Cool, Crisp, Sunny, Cleaning Day (CCSCD)...

Nothing like waking up to a CCSCD. Really invigorating. Mass this AM then home to do laundry, and putz.  Hoping to clean out hall/bathroom cabinets. Lots of discarding in order.

Stay healthy, safe, and in touch. (Thanks to all who sent recent grand/great grandchildren pics to me---luv having the Internet----Cute kids!)

Love, Mom

Constant Search

Planning Mass this AM, quick run to grab some groceries, then home to await out of town company/family to arrive. Looking forward to spending the week w/family. Spent a real eventful week and ended it yesterday w/Mass, breakfast w/friends, volunteering at rectory, noon movie (J. Edgar), early dinner w/friends, played w/the "boys" and in bed by 9:00pm.

Really cold/windy yesterday--some gusts up to 50 MPH. Loving not having the constant yard work but am searching for a time filler for the winter. Joined a couple of  groups for lunch/learn meetings and might look into a book club. Just don't want a constant commitment.

Hope your weekend is great. Stay healthy, safe and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Classes completed---all survived

Driver safety class went well. Breaking class down to four hours a day was great--w/one hour + of heating pad in the evening. Long periods of sitting is not my thing. Noticing the cooler weather is not serving my back muscles very well. Went to a noon/one hour back class presented by a Physical Medicine MD on Wed.---more sitting. Have made an appt. to see her for a maintenance back program plan (PT referral, do's and don't's, good back mechanics, etc.) 

Twenty-one degrees this AM. Went to Mass and volunteered at rectory until 12:30pm. Plan to pick up the house, read, and sit by the fireplace this evening w/the heating pad and the 3 Dogmingos.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Ta Da

Off to Mass, volunteer at rectory this AM, finish up driver safety class this PM. That is my day.

Hope your day is a healthy/safe one and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Snickers and Wiffle Balls

Snickers: Laughing (verb) not candy (noun). Know there will be snickers when I tell you I am taking a Safe Driver Course today and tomorrow. Wondering if they will have a driver verbal appropriateness section. Some are thinking---it's about time..some are saying it is too late---but I am reaping an auto insurance discount for completing the class. It is an 8 hour course but am breaking it down into 2, 4 hr days. Eight hours is too long to sit.  

Wiffle ball: Carpenter/handyman came yesterday evening to unclog the downspout. After much tapping and water---It finally opened up to expel a large gush of water, leaves and a wiffle ball---Hmmmm. Have an idea how the wiffle ball ended up in the downspout (see below).The wiffle ball was really brittle---had been up there a long time.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Face Time Fun

Had some Face Time w/VA grandchildren last night. Great fun!!! Loved the trumpet concert and dolphin movie review--thanks R. and M.

Have almost all the vines cut down on the east fence---plan to finish up today when it warms it up. (24 degrees when I woke up this AM---Brrrr.) Mass this AM, home to putz, play w/the "boys", spend some time w/Allie this afternoon. Have not turned on the furnace yet but spend great fireplace time each evening.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Sun's Out, Ma's In/Out

The rain gutter cleanout was a real trip---1 step forward, 2 steps backwards. Another of my certifiable clusters---no need for further discourse. Just call it done for another day. The sun is out--the temp is in the 40's, perfect for cutting down the clematis/silver lace vines on the east fence, cleaning some windows, and finishing up the house chores.

Mass this AM, volunteered at rectory, doing more filing, shredding, staying busy, etc.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Putzn' Kinda Day

 Rained  most of yesterday w/lots of thunder and lightening. Realized I had not cleaned out the gutters and watched the rain pour off the roof and not down the down spouts. Usually make a list (in fact, make lots of lists and left that one off the list). Have the ladder on the back patio and will give it a go today.

Tried a new thing yesterday. Perfect day to read. Left the "boys" upstairs and went to family room, kicked back in the recliner, heating pad on back, and read. Lots of whining, pitiful crying, and very versatile noises coming from upstairs. Spencer made a couple of runs down the stairs (the tags on his collar are noisy). Spent a whole hour and a half by myself w/o dogs all over my lap.  They hover---I am their food/petting/and total attention source.

Mass yesterday, ran errands, and home to eat breakfast by 11:30am. Off to Mass this AM, volunteer at rectory, do some laundry, pick up the house, clean out gutters, and putz.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Maybe rain, maybe a little snow...who knows!?

Have looked at the 3 day, hourly  forecast and it looks like we are in for quite a mix of weather. We'll see.

Took advantage of yesterday's great weather. Cleaned out the storage garage, swept, rearranged, threw away, etc. Worked in the back field, tossed all the dead limbs, raked up debris by the back fence, and carried it all to the deer blind section. Amazing how the debris ammends into the soil and the pile/blind becomes smaller.

Plan to go to Mass this AM, volunteer at rectory, run some errands, finish the laundry, possibly read, and  watch TV this evening.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom