The furnace to take the chill off of the house felt really good this morning. Going down into the sewing studio, it felt like someone else had started projects and then up and left them undone. It took a bit of time to realize where I had left off several weeks ago. Coffee and patience. Knowing that Dennis and I have taken care of what was best for us in our Stauffer Avenue home with the help of Kevin and Kersten, I can well take my time acclimating myself with threads, fuzz and fabric in the lower level of our home. I am not putting away the paint pail to finish up the basement stairwell, just taking a few days off.
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Whoopee! What a grand feeling. I feel really good to have primed and painted our kitchen ceiling. Grammie can still do it! It did take me three days, but this cold cup of coffee I am now enjoying is the best tasting coffee ever. Time to kick back for several days and see if anyone has moved in on my sewing studio.
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Noreen
How could you not enjoy this day. Mild temperatures and lots of sunshine. Dennis is slowly getting ready for a road trip this weekend to Mitchel South Dakota for a trade show. Life long friend Lyle Grove will be riding shotgun. For Dennis, life long friends are beginning to be hard to come by.
I did a closet check and will have a bag of goodies for the city wide Epileptic curb side pickup. Much of what they collect in clothing aides the U.S. veterans. There is also a store of gently used items called Savers in Rochester. I must admit one of Dennis’ shirts hit the garbage. Holes from welding, holes from cigarettes and multiple colors of paint stains. Sorry honey.
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Ahh!
My Time. Our home. There is peace here on Stauffer Ave that does come at a bit of a price sometimes with worry, anticipation and wonderment. At the end of this perfect Sunday, the peace and thankfulness is more than I could have ever thought I deserved. Our back yard beauty puts a stamp on family and God . . . the peace that passes all understanding.
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Lawn mowed for the last time in 2016: check! Flowerbed adjacent to the east side of the house free of perennial weeds and volunteer trees: check! Kitchen floor thoroughly cleaned: check! A quart can of Roof Tar has been purchased: check! Temperature forecast for tomorrow will most likely see that can be used.
Amazingly the outdoors was shared with mosquitoes, Box Elder bugs and Asian beetles. As we have not had a killing frost as yet, the next week brings the need to cut back the Hostas. It was a joy to get things done outside, pop open a can of Root Beer to share and enjoy a bit of time sitting on the patio.
Now, as one of Dennis’ special oven hotdishs is in the oven, the close of a great Saturday is approaching.
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Noreen
Just a bit stiff in the joints today. When Kevin was taking down the house chimney on Sunday he commented on the area that our house has a flat roof, there would be just enough room for two lawn chairs. I thought of that yesterday as I was in the attic, stretching to get at the far corners of the knee-walls. Yes, inside also, there is an area about the size that two lawn chairs would take where a person can stand upright. I do not remember how many times I hit my head forgetting to stay stooped over. As I get older, I am making sure to have the items that we stored corralled at least three feet from those “far” corners. A longer wand on the vacuum cleaner helps the back and shoulders to reach the “far” corners.
Today has been a quiet day for Dennis and I as we listen to the winds outside swirling corn chaff and even some dried corn leaves that have managed to find their way into town.
While I was hiding in the attic yesterday, Dennis got his horse tank ready in the Lincoln car garage. The city water needs to dissipate the chlorine and within several days it will be ready to house the Koi over winter. I think we have nine fish to net for the winter. Our hope is that we can hold off until November first. There are forecasts that the next week will bring temps back into the 70s. Time will tell.
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Hmm, I had forgotten what cold fingers felt like when doing some last minutes chores outside. We have had the same two house plants out next to the Koi pond for years. Each summer we cut them back so when the fall season hits and we need to harbor them in the porch over the winter, they are of a doable size. Today was the day to pick out all the leaves that had blown into the plant branches and pots and find just the right spot in the porch. Now . . . it will be interesting to see if the cats have gotten one more year older and will leave the dirt in the pots alone. Last year it was a matter of adding all sorts of items around the base of the plants that no dirt could be accessed.
The kitchen window was the last to be cleaned and locked for the season of winter that is just around the corner. We have no other items to take care of outside. As I mentioned earlier, my fingers felt the cold as I was getting the plants ready even though the sun was in full shinny mode. I will be enjoying my sewing studio from here on in . . . OOPS! I forgot that I still need to get up to the attic and clean what may have filtered in from the chimney project of this last weekend. Tomorrow I will have Dennis bring in the shop vac and take care of it. No point in putting it off and thus no guilty feelings of being in the sewing studio with many cups of rich coffee going forward.
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Noreen
This has been a huge day. Lots of errands. Lots of kitchen time. By all accounts this was a typical Saturday by Lena standards. The best part is, tomorrow will come and Stauffer Avenue will take it in and know that Sunday is the day the Lord has been made and it is up to me and mine to make the most of it.
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We hope it helps. We purchased the Gila Heat Protective Window Film on our west combination door panes. The hope is that it will protect our new solid wood door from the west sun and heat. It is worth a try. I would weep if that beautiful door would show signs of sun abuse.
Of course we had help today. We were dog sitting Tix, a Terrier. Dennis’ daughter, Sandy, has her house for sale here in St. James. Hmm, Tix is not welcome when strangers think they can come into her home to mess with her dog bed and perhaps her toys. Talk about territorial.
A very cool day with a bit of rain and no one can miss the hint that fall is upon us. It could be worse. We have friends, Perry and Linda. When Perry retired from the courthouse, I was sad when he said they were moving to Georgia. They live just in that nitch where Florida meets Georgia . . . where the hurricane is swirling. I sure don’t mind a cool damp day on Stauffer Avenue.
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Noreen
Today was Dennis’ Korean Veteran’s luncheon in Mankato. Someone looked at his shirt as we then went on to run some errands and commented that the spelling was wrong on his shirt. Dennis’ unit is call The Frozen Chosin. Yup, that is correct: Chosin. Chosin was a geographical hot spot area in Korea that many from his group served at. It’s a great thing for Dennis to participate with these men and women. Visiting and remembering is a very unique experience for these wonderful veterans. War times . . . how sad that even Dennis’ young niece at the age of thirty one has experience during three tours of . . . war.