Today I only had a short time to let Harold, the big yellow cat, sleep on my stomach and purr. The rest of the day was spent shopping! I just have a few things I've been hunting for on this vacation, for the past 3 weeks: a new Sea Bird on a stick, a knitting pattern for a headband/ear warmer to make out of the blue wool yarn I'll have leftover when I finish (soon!) knitting my ruana, and a (don't laugh!) shell toilet seat.
I drove around Jacksonville near and far and found many beautiful sea decorations including several Sea Birds but none I liked enough to buy. I saw several glass fish, starfish, lobsters, dolphins, and a huge starfish that I considered to accompany my glass dolphins, but they were too large. There were plenty of lovely shell decorations but if I come home with one more shell, visitors to my house might think I lived under the sea!
The city can boast of more near-the-road young people flashing signs than any place I've seen: "mattresses," "car wash," "alterations," and on and on. All this going on in 82 degree heat!
The local Home Depot, actually not very far from my daughter and her family's apartment, had nothing but ordinary, plain toilet seats. Bummer! If there would be anywhere I could find my shell toilet seat, shouldn't it be in a large Florida city?
Success! I found a perfect pattern for the ear warmer! After searching through the chain craft stores without finding any pattern for headbands, I headed for "A Stitch in Time." It was packed with more patterns and knitting books I've seen anywhere. I looked through everything they had but found none. Then the gentleman clerk asked if I had "looked online." I told him "no" and he offered to search for me. He found a dozen or so patterns. I selected one which was exactly what I was looking for. And he kindly printed it out FOR FREE! Now I am anxious to get started on it.
After Patty returned home from work, we picked up the children from the babysitters' and did more shopping: Sam's Club and several Indian groceries. They're having a party tomorrow night and needed a few special items. We spent the rest of the evening enjoying the Olympics: a most pleasant 'bonus' day!
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