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Happy Friday Everyone!!!!

Last night I suggested Lucylee pretend that her ddil is watching her work around the house and she's teaching ddil all she wishes ddil would learn.

I'm constantly using make believe to keep me company while I work around, carrying on conversations or day dreams in my head. It helps me overcome the 'alone' part of housework and helps me get over the "I just need to start" problem. As Dee's signature line says, Begun is half done!

If it takes make believe and Fantasy to keep your routines fresh - go for it!

It is Conga Day - imagine your head-dress and bright, swirling, skirts and puffy sleeves combining with your confident, efficient, cleaning motions, to appear like a colourful tornado (no plain white tornadoes for us!) sucking up chaos and clutter and leaving your home spotless and welcoming.

I'm up earlier today. Knee/hip was stiff at 6 and my heating pad (the old one, already flaky) failed so I just got up at 7. A bit of heat would have relaxed it so I could sleep some more but that wasn't in the work. I had ibuprofen by my bedside but didn't want to take one since I knew getting up would also relieve the discomfort. The Voltaren gel would have worked as well, except to use it I have to get because hands have to be washed well after applying it. So I just gave up and got up.

Bedroom is tidied, kitchen is tidied and I'm just finishing up tea and chocolate.

I've ordered a heating pad from the Great S.American River website. Since I had a book in my cart and was waiting to get over free shipping amount, I'm happy that my book is on its way as well. Unfortunately, I have to either keep working with the faulty heating pad (unplugging it from the wall will solve the problem for another few hours before it fails again) or go buy one from a bricks and mortar store. I'll see what I decide. There are two within an easy bike ride and it might be time for me to try biking to Wm. There's one just off the bike path so I don't have to deal with traffic, although the better one is closer and there are bike lanes most of the way to it. Will figure that out later today.

Good morning, Kathryn! Love the 'imagine' idea.

Slept till about 1 and then was up & down till well after 3. But then I slept. Barely heard dh up & about. I had a LOL for him to drop off at the laundry room. He put a new cover on our golf cart that closes all the way. I woke up around 7 and figured I'd run the cart down & put the laundry in the dryer. The 'windows' on the cart were so dew covered that I couldn't see so walked down, only to find dh had already placed things in the dryer. Hmmm....my timer just went off so it's time to get said laundry.

Oops....hit submit and left to go get laundry, never noticing that it sat here because Kathryn had posted. Good luck with the heating pad, Kathryn.

it's not as if we are "out running the streets". I say we clean house and take our chances.

There's much to be said for that, Harriet. Don't ask me how I know.

Good morning, Kathryn!

Thank you all for the encouraging words yesterday. Things always do look better in the morning.

I am having trouble getting to sleep, went to bed at 11 and was still awake at 12:30, altho I think I got to sleep shortly after that. Our house guest was coming back last night late and perhaps I was thinking I would hear him come in, or maybe just couldn't shut my mind down. Anyway, I was up at 7 so I can get out of here and get a pedicure for the beach this morning.

At this point I need to have breakfast and finish straightening up MBR. I'm starting a li&t for ds - he will have to take out garbage and recycling and water some plants next week.

Gotta get moving...d house guest is up also...


And this also sat here, Dee, as I saw house guest off and got dressed. Finish up MBR and eat an egg and I'm out of here.

I too got up early my hips legs were as long asleep giving me fits. I turned on the back sprinkler after I fed hens. As I was journaling realised I had a conflict in my schedule. So will need to deal with that. It is cooler but 36% humidity ack! Not a whole .ot better some rain in outlaying areas from here hope it helps with the fires but that is doubtful.

finally today. Bought some groceries. The pickings at home were getting low. Hoping I didn't overspend.
Hoping MH is taking a turn for the better.

Hi everyone!

I have a Dr. apt just after 1. After the Dr., I will stop in at the bank to drop off some paperwork to help us along with the house purchase.

We went to the house the other night and I left Wayne with the camera so he could take the pictures he needed. LOL! Um, not such a great idea after I looked at the pictures. Happy to report that my future library does in fact have a wooden floor. Overheard Wayne explaining to the current homeowner about his plans for the library walls. (Real wood panelling with built in wooden shelves.) Also happy to report that the kitchen does have a built in dishwasher.

We have talked a lot about our plans for the garden and the outside in general. I can hardly wait until the end of August.

I will be making an Italian chicken dish in the crockpot for dinner tonight.

I also plan to do laundry.
There is room for 2 extremely large front loading machines on pedestal bases for our laundry area. We saw the cranberry coloured ones at 2 different retailers the other day and we both liked the colour, so we will be going with that. The kitchen has 3 different coloured machines, and the fridge has the freezer on the bottom. I think the fridge might get replaced sometime in the first year as I have heard that the bottom freezers can cause a problem with things freezing in the bottom of the fridge. We shall see.

We will be getting at least one large chest freezer with the top opening for some beef that Wayne has already ordered from a friend.

Friend is a beautiful word. Wayne truly has so many friends and I am grateful for them. The musician had 3 "friends" and none of them ever did nice things for either one of us in the entire 20 years that I knew any of them. They would come over to drink and talk and that was about it.