T Stands for A Mom Visit

 Hi everyone. 

Happy Tuesday once again. The weeks are flying by, aren't they? This is the last Tuesday in April, already!

We've been having true spring New Hampshire weather lately, colder mornings and days in the 50 to 60 degree range (10 to about 16 degrees C). We have had a lot of wind lately, cold wind too. It's been good walking weather though, but I am waiting (impatiently) to finish my raking for a day when the wind isn't so bad.  I want to get some mulching done in a few of my gardens so I need to finish raking. Plus I have more bees coming next week and I've had to get my new hive ready. Life may not be wild and exciting, but it has been busy.

Some of my daffodils are  blooming in my garden.❤

This past weekend my husband brokered a nice compromise with my daughter. She wanted to meet me at Costco to get another new pair of glasses. I have the Costco membership so she needs me to get into the optical shop inside the store. (For those of you not familiar with Costco: My daughter doesn't need me to buy her glasses, just to get  in as Costco is one of those membership stores, much like Sam's Club or BJ's Wholesale, where they buy items in bulk lots and then you get discounted prices but must have a  paid membership card to enter.)

I didn't mind going to Costco as the dogs favorite treats were on finally back on sale, and it was time to stock up. But I was also due a visit to my 92 years old mom who lives 2+ hours away. One of the ways I can drive to my mother's goes right by Costco, which is 1+ hours away. I had mentioned to my husband about wanting to combine my trip to my mother's with Costco due to the price of gas, which like most places, is high right now. 

The hubby had been on the phone with our daughter, and he mentioned what I had said about combining trips. Next thing I know I got a text from my daughter saying we should just do both things and go Saturday. That worked for me. I get company driving down to my mother's, my daughter gets to see her grandmother, and then on the way home we can go to Costco.

We had a nice visit with my mom, and before our stop at Costco we had lunch at the 99, which is a New England chain of restaurants.

My at the moment favorite meal there is this fajita bowl. It is more of a salad as there is no tortilla, but it has warm rice, beans, some grilled veggies, corn, and chicken (or you could pick beef or shrimp) , as well as some cold lettuce, guacamole, and chopped tomatoes.  You can see my drink which was a Diet Coke as I needed a caffeine boost at that point.  That's my link to T this week over at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog.

I treated my daughter to lunch. She treated me to dessert after Costco when we stopped at a Cumbl Cookie  shop.  I had never had a Crumbl cookie before.

In my photo I was trying to show how big and thick my chocolate chip cookie was. This treat was a bit pricey, but it was a really yummy cookie, served warm. It had a real buttery taste to it. Just like I needed caffeine to fight the Saturday crowds at Costco, I needed the sugar boost to drive the rest of the way home since after our cookie dessert, I dropped my daughter off at the Park N' Ride. From that point on we drive over an hour in opposite directions.

One thing during our drive that made me smile was this view. If any of you are Star Wars or Mandalorian fans,  I followed this jeep quite a way down the highway. My daughter snapped this photo, but having Grogu (also know as the Child, and yes, for those of you who don't follow the show, he does look a lot like Yoda) looking at me while I drove was a little discerning. But I did have a good laugh also.

That's about all for me today.

Wishing everyone a wonderful T day and week ahead. Thanks also for visiting.