Postby Lilac » Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:02 pm
Welcome Donna!
Dgs12 had his first basketball game of the YMCA series today. They were beat 35-20. Dgs12 is not use to that. Usually his dad is coaching him and during the fall Rec series they only lost 1 game and came in 1st in the tournament. Dgs12 did most of the scoring, including the last 9 points. His coach is new to coaching, but a very nice guy. After the game dd2, the 2 little girls and I went out for a late lunch. I am stuffed and feel like I won't want to eat much the rest of the day. I went and picked dh up a salad so his supper is covered.
Last night dgd21 posted a video of baby K eating his first solid food (cereal). She was feeding him and daddy was filming it. As she was lowering the spoon towards his mouth, he put his hand on hers and guided it right to his mouth. He did this for the first 3 bites. I thought maybe the dr. had told her to start him on solids but dd2 said that dgd21 had asked her when she had started the 5 of them on solids. Dd2 said she started them around 4 months. Dgd21 said that he has started acting really interested in what they are eating and she thought he was ready. I think he was wondering if he was ever going to eat solid food because he looked very happy.
I need to work on balancing the checkbook and the budget this evening while I listen to a H allmark movie. Where has January went? There was a thing on FB the other day that said something to the effect that January is almost over, Feb. is 2 days long, then it's Easter, summer and Christmas so there went 2018. That's just about how fast time flies by.
This time last year dh was planning to paint our kitchen cabinets after Christmas. He hadn't mentioned it and I didn't want to force him to do it, if he didn't really want to. Last night he was looking at our investments and mentioned that we ought to take a lump sum out and have our kitchen redone. That sounds well and good BUT can we find someone to do it and do it right? Dd2 and dsil spent a lot money putting in Corian countertops, tile backsplash and kitchen and dining area flooring, 8 + years ago. She has said more than once, don't keep anything just because we did it. That isn't really my issue. I love what they did and hate to see it go to the rubbish pile, seems like such a waste of money. Guess I will just keep thinking on this. The other issue is our home property tax jumped over $500 last year. What would it jump to if we spent $40,000 or more on a new kitchen? I am thinking that we need to keep the footprint and either have a professional paint the cabinet doors or replace all the cabinet doors with new ones. Then either paint or reface the cabinet exteriors. We wouldn't need a permit for that, so it shouldn't affect the taxes like a total gut job would do.
It is suppose to be in the high 60's on Tuesday. I am going to see if dh will grill hamburgers. Even though he has been retired now for over 3 years, he still acts like you can only grill on weekends. Is someone set in his ways?
LadyM, at least you found out now that the potential horse lessons aren't a good fit, rather than start them and then discover that. Maybe something closer to you will come about. I think that is great that they have canceled school and church activities to get a handle on the spread of germs.
Yesterday at my drs. appt he was talking about my health and commented that I was fortunate to look younger than my age. I was really surprised at that comment. I guess I compare myself to some of my classmates who haven't seemed to age at all and I must think I look older than I am. I went in there thinking that I might need to have my blood pressure meds increased because it seems like anytime I take it or have it taken it is higher. Yesterday it was perfect. So I guess I need to be more consistent in taking it so that next time I will have a record of it.
Awfully quiet in the village today.