A Clean House and a Stocked Refrigerator - Goals Accomplished

Yesterday was my "Clean Up After Sharon's Visit" day. I also needed to spend some serious time in the kitchen - I was completely out of "Ogre Juice" as well as all of my baked fruit. First, of course, I needed to do some grocery shopping. I also had to drop by Target for a watermelon (DH had insisted that I get it at Target, and I was fine with that). It's the first time in a long time I've walked out of Target with only a single item, but I really didn't need anything else. 

Watermelon is usually very sweet, but the last one I bought 
and the last one that DH bought were a bit disappointing. 
This one, however, turned out great! Sweet and easy to 
get cut and put into the refrigerator. 

I chose my veggies, caught up with friends at the grocery store, and then headed home for a day in the kitchen. Several hours later I had dinner ready, four portions of "Ogre Juice" in the refrigerator, and 16 containers of baked fruit in there also, ready for my breakfasts. I also stripped and cleaned Sharon's room and got everything put away and the linens laundered. That didn't count the three normal loads of laundry that I always do on Wednesdays. So, by the time I settled down to chat with Aearwen, I was tired - LOL. I had a lovely chat with her, and then got dinner made and into the oven. I was slicing the last of the avocado when DH walked through the door. 

Maine Coon kittens grow into Main Coon cats - and they're 
big! A full-grown female can weigh up to 12 pounds, and 
the males can weigh up to 22 pounds! Sharon and her sister 
got her two from the pound as kittens, and they were $50 each! 
That's a steal of a deal for this breed which can often go for 
more than $1000. 

It was absolutely wonderful having Sharon here for a few days. It's always work to get her room set up for her, and then to take it back down again, but it's absolutely worth it. Sharing "girl time" with my best friend of more than fifty-five years is always a treat. And I got to hear all about her kitties (she has two Maine Coon "kitties" that she and her sister adopted from the animal shelter a year or two ago. Furry monsters is what they are - LOL. BIG kitties. 

I still have to wash the bathroom floors,. but generally, I can 
say that my house is back to normal once again. I'm pleased, 
it was a very productive day off. Now to get back to the shop 
and do some catch-up work there. 

So today I'm settling into a "normal" day once again. My refrigerator is stocked - no more empty shelves, the linen closet is also stocked with clean linen. The spare bedroom is once again more of a miscellaneous room, and the house is once again mine. That's what I needed for a bookend to my State Fair experience for this year. Now I can progress along my road and see what surprises await me today when I'm back at work. Have an excellent Thursday, I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini!