Yesterday Bill and I moved a lot more stuff to the shop. Today - Even more. WE NEED LESS STUFF! I think we'll start ripping up carpeting soon. We can shift the biggest of the furniture in our large family room but our bedroom will have to be completely emptied next week, along with the vanity and toilet in our master bath. They tell us our 400# clawfoot tub can remain and just be shifted side to side so we won't have to move it too far. Whew!
We took our trailer to Tacoma for alignment and then met DB Albert for lunch. He brought his wife, Barb. She looks almost as frail as my Alaskan SIL and we were surprised that he was able to get her out of the house. She rarely leaves home. They are 80 and 83 yrs old. He's still pretty active and vibrant and takes care of her.
Today will be more of our house project (might start ripping up carpet soon!) but we'll be knocking off early. Friends coming at 3pm for a happy hour glass (or 2
) of wine and snacks. IRISH - Can't believe you get all that pressure washing done. I can't even get our pressure washer out of the shop! But Bill's not big on Bill doing it either! Maybe we should hire you! lol! Kathy has a good idea - sell it all and move around amongst your kids. Your kids are probably different, but I don't think MY kids would like that idea very much! And Bill and I both agree we will always want a home base. and it has to be big enough for all my fabric and the long arm! If/when the time is right for you to move, I think you'll simply know it. And what's going on with your foot?
CHICKIE - you're right! I don't want to know! You are going to make me have to come back there and shake my finger at you! My sister is in Kansas right now, starting out on a 3-week trip through heartland. I see you are holding your baby sewing as your carrot! A sweet reward for getting everything else done! Have you decided what you want it to be yet?
JANA - oooh, that would be so nice for Ethan (and Sarah!) to be able to get on the bus right at his house. Is the school he would be going to a good one? For now, I don't like my stairs, but I do like what they do for me. But if I were building or buying now, NO STAIRS! Fortunately there are no steps at all to get into our lower level so my parents could visit me in their later years and also our friend, Warren, who was in a wheelchair his last 5 years.
BECCA - if it's time to consider a chair life, perhaps it's time to give consideration to what your kids and grands are saying . . . . So sounds like we are having a supper rebellion in our ranks - you and Chickie both??
CAROL - I think I like the ambience at a baseball game more than the game itself. It's fun - but those seats can get hard after 9 innings - let alone 16! Nice to have a supper in the freezer ready to just pull out and pop into the oven.
I think our supper will be those chicken salad sandwiches I mentioned before. I'll also put out some olives, a few veggies, mixed nuts, and maybe pickles. Not everything goes so well with wine but it will make a nice little spread and can count as an early supper. I guess tomorrow I'll have to actually make a real supper of some kind.
What's your little spread going to be tonite?
