Went to do taxes this morning at 9:00. I did one client and there were no more clients in line. I waited about 15 minutes and no one showed up so I came home early. I don’t like to waste time and I had lots of things I wanted to do at home.
I got some more flowers ordered. I had forgotten to get flowers for the grandkids and I also needed two more wrist corsages. Got those ordered and confirmed.
Sent an email to the photographer to check in with her. She is confirmed.
Stopped at the grocery store on the way home from taxes. We are having a guest for dinner tomorrow night so picked up ingredients for that. I also picked up three gift bags and thank you notes. I needed to give a thank you gift to the hostess that sponsored the brunch that was held in our honor. I also wanted to give the preacher and musician for the wedding a thank you note and gift. Got those sacked up and ready to deliver.
Jim called the benefit department of the university that manages his pension. We need to go in and talk to them and see if it would be beneficial for me to go on his insurance plan instead of the one I have. They told us we can just stop in and we didn’t need an appointment. We will get that done sometime this week.
I got the kitchen cabinet doors painted today. I have the back side of the two new ones I need to paint but then that job will be done. I have a bit of touch up painting to do too.
My next project will be to clean the house really good to get it ready for all the company that is coming in for the wedding. A lot of that project is decluttering and that is something I will have to talk Jim into doing. I will go into hide and seek mode the day before our guests are due to come in if he hasn’t gotten to it by then.
I had sent out a note to the people that occasionally house sit for me. I needed someone to stay in the house for a week in July. I immediately found someone and two others volunteered to be back ups. Another one said she was sad she couldn’t come that week. We need to come to Stillwater for a long weekend in May so we found a weekend that we can make that happen today. I love my house sitters!
The new flooring material came in and Jim picked it up today. The guy that is coming to dinner tomorrow night is a friend of Jim and he is going to give Jim some advice about laying the floor and may possibly even come over and help him do the job. It will make a big difference in the looks of the kitchen and I’m excited that we will get it done before the wedding.
I keep checking my to-do lists to make sure I have forgotten anything. I still need to go to the church and find out where they store the punch bowl and ladle. We are going to the church Thursday to meet with the musician that is playing for the wedding. I will find out then where the punch bowls are and how to access them the day of the wedding. I also need to find out where I can put the cakes and flowers the day before the wedding. The refrigerator at Jim’s house will be full and I won’t have room for two cakes and flowers in it.
Keeping my fingers crossed that the Coronavirus stays away from this area so we won’t have to change our plans to keep people safe. We will if we need to. I am a bit concerned about Jim’s sons having to fly to get here. Jim has told them not to come if things get worse and they get ordered to stay in place. One of them lives in the hot area of CA and the other lives in DC where there is a big outbreak too.
I’m almost to the point of I can’t wait until the wedding is over. I’m ready to work on a new project! It will be a fun day and I am looking forward to all the family that are coming – if they can get here. I’m just tired of the planning and endless to-do lists.
The full moon is tonight. I can feel the effect on me today. I am overdue for a good cry – it might happen tonight. Jim is so gentle and considerate when I have a breakdown. He just holds me and lets me cry.
Grateful more things got crossed off my to-do list today, grateful the painting project is almost done, and grateful the flooring material came in early so we can get it done before the wedding.