February 15, 2010

• The Day After

  Just another day, here, around the ol' hacienda!

  I'm going to show pictures of my book shelves today.  I recently got the books filed by categories.  There is fiction, non-fiction, Amish photo and history books, Bible studies, child rearing, home management, classic novels, Reader's Digest condensed version volumes, hymnals, etc.  AND, this is where I keep my favorite music - 90% hymns, etc.  I love being able to see what I have.  It makes choosing a book/music much easier!

  As you will see, I also have family photos and precious music boxes or figurines displayed on the same shelves. 

        

  Maybe you will be able to see the titles and get some ideas for reading material for yourself. 

                        

  I love to browse other people's book collections. 

         

                              (my nightstand holds my Bible and these other books)

   

  I love books.  I'm always looking for something new to read. 

          

  So, pardon me while I post, what some may think as boring, pictures, today!

           

  The cleaning lady canceled today . . . again.  (sigh)  It's frustrating because her attendance record is becoming a habit.  Come once a week, call and cancel the second visit for the week. 

          

  I don't really even count on her, anymore, and I feel surprised if she actually *does* shows up.  She's good when she's here, she's just not here when she is supposed to be.  Does that make sense?

             

  I had an absolutely delightful Valentine's Day.  The temperature was in the 30's and the winds were from the north and MORE than 30mph, at times.  It made for a VERY cold day.

  The sermon at church was very good.

            

  We went to eat after church.  No place fancy - the buffet at Golden Corral.  I could taste the vinegar dressing on the salad and the chocolate desserts.  All the stuff in between (steak, shrimp, sweet potato casserole, & brussel sprouts) was without flavor.  My tongue's fault - not the restaurant's fault!

           

  We came home and found a message from my mother on the answering machine.  I called her back right before she left her house to go to my older sister's.  We had a WONDERFUL conversation.  It was so good to talk with her. 

  After that, the girls brought their Valentine pouches to the den and everyone opened up Valentine cards.  It was a nice "together time" for us as a family.

                        

  Then, we used the restroom, washed hands, and went to Wal-Mart for the holes we had in our pantry shelves.  Soups, cereals, beef broth, "cream of" soups, etc.

        

  Luci needed to buy Rissy a birthday gift, so our group split up and Luci and I shopped together.  We hid items under the coats in my motorized cart's basket and caught up with the others.

          

  We split up in line, I went to a different register, so I could pay for Rissy's gifts and keep them hidden.  The place was FILLED with people.  Many of them men with something red or pink in their hands.  7pm and they were ought looking for something to say, "I love you" to their sweethearts!  I smiled because of the late hour!

             

  When we walked in the door, my good friend Lori K called.  I haven't talked with her in FOREVER and that made my day complete.  We caught up on children, pets, and husband news.  We didn't solve any world problems, but the conversation was just what I needed, despite the world still being in a mess!

           

  The steak dinner will be tonight.  We were too full from lunch to eat anything last night except for the Valentine cake I had made.  It went over VERY WELL!!!!!  Not much of it is left!

               

  All in all, it was a perfect day.  From church to bedtime it was just perfect!  I think I told Jesse what a nice day I had had about 6 times before he drifted off to sleep!

                       

  Today is President's Day and no mail is running or banks open.  We still had school.  Only one page in each book and a new unit of spelling for each child.  I still have to enter the pages they did, today, in my school planner.  Ha!  "Planner?"  It's more like a "journal" of what we were able to do, rather than what we set out to do and accomplished!

  I have to go for a routine mammogram tomorrow and then meet with my "would be" surgeon after that.  For some one who feels like she doesn't have much of a life, I have sure been busy!

   

  Be Blessed  ~

   

   

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