Happy 69th wedding anniversary to my parents who are celebrating together in the great beyond. I remember like it was yesterday the party we had for their 40th. Where does the time go?
The house sure is quiet with Kathy gone. Wishing her safe travels on her trip home. She left long before I got up this morning. She is traveling with her dog so it should be an adventure traveling for her. Trusting the dog will not get car sick.
I finished up collating the newsletter material. Found out this morning the missing envelopes won’t be ready until Monday late afternoon or Tuesday morning. Hoping we can get started finishing up this little project on Tuesday starting at 10:00. If we have several helpers it won’t take more than two to three hours to get them done. I will serve lunch afterwards. Anyone free to come help?
Kathy got most of the basement cleaned before she left, bless her heart. I am washing her bedding up today and after I get her bed made up will only have a little work to do in the basement. I will only then have to clean the floors upstairs and I will have the house ready for the retreat. Not sure if I will need to mow or not. I’m in good shape! I do need to buy groceries and prep food but I had planned on doing that Thursday and Friday.
When I was checking out what needed to be done downstairs I noticed water standing on the floor in the furnace room. It was clean water so not sure where it came from. There is a floor drain but when it backs up the water is dirty as that is where the kitchen sink drains into. I’ll have to keep an eye on it and see if I need to call a repair man tomorrow.
I started knitting a baby blanket today. I have two I want to make for two dear friends. I haven’t made one for a year or so. They are fun to make and I needed a relaxing job to do. Knitting is still my fall back stress reliever.
I cleaned my refrigerator out this morning. It made my chickens and dogs very happy. They are great at helping me recycle food items. Wish they could eat plastic.
Taking a quiet day today. My life has felt busy again and I need to slow down and enjoy a day with no agenda. I plan on knitting off and on today and doing lots of sitting in front of a fan. I haven’t taken a day like this for a while. I am overdue for one.
I walked down to the chicken coop this morning to take the chickens some greens and leftovers from my refrigerator. I hadn’t taken my shower yet so still had my night-gown on. My neighbor’s were out in the back pasture on their four-wheeler and of course saw me and waved. Rarely do I get caught going outside not dressed properly. I did today! Oops!
After the retreat next weekend I have lots of empty space on my calendar. Not sure what I want to put on my calendar to fill in some of the empty space. I will go crazy if I don’t put a few things on my calendar. Nothing seems to be catching my attention enough to put it on the calendar.
Quiet day. Rest day. Refilling my soul and spirit with silence. All is well on the prairie today.