What a day. A very full day here on Stauffer Avenue. This morning I was determined to make a coconut pie from one of the cards in my Mom’s metal recipe box. I did sit up until 1:00 a.m. just a few nights ago reading through the entire box, one card at a time. The recipe was from my Aunt Gertie, mom’s only sister. The pie was a custard and soon I began to realize that I was equating this to a coconut cream pie . . . not so this recipe. This is more of a solid pie. The good news, Dennis said it would not go to waste. I am just not going to waste a meringue topping on it.
One of our favorite heating and coolant fellows, Burke Watson, stopped in with a stash of his Viking t-shirts asking for a t-shirt quilt. Burke stressed he wanted good quality material used and it would not be done in “gratuitous,” and there was no time frame. I called over to Old Alley and as it turns out the Monday after Christmas, they have a 20% off sale on all materials. Burke is paying for this project, but there is nothing wrong in making the sale advantageous for him. Dennis will be tapped to cut up the t-shirts for me.
This afternoon Renee came for coffee. Renee worked for me in the assessor’s office for 17 years and we have enjoyed keeping up with each other since I retired in February of 2009.
In between time, it was warm enough for me to clean the remaining snow off of our driveway with the temps being in the mid 30s. The wind had been fierce from the north.
Dennis caught up with his life-long friend, Lyle, at the common area in Lyle’s apartment house. I think Dennis brings a lot of chuckles to the table . . . no, I know he does.
Life is always full here on Stauffer Avenue.