I Can See Clearly Now

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Well, I can see more clearly now out of two windows.  I managed to wash two windows today…one of the kitchen windows and the one in the dining room.  The dining room was really in need of a good cleaning.  It is sort of easy to wash the windows since they can be washed on both sides from inside…but I still have to take curtains down on the windows with them…and those need to be fluffed in the dryer…aka get rid of the dust!  I realized today that that job is harder than it used to be…as I always took down the curtains on their rods put them on the floor and fluffed them one panel at a time.  I realized today that I can no longer do it that way…so starting in the dining room, I decided that I could put them on the dining room table.  I think that made it easier than crawling around on the floor.  Floor isn't an option now, as I wouldn't get much done as I would be struggling to get up off the floor.  The dining room window had been on my to-do list for some time. I was just glad that I got up enough energy to be able to do the two I did.  

Today has been a bit chilly. I texted Cheryl to say that she might be a bit cool drinking her coffee on my front porch today, if she were here.  Wonder what the temps will be like when she gets here.  She did text to say that Rachel had been able to get Julianna a seat on the same flight. So it is official that Julianna has been added to the front porch sitters!

Nathan stopped by this morning with the coffee maker…so that essential has been added to my kitchen counter.

I am ready to sit down and watch the finale of Elsbeth tonight and perhaps stitch a little.  When I got finished with the windows, I was ready for a nap…which I took, so perhaps I will be able to keep awake for a two hour showM

To be continued! Be safe. Be well! Be cautious!

Good News!

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Nathan got in touch with me after lunch and asked when I wanted to head to the church to get the computer out of the box and up and running.  I hustled after I got his message and headed to the church.  It's amazing about how simple computers have become!  Two pieces…maybe three in the box…pop them together and you have a screen on a stand and thus a desk top computer.  I was glad that we waited to have Nathan's assistance!  I really don't think that Donna and I needed to attempt it no matter how simple it was.  We answered questions that the computer asked and soon it was up and running and ready for a tiny thumb drive to be put in…and low and behold…all the library information that we have put in over the years was into the new computer in a matter of moments.  We traced a patron…me…and found out the books that I had checked out.  I knew that three of them I had brought back during the time we couldn't check them in on the computer…when the old computer died.  I got the books off the shelf and we plugged in their accession numbers and checked them back in. Yes, we are back in business in the library at First Baptist Church, Tullahoma! Now to get all the books that have been checked in during this time…checked in in the computer and bring it up to date.  We will have to buy a new printer before we are really back in business, but this is a huge step.  So thankful for Nathan's and Graham's computer expertise!  

I guess that I was in librarian mode today…the librarian in me is probably the reason that I am always trying to get something organized and filed away.  Today I attacked a job that I had put off for a while…the top of one of the desks in the family room.  It had become a paper gathering place…from wills, powers of attorney, etc. Along with lots of papers that have gathered since Woodyndied that had to do with finances.  Today was shredding day…and that pile of papers that were no longer timely, are no longer.  And, the desk top now has dictionaries, Bible helps, and Bibles between book ends.  I have "been meaning to" do that job for ages.  

I also made chicken noodle soup today…and for some reason it just doesn't taste right…can't decide what I did differently…it's "ok" but I’ve done something differently!  Oh, well…

I haven't gotten to talk to Cheryl, yet to get details of what may be a change of plans.  It looks my great niece may be joining us, too.  When Julianna found out that both her mother and grandmother were coming to Tennessee, she said that she wasn't interested in coming…since all we had in our plans to do was sit on the front porch and drink tea or coffee!  Sounds like from a text I got a little while ago from Cheryl that she has changed her mind and might like to try out porch sitting, too.  Julianna is a freshman in college.  So if this all works out there will be three generations enjoying the porch!  

I have been to church twice today…once to watch the computer get up and going.  And, then for Bible study tonight.  I’ve had a pretty busy day…ready to go empty the dishwasher and refill it and then sit down and stitch.  I am closing in on a finish on a sampler.  I’m doing this sampler in memory of Woody…a cardinal sampler (bird not baseball team!).  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Fairly Busy Tuesday

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Tonight's photo tells you one of the things that I did today. I told myself that if it wasn't pouring that I would go vote after Donna and I worked in the library.  This morning I continued with the sorting and filing of things that had stacked up over some time.  I finished that job after I got back home from the library and voting. Donna and I went to the library today hoping to find that our new computer had been delivered yesterday.  But when we got there, it wasn't there.  They checked on the status of the delivery and it was supposed to be on the delivery truck and supposed to get here today.  Donna and I went on into the library and shelved books and straightened books.  We hadn't worked very long and the box with computer was brought in to us.  I checked with Nathan…he thought that we would attempt to get it set up…we thought not…we both felt the need for help!  So he plans to get it up and running tomorrow night after our Wednesday evening studies.  So we are another step closer to having a computer back in the library.  

You know that bed in the guest room that I had all cleared off and ready for Cheryl?  Well, today I covered the bed back up…I picked up most of my Spring decorations and have them all spread out on her bed…because that is the room where I store them.  I will get them put away tomorrow as I get out my patriotic decorations.  

I’m feeling my busy day…definitely ready to sit down and stitch or read this evening. I am hearing rumbles of thunder as a storm approaches.  We actually got some rain over night…we haven't seen a lot of rain lately.  We are in drought conditions so it was good to hear rain on the roof last night. And, I guess, we have more coming by the sound of the rumbles.

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Monday…Again!

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And, the Mondays just seem to keep getting closer together!  I can't believe that there are just a few days left in April.  Time flies when you are having fun…and, as Woody and I used to say…even when you're not!  

I'm still not back to "normal," thus moving slower than I wish I was!  But I did get more things filed away…mostly in file 13, but several items made it into the file cabinet.  I have the twin bed in the office/school room/ Melany's room cleared off and suitcases opened on it.  I’m still not sure which suitcase I will take.  Put two on the bed to decide which one will win out! So that is a step towards getting ready for Alaska.  I can leave those suitcases there and pack them there, as this bed won’t be needed for my company this time.  This can be my Alaska trip planning room even while Cheryl and Rachel are here.  Things can be gathered in there and not be in our way in other parts of the house.  

I have just returned from Monday night Furnace Room prayer meeting and ate a quick supper.  Now I'm ready to settle in for the night.  I think that I will go through another set of papers…one set I went through today was manuals for appliances…I had the file out to add in a new manual and decided that I had better go through the file to make sure that I still had the appliances.  This file was quite up to date because it contained the appliances that we got when we renovated the kitchen and some acquired after that.  So that file just went back into the file cabinet. At least it is out of sight! Little by little!  Just things that I have "been meaning to get to for some time!"

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Sunday Favorite

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Saturday

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I finished stitching the flag that I had been working on for the last few weeks.  It is 4 3/4” X 3 1/2”.  It is made up of lots of tiny Xs.  26 Xs per line in an inch…676 Xs per square inch…as I said lots of tiny Xs in this piece…but the nice part of this one is that all the white areas are just the fabric showing through. It would have  really had a lot of stitches in it if I had had to stitch the white areas, too. 

Today has just been so-so.  I have been very tired…so lots of napping throughout the day.  I have done three loads of wash…two are all put away and now I am waiting on a load of towels to dry so I can fold those and put them away.  I continued to make decisions about the cruise…today figuring out what cords and chargers that I need to take.  I want to take as few as possible…but I want to be sure that I can charge the various devices that I will be taking.  I want to have all this thought through before Cheryl and Rachel come.  

I will just do little things for the cruise while I continue to do other every day things…that hopefully will also get me ready for Cheryl and Rachel.  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Last Friday in April

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As I wrote the title for tonight's blog, I wondered how that could be possible…didn't I just turn the page on the calendar to April?!? I just have sort of sat here and watched the moments and days go by!  

Well, today didn't start out the way I expected…when does any day?!? I decided to stitch for a few minutes before getting up and getting underway with my day.  Well, as I stitched, weird things started happening to my vision and it wasn't very long till I realized that I was getting a migraine…mine are more eye and light related rather than a headache.  I got up and took two Tylenol and then headed back to my chair and closed my eyes and dozed for a while.  My vision ends up getting what I call sort of whirry and I can't see all of what I’m looking at…blind spots in parts of what I am looking at.  I can see less and less and then eventually it reverses itself and I can’t see fine once again.  And, lights bother me.  If I take Tylenol quickly enough, I usually don't get much of a headache,

While I took that little nap letting my eyes rest, I guess Nathan and Kathy stopped by.  They rang the bell and then texted me asking if I was home.  But I didn't hear the bell nor did I hear a text come in.  I texted them after I woke up and they stopped back by before they headed home after running errands and going to a yard sale or two.  What we found out is that my doorbell isn’t working…batteries have run down.  I had no idea that there was a problem with the doorbell.  I had some batteries needed, but not enough.  Once I get the rest of the batteries, I will once again hear visitors at my front door.

I have jumped from one task to another today…not accomplishing much with any of them…just one of those days.  I won't attempt to do much more this evening, though I do think that I can finish the flag that I am cross stitching…getting very close to finishing.  I hope I can finish stitching it tonight and then tomorrow concentrate on making the 4 or 5 small pieces I have finished stitching into small pillows.  That's my plan, anyway!  We'll see if it comes to fruition! What I started today was going through a bunch of papers and other odds and ends and filing them away…either in their correct place in my file cabinets…OR…sending them to file 13.  This is a job that I have put off for a long time and it is time that I address it…maybe I will be able to get more serious with that job tomorrow, also.

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!