Sunday, Sunday...

Got up and had coffee and way too many of the homemade donuts Jake and Carla left me for breakfast. They also left the rest of the snacks from yesterday (thanks, guys!) so I am all set if I get the munchies.

Called my Mom for her birthday. I actually called three times, but the first two she was watching the Mass for shut-ins. Finished all the housework by 11:00 AM. Since it was such a beautiful day, I decided to thaw a steak and use the grill. Needing a side (and still craving that eggplant), I drove over to Westborn Market for some sweet corn. Saw several trees in full glorious Fall colors on the way. Another sign of Fall? Westborn didn't have any sweet corn still in the husks - too late in the season! :o(

But, got 5 ears in a package without the husks (I'll wrap them in tinfoil - not the way I like it, but oh, well...) and two eggplant. Picked up more caulifower (cheap there) as well.

Since I had the half of Friday night's cauliflower left, I thought I'd make that cauliflower soup again. Problem! No chicken stock (how the heck did that happen? I usually never run out of stuff!) I did have vegetable stock, so I thawed out some chicken breasts and boiled them in the vegetable stock, along with fresh parsley and a bay leaf. While that was simmering, went to work outside.

Got all the container gardens cleaned out and put away, and the plant refuse back to the compost heap. I hung up my Fall wreath and other decorations on the porch. I didn't do the tree box, as the flowers there are still blooming and beautiful. I'll wait on those until the frost gets 'em. Then I got the weedwacker and cleaned out the mint garden. Found a beautiful patch of lemon balm behind the raised garden that the lawn cutters have left alone, so I picked it and hung it in the kitchen to dry. Since its been years since I drank herb tea, I'll send it back to Virginia for Luanne and Sadie.

So, tired and proud of my outside work, I went back inside and cleaned up to make the soup. Turned out great. Decided that grilling the steak and corn was a bit much after the soup (it was already after 5:00 PM) so I'll do that Monday night (in the rain, I bet).

Spent about an hour trying to draw pictures of a goat for Lu. She's doing some PR work for a Virginia goat cheese maker. They all looked disappointingly stupid to me, but I emailed them and a link to some free clip art that featured goats (in case she wants a better drawing).

Oh, yes, when I got back in there was a voicemail from my daughter Melissa, who asked me to revise my Saturday posting regarding her phone call. Now, you faithful readers know my rule for both blogging and writing poetry. If I write it, I don't change it, even if it sucks. But, since she asked in such a nice way, disregard the earlier posting and substitute this one:

"My daughter Melissa called. I think its great how, in spite of how busy she always is, she still takes the time to call me."

Watched Extreme Makeover (I am such a sucker for that show) and Iron Chef America (snacking on cheeses and sausage) and then went to bed.