Luck and Coping Skills

About a month ago, I ordered a lime green, medium sized, silk, round Indian floor pillow. 'Bout the size of an ottoman. I got it for a deal at The Foundry. What was sent was a very expensive, very large silk turquoise, fully embroidered floor pillow. Like some cultures might lay around on to watch TV or eat dinner. The box it came in is as big as the clothes dryer, so I knew something was weird before I opened the box. It was silk, but not lime green, not round and not a at all what I wanted. JB agreed to take it to the shipping center in the back of his truck to return because it wouldn't fit in the back of my car. I did the online return process and when finished the system told me, "No need to return your order, your credit is being processed immediately." I was a bit confused. I phoned them and was told that I could indeed keep the giant, beautiful silk floor pillow because it would cost too much for them to pay the shipping to return it. I GOT IT FOR FREE! I guess they were sold out of the lime green small round one and sent this instead. So...I now have a beautiful floor pillow kept rolled up behind a chair for when people are over playing games or needing a nap. J.B. is holding it in the picture below. It's so big, you can't see him! Look at the beautiful silk and embroidery.

Laid out, it's larger than my coffee table which has sari fabric underneath glass. If you've been here, you know there's an eclectic vibe going on with strong Mexican and E. Indian veins running through it, so this thing works here. Just perfect for game parties!

See how thick and cushy it is?

I laid it out to play Words with Friends (Givemetx name, hit me up) and Lolly found it super comfy too!

COPING SKILLS

I love using my fake lisp to say "slick spots". The media has been saying it throughout the newscasts all day. I repeat it back to them each and every time. That's just one of the many things that have helped me keep my sanity during the, after tomorrow, four days of being frozen in the house. I am stuck in my igloo. I have tried repeatedly to open my garage door. No Luck. I gave it three tries in a row yesterday and saw it begin to bend in its efforts. Not wanting to buy another garage door from a stupid mistake, I quit. Did try again today (remember the definition of insanity?) to no avail. STUCK!

SOUP

I've made lots of soup this week. Tonight it was a delicious New Orleans corn bisque with sausage. Yum. It has potato in it and turkey kielbasa. I use fat free half and half instead of cream. I had soup for lunch yesterday, then salad for dinner. Baking has been avoided even though my bored mind has considered it but this would naturally lead to bored eating of baked goods. And you KNOW I'd bake something that would go down super easy.

These above are the left overs of Tuesday's cream of broccoli, Wednesday's creamy taco soup (shout out to Jill) and lunch today which was tomato basil Parmesan. Tomorrow will be butternut squash soup. Obviously, next week's menu plan is already in place.

THE LITTLE HEATER THAT COULD

This little oil heater has been a life saver! JB got one too (shout out to Karen). We love them. If there's a little draft by the windows, you roll it over there and no more draft. It's really given the house heater a break.

WOOL SOCKS FROM BETH

Wool socks are no joke. Light but so warm. My always amazingly crafty and generous with her talents sister, Beth, made these for me. They are the second pair she made for me, because without thinking, I put the first pair in the dryer. I know, I'm dumb and she's got all kinds of crafty talent. If you know me, you know the fruit of my sister's many talents. Mad skills, yo.

MOLLY LOLLY

Angel in dog form. Sweet, sweet baby. (I love that little moustache that comes out in the pictures of her.) Mol-Mol has kept us busy by demanding to go out 100 times a day. If you don't let her out she does circles around the kitchen breakfast bar. JB is so sweet that he's now taken her for two big walks. I've learned that she will stay out about 10 minutes at a time. Left her out a bit longer today and she actually jumped and scratched at the door. An Emily move from way back, I am programmed to respond. Here she is going out again.
Notice the ice that was once blown in sleet spilled into the porch? Looks like someone spilled a large bag of sugar into the porch!

This is a close up of the ice built up around the screen porch door. Shows how thick it is. Looks fluffy. It is not. It's SOLID.

The birds are all over the bird feeder and Molly is a bird dog so her job is to watch them. She's an over achiever. Molly checks both doors of porch constantly while out.

WINE

Keeps me mellow so I don't lose it from a pacing man and a pacing dog. Plus it's good for me!

FRENCH HORNS AND CHAI TEA

Hydration is important.

COMPANY/ROOMMATE

Thank goodness I haven't lived alone during all this. It's someone to talk with, cook for and who walks my dog. God bless, JB. :)

That's what's going on here. What's been going on in your igloo?