August 24 – Xena had another good night, which means I had a good night. It was pretty chilly this morning so I turned the little heater on while I took my shower. After all of the morning rituals I left for Pagosa Springs. I stopped in the office and we had no reservations. Then I stopped at the post office and was on the road. There’s no cell service almost all the way so I couldn’t call anyone and make my drive to faster. Bill doesn’t like Pagosa so I decided I’d have more pleasure from the outing to go while he was gone.
I stopped at the huge ACE store that has a room of southwestern furniture and décor. I got the names of the two companies that they get their furniture through in the event I need/want to explore replacing our couch at a later date. Next was a consignment shop but it was mostly clothes and I’m not in the market for any more at this time. Then was the shop with all of the lawn and wall ornaments. It was really much larger that I expected and broken into 3 parts. One was all jewelry, one all rocks and stones. Some were polished and some were raw, some for making jewelry and some for bookends. Then one section was your typical gift shop with imported doodads, post cards, mugs, frames and clothing. I did find a new pocket knife I like that is wood with an inlaid buffalo.
I parked in downtown by the river and went to the shop, Coyote Jane’s, that Bill and I went to before and was hoping to get a tin of the orange scented shea butter but she was no longer carrying it. She did give me a tin of the same thing but a different scent. She also told me most of the earrings were half off so of course I had to do a little looking. I found 2 pair for gifts. On the way back up the road the Made in Colorado shop was on my side of the road and I spent some time and money there too. It’s much larger than I thought from the outside and very surprising how many items were made in Colorado. Actually a lot was jewelry that they carry on consignment but some nice and unusual pieces. Wish I had more money and more ears!
By now I was getting a little hungry so I went to Taco Bell and had some new dish I think a Cantina Bell. Anyway it was pretty good and I enjoyed my leisurely lunch. I went to City Market with a short list of things and as usual picked up a few things not on the list too. I stopped at the gas station and used my .10 per gallon off and then headed back to Arboles. Kerry called as I was leaving town and said mom and dad decided not to go to the funeral. They weren’t feeling well, so she ended up being able to cancel their tickets since it was within 24 hours of the purchase. She cancelled the hotel and is going to stay with cousin Becky.
Xena was happy to see me when I got home and she was dry again in her diaper. I hooked her outside and put my purchases away and changed clothes. After bringing Xena in I went out in the Mule and turned tickets and cleaned my one vacated site and picked up some trash. I had planned to do some weeding and whacking but it started to rain so I came home. It rained for sure. It was windy and nasty out.
I George’d 2 teriyaki wild salmon burgers and steamed green beans in lemon infused olive oil. I had one burger and all the beans. I put red velvet cupcakes in the oven and while the first batch baked I took Xena out and she was a muddy mess. It’s difficult to clean her feet by your self and the towel was a mess and there were muddy prints on the rug.
After all the cupcakes were done and cooled I decorated them and packaged up 17 or so to take to work in the morning. I had a lot of icing left from the cake last week and this we a good excuse to use it. I made red velvet because I knew Bill would be a happy camper when he got home.
I did some research on next summer and knitted a few rows on my current project, then settled in to read for an hour before bed. The best part of the evening!
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