Yesterday we went garage sale-ing but couldn't find anything we wanted. Then Jeff remembered that a couple of new 2nd-hand shops had opened on Main St and we checked them out. The first one was very small and had mostly clothes...not for us. The 2nd one wasn't...it was a movie/game house. It use to be The Haines Theatre...well before my time. It closed before I ever walked up Main St to see a movie at the Liberty! I think it was a shoe store by then!! Anyway, the theatre is still intact in the back and the new owners are running it as a digital theatre. They've had it open for a couple of weeks and have had a good response from the community. The audience times are split to accommodate elementary, pre-teens, teens and college age...no mingling of ages. There's a no alcohol/drugs rule and patrons are carded and wand-ed on entrance by professional security. (The Herkimer cops seem pleased...so far.) They're open for birthday parties, etc and have the usual popcorn-candy-soda refreshments. And the chairs are definitely an improvement from the old days, too! We talked with the owner for awhile. She seems quite nice. Hope this works out. Herkimer needs something besides bars on Main St. especially with Brian's Deli closing due to the illness of the owner.
I hope Jeff's finally got the last of the boxes from the apartment...I've run out of space to put them! Now we've got to unpack the boxes and make everything fit. I'm still emptying kitchen cupboards(found 2 sets of dishes my mom collected when Loblaw's and A&P gave them away as a bonus for shopping there! They made nice donations to Goodwill.) but it still feels like I'm living in a grocery store. I don't remember when the pantry shelves were this full!! (Of course, we never bought some of this stuff!)
Today I worked on my Black Sheep Hoodie. I started it Thursday and took it to the shop with me Friday but I didn't work on it much. Friday night I tried to join the Henley fronts and found out they weren't the same length or number of stitches so I put it aside. (Maybe that's why I stopped working on it at the shop?) Today I got the fronts straightened out and joined and both sleeves finished. I even got about 1" done on the body. If I was ambitious I'd work on it tonight but we'll see how I feel after the dishes are done. Jeff went to town tonight so I've got the TV remote to myself for awhile. My luck if I get interested in a show, he'll call for a ride home!
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