First Monday of the new year PWYC

[Lady Maverick]

Oh my! It finally happened! DH just got a call from body shop saying our vehicle will be ready to pickup tomorrow afternoon. We have been waiting 22 months for this moment. March 2021 we took the pickup to get it painted. We thought it would take a couple weeks. Ha! We were so wrong. This might turn out to be one of our most foolish financial decisions. We have no idea how much it will cost so we are making plan A, plan B, and plan C decision for how we will pay for it. I am confident Plan A will be sufficient, but DH thinks Plan B will be needed.

Oh the flip side...Our "No Spend on Food" January calendar has two smiley faces showing successful days.

[Kathryn-in-Canada]

I finished my houseblessing just before 9 but that's because I was on the phone for 1:45 this evening.

Dh got the car seat back in the car for the morning. And took down the lamp that dd wants to trade for.

I'm tired so will head to bed right now.

[Harriet]

So many choices! I'll just pick a few of each of my own "ends of spectrum":
I would like best these 3:
zoo, murder mystery evening, hot-air balloon festival
I would like least these 3:
sky diving, hunting pigs, stockyards

Dee, this is such hopeful news. So pleased for you both. Sleep, rest, recuperate!

I will have planner/household notebook thoughts tomorrow, for sure - lots of brainstorming on that today.

[CathyS]

Dee so happy to see your good news re: your dh.

[MysteryWoman]

Well, Harriet, I did not get much assessment done. I did get my cards revised; just finished that now. I had two major interruptions: I decided today would be a good day to roast a chicken for dinner, and DH got bored and wanted to play a game. The chicken refused to defrost. I finally ended up putting it in the crockpot to cook for tomorrow. I’d much rather put it in the fridge and put it in the oven tomorrow, but since we are still working out of the little fridge, there’s no room. We had ravioli for dinner. And DH’s game turned into two games. God willing, I can be introspective tomorrow.

Dee, I’m so glad your DH’s issue was so easily resolved, though I imagine none of it felt easy, so I guess it’s the wrong word. Anyhow, glad he’s feeling better and you can breathe easy.

Oh, blessed! How scary! I hope the Covid is mild and brief, and you get some answers soon.

Time to pack it in. Sweet dreams, everyone!

[lucylee]

So good to hear good news from Mr. Dee! We think now that low potassium (and possibly low sodium as well) may have been the cause of the terrible cramps, almost seizures, that dmom had back in November in the ER. They say now that the problem (with her) is caused by some sort of hormone that is lacking, (or maybe too much of?) in her blood. I'll be glad to hear from family doctor and get some printed reports on all this. I'm not sure dmom is getting all the info straight.

Y'all -- I have had an amazing day! I hope I can keep this up!
* errands -- picked up dh's pants that had been hemmed, dropped off payment for dmom at mini storage
* washed three loads of clothes (everything hanging to dry now except one load still to be folded on top of washer, one load to do tomorrow)
* vacuumed all the non-carpet floors (except 3rd bath, never used)
* zone vacuuming in master bath
-- high, low, countertops, EVERYTHING except light fixtures -- I have serious plans to declutter in there. It is ridiculous.
* ironed dh's clothes that were waiting on ironing board (this took less than an hour, not a huge pile)
* dh and I went to town and he washed air filters and rinsed off car
* I cleaned the inside of the car windshield with Windex (dgrands "can't" keep their hands off glass)
* ate supper in Next Town
* took a very short nap
* talked to dmom
Plus I started the day with more intentional Bible study & devotion, AND took measurements for a reference point. I did not get my exercise in today, but I did get over 6000 steps, so that's improvement over my average.

I still have Christmas stuff up. Dh wants it up till Epiphany, and we will be gone then, so it's not coming down till Sunday at least, and more likely, Monday. I just couldn't stand it without vacuuming bathroom and getting some things (routine-wise) started -- I'd be embarrassed to even tell you girls how long it's been since I vacuumed! (You could probably search it and see for yourself -- it's been such an unusual event, I'm sure I posted when I did it! I promise, it's been waaay too long!)

Tomorrow we are supposed to have stormy weather, and also we are supposed to go to dbil's for pizza and Christmas gift exchange.
It's also the dgrands' last day of Christmas vacation.