So, yesterday we had rice-and-raisins for breakfast and Pioneer Woman's chicken spaghetti for lunch, as well as green beans with kielbasa. I'm sure putting my dishwasher to good use now!
This morning it was home-made cinnamon rolls for breakfast.
Cliff doesn't have much vacation time left, so he'll be going to work as usual for three days; he did take Thursday off, which will give him a four-day weekend. He's here until 2:30 on work-days, so he still gets to spend time with our son and granddaughters. The daughter's girls are going to be out here a lot also this week, so they can play with their cousin, Lyndsay.
I'm having trouble finding time and concentration enough to post in my journal, so just bear with me on that.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
The armless chair finished
This morning while Cliff was still in bed I decided to try and see if I could construct my chair without the rest of the instructions. After all, I've had so much assembling practice lately. And by the way, I did google for the assembly instructions. No luck.
I realized I wasn't going to be able to do it, although it didn't look like a job for a rocket scientist. I moved the pieces to a corner of the living room and waited for Cliff to wake up.
He came in the living room for his morning dose of news and coffee, and I bemoaned the fact that some of the assembly instructions for my chair were missing. Cliff isn't one of those people who wants to be bothered with problems before he's had his coffee, so I didn't outright ask him if he thought he could do the job, although I was pretty sure he could.
Indeed, he got it put together with no problem, and I have my chair!
If you wonder why I got gray, the only other color choice I liked, and that would go with any color, was white. And white shows dirt too easily to suit me!
I realized I wasn't going to be able to do it, although it didn't look like a job for a rocket scientist. I moved the pieces to a corner of the living room and waited for Cliff to wake up.
He came in the living room for his morning dose of news and coffee, and I bemoaned the fact that some of the assembly instructions for my chair were missing. Cliff isn't one of those people who wants to be bothered with problems before he's had his coffee, so I didn't outright ask him if he thought he could do the job, although I was pretty sure he could.
Indeed, he got it put together with no problem, and I have my chair!
If you wonder why I got gray, the only other color choice I liked, and that would go with any color, was white. And white shows dirt too easily to suit me!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
There's been a slight problem
I started assembling my chair, and got done with the first step, when I realized I did not have all the instructions. I dug through the box and all the refuse. That second page is not there.
Grrrr.
Grrrr.
Some assembly required
I've turned into quite an assembler lately.
Time was, Cliff got the pleasure of putting things together. Sometimes he got rather noisy about it, but I was confident he could do it well. I was equally confident that I could not do the assembly myself.
Then this moving thing started to consume so much of Cliff's time that I decided to try my hand at assembling my new glass-top computer desk. Cliff was so busy trying to re-locate two households that I honestly felt guilty asking him to do anything.
Toward the end of the desk-building task I faltered, but my daughter came to my rescue. Still, I had managed to do a great deal of it alone, and Cliff could apply his valuable time doing other things.
That shelf for my bathroom was my next project. I'd get frustrated and leave it for twenty-four hours, then come back and try again. I managed this one with no help from Cliff. Yes, it took me three days to finish. Oh, and Cliff did help me put it in place when it was done.
Yesterday this is what I built. Oh, let me take the cover off and show you:
It's my new fire pit! Now I'll admit this one was incredibly easy: All I had to do was screw the handle onto the cover and use two bolts and nuts on each of four legs to attach them. As you can see, I had a little test fire last night, just to make sure it worked.
Today I may have received my biggest challenge: I saw this armless chair online, and I thought how nifty it would be to be able to sit in a soft chair and play my guitar. See, I usually have to sit either on the couch or in a hard kitchen chair; chair arms get in the way of the guitar. Besides, we needed another chair for the living room.
That's it, in pieces, piled in and around my worn-out Lazy-boy (which I intend to replace one of these days).
Wish me luck. I'm going in.
*A note to Cliff's younger sister: If you don't see an entry here, check my blogger site. I usually try to alternate entries.
Time was, Cliff got the pleasure of putting things together. Sometimes he got rather noisy about it, but I was confident he could do it well. I was equally confident that I could not do the assembly myself.
Then this moving thing started to consume so much of Cliff's time that I decided to try my hand at assembling my new glass-top computer desk. Cliff was so busy trying to re-locate two households that I honestly felt guilty asking him to do anything.
Toward the end of the desk-building task I faltered, but my daughter came to my rescue. Still, I had managed to do a great deal of it alone, and Cliff could apply his valuable time doing other things.
That shelf for my bathroom was my next project. I'd get frustrated and leave it for twenty-four hours, then come back and try again. I managed this one with no help from Cliff. Yes, it took me three days to finish. Oh, and Cliff did help me put it in place when it was done.
Yesterday this is what I built. Oh, let me take the cover off and show you:
It's my new fire pit! Now I'll admit this one was incredibly easy: All I had to do was screw the handle onto the cover and use two bolts and nuts on each of four legs to attach them. As you can see, I had a little test fire last night, just to make sure it worked.
Today I may have received my biggest challenge: I saw this armless chair online, and I thought how nifty it would be to be able to sit in a soft chair and play my guitar. See, I usually have to sit either on the couch or in a hard kitchen chair; chair arms get in the way of the guitar. Besides, we needed another chair for the living room.
That's it, in pieces, piled in and around my worn-out Lazy-boy (which I intend to replace one of these days).
Wish me luck. I'm going in.
*A note to Cliff's younger sister: If you don't see an entry here, check my blogger site. I usually try to alternate entries.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The rooster story
Here's what I've decided to do. If I know you, or if your screen name is familiar to me or you've commented in my journal before, and you would like to see the story about "the rooster I didn't kill", leave a comment or send me an email. It's a rather interesting story, but I'm probably wiser to keep in out of the public eye.
I'll send you the story in email.
You can read about the famous rooster HERE, HERE and HERE.
I'll send you the story in email.
You can read about the famous rooster HERE, HERE and HERE.
The rooster I did not kill
I wrote the whole story of why I got cussed out by a neighbor a couple of weeks ago. AOL ate it.
An omen, do you suppose?
An omen, do you suppose?
Monday, June 23, 2008
Life is getting back to normal
I'm back to riding Blue regularly again. Last week I rode three times after Cliff left for work. The trouble with that riding-time is that it's June, it's Missouri, and it's hot.
This morning Cliff had an early dentist's appointment, so I headed out at 7 A.M. Much better! I had a good hour-and-a-half ride, and Blue didn't even break a sweat.
This morning Cliff had an early dentist's appointment, so I headed out at 7 A.M. Much better! I had a good hour-and-a-half ride, and Blue didn't even break a sweat.
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