Today was such a good, busy day. The kind of day that turns into good sleep at night… Here is what I did:
ü Caulked upstairs windows
ü Weedeated
ü Picked up sticks
ü Proofed school photos
ü Ate some lunch
ü Cleaned storm windows & screens for upstairs windows
ü Returned said clean items to upstairs
ü Remade 3 beds
ü Swept out inside of window frames – lots of old glazing!
ü Vacuumed entire house
ü Pulled 14 buckets of weeds, grass & violets from main flower bed. All done! Now time to expand it out with the new mulch!
ü Cleaned up woodpile – it was all just branches that had come off but I needed to get them into firewood type pieces
ü Burned trash
ü Dug rocks out that I want to use in new walkway
ü Went through stored clothes to find 006 some long pants that fit
ü Did an upload to flickr
Wow, that’s a lot! I kicked some list-butt today! Tomorrow I’m not sure if I’m going to go see Eat Pray Love with a friend or more work around the house… Oh, I did go see Takers last night, it was good. And this afternoon I watched The Color of Paradise. It’s a foreign flick from Iran, but you can get it on Netflix. I suggest using the subtitles. An absolutely amazing, heart-wrenching beautiful story. The cinematography is absolutely exquisite and the scenery completely stunning. It is the story of a blind 8 year old boy in a small rural village & his widower father.
We are managing to get along OK. Dad was finally able to get mom’s death certificate so he can finish the paperwork. It still doesn’t seem real when I say it. Or when I go there. I keep thinking she’s still down in Indy. But I know she’s not, I know she’s in a better place. I know if she were still in the hospital, I would be there with her instead of getting so much done around the house. I know that is why I have not been able to do very much this summer. That makes me sad. It is an odd mixture of peace, guilt, relief, sadness & happiness. I’m pretty sure it does not have a name.
Next weekend we are going over to my brother’s house to see 015 play in a football game. Dad is going with us. I think that will be good. We’ll take hot chocolate. It will be good to see everyone.
Here are my favorites…
Playing Peek – a – Boo the morning after losing that tooth. It is blurry, but I like it. I got several action shots and the blurriness of his hands still reveals his face behind them.
008 at school with some of his classwork on the wall. Really love how they do that!
005 in his kindergarten class paying attention (for once!) Isn’t he so cute! He hates being the youngest in his class….
Fish fry at church. Yummy!
Wabash Donut Shop. Also yummy! I love their Bavarian Crème (with the powdered sugar on them, but they are so messy, I end up looking like a pig! Their apple cakes are a close second…
Still cannot get enough of seeing this in the back seat!
At the park, playing.
Saturday morning playing in our PJs until noon. Apparently there is nothing better!
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