! Fluff Pupp's seizures followed their usual pattern of every few hours for 24hrs, this despite increasing her phenobarbital last week. She goes back to the vet next week for a level check and a lyme/lepto booster. I'm frustrated because the vets continue adding meds and adjusting meds and none of it seems to change a ruddy thing, but she's still with us so there's that. She was in need of a grooming before the weekend and even more so now (she often piddles and lays in it when siezing), so I'll add that to my list of stuff to manage.
Tonight I have to put the finishing touches on Swimmy's "Blood Fairy" costume (all her concept - a fairy all in black, including knee-high combat boots, with a pale and gory face) and I'm super glad no rain is forecasted tomorrow even if the high is only 45 because I've spent two weekends tromping around in the rain and that's enough. I'm glad to be putting this month in my rear-view mirror. It's been entirely too full of stuff and I need a break.
MD needs a break, too, but she doesn't get one. Marching band season is over* but now she's running sound for the school play so she's got practice until 10:00 at night most nights this week. I'll miss her.
*They have a Veteran's Day parade yet to do and they'll be marching in Kentucky for the derby in May. This would be fine except that she lost her left marching shoe somewhere Saturday night, most likely on the bus. I hope it turns up today!
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