Hither and Yon Around the PNW

I had a quick appointment Friday morning and left Kalispell at 9 am to head to Spokane. There is a lot of road construction between here and Spokane, including work over both passes and in several spots in between, but I arrived just after noon local time. (I gain an hour going over.) The reason for this trip was to see DD#1, who was in Spokane with her in-laws for a church conference. We all spent the afternoon together. I had dinner with her in-laws because she had another event to attend, then we went to the evening church service where she and her MIL sang in the choir.

[I love DD#1’s in-laws. They are wonderful people and have been so good to her.]

I stopped at the Spokane Valley Walmart yesterday morning at 6 am before leaving Spokane to come home. The Kalispell Walmart just finished a big renovation project, rearranging the entire layout and moving the pharmacy to the front of the store. Crafts are now in the back of the store, and it appears that the remnant rack has been eliminated altogether. I am unhappy about this. I can’t figure out why some stores have remnant racks and some don’t. I certainly have done my share of shopping from the Kalispell store’s remnant rack. The Spokane Valley Walmart has a great remnant rack and I was able to find several two-yard cuts of fabric for my Sew Expo serger class kits.

The Missoula Walmart also has a great remnant rack and I plan to investigate it tomorrow after my serger class ends.

Because I left Spokane so early, traffic was not unreasonable and road crews don’t work on Saturday. I was home by lunchtime. The husband was putting shade cloth on the chicken yard when I arrived because it is supposed to get hot this week.

The shade gets let down during the afternoon and gives the chickens a place to get out of the hot afternoon sunlight. We had a summer five or six years ago where it was in the 90s for weeks on end and I had to rig up a misting system in the chicken yard to give them some relief.

Robert and Deana treated us to dinner last night at our favorite restaurant in Kalispell. They are leaving early Wednesday morning and I will be sorry to see them go. 🙁

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Obviously, there has been no action in the sewing department since Thursday. Part of this week and all of next week are going to be devoted to getting ready for the bike tour, although I might have to schedule a few hours of sewing time here and there just to maintain my sanity. I may also have to close the curtains and turn off my phone and isolate myself as much as possible.