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Doin' important stuff.......

I have not done much of what I thought I should. I probably have not done much of what you thought I should. But I have done important stuff.

First, I'm dressed in warm clothes. That was important to me. The wind is whipping outside something fierce. There've been a couple of gusts I was sure were going to tear some screens loose. Thankfully, so far, I've been spared that. But, it's chilly in here and the overcast has definitely NOT burned off. I'd pretty much give you odds that there's snow on Mt. Charleston (northwest of town) right now. It won't happen down here, more's the pity, but........

Second, I've pretreated a load of laundry and I'm ready to start the washing machine.

Third, kitchen clean up was needed and I've at least started that.

Fourth, I just finished printing out every transaction to my checking account for 2013. The first 4 months of the year (or less) I had credit cards, but after that, if I couldn't do it for cash, I couldn't do it. So, this was quite an undertaking. And I had to print out the back up for deposits and checks so I could have access to the detail. Now to start going back through classifying my transactions. Got to sort between two self-employed businesses and by category. Should be "fun". Anyway, I'm glad I've gotten a start on this.

Oh, almost forgot. I bought the tax software. Doggone it. The price is up 10% from last year. That just stinks.

Now, I'm going to go find something to eat. I'm thinking fondly of tomato soup...........

 

Overcast day..........

Yesterday the overcast burned off. The day before, the overcast burned off. I have my doubts about that happening today. We have some "winter" weather headed our way for a few days. In fact, I was looking at a three-day forecast, and on the last day our low will be 33. In view of my allergy laments, I do wish it would go down a few more degrees and freeze!

A friend of mine on FB who lives in Ely, Nevada, announced this morning that they had snow. Well, Ely is north west of LV and in the mountains. I don't think we'll see any snow though I wouldn't mind since it melts almost as soon as it hits the ground.

I am getting sick of reading critical comments on FB because the south (places like MS, LA, and GA) doesn't own snow removal equipment. Why would they? It snows so rarely and such a small amount. It's not like snow removal equipment is free you know. In these days of tight budgets, spending that kind of money for snow removal equipment would be met with mass firings of county supervisors and city council members. Years ago, I lived in Nashville, TN for 3 years. During that time, we got snow one time. It was an inch or less accumulation. Yup, it shut the city down. Had it not been the weekend of the start of spring vacation, I don't think anyone would have cared even a little bit. The city buses didn't run and no one much cared. What we cared about was that the airport was socked in. (I, of course, managed to park my car on the only piece of ice in all of Nashville, with the motor running and my keys locked in the car. Hey, I grew up in Florida. What did I know about ice? Well, obviously not enough to no park on it!)

Just sayin'. You don't buy expensive snow removal equipment for a once in a quarter century event!

I did read a pretty inspiring story about a school principal and some teachers in the Atlanta area. Several hours after school ended, there were 90-something children left at school. Buses didn't run; parents didn't arrive for pick-ups. Between the principal, staff, teachers and parents who got stranded at the school there were 30-somthing adults. These smart adults, instead of whining and complaining, turned the overnight into a party for the kids. They loved on the kids when they needed love; they arranged phone calls home; they made beds on classroom floors; they had a movie night, a pizza party, and served french toast fingers for breakfast. And they capped it with a snowball fight the morning after. You know those were some TIRED adults by the next morning, but they were certainly heroes that night. God bless 'em!

How many of you go out, peer up into the sky, and look for Jesus, returning on a cloud, to gather his church? If you aren't doing that, you probably should be....... We are witnessing the fulfillment of prophecy about the last days. Can it get worse? Yes, it can. And, it will. I believe it will get worse and it will get better. I know that sounds a little schizophrenic, so let me explain. The divergence between the world's values and the true Christian's values in the last days will grow bigger and bigger. Did you hear that several gospel singers walked out of the Grammy awards show this past week because Katy Perry put on a totally satanic performance? At the Grammys. On national television. Can you imagine that EVER making it to airtime even 40 years ago? I can't. And she might have done it first, but she won't be the last....... But, within the church, I am expecting a mighty surge of Godly power. Miracles are going to happen for believers like never before. I don't know 'bout you, but I'm gonna be in church with the church.

Today is mop the hard floors day. I am sure I'm going to skip the Master Bath. I am equally sure the kitchen will be mopped. That leaves the Hall Bath and the entryway. We shall see about them, but I suspect they will be done.

Today I will be back on track with working on design. I kinda burned through my mojo but found some more last night. So the spring-like kit I'm working on will likely have all its papers by end of day.

Let's look at some eye candy, shall we? As you know, I usually post things in order. The order established when my CT posts their layouts. I'm going to skip around just a little today because there are a few layouts that are "classic" for this kit.......

I wanted to be sure I showed you this cute card that Sherry did. I think that's one of the great things about this kit--the card-making potential. CUTE, cute, cute card! With a tiny "investment" of $2.10, you too can make cute cards like this one from this kit. Wouldn't your honey be surprised with a personalized card, made for him? And these graphics could easily be used for kids' cards too.

Sherry did this one as well. I don't mean to play favorites, but I was captivated with such a romantic page. Isn't it beautiful? Love the layering of the satin bows on the grouping of roses. By layering them, she made a simple bow look anything but simple! Got any sweet wedding photos you haven't scrapped yet????? Maybe this is YOUR kit! In the HotFlashDesigns store at DigiScrapBoutique...........

Karla scraps for two boys. And I throw her these kits full of pinks. And everytime, she finds a way to scrap her boys with them. Karla took a mostly feminine kit and did a masterful job of using it for a masculine layout. I love the rows of circular frames behind the photo. Great way to accent it. I also have to say that big satin bows are pretty feminine. But, Karla reduced them in size and they work well on this layout, don't they?

Well, that's all I have for now. I want to go get into some warmer clothes. The wind is whipping the trees around out there as the cold front moves in. Time to find some socks for my cold feet and get started on the chores of the day. YOU be BLESSED today...........

 

 

In the land of pick and blow..........

That was my father's name for Nevada. Many years ago, if you had asthma or allergies, Nevada (or Arizona) was the place to go. These days, it's one of the worst places to be. Not only do we have the desert allergens but we have imported allergens--imported by folks who irrigate and want to be surrounded by the same vegetation they saw daily when they lived in California or New York or points in between. We get relief when it freezes and we get relief in the dead of summer. In between, we sneeze and blow and have watery eyes.......... and the dry dry desert air doesn't help either.

Well we have not had a decent freeze this year. And I have sneezed about a dozen times already this morning. And my eyes are watering. And the sneezing scares me because it calls for nose-blowing and that's how my day of nosebleeds started on Monday. But, so far, blowing my nose has been uneventful, thank you Lord!

And here it is, nearing the end of January, and we are looking for a high around 70. With dry air. So, I'll be sneezing a while longer........

The speech went well last night. I did go over time substantially. I was originally told I'd have about an hour. Later I was told I'd have 6-8 minutes. Geez! My mission was to introduce myself and then to touch on all the deductions that can be claimed by owners of home based businesses. Yeah, right, anyone can do that in 6-8 minutes, right? The only way to do that is to read them off a pre-prepared list. Who learns anything from that? Besides, I didn't have a teleprompter, LOL. But, they didn't seem to mind at all that I went overtime and thanked me profusely for being there and for my comments.

I was very grateful I had recently inventoried my clothes. That meant I was able to find something to wear with relative ease. The problem was with shoes. I discovered really quickly that most of my shoes are too small. While I've been losing weight, my feet have been spreading. I wanted to wear something with a relatively small heel, but something I'd be comfortable standing in for a while. Yeah, well....... I finally found something, but apparently a lot of shoes are going to bite the dust (be donated) when I get to working on shoes.....

I also could not find much in the way of accessories. I made do with a simple necklace and that was it.

I didn't get much done in the house. I was too nervous to concentrate and busy printing handouts up, pretty much, til I needed to run out the door. Fortunately, the place we were meeting was only 4-5 miles from the house.

So, today is clean bathtubs, sinks and countertops day. And, since Wednesdays are one of my "easy" days, I have a field trip to Lowe's planned to buy lightbulbs. You know those "long lasting" swirly bulbs--well, just let me tell you they are not as long lasting as you'd think! There are a lot of light fixtures in this house that don't have light bulbs or at least don't have their full complement of light bulbs. But the one that blew yesterday is right over my desk. THAT will never do. I feel like I need one of those miner's helmets with the light attached while I'm sitting here, trying to work.

I did not get tax software ordered yesterday. And that has to be done either today or tomorrow or it will cost me $50 more. So, that had better move to the top of the list for today.

On the design side, one of the two kits I was working on now has all its papers. The other is still lacking 4. I'll go back to work on that today. I also just remembered that I never quite finished my defragging of hard drives job. So, I'll get back on that too.

I have to move on. Sorry, no eye candy this morning but maybe after a while........YOU be BLESSED today.

Where's the sun?

Here I am, in the city with the most sunny days per year, on an overcast day. It's hard to orient myself. Of course, the possibility exists that by afternoon the overcast will burn off, but for right now it's an unusual dreary day.

It's also chilly in the house this morning which is not unusual. I turn the heat down at night and shiver when I get up in the AM.

Yesterday was exciting. I had any number of nosebleeds. I don't know what that was about. A nosebleed in a person that takes a 325MG aspirin a day is pretty eventful! And I didn't have just one. No sirree. I had at least 3. Hopefully, whatever brought that on is behind me now.

So yesterday was dusting day. And considering I've been working on projects and not on the regular housekeeping, I did pretty well. In that I am using a more effective vacuum cleaner, the dust problem is not what it once was. Nowhere near as much build up. Thankfully. I got the whole way through the house save for about 2/3 of the master bedroom. Well, clients aren't going to be spending time in there so I can live with that. If I don't catch it up this week, I'll get it next week.

I vacuum today. I am hoping for an unexciting vacuuming experience. No exploding vacuum cleaner. No belts off track. Just push the vacuum around and be done with it.

I did do some ironing yesterday. Ironed a yummy silk shirt. Lovely creamy silk. Not sure it gets any better than that if you have to iron.

I have not been doing my list the last few days. Stupid. And after I wrote that post about how important a list is to me. I have been the living proof of that old adage: Fail to plan = plan to fail. It would be so nice to think that I am now truly convinced that not having a list is a pathway to a lack of productivity. So, today I will make a list and check it off and see if I can't get myself back on track.

Today, I think I will order tax software. I have held off as long as possible because of $$$. I needed some sort of assurance I'd make it through January with sufficient food in the house as well as heat and lights. Well, it's January 28th and I think it's safe, LOL. Tax software is very expensive, even though I order it in its cheapest possible format. Thanks be to God, I can ante up the money to buy it. This is the reason I've gone without stuff all year--to make sure I had the money to buy this silly software. So, today I'll get it done.

What I haven't done is order in any extra ink cartridges for the printer or buy a box of paper. I will have to face that next. The paper isn't bad, but the printer cartridges are pricey. And, I can't afford to run out of either "in the heat of battle". I don't want the expense or the time demands of finding printer cartridges in an emergency situation.

The software supplier finds a way to make it a bit more pricey every year without making it look that way. This past year, instead of letting the software be available forever, they made it "expire" on December 31. So, if anyone wanders in here who hasn't filed the 2012 return, I'll have to pay to do their return, even though I own software for 2012 returns. Cute, huh?

Tonight, I am supposed to give a speech. I have not really prepared for it YET. I don't need a whole lot of formal preparation. I will have to look up the auto mileage rate for 2013 returns. When you've done tax as long as I have, it's hard to remember what they've changed it to this year, LOL. Besides that sort of thing is automatically calculated by the software, so not usually a number I have to pull out of my head. However, I'll need to do that today. I also need to prepare some handouts as well and figure out what I'm wearing to look "professional". Vegas's definition of "professional" attire is vastly different from elsewhere, but I would prefer to be on the conservative side of Vegas's definition for tonight's "performance". And, I need to review a phone app website for an expense tracking program. It's rated pretty high, based on my initial review, but I need to look at it more closely if I'm going to talk about it.

On the design side, I now have two partially completed paper packs. 12 papers in one, 11 in the other. Guess in my "down time" I'll see what I can do about that.........

I started to make another batch of 5-can soup last night only to find I have no canned corn. I think it's un-American to have no canned corn in the house, isn't it? Well, I skipped it for now. I guess I'd better lay in some canned corn on the next trip to El Cheapo.

Day after tomorrow, Costco starts featuring a good deal on dogfood and I'll be there. They have 55 pound (an extra 3 pounds) bags for $5 off. There is a limit of 3 per customer. It will be fun watching me try to push 165 pounds of dogfood out of the store, dontcha think? I think 3 of those bags should get me through about 1/4 of the year. If I can go back and buy 3 more before the special price is gone, I should be set for months. Of course, getting all that home and dealt with will be grand fun (NOT), but it will help the budget. I don't know about going back for a second trip. My membership expires in February and I am debating whether or not to spend $55 to renew.

Well enough of all that. Let's look at some pretty Valentine's Day layouts and get on with the day!

Now here's a creative twist! Laura chose to scrap some Christmas photos with With My Whole Heart. All the red in this kit, however, works well with a Christmas theme as well as with Valentine's Day. Love the photos of family hugs, appropriate for Valentine's Day too. Love the simple design of this layout!

Deanna has layers and layers of goodies on this layout. So different from Laura's layout above, yet I really like them both. Love the combination of ric rak and scalloped edges. The roundness of the ric rak and scalloping and circular paper cuts really softens the "hard edges" of the rectangular photos!

Okay, I found a few more words to say today. And now it's time to get busy around here. YOU be BLESSED today!

Let's get this day rolling.........

Are you ready? New day. New week.

I'm back to my regular housekeeping schedule so today is dusting day. Last week I didn't do too well with this but I'm determined to do better today.

I have done the unthinkable again. I have started working on two kits at once. Shame on me. I should know better. One has 6 papers, the other has 12. I know a person with ADD should not operate this way. However, it seems my design mojo is back so I guess I am taking advantage of that............

I have some urgent tax-related matters to attend to. Got to be done today. NOT looking forward to either one............

We're going to do some eye candy and then I'm going to run off. I have this cold, sinking feeling and need to get some of the tax stuff done ASAP.

I have a really cute mini kit up at Digi Scrap Boutique this week, just perfect for scrapping your Valentine's Day memories or for making Valentine's cards. Check it out:

Those little girl graphics are among some of the cutest I've seen anywhere. Because this is a mini-kit, this is regular priced $3.00, but it's on introductory sale for 30% off. It has 2 alphas, 12 papers and lots of cute embellishments.

Here is a darling Valentine's Day card, created by Sherry. Lovely to give to your SO or for your kids to pass out to special friends at school.

Lori created this page with With My Whole Heart. I think it's adorable. Lori chose to reduce the size of the bracket frame which is offered large enough to frame out the whole page. It looks darling featured as a frame on her page. I love the way she has simply laid it over top of the photo. Draws the eye to the photo beautifully.

So, my comments are short and sweet today. Got to move on. Maybe I'll come back later.......... Have a BLESSED day!

Absent...........

No big deal. Just didn't feel like talking. Sorry if you missed me.

On Friday, I worked at recovering a tax return for a client. Seems the IRS thinks they didn't receive it (even though the client has the certified mail receipt) and his copy is in storage (somewhere). Because of the unique way in which this return was prepared, I didn't have a copy so getting one for the client cost me $20, but I made it happen.

I also worked my bunions off finishing up a kit. Well, almost finishing it. I had to do more alphas yesterday. My CT ladies have issued numerous comments about it, all favorable, so I'm pleased.

Yesterday, I also got in some "project" work. Mostly still cleaning up from the decluttering. But, my bedroom is much improved. I also sorted through some craft-related stuff that was sent to me from my mother's house. Except for some lace and ribbons that is pretty much all dealt with now, in its own separate bins. I did a couple of small loads of laundry. I picked up the last of the out-of-place stuff in the living room, including the stuff that was displaced from the table I fixed last week. Added stuff to another bag for donation. Carried the baby swing to the van and figured out how to collapse it. (Really glad I got that "collapse" thing figured out. There's so much donation stuff in the back of the van that the swing wouldn't fit otherwise.) Just general little stuff like that. But the place looks neater which was my goal.

I also started a new kit yesterday. Still working on papers. I HAD to work on something with bright colors. Just HAD to. It's coming along nicely, TYVM.

So, today will start with church. I'll be designing and working on computer stuff throughout the day. I also hope to finally get the "cutting table" cleared in the sewing room. I want to work on sorting purses and sweaters in the Master Bedroom closet. I also have 2 full black bags that need to go to the van and dogfood in the van that needs to come into the house.

Anyway, nothing much new to share and my design mojo is back. So, I'm going to be working today. Maybe I'll feel more chatty later.......

Revenge.........

Yes, I moved the end table. Yes, I fixed the end table. Yes, I was up and down off the floor bazillion times. Yes, I moved the end table back into place. Yes, I am paying for it today.

Things went fairly well til afternoon. Then my back began to scream. Had one good spasm. And a whole lot of big toothache. I did actually get all the hard floors cleaned. But, it was 5 minutes at a time......... 

I even moved a few things to get it done. I did the two easiest floors first, the ones where there is little or nothing to be moved. Then I hit the master bathroom. Nothing heavy, but lots of little stuff requiring bending--like rugs, magazine basket, etc. Lived through that but had to sit down and try to recuperate for quite a while after that. Next, the kitchen and I had stuff to move there too. I've also discovered that mopping is at least as bad vacuuming.  Just glad it's over and I got it done.

So, I wonder what comes tomorrow!

Productive day so far..........

Well, 2 of the 4 hard floors are clean. I started on the entryway because that is the closest to where the vacuum cleaner "exploded". Yes, I've vacuumed that area 3 times but, yes, I still had a nice little pile of dirt to be picked up with a wet paper towel when I thought I was finished.

Did the hall bath. Not bad at all. If I leave the toilet lid up, Parker uses the toilet as his personal drinking fountain. This results in lots of dog hair on the floor in there. I've actually been pretty good at keeping that lid down so, not too much dog hair from that. An added benefit is that it's warming up outside and Parker LOVES to be outside. So, sometimes I even get to use the bathroom alone. This means I am not required to pet or shake hands with my friend Parker. Again, not too much dog hair from that. So, that floor is all cleaned.

On my Vday kit, I needed to break the elements into two separate files to keep the size of the downloads down. That is done and one alpha is complete. I also needed to rename a bunch of files because I changed the kit name halfway in so that, too, is done.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with my progress. My back is not cooperating with the floor washing activity or even with the walking activity required to get to the floors that need washed. Bah! In fact, I just finished praying over the giant toothache syndrome in the back and got a muscle spasm stab. Love the timing on that one.

Now I'm going to eat something and lie down, attempting to keep more muscle spasms at bay. Besides I could use the prayer time. And if I fall asleep, it might make up for my wake up call, LOL.

It happened again...........

At 7:58AM the phone rang. It's not that I didn't need to get up. It's just that I was in the middle of a great dream. When you're snug and warm in your bed and in the middle of a great dream, who wants to be awakened by a ringing phone? Or an alarm clock? Or.........anything, for that matter.

So, today has to be better than yesterday (and the day before), right? I'm due for a good 'un. Not complaining. The good Lord carried me through the "exploding" vacuum cleaner and the table leg repair much more easily than I would have thought and as a result, the table is fixed and another corner that desperately needed vacuumed is clean. Good results, even if I didn't have a lot of fun in the process.

I have done a couple of pieces of glittered word art for the V-day kit. I still need to do 2 glittered hearts and I'm done with embellishments. I did the solids last night. Next, alphas and previews......... I didn't tell you, but the computer rebooted a couple of days ago (during the night). Fortunately I remember exactly where to find the heart I'm working with.

I am in possession this morning of dangerous knowledge. I found out that some of the charity (second hand) stores have websites where you bid on stuff like on e-bay. Oh boy! Prowled around on one web site this AM for a while (thought it might be an easy way to make it through the waking up process). I found a single serve Keurig (like the one I got from my mother's house) for $9.99. Shipping is a little steep, but if you've priced these machines on the discount websites, the total cost to get something like this, with shipping, is less than 1/3 of the discount website. Good to know. I plan to return to the website frequently looking for power tools. I am going to have to have some and if I can find them on this website, I'll be blessed to get them much cheaper than I can anywhere else.

So, I am giving up on vacuuming til Saturday. I don't think I can stand to try that again right away! Today is mop the hard floors day and they need it. So, that will keep me out of trouble! Also need to finish folding a load of laundry and put away what's left. And it's drag the trash to the curb day. The office trash cans are full, again. I just keep filling them up. The trash can in the master bedroom is full of hangers and needs to be emptied. Emptied the kitchen trash early yesterday morning so that's taken care of. And, I have to dig through my files to find a copy of the tax return which was the subject of my wake-up call. Ugh!

I am attempting to teach myself a new way of vacuuming. I have found if I stand ramrod straight during the process, it aggravates my back less. I have been doing it bent somewhat from the waist. For whatever reason, that doesn't appear to be wise with this back. But, ramrod straight works; I just need a little training.

I figure if all this keeps up, I'm going to be the female version of the Incredible Hulk. Can you imagine the muscles I'm building? I didn't tell you that in last night's process, somewhere during the second vacuuming of the dining room, I moved the chairs all around and vacuumed under the dining room table. One of these days, I'll move the table as well as I'd like to give the area where the legs are positioned a good going over with the beater bar. The corner tool is a definite help, but......... limited. Anyway, lots of muscle building, lifting tables, lifting chairs (some with boxes on 'em), pushing the vacuum, and up and down off the floor many times while trying to get that table fixed up.........

Okay, eye candy and I'm off to work.

Here's a really cute page from Lori, featuring her grandson, JT. I love that Lori used the striped alpha on this--I think she's the first one to give you a peek at that alpha. The glitter splatters are a great embellishment on this page. For me, they seem to be symbolic of the food splatters that would occur when a little one learns to use chopsticks. She also made good use of the word art strips and the puffy stars. CUTE page!

Here is a decidedly girly page created with a kit that contains a lot of masculine colors. Laurie did this page. I really like the way the triangles of patterned paper echo the shape of the acrylic arrows. This is a relatively simple page, with a lot of white space, but I like it a lot and it sure does show the versatility of this kit!

Here's another page by Laurie. It shows how to use this kit "on theme" just as well as her previous layout showed how to do just the opposite. I really like this. I like the rounded corner "frame" she's used to frame both the photo and the journaling. It's great that she chose to include the comments by the teacher of her DGS who did a great job of summarizing the behaviors that helped generate this award. I'm picturing a little guy with self-esteem ratcheted up a few notches after seeing this page! Way to go, Laurie!

Alright, I'm cold and need real clothes. It's a very unusual overcast day in NV. And, I have a multitude of things to do. YOU be BLESSED today. And, if you're vacuuming today, watch out of "exploding" vacuum cleaners, LOL!

 

 

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Lord, help me.........

If you want to make God laugh,

If you want to make God laugh,

show Him your plan...... Well, the plan for today was to vacuum back through the house to clean up any dirt/dust/doghair that had been blown off by the vacuum when it "exploded" last night.

I started by moving a table I had vacuumed around last night. Well, I discovered in trying to move the table that the legs were wobbly. So, I cleared everything off the table and had to lift it out of the corner it was sitting in. Couldn't slide it for fear the legs would break. Had that happen once already to the dining room table which was manufactured in the same way. Good thing I watched Joe fix that. Now, if I were a man with upper body strength, it would have been no big deal. But, it was a big deal since I'm not a man with upper body strength. I got it moved and then turned it over to see if I could fix the legs.

Well, yes, I could. All I needed was a hex wrench. Went out to the garage. Dug in the tool box. Found one. Got down on the floor and discovered the hex wrench was too big. Got back up and went back out to the garage. Dug in the tool box and I found another hex wrench. Came back in and got back down on the floor. Tried that hex wrench and it was too big. Got back up, went back out and dug through the tool box again. Found another hex wrench. Came back in and got back down on the floor. That one was too small. Had some dinner and thought about it. You see, I am convinced the right size hex wrench exists in this house. Thought about it some more and then I remembered a specialized hex wrench. It's actually supposed to be used to adjust the garbage disposal if it jams. Searched for that one and finally found it. It, too was too large.

So, finally, I gave up and headed to Lowe's. Bought an assortment of hex wrenches, all part of a single housing, so that, from now on, when I need a hex wrench, I look for the red housing and I have my choice of 9 different sizes. Walked in to get hex wrenches; walked out with hex wrenches. Didn't spend a single penny more..........

Came home and it turned out that all 4 legs needed tightened. Got that done and got the table back up on 4 legs, now 4 sturdy legs. Then began the task of moving the darned thing back in place. Still looking for that upper body strength I don't have............

Went back to vacuuming and vacuumed my way through the kitchen and living room, only to discover the hole in the back, where tools attach, was open. Closed that and vacuumed my way through the kitchen and living room again. Made it to the doorway of the office only to discover the belt was off. Laid that sucker down, prayed over it and the good Lord helped me get the belt back on........ I remember Joe sitting on the floor, reattaching a belt and having a very very difficult time of it. The Lord was merciful to me. Vacuumed part of the office and decided I had had about all I could stand for today.

Gee, I wonder what tomorrow will bring, LOL. So, now, exhausted, I am heading to bed. This raggedy old carpet is cleaner (mostly) and I have a lovely new set of hex wrenches. To tell you the truth, I'd have preferred some lacy underwear, but hex wrenches are good too, right?

And with that, I bid you all a goodnight.