Thinking of all of your community during this terrible weather, (((Kathryn))). But yes, in the words of Charlene Darling, that is a pretty man.
Rain is headed our way as well, and it is the weekend of a major town festival here. With the mess from the burned buildings combined with the rain, it is not looking very good for this event. Fortunately, I have no responsibilities or obligations at all and will most likely not even attend.
I love our little town, but I am just not much for big crowds and all that goes with this sort of thing. Plus, I don't need to be spending $$$ at this time, and y'all know how all these places are -- vendors lined up as tight as they can be with all sorts of goodies to tempt a person. Same reason I didn't go to the thing last week in ddad's hometown. DGS doesn't want to go, so there's no incentive to take him, and our church, which was planning to sell cupcakes, has backed out because of the forecast rain.
Dmom has called three times. My goodness. She is turning into my grandmother. First was to tell me how much she had cleared out of the playhouse, which is now used for storage. Second was to get ddil's phone number b/c she couldn't get ds on the phone. Third was to correct ddil's phone number b/c she wrote it down wrong. * sheesh * Plus I called her once to tell her about dfriend (J&C JOY.)
ROFLOL -- I read that as MOOSE guy came over,
blessed!
I need a mouse guy. Actually, from the sound of the noise underneath my bathtub at night, I may need a raccoon or possum guy. It certainly sounds like a LARGE animal is carrying on under there. (Not as large as a moose, though...
) DH simply cannot get under the floor to inspect it, and ds is not very eager to do so, either. Besides, our house is approx 90' long. This is at the far end from the access door, and on the end where the crawl space gets much tighter. I don't mind one bit having poison under the house but I need someone to get it under there. The only good mouse is a dead mouse. Same with the snakes that will be coming to eat them. I want all snakes and all mice on this place dead dead dead. It might be a snake under there now. Could be a python for all I know. * sheesh *
I did get my second wind
last night, decluttered a LOT of papers -- actually, envelopes. I threw away the envelopes from greeting cards... but not the greeting cards themselves. I have a HUGE -- HUGE -- collection of greeting cards. I don't think I've ever thrown away a single one. And I still can't make myself part with them. It's kind of ridiculous. Marie Kondo would just have a fit. But it's amazing how much space the envelopes take up in themselves.
I also decluttered some books that were just embarrassing to have around -- y'all remember
The Total Woman by Marabelle Morgan (I think?) from the late 70s/early 80s?
Susan Dey's Guide to Popularity...
Dmom has been somewhat inspiring to me.
I also exercised, just trying for 15 min daily to develop consistency habit right now.
Got names and dates in dmom's family Bible through ddad & dmom's great-grandparents & aunts and uncles.
Got photos in monthly "folders" on computer -- will eventually have these printed, but not immediately in my plan.
I have one more section of greeting cards to go through and I plan to do that today.
In fact -- 5x5 -- but it's more like
5 6 x midnight
:
1. Greeting card declutter
2. Change sheets
3. Exercise
4. Supper, s/s kitchen
5. Church -- talk to lady who got dh and me all upset Sunday re: worship changes, share dh's point of view on all this stuff
6. Review/update calendar for the month
(((
Harriet, HRH, dd))) I can't even imagine all the emotions dd is going through right now!
We have white plastic on the ground in our crawlspace, but I don't know if it's a true "moisture barrier." I'm positive we did not pay a high dollar amount for it like you are talking about, blessed. We had insulation under the floor, but duct work condensation caused it to get wet and messy and we had a guy come in and take it all out. It was providing a great nesting space for mice, etc. and was just a mess. Even my ddad said we'd be fine without it.
Boy... ds so desperately needs his basement sealed and repaired. $$$...
RE: the birds,
Twins -- YES -- put something shiny up there. The aluminum foil at my back door did the trick! Of course, nothing could possibly have looked more like "You might be a redneck..." and I don't think dh would have allowed it at the front door, but it worked. If you can hang it out of sight, a blank CD or pie plate dangling in the wind will help also. (But that did not help me in this case; the bird started building right beside the CD.) I've also heard people say rubber snakes work, but I've never tried that.
(((
Twins))) I hope you feel better after a nap. It is so hard not to let our children's emotions affect our own. (((BIG HUGS)))
Waving to
Nancy! Hope everything goes well today!
WTG,
Harmony! You're getting so much done!
We have a sort of meal rotation, with no particular day assigned. We go through baked/broiled fish, baked/broiled chicken, hamburgers, and Philly Cheese sandwiches, which are NOT my favorite. I use the Steak-Ums slices because they are relatively low sodium, and Swiss cheese. DH doesn't even want peppers and onions on his, but I add them to mine w/some Cajun spices, salt, pepper, and garlic salt. The fish and chicken, I use Cajun spice & onions and peppers on mine and Mrs. Dash lemon-pepper on his, plus a little unsalted butter. Hamburgers, I just brown in a griddle pan, no added salt or anything. And we always use King's Hawaiian bread, b/c it is lower sodium than most brands.
Boring boring boring... but dh usually loses a little weight when we eat this way for a few days. Then he gains it back when we go out. He won't let me try anything else b/c he says if we're going to eat high sodium stuff, he wants to go out and eat something he really likes.
Hello to
Lynlee &
Dee, too!!!
Guess I better get busy!