Hi Maria:
Your mom told me you're arriving on Mayne tonight.
Just thought I'd let you know that these things are in the fridge:
5 small red potatoes
1/2 litre of 2% milk
an entire lettuce
1 garlic head
1 lemon
jam galore!!!
butter
cream cheese
one bunch green onions
1 good apple; 1 not-so-good apple
mayonaise
granola
two dozen eggs, dated, Gulp!, May, but your mom says eggs stay good a long time
a bowl of veggie chili (I'm sure Mike will want that for a midnight snack tonight)
mustard, 2 kinds
3 things of pancake syrup
peanut butter
mild salsa
some mouldy jam
something freakish looking
a yogurt container I'm afraid to peer into
onions
and in the freezer:
one really great bread
other freezer-burnt bread bags
coconut ice-cream, to die for
vanilla bean ice-cream, also good
strawberry swedish pancakes
frozen strawberries & blueberries, I think
a bunch of browned frozen bananas your mom bought at the local grocery store for "next time"
a bit of pie dough
a few indiscernable items
some crumbs and red sticky stuff
I will water the outdoor plants today.
Sky's blue now, and hope it remains.
The half-moon hung in sky at 9:30am.
The clock in the kitchen ticks loud.
I couldn't figure out how to turn on the tv, so I may have screwed up the remote, but maybe I was using the wrong one!
I didn't touch the stereo. Is that a stereo?
I repositioned the ant trap an invader squirrel attempted to steal twice. I told him to stay at the neighbour's but i spotted him under the deck yesterday. Bad boy!
I wiped the coffe table; it's lovely. Your mom said you bought it.
I will try to vacuum, depending on my rotator cuff.
I used my own bedding and towels.
I hope you enjoy this place as much as I did.
Thanks, Joyce, for this awesome gift.
I read one wonderful book, from which I sent you quotes. I am ashamed to confess I did not walk once since your departure, however, I thought about it, imagined the entire walk, so maybe I tricked my body into thinking it was taken for a walk. I will attempt a walk this afternoon after I visit the local bookstore, which I have not yet set foot into since my arrival. Now, that's a miracle to testify about in church this sunday. Feel free to speak by proxy, Joyce.
Enough. Too much. I'm stalling. Time to tidy up and wash my hair before I re-enter civilization beyond the premises.
Bye, Maria.
Bye, Joyce.
Love, Elsie
REPLY
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Subject: RE: from Elsie
From: Maria
To: Elsie & Joyce
Elsie - you are too cute!
Mom - the fridge and freezer sound scary!
Looking forward to enjoying that deck this weekend.
-Maria
REPLY
On Fri, July 2, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Subject: from Elsie
From: Elsie
To: Maria & Joyce
Oh, and there are grapes, too. Good ones. And apple juice. The toothpaste fell behind the sink; maybe Mike's arm can reach back there. Mine refused. Sorry!
I cleaned the fridge part, but not the freezer. And I vacuumed some cat hair and then realized how foolish that was.
Maria, I took the cushions off as it looked like rain, and then an hour later the sun came out, so if it looks like rain tomorrow, that's the trick to stave it off until Sunday night.
I watered everything today, too.
Also, the sheets on the main bed are just put on, and the rest of the bedding I'm leaving for you, Maria, as I hate making beds. It always leaves me ashamed.
The gate is in but the plumber did not return. Nor the mechanic. I think my Kate Gosselin hair scared them. :)
Joyce, I ate the last french fries. Sorry.
Maria, enjoy enjoy.
Amen.
Elsie