Happy Friday to everyone. The weather here improved to rain yesterday afternoon, but it was snowing when we drove to work this morning. At least the snow is melting as fast as it is coming down now, so not lingering. The forecast is for improved weather tomorrow...I'm not holding my breath, though.
Ruth - We started to put our yard to bed last weekend, but didn't get very much done. We are still hoping to get a nice indian summer when we usually do all that kind of work, but will probably still try to do a bit this weekend if the weather improves. So exciting for Lucy to be near her due date. How many pups do they usually have in a litter?
Mama - Hope you have a frazzle-less day, too. You deserve at least one after all the running around and frustration you put up with over the past couple of weeks. Have a great weekend at the festival...smart to plan ahead of time to stay OP. WTG.
Jodi - You are so right, alzheimer's is a terrible disease. My mom is in the early stages, so not too, too bad, but I think she is in more denial over it than anyone. She has been driving up to now and finally decided last week that she would give it up...thank goodness. We were over to the home immediately to pick up her car.
But I think she has finally resigned herself to using alternate transit - the home in which she lives has their own bus that transports the residents to whereever they want, so it is a better way to keep track of her, also. She has given her car to one of our kids, so he has committed to taking her shopping once a week which will also provide her with a bit of a transition. Hope granny has a great birthday.
Heidi - Sorry to hear about the off program day. You are soooo close to hitting the ones, but hop right back OP and you will do this. I find that I really need to think through situations that I might encounter before I embark on them. If I bake, I need to work out before I even preheat the oven how I will handle the baking that will come out. When I do that, I can usually resist the temptations because it's like I have already tasted and enjoyed the baking in advance. You can get right back on today, and you will be OK.
Me - I dropped another pound today. The weight is falling off now and I have not changed anything in the past month. However, I did kick up the intense exercising about the middle of August, so maybe it is the benefits of the exercise that I am reaping right now. Anyway, I will take it, but will need to start to slow the weight loss down...it is too fast right now. (I never thought I would ever complain of that.
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We have nothing planned for the weekend, but may go visit one of the BILs. He wants to sell a table saw and DH agreed to buy it...DH is still using my dad's table saw that is about 50 years old.
We are also wanting to put some beams in the basement and want some advice before we have the house fall down. The BIL designed our house initially, so will take a look at the prints and let us know how and what can be done. Soooo good to have access to that info for nothing.
We are presently updating our house (it's 24 years old) because we are wanting to downsize in the near future. Anyway, out of the clear blue, one of our neighbours came over last weekend and wanted to know if we are selling our house soon. She told us that it is her very favourite of all houses ever and when we sell, they will buy.
We took her on a tour of the house and she was so impressed. We still have lots of renos to do, but she wants the house badly...what's even better is that they have the money to buy whatever they want, too.
Well, gottat get to work. I'm the boss again today and Monday, so I guess I better act like the boss. Hmmmm, I wonder how much money I can spend today?