Painting's Done

After two vacation days completely filled with painting, the livingroom painting project is completed. Actually, it was finished a couple of weeks ago. I just have not updated my blog for a while. We failed to take a before picture, but I believe most of you remember what the room looked like--white walls, maroon floralish sofa and loveseat. This is what it looks like now.

When I painted, I took down the drapes and took them to be cleaned. On the appointed day, I went to pick them up and they were not there. Basically, they lost them. Saturday they telephone and had found them. AFter work today I stopped and got them and rehung them. The room is officially finished now.

Denny got home from his photo trip. He had fun. A huge storm the week prior to their trip washed out many of the roads into places they wanted to visit, so they had to be flexible on what they did. Still they had a good time and saw a lot of cool things. I haven't seen his photos yet. He just brought them home tonight.

Saturday I worked very hard in the garden clearing out the spent plants. I picked the remaining tomatoes, squash, carrots and onions. Then I put up the boxes and roto-tilled the whole plot. The tilled earth smelled so nice. Now it looks clean and ready for winter. There is still much to do in the yard, but the rest will be for another Saturday.

I also swept out the garage. Caitlin and Ryan had been sanding their dresser out there and I had been cutting wood so there was sawdust and dust everywhere. It looks better, but still needs a good vacumming. The patio was swept, too. I cleaned up the sand that Codus had scattered about in his attempts to help me in the backyard. He pushes a rock around (and hence sand) each time I go out there to work. Anyway, the patio looked clean for a day. This morning it was covered with more leaves--the hazzard of fall.

The ground was wet when we woke this morning. I love an autumn rain. The colors are so vibrant after a rain. Especially so when the leaves are every shade of yellow, gold and red. It was still cloudy when the work day was over, but no additional rain...yet.

Happy Birthday

We had such a nice time at dinner celebrating Mother's 85th birthday. For those of you who were able to come, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Our trip was rather quick, but before we left we took some photos of Mother and Dad with El and with me. These are my favorites.



It rained today. Fall is really coming on quickly now. It was cool enough that I could wear a sweater to work and not get "too" hot. Admittedly, I did have to turn on my fan once. All in all, however, it was a lovely day.

Denny, Mark and Danny went on a photo trip this week. We might have some photos to post when they get home.

Weekend Warrior

All week long I look forward to the weekend. When it finally arrives, I spend the time doing battle with my "to do" list. It hardly makes for a relaxed weekend. However, today I triumphantly crossed off one more item from the list. The restaining and sealing of the front door is completed. It looks quite nice (if I don't say so myself). Besides finishing the door, I did laundry, bought groceries, did a few errands, and helped B move a few boxes into her new apartment. Ky and B finished the moving today. Ky has pictures on her blog. I was very proud of them for doing all that work themselves. The aparment is up stairs, so it was not an easy task to carry heavy boxes and furniture up stairs. The space is going to be very nice when things are put away. It definitely has a nice, welcoming feel to it already.

D finished cutting the tree limbs which hung over the roof. We have had a dumpster in our driveway for a few weeks now, whcih has been filled not only with tree trimmings, but household stuff of which I have wanted to be rid. It's nice to have those chores done. You know, the ones that you keep thinking, I should do ..... Now they are done and I can move on. It is a nice feeling.

Sadly, the bird died. That poor creature must have been a 150 people years old. I grieved only a few moments, cold-hearted that I am, because I am well beyond the pet stage in my life. Poor thing only just sat there all day, anyway. Now it can fly freely in the heavens with other birds.

A and I tried out our new pilates program. A did well, but I was rather entertaining to say the least. My little body just doesn't want to move much anymore. Still, I'm going to try to keep at it so I can get some strength back - hopefully.