A RAINY DAY

Rainy and cool today not a sunshine in the sky. My husband said he thinks the bleeding heart in the front flower bed is peeking through. I went without socks and open toed shoes today but no capris yet. I have been plugging along trying to get things organized in this house. I had some house plants that were very neglected sitting behind a chair in the living room on a small corner shelf where I thought they would get the most sunlight this winter. I took them out from behind the chair and out of the corner and gave them a trimming and a good watering and hopefully they will perk up so they will look good enough to adorn the front porch when we get that set up. I dragged a wicker basket of crocheting out from behind an end table and threw away a small project that my daughter started probably two years ago and reorganized a lap blanket I started crocheting for the front porch a couple of years ago. I vow to finish it and put it on the front porch sofa this summer. I packed up a bunch of books that were sitting on a table in the living room hoping to be read when I was recuperating from my stay in the hospital. I am going to go through them and see which ones I think I will actually read and give the rest to the used book store. I am thinking about buying a iPad so that I can down load books. But if I can't seem to read an actually book I have in the house and don't have to go to the store and buy and don't have to download,m I don't think the iPad thing is going to make me read. Maybe if it is a nice day tomorrow I will start washing windows. Ever since we replaced 99.9% (two windows left) with the kind you can pull in to wash, I love washing the windows. If we do start that I will take the curtains down in the living room and wash them. I may not put them back up right away. In the summer I love the look of the windows bare. Then as soon as the weather gets a little warmer and there is less of a chance of someone tracking in the living room carpet with wet or muddy shoes I will call and have the living room rug cleaned. The living room in the only room in the house that has carpeting. The kitchen has tile and the mud/laundry room will have tile and the rest of the house has hardwood except for the foyer, that has a slate floor. Then the living room will be fresh and clean for the summer. Today I met with a Diabetic Educator to learn more about my disease and how to control my blood sugars and how to manage my insulin injections. I will meet with a nutritionist on the 18th of April. Six more days until the contractor comes to start Phase II. I am so excited. The floor tiles have been picked out the light fixtures have been picked out now all I have to do is pick a color for the walls. My daughter and her boyfriend are talking engagement rings. This is beginning to get exciting. I will try to keep this blog updated as far as their relationship is concerned. She is feeling better and remember to take her antibiotic. She is on vacation this week and he has tomorrow off from work so I hope they have a nice day. They were talking about hopping a train to NYC for the day tomorrow.