Family check-in

I got a texted picture from each kid Saturday so let's do a family check-in.

Being on the East Coast, L was first with a picture of Sully at the vet. Uh oh. He ended up with some nauseau medicine and allergy meds so he stops scratching himself. L and W leave for Colorado to visit his mom on Tuesday and wanted Sully in better shape before their roommate, T, is left to watch him. Probably a good idea.

Then B texted a picture of a waffle he made in the waffle maker we gave him for his birthday. Looks delicious. In addition to the waffle maker we gave him vegetable oil and waffle mix so he was all set to make breakfast whenever he got around to it.

E and D have been getting some work done on the condo so she sent a picture of the backsplash tile they had installed. They also got new can lighting in the kitchen (no more fluorescent lights) and will have the cabinets resurfaced next. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.

It was Saturday so Andy was golfing. Here's a picture of the group at the 19th hole. He shot an 84 - his best of the year at Old Oak - so he was happy.

And, since it was Saturday, Allison and I hit a few yard sales. I got nine Waterford napkins (they make napkins?) that are a nice fall color for $2 and these red Crate & Barrel Westerly plates were a quarter each. I thought there were only 11, but Allison found the twelfth! And the woman only asked for $2.50 for them. Either she couldn't do math or she wanted to give me a deal. She even had me to take a free plastic Christmas platter. She really wanted to get rid of her stuff. I plan to use them for my candy cane-themed family Christmas dinner this year. (Red plates, white tablecloth and the opposite for the "kids" table. It's all coming together.) I know these plates would have been at least $2 each at Goodwill and saw them online for $10 a plate. Yikes.

On the way home I saw this truck with plates that said "Weldgod" which made me think of W who's a welder. At least that's how I interpreted them. Sometimes you just don't know. If the person is a welder, though, they must think pretty highly of themself.