What a day. I am tired tonight! I had to get up early so I could have Sophia in Marion at Spur Ridge for her spa day by 8:15. Sophia walked right in like she owned the place and went right back.
Came home and started fixing dinner. I put the pot roasts in the crock pot to cook all day. I added potatoes and carrots later in the day. Fixed a pink fluff salad and baked two pies. Fixed a pudding dessert. This afternoon I fixed macaroni and cheese and beer bread muffins.
This kitchen is not as fun to cook in as my last kitchen. I forgot to clean up as I went and I had (have) one big mess in my kitchen tonight. I am over halfway done cleaning it up. Some of it may wait till morning.
Nicole came around noon. I ordered a pizza from Casey and that is what we had for lunch. This afternoon Nicole and I went back to Marion to pick up Sophia. She looks wonderful all cleaned up and smelling good. They said she did a great job. They didn’t have to knock her out to cut her hair. It took them several hours to get through it all though. I will definitely take the dogs back to Spur Ridge for grooming when they need it done again.
My brother Chad came shortly after we got home. Shortly after he came a lady came to help Kathy with some paperwork. My brother Keith, his wife and youngest son came as the lady was finishing up the paperwork. Michelle, Ellexia and Tagen showed up too so I had a full house for dinner. I think there were 12 of us if I counted right.
All the food turned out OK. Had too many leftovers but that is normal for me. I sent the leftover macaroni and cheese home with Tagen. I think he ate half the pan of it himself tonight. He didn’t have many leftovers to take home.
Tomorrow I will need to carry the tables and chairs back to the shed and do the laundry from the linens I used. I will finish cleaning up the kitchen in the morning and mop the floor. I am too tired to finish it all up tonight.
Kathy’s kids will head out in the morning for the long drive home. I trust they will have a safe journey home.
This has been a busy and emotional week. It will be good to get back to empty space. Kathy and I have some homework to do next week but we can do it at a slower pace than we worked on things this week. I need to sit down and review what has been done and what needs to be done so we don’t miss something.
My mantra for the day is someone’s reaction to what I do is not my issue. I have had to remind myself of that several times today. As a chronic people pleaser that is a hard one for me.
This busy week has reminded me how lucky I am to have a quiet life most of the time. I function best with lots of down time and empty space. That has been in short supply this week.
Sitting in a bit of a confused state tonight. Too much happened this week and it is going to take me some time to process all of it. I’m grateful my calendar is very empty next week to allow me time to unpack all that happened so I can release it.
Grateful for family time, grateful the meal was a success, and grateful the quiet returns tomorrow.