Dishpan Dribble

A cup of tea

While sitting at the table last night Anna Lise is heard to mutter, "there's a lion on the food chain." This quickly caught my attention. I had no idea she had ever heard of the food chain! I looked across the table to see what she was up to and was surprised to find all the tines on her fork loaded with carrots and peas that she was painstakingly putting on with her fingers as she climbed the food chain. It was wonderful to see that she is actually learning something at school! Of course this led us all into a fun game of making up our own food chains; each of us trying to get a more original food chain than the other.

There are a few local events coming up that I would like to make my readers aware of. How I would love to take part in these things. Joining in community events just adds to the richness of life!

Here's one that you might be interested in:

OREGON CITY COMMUNITY QUILTERS
Looking for a place to quilt, make new friends, and work on group
projects? We meet every first and third Tuesday of the month from 6:30-
9:00PM starting in September 2003. Saturday workshops are the second
Saturday of each month, starting 9/13. Oregon City Community Quilters
meets at the Buena Vista House (16th and Jackson). Come join the fun!

And here is a very fun one:

Ermatinger House Living History Museum
The Historic Ermatinger House will be serving Holiday Tea every Wednesday, Friday & Sunday in December. Reservations are required for the Living History, Victorian Holiday Teas. Call 503-650-1851 for more information and reservations. The Ermatinger will be open every Thursday, 1 - 3pm, September 18 - December 18.

These historical home tours and teas are exceptional. The ladies dress in period clothing dating to the time the house was in use. I've been through these homes many times. I'm considering getting a few of my friends together from church and seeing if we can't attend a tea. I just positively drool when I think about stuff like this.

Our pastors wife has started a Christmas in July that has turned out to be a fun time for us ladies. She also does a tea at Mothers Day. I try to never miss one of these events. As a stay at home mom I highly value adult conversation.

At a tea nobody says, " I fart, mom, I fart". (Wally) There's nobody rubbing snot and applesauce all over my arm, and my leg don't suddenly grow wet from apple juice seeping through the table boards. No it's just me and the ladies and our tea and scones. The worse that happens is that I excuse myself to "go potty".

I'm going to the doctor today for this sore throat. I've had it. I can't live like this. Theres so much I want to get done today. The most pressing thing is mopping the kitchen floor. My floor cannot go 5 days without mopping and thats exactly what has happpened! Only one good thing has come of me being sick. I lost weight! I lost a total of 10 pounds this week! Now I know that it was water. I wasn't born yesterday. But just let me be happy ok?

I am severly dehydrated because I couldn't swallow anything so now that I'm a little better we'll see how quickly most of that goes back on as my body rehydrates! Sigh!

Posted by tammy at September 30, 2003 06:51 AM | TrackBack