I am subject to sleeping in although I haven’t for years as the alarm was always set at 5:30 to get me up and around for work. This week, I slept in half the week because I stayed up until 2 or 3 am to feed the fire while it was so cold outside. We do have electric back up heat but after the last two winters when the heat pump wouldn’t work right and your dad would stay up to baby sit it, he is reluctant to let the heat switch over to the electric. Now he hasn’t asked me to stay up and nurse the fire but after a week of Himself not getting enough sleep and not being able to nap, I said “it is easy for me to stay up late and I can sleep during the day so I will take the first shift”. After some arguing and arm wrestling, he let me. That way, he could go to bed at 10 pm and sleep until 2 or 3 am and at least get 4 or 5 hours of sleep instead of Zero. Oh, the trials and tribulations of an old married couple! Lol
Friday, Lanny and I went to Johanna’s and Lee’s on Mills Street to help them clean. I really like their house. It has a good, comfy feel and is bright and cheery. Here is a pic of the living room which is really big but you are seeing only about half of it here. Lanny cleaned carpets with our little, spiffy carpet cleaner. If anyone ever wants to borrow it, just ask. It seems to do a pretty good job.
Yesterday, Saturday, I took Aunt Alice out for a ride. She is never one to ask me to do something or go somewhere but she did let me take her to Walmart to pick up her prescription this time. It was too cold for her to get out in the car last week. She’s a little timid about going and that’s okay. I don’t mind helping her out. We drove up Cherry Street to Hwy 92, then to Greenfield. There’s a little consignment shop on the west side of town that I like to browse every three months or so. Or six! From there, we came down Hwy 25 through Orient, to Creston and to Walmart. So we had a nice little jaunt and it was sunny and good to get out. We talk every minute of our drives (always, every drive) and Alice comes prepared with a list -- and I should have my own list because I forget what I want to say and ask!
The photos, of Gabrielle, Maddie, Audri and Bella were taken January 1, 2015. The girls got along very well with my old, sturdy sewing machine. I am going to get a new bobbin for Maddie’s machine and if that doesn’t fix her Singer Touch and Sew, then it is going to the repair shop. Then, I will will get the tension set on Johanna’s Sears machine so that it can go home to Audri (maybe secretly for awhile ? Lol) and this summer, I will watch auctions and garage sales for a sturdy machine for Gabrielle. I have a plan! And I am determined! I have four sewing machines in this house right now and that is three too many!
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| I think Maddie is pretending to yawn. She made a nice pillow. |
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| Bella knows her Kindle! |
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| Gabrielle at the 'wheel'. |
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| Audri's turn! |
My schedule for work this coming week:
Monday - 10 am to 2 pm at the EMS kitchen
Tues - Friday - crossing guard at Rainbow Park, 2 times a day
The rest of the days will be spent cooking, cleaning and trying to finish projects. One project is about 25 years unfinished! I will do it! In fact, I have two projects that old that will be done before 2016! There. How’s that for a New Year’s Resolution?
Last week, I puttered and sorted and gathered up. I dug out sewing and craft projects from three or four different rooms and now have them all in one room. They are not all put away but I feel better about the situation already.
Hannah’s Birthday is January 21
Family Dinner is January 18, weather permitting.
Sounds as though we might have a January thaw in the next week! Keep your fingers crossed!
You all take care! ‘til next week, Love Ma
1 comment:
Johanna's new place looks great, I need to get over for a tour! Love all the pictures of the little girls sewing! What great memories you are making with them!
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