Tedious Tuesday

I don't have much to report on about today. I spent a good bit of the morning peeling off price stickers from the new dinnerware and glassware we purchased yesterday. I had to get the stickers off before loading the new stuff into the dishwasher for a good first scrubbing. It was taking forever to get those darn stickers off but midway through the process I realized that soaking them first in warm water made removing the labels a lot easier. I got the new dishes into the dishwasher and put away the other stuff and the whole ordeal took a little over two hours. That was about the most exciting part of my day. John had a meeting in town at 1:30 with an attorney for the site committed to discuss the trim on the new cabin and after that he met up with a judge he knows from his early years in WY. I spent the time in town shopping for a few gifts, and eventually shopping for myself. I bought a nice pair of khakis for $16 (70% off). I picked up two tops at a local consignment shop, a pretty yellow western/cowgirl blouse and a basic brown and white gap stretch tee. I'm really happy with the yellow western blouse but I can't say that I was overly impressed with the selection at this consignment shop. I guess my expectations were a bit too high and influenced by the wealth and excess found here, I've found much better stuff in the consignment shops in little old St Paul. After his meeting with the site committee it was decided the blue and red trim will go away and John will probably have the house stained a dark grey... so long Swedish cabin. On our way back we stopped at the fanciest DQ I've ever seen. The Dairy Queen in Jackson has a big fireplace, comfortable booth seating, and DVDs playing old western movies! We made a quick stop a the grocery store as well as one at the movie rental place. We just finished watching Raising Arizona (1987) very entertaining.

If you're interested in knowing a little more about Peter and Inger, the mother and son we had dinner with Saturday night you should revisit Saturday's post now titled xc skiing and sprouted grain pasta

Tomorrow we plan to spend the day packing and organizing. We're getting on the road Thursday morning for the 1200+ mile drive home.