July 31, 2009

• A Day of Rest

  I'm taking it easy today.  Yesterday's "outing" wore me out . . . apparently.

  Last night, I ate a small bite for dinner and then went back to the bed to lay down and kind of stretch out and relax before going to sleep.  Jesse came back at 9:20pm to ask me something and I was out cold!

  I have no recollection of last night, nor how I came to be in my bed asleep, nor any people or pets around me.  I don't even remember dreaming!

    

  I woke up at 4:00 this morning and couldn't fall back asleep.  I finally got up around 7:00am and sat in the den waiting for the coffeemaker to finish its job.  Jesse came out a few minutes later and we chatted a bit before he HAD to leave for work.  He filled me in on the blank spots of last night!!!!

                           
  I was sorry to see my newly purchased throw rug for the girls' room look uglier than all get out when I put it down on their floor.  I'll have to take it back.  I had a swatch of  their drapery fabric with me yesterday, but when the rug was placed on the floor it looked ALL WRONG!  I think I  will be better off going with a solid color and returning the "teen scene look" to Wal-Mart.

  
  I DO like the way my new hurricane vase looks on the mantel in the den.  I filled it with a cream and brown colored potpourri.  It looks better than the smaller glass arrangement that was formerly there.  It's edged in black metal - although hard to see in these pictures. 
  

  
  Paper plate size pancakes.                                              That's a full size spatula in this picture!

  All I've done today is make pancakes for breakfast - an easy job because I made each person one huge pancake instead of a bunch of smaller ones.  They truly were huge - the size of paper plates.

  I wrote (typed) a letter to someone from Boley, OK who had offered to come assist us when I was scheduled to have surgery in April.  When that didn't happen (chemo was scheduled instead), the nice young girl remained in my thoughts and I was pleased to hear from her by mail a few weeks ago.  I had to type the letter because of my fingers cramping or going into spasms when I hold a pen.  I'm sure that's a side affect that will correct itself in time.

                           
  I set up the two lamps in the girls' room on their nightstands and realized I purchased the wrong kind of shade for the 2nd (new) lamp.  So, one lamp is shadeless until I can make a trip to Wal-Mart, again.  Poo!  I was so anxious to get things finished in there.

  I had a nice piece of news this morning.  Jesse's brother called to say the guy that helped pull our HUD home together for us when we first bought it (tiled some floors, hung new doors, did woodwork, built shelves, etc.), is looking for work and will be back in our area off and on for the month of August.  His regular job is seasonal and we are happy, Happy, HAPPY to have him finish some things around here.  We were just saying we wished there was someone as good as him that we could call on to do these projects we have around the house.  I haven't made a list . . . but it won't take me long!!!! 

  I know we need ceiling fans traded out between the rooms, our bathroom faucets changed out (they are welded together instead of just bolted), and the back door and garage doors need insulation before winter.  We have discussed crown moulding in the large formal areas and this is the only guy I would trust to do the job.  But, we may not be able to afford to have those "trim type jobs" done right now.  Only the major and basic things.

        
                           Rissy and Sushi kept busy with an activity book this morning!

  JoAnn has taken the girls to their appointment this afternoon and they won't be back until later in the afternoon.  My plan is to lie in bed and read or doze - whichever happens! 

  Be Blessed  ~

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