We spent the afternoon yesterday by the river at the Hot Springs, dunking ourselves in the hot water (108*) and then cooling off reading books.  Pure Bliss!  The hot water was a bit too hot for me, but I made a good try at it.  I preferred the temperature at another pool which was about 102*.  Anyway, such  a wonderful way to spend an afternoon.  I can only imagine what the early Native Americans thought of after a hard days work chasing their "daily bread"!  Ummm...yes I can imagine..........they probably did the same thing we did..........well, maybe sort of....minus the books, the chaise lounges, and probably the swim suits! 

Some days are "just like that", there is no other way of explaining things.  You get up, do a bit of tidying up because you have a friend coming over for lunch with her two little ones.  You wonder what to feed her?  What would the little three year old like?  And what do you have "on hand?"  Running to the store is not an option these days............so it was Egg Salad on homemade (you guessed it!) Sourdough  English Muffins!  They loved it, they ate it, and it was yummy.  After lunch I threw together another Pumpkin Cake because (you guessed it!), we have a plethora of pumpkin in the freezer, and it is so good!

Digging through the freezer in the shed ( we have two huge freezers besides the refrigerator freezer) I found two packages of fish, Mahi-mahi and Salmon.  So tonight we are having Mahi-Mahi with a recipe I found on  Food.com.  Here are the recipes.  They were delicous!  http://greek.food.com/recipe/zucchini-patties-with-feta-305156  and http://http://www.food.com/recipe/fish-and-sour-cream-bake-424933

I decided to make the zucchini patties because we still have bags of shredded zucchini in the freezer and there is just so much zucchini bread you can make and eat!  It's great to have some new recipes to have and both of these will be repeated!

Feeling the need to get something productive done today, I cleaned out the freezer in my refrigerator and the junk drawer!  If you want a small project and want to feel self-righteous, both of those jobs will fit the bill!

Tomorrow I really need to tackle the front flower beds.  Now they are a REAL MESS and I would feel so self-righteous if I got that job done!

  There is nothing quite like the satisfaction you get when a project is finished, didn't cost an "arm and a leg" and uses things you've been saving for years, because #1 you love it and #2 someday you'll have "just the right place for it".  And that's how I feel when I walk into our new bedroom/reading room..........it's a sweet room and makes you feel comfortable and happy and content............the best combinations in my world!  I love gently used items (especially items that have been very loved) and I love the history behind things....where did it come from?  Who was the first owner of a piece?  I feel connected to the past and I feel this is so important in an age of "stapled furniture" that falls apart after the first year or linens that unravel after the third washing.  I have always been a recycler, way before it was ever "green" and I hope the trend I see today; stays...........  The wallpaper in the new reading room is silk and it came never used from a local thrift store.  It's tag said made in Italy.  I wonder why it was never used, or maybe the person just ordered to much?  Whatever the reason, it is a plus for me!  The chairs in the new reading/sitting room, are very old, but updated with new fabric that my daughter re-upholstered for me.  The old dresser with the mirror was in our antique store, that I just fell in love with.  The glass case in our bedroom full of old collectibles that I cannot part with (there is this thing about history again!) also came from our antique store.  The painting of the Dutch girl on top of the glass case was my friend Mary's.  It is very old and I know it came from an antique store in Durango Co, because I was there when she bought it!  Mary had it in her living room for years and when she switched to "mid-century modern".........well, it just didn't fit in!  Again, a plus for me!  I could call my decorating......"Mary's been redecorating again", but that doesn't sound very nice, does it?  Mary was my interior decorator that helped me in this project, it's what she's great at, and she loves!  YEA for good friends that love to help, and are happy with a tuna sandwich for lunch!  (She spent two long days with me and earned every bit of that tuna sandwich!!)