Sat 20 Oct

Slept in til 8 am today for the first time in quite awhile, at least at home. Think I may have slept til 8 once or twice on vacation. At any rate, I'm feeling really rested. Empty bowls today. Already have the sheets done in the wash machine, but I may wait til after my shower to see if it's warm enough to hang them outside. I WILL go through everything on the table today and deal with anything that needs attention. I did get to the bank yesterday to get Grandma's money transferred from a CD to pay the County Home, though I haven't yet written them the check. Used the last of the raspberries this morning so likely no more til the next Costco run. They're too expensive in the stores. Maybe I'll occasionally make a morning Vitamix smoothie with frozen berries. Nice to talk with Tom Pease a bit at Empty Bowls and to hear a couple of his songs before we left, including Banana Slug. Have a huge vat of vegetable soup on the stove with farmer's market cabbage, leeks, parsnips, as well as onions, celery, carrots, canned tomatoes, and kale and herbs from my herb garden. I will need to freeze some as we will tire of it long before we dent the huge pot. Wish you could have been with us for dinner. The mega-veggie soup was yummy! Made Vitamix fruit smoothies to accompany. Food: 8:30 am Laura's oatmeal w/flaxseed meal, protein powder, 1/2 c blueberries, soy milk, 1/4 large cantaloupe, 108 g raspberries, coffee 12:00 pm Bowl pork sausage stew, breadstick, 4 cookies, Minute Maid juice 2:30 pm Dark chocolate sea salt caramel 4:00 pm 1 pc chocolates 6:45 pm Large bowl veggie soup, Vitamix fruit smoothie (red grapes, banana, frozen mixed berries, plain Greek yogurt)