Chilly Friday…

at 51 degrees and windy.  It was brrrr cold this morning in the 30s when I first got up.

My daughter and I went to Kohl’s and nosed around.  My daughter bought me a lovely St Louis Cardinal shirt for Mother’s Day.

I am one of their biggest fans.  I love baseball.

But before that we stopped at a church rummage sale where I found this lovely whatever you want to call it.  I have decided to use it to hold some of my cds.  At home I had beautiful built in oak shelves that Jim had built for me to store books and cds.  They were hooked to the wall so they had to go with the house.  Jim loved to work in wood.  I have so many lovely things that he made for me.  Rae’s husband is a master wood crafter and he worked with Jim in the beginning.  When I moved I had so many things (furniture) etc. that Jim had made for me.  I brought it all with me as I couldn’t bear to sell any of it.  Jim could take pieces of old things from a sale and they were beautiful when he finished putting them together, but the nicest things are the things he built from scratch.  I have a two bedroom place so it is kind of crowded.  One of these days I will let my kids take some of it.  For now these things comfort me.

I have just started organizing the Cds.  Lots more to go.

I hope your day is being good to you.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Lovely rain on rant day…

The rain is pouring down and it is 45 degrees.  Since 1 inch of rain equals 12 inches of snow http://answers.ask.com/Science/Nature/how_much_snow_equals_one_inch_of_rain I  profoundly state that I am glad it is raining and not snowing.  In fact I could do very nicely with no snow at all this winter.

Yesterday was a lovely day though.  I went with my daughter to Kohls, Bass Pro Shop (where I finally found that one last elusive present), Sears and Macys.  Then we had lunch at Red Lobster.  It was all in all a very nice day although very tiring for me.  East Peoria has a brand new very large Bass Pro Shop.  Geared mostly to men but it is interesting.

Now what do I do today?  A rainy day is not a day for cleaning and that is a big fact!  I was able to catch my mail lady yesterday to give her a card, money and goodies.  You can set your watch by her.  My mail is delivered precisely between 1:50 PM and 2PM.  When she has a day off the mail may not arrive until as late as 5:30PM.

Nothing else new to report here today.  This is a little update so I don’t miss any days of blogging this month.  You all stay safe and be happy!!

Beth