The day started early since the housekeepers had to come back first thing to vacuum my bedroom. It seems it was overlooked yesterday when they were here and the ladies very nicely came right back to do it. Like I told the owner of the company, it's not like I'm a big complainer or anything, but since I have the cleaning only once a month, it's important this be done. Yes, I do own a lovely vacuum cleaner, but that's not the point. He said it was no problem, the girls would pop in and get it taken care of pronto. And it was so!
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After VBS last night, I stopped at "Robbie's" Publix to get some stuff for the party and while I was still on the phone with "Auntie Joanne", observed police activity in front of the store as well as managers outside with scrub brushes and mops, cleaning something from the sidewalk. I thought perhas a nasty spill, like syrup or another staining purchase, but Robbie told me later it was blood, from an apparant hit and run! Wow! Robbie was the one to report it, saw a man lying part way in the driveway near the curbing. I must have just missed the ambulance leaving.
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Oh, my nails look terrible, I must attend them! I finished the last of the photos for VBS last night and have tried e-mailing two of them to the husband of the lady in charge of crafts. He's never printed photos before so if he can't figure it out, I'll have to come up with an alternate plan to get them over to church. Bonnie offered to come and get them, and I may say, "okay" to that, depending upon my day.
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Justin came by yesterday to help me with a small project and to have a chat. He had some stuff to talk to me about, future-wise, and I am flattered that he still seeks my counsel! The housekeepers don't dust my chandelier the way it needs to be cleaned, as dust gathers in the little cups that support the bulbs. It's a two-person job anyway so he gets on the stool and disassembles the lamps, I run to the kitchen to wash and dry the cups, and then he puts them back on. Even the bulbs get dusty, imagine that! It didn't take very long at all to get that done and it looks so much nicer when it is fresh and clean. The last time we did it was back in December before the family arrived. And now it will be done before another group arrives in August!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a shot from the river room looking into the dining room, where the table is dressed for the Ladies' Group CHRISTmas party. The flowers on top of the curio were a gift from the florist who used to do up the arrangements for the cemetary. When she went out of business, she made this up with our favorite choices of flowers, lots of irises and sun flowers!!
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Anyway, I still have some stuff in the car that I couldn't carry up last night so will need to make a couple trips down....maybe I'll find Dave to give me a hand with the heavier stuff. He's such a good helper! On Wednesday I opened my kitchen cabinet and discovered it was alive with very frisky ants! Oh, man! Mom had just told me on Sunday that she was battling ants and now I had them. I don't know how they came in but Dave came up with his trusty spray and went all around the perimeter of the house, inside and out, and under the cabinets because he was concerned about spraying where food was stored. I told there's not much in there but still..........I also found ants in the spice cabinet and did what Mom suggested with the chili powder. Didn't work!
*By the next morning almost all the ants had disappeared. Except, we had not checked in the pantry closet and sure enough, it was now also alive with frisky ants! I'd bought some of the ant trap things and put them in place. By later in the day, the ants seemed to be at home in their ant trap! I am so puzzled as to where they came from in the first place! Perhaps the box of kitty litter I just emptied into the cat box? Hopefully the plague will be over and not a moment too soon!
