December 21, 2008

• Sunday and a Different Outlook

  Yesterday, I worked like a dog (or a horse . . . )  (or a servant . . . ) (or a slave . . .)  – you pick! 

  I worked steadily with a lot of breaks, but finally got most everything cleaned and put away.  That doesn’t include, sweeping, dusting, vacuuming, OR the girls’ bathroom.  But, our master bath is clean.  I’ve discovered “Scrubbing Bubbles” and have fallen in love with it.  All these years of scrubbing and ending up with an aching arm muscle!!! . . .

  I also washed my sheets and asked Jesse to help me remake the bed.  When I was ready, he was on the phone, so I tackled the beast of a bed by myself, took two head ache pills for my “brain pain” (seriously, I had shooting pains through the center of my brain), was in bed, and asleep, almost immediately.  Do you think I did too much thinking, on Friday, and gave my brain a short circuit? LOL!!!

  Things look differently around here today!

  My desk                                                                           File cabinet minus boxes that were mailed.
   

  Clean bar                                                                          and clean sink.
   

  Clean table, Jesse’s hanging clothes are gone, AND             clean chairs on the table side of the bar.
   

  I even cleaned off the washing machine of all the clutter of boxes!
                                         
  The dryer always has a plastic Sterlite bin of dish cloths & kitchen towels – easy to grab quickly – & my recipe boxes.

  
  Yesterday, I took a huge plastic jar of this, that, & the other craft materials that I had ordered years ago from Toys ‘R’ Us and let the girls do crafts at the kitchen table (covered with that Thanksgiving plastic table cloth I had removed).  They had a blast making holiday cards, new binder fronts (they have clear pockets on the front of their school binders), and the children got along so well with each other!  The floor UNDER the table isn’t so great, this morning – but, I’ve seen worse!  Happy voices was what I was after!

  I heard music from “Into the Woods”  (music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) coming from my bedroom and, with camera in hand, went to check on the girls.  They were acting out the play: one of the last scenes.  Pretty cute!
  
  I think Rissy was singing, “You’re so nice!  You’re not good, you’re not bad, you’re just nice!  I’m not good, I’m not nice, I’m just right.  I’m the witch.  You’re the world!” 

  A cute play that weaves several fairy tales within each other and takes many life issues and tells a tale about people, their morales, and their idiosyncracies.  There is some clever dialogue with great songs.  (When Jack trades his cow for some magic beans, his mother sings about the morality of doing something wrong, and ask if it all depends on if the end justifies the *beans* – LOL!)  Bernadette Peters played the witch and did a fantastic job.  The witch represents common sense and consequences.  Worth renting if you ever see it in a video store.

  The children continue to get along well, I have pork ribs thawing for barbecued ribs tonight, and my kitchen is almost squeaky clean . . . so, why am I thinking about getting out there and making some fudge and a batch of cookies? 

  I don’t know – you tell me!

  We didn’t go to church today because the wind chill was well below zero and Jesse was worried about Luci and me relapsing with our swollen throat ailments.  We have a fire in the fire place and I’m seriously thinking that I can whip out some fudge and bourbon balls quickly, hand wash the dishes used, and the kitchen should be spic and span again . . . until I make the ribs!

  Be blessed  ~

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