Well, I obviously need to figure out how to better place these pictures! Can't seem to move them once they're in there regardless of which format I choose! But, anyway, here are some pics of Claire and her costume!.JPG)
Where did the day go yesterday! Did the Yee thing and walked with Linda and Claire, Dad, Chloe, Jake and Bella. Excitement when the big cement trucks came to pour the foundation for our neighbor's "Barn". Steve is building this for him and his wife to live in while they renovate their house--think he'll probably incorporate it into the design of the house ultimately. It will be fun to watch the progress.Kristina Caine stopped by right after our return from our walk to talk a bit--her grandson goes to school w/Benjamin. Then we ate a quick breakfast and planned our day--already around 10 AM!
Planted 72 pansies in the front of the house and got a call from a guy who's going to help dad modify some doorways--which meant--since he's coming today!--that we had to go door shopping! A trip in the truck to Home Depot netted us 8 doors of various sizes--barely fitting into the truck! A stop at HEB--we'd decided to go to the Renaissance Faire and Jeff and his family thought it was a good idea too!-this week end so picked up discounted tickets there. Then home to fix supper and offload the doors! Then a quick trip to PetSmart for puppy training--I think Chloe knows when this is her special time!--only to find the class was cancelled for Halloween pictures--but they put on a brief class anyway for those of us who showed up!!!! Chloe behaved pretty well--but the bulldog kept going potty all over the store! Felt sorry for his owner!
Home by 7:30 to watch the results show of Dancing w/the Stars--and watch Marie Osmond faint the night before while she was waiting for the judges' scores! Poor lady--evidently she forgets to breathe while she's dancing! Then to watch a part of the special on California burning! Sure glad my kids aren't out there right now!
Looking forward to the RenFaire Sunday--see how they do it in Texas! Temps should be good and weather is predicted to be good. 48 degrees this AM! Wonderful! Think we'll have fun with the family there!
Lots of cooking to do today--and cleaning--going for a brief walk. Then want to shampoo some of the puppy spots and fix apricot/pistacchio biscouti for Benjamin's school and shrimp enchiladas for tonight when the kids come over. Want to make apple cake "ghosts" too--maybe some Halloween lollipops as well!
The remodeling project will be pretty extensive--but worthwhile I think. Opening up the main bathroom door from a 24" to a 36" to make it wheelchair/walker accessible, doing the same thing to our bedroom bathroom. Of course, this means ALL the hallway doors need to be changed out to match! Everything will be in white. Bought blue and off white paint for the hallway to do some sponge painting to make it appear to be sky w/clouds and then I'll put up family pictures throughout the hallway.
When I think of all I have to do between now and Christmas I have no idea how this will all fit in--but tell myself there really is no deadline--just do one thing at a time.
With the cooler temps, it will be good to work out in the garden--maybe finally getting back to those pesky blackberries that were never completely trimmed out once the heat set in.
Notice a lot of muscle cramping lately--but had some yogurt before bedtime and that seemed to help get me through the night.
Gotta run!
Peace!
Carol
2 comments:
Mom,
I think the pictures are just fine.
Sounds like you had a great day to me, I am about to get to work and sequester myself in the back office for the rest of the morning, I hope it is productive!
I would like to know what is going on with the doorways. Sounds like an interesting project.
I am waiting for early spring before I do any planting. Hopefully I will be clear of some debits by then and can afford to do some semi-serious landscaping. We have let the yard go to pot since buying the house and I would like to reverse that.
A ren fair sounds nice, I think the local one has closed up for the winter but I will check on that to, it may be something interesting to take our house guest too.
I am grateful for not being in California right now. I don’t think that area is designed to handle so many people. There is a good reason to have a big yard and have some dispersion. All those houses so close together is a bad idea in such a dry area. Maybe in the long run this will be a good thing. A lot of people may decide to take their insurance money and move else ware.
We are continuing our nice weather trend today! To bad I don’t have a window here to enjoy it. But that gives me an excuse to go outside every now and then to soak up some vitamin sun.
I hope you plan on posting pictures of the home improvement project. Sounds really neat!
As the weather gets cooler there do not forget to stay hydrated. One of my biggest problems when it is not hot out is that I don’t think to drink enough water. This can cause all kinds of problems in both the long and short run. Right now the corners of my mouth are chapped because… you guessed it, not enough water!
Take care and stay hydrated,
Love
Jordan
Right now it's beautiful here! 73 and sunshine! THIS is more like it and aside from occasional rain, it should be like this for the rest of the year.
The doorway project: 1. We want to lighten up the hallway and will ultimately put in wainscoating to cover up where Jake rubs off his dirt! 2. Millie's Mom is in a wheelchair nearly all the time now. They're planning to visit next month. The current doorway is way too narrow. Besides, it's always good to have handicap access to bathrooms in a home. Some places in Illinois are making that part of the building code. The wider doorways will allow in and out ease of wheelchairs and walkers. Plus, it opens up the place! Also, with white doors (currently stained brown) the hallways should automatically be brighter.
Hydrating: I drink water all the time throughout the day now that I've gotten into the habit--at least 5 yrs. running. But I do find that some times I drink too much water and start feeling a little "off". Then I switch to diluted juice or drink a water which has electrolytes in it.
Thanks for your concern!
Love, Mom
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