The Lady and Her Gentleman

It was a very warm, dark day in winter.  The birds were in a feeding frenzy as they anticipated the storms that were soon to come.  

The lady of the house walked slowly through the rooms, looking out the windows and smiling at the feathered creatures.  Her painful back appeared to be doing better this morning, yet she was very careful while walking to the kitchen for her morning cup of coffee.  Ahhh...nothing like a cup of steaming hot coffee to get the blood flowing to the brain.

The gentleman of the house had been up for a little while and was wide awake and immediately began a conversation as his lady walked gingerly to the coffee pot.  Her brain was not yet comprehending what he was saying.  His voice continued, yet the words made no sense to her.  Finally, he remembers that his lovely lady cannot make conversation immediately upon arising in the mornings.

They both move to their respective recliners to watch the news and sip the life preserving liquid.  His lady was coming alive and beginning to discuss the news with him and then prepared some old fashioned oatmeal for their breakfast.  The lady has her check-up in April and wants to have better numbers on her cholesterol but struggles to eat the healthy food.  She manages to get it all down.

Her gentleman offered to go purchase the groceries of which she was very appreciative.  While he was gone, she tidied the kitchen and began the laundry and did this all so carefully, yet the painful twinges in her back began again.  She knew it was time to stop and gently made it back to the bed for rest.

The gentleman returned with the items on the list along with a few extra things of which one was a bag of Krispy Kreme Crullers.  The lady remained quiet, but thought, "The temptation is too great.  Why, oh why, does he bring these in the house?"  She let the thought remain silent and thanked him for getting the groceries.

After an easy lunch of deli chicken, rice, and spinach, the lady made her way back to the bed to do some shopping at the Fat Quarter Shop.

She had received an email the night before from Faith at Fresh Lemon Quilts announcing that the lady had won a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop.  How excited she was!

So, the lady finally decided to purchase two fat quarter bundles of a fabric line she has had her eye on for a little while.  She ordered the dark blue and light blue bundles of Blueberry Crumb Cake.  She can hardly wait for them to arrive in the mail!  A 'Barn Raising' log cabin quilt is planned for this fabric with yellow scraps for the center blocks.

The lady is ready for her back to hurry and get better because she really misses being in her sewing room.  She loves to read, but keeping her hands busy is her favorite.  

She plans to spend part of the evening getting comfy in the recliner and watching some DVDs with the gentleman until the storms start rolling in.  They have the weather radio on and a basement to get into, if needed.  They have been praying that no one will get hurt or lose their home in the predicted storms for the night.