A Balmy Day
24 degrees and not much wind . . . equates to a balmy day.
With my recently widowed brother living in Decorah, Iowa, there is not much I can do to help. I have kept in touch with him as well as his son, Eric, that lives near Duluth. The one item that neither one of them knew what to do about, was Lois’ Bernina sewing machine. I asked them for the serial number and the code number on the back of it.
This morning I reached out to Kelly at Creative Stitches in Bird Island. He was able to tell me the sewing machine was new in October of 2011. I then went online and found a site of Bernina sewing machine reviews. It could well bring from $1,500 to $1,900. When I relayed the information to Eric, I told him my homework was done and put it into his hands to work with his dad.
Today was intended that I would spend time at my friend June’s apartment for coffee. We had not gotten together since before Christmas. It is her first winter out of her home where she had been for decades with her husband. Now a widow, it is quite the change with no concerns over winter weather. We caught up with each other in fine fashion. It felt good to get out of the house other than for doctor appointments.
Dennis decided to follow suit and meet up with his friend Lyle for afternoon coffee. I know it will do Dennis good to take his bandaged foot out and about.
When the two of us meet up for supper, we are having a creamed chicken dish with baking powder biscuits. Something a bit different for the two of us. It is one of the “take and bake” dishes from Hy-Vee that I had picked up a while ago and had stashed in the freezer. I cut the contents in half and returned one half of it back to the freezer.
It will be a treat if tomorrow is as nice as today.