Up from my nap

I decided, upon getting home from vacuuming, to take a little rest. I had stopped at the shop to see Helen where I had an open appointment time, arriving to find someone else in the chair! Well! The customer got there before I did so I had to surrender to the "big spender". This lady evidently was having the spa treatment which would take about two hours so Helen said she would call me when they were finished. So, I answered a couple e-mails and then, I rested!

First, I watched an episode of "What Not to Wear" where Clinton nominated someone he already knew. Some friend he is! After that I put in a DVD of---you guessed it---"Seinfeld" so I could rest comfortably. And laugh. I told someone at church the other day that I gave up laughing for Lent but they did not buy it for a minute. Especially when I am watching the "The Clip Show", especially The Marine Biologist segment. Gets me every time!

When Helen finally did call back it was too late for me to go over there because of getting ready and leaving for church with Justin so we simply passed for today. I will have to go to Court with ugly toes! When Cindy took me for the very first pedicure not long after Timmy died, the technician asked me who cut my nails. When I said I did it, she replied, "You butcha, you!" Cindy and I still laugh about it to this day, calling me a butcher just because of the way I clipped my nails!!! Marked for life and forbidden from trying to do my own toe nails ever again!

The water is alive with boats today, even the noisy cigarette boats that roar from one end of the river to the other. There goes one now...What's that all about??? Tonight the moon will be reflecting on the river which will make up for all the noise I hear today. Not that I mind the sounds from the water, even the barking noises the birds make, but those noisy boats annoy me. Suzanne's daughter confuses names of things and has taken to calling pelicans by the name leprechaun. I tried to snap a shot of a leprechaun bobbing on the water but when I opened the screen door, it was spooked and flew off. Nuts! Not to worry, Hanna, I will keep trying to capture a shot of the elusive leprechaun!

What to do, what to do....

As I sit here studying the duty schedule for church, I am still puzzled as to when and if it is my turn to clean. Last week, if you recall, I showed up and began the vacuum cleaning. About halfway through the job, another team of cleaners arrived, after driving quite a distance, believing it is their turn to clean. Our schedule has been, um, re-dated, or shuffled in such a way as to cause confusion in some of us. And not only us older folks, even the younger teams are puzzled as to when exactly their "week" starts. For the sake of erring on the side of caution and risk not having clean carpets for worship tomorrow, I think I will go over and run the vacuum cleaner. We joked the other night at church about how sometimes the church gets cleaned twice in one weekend and then is missed totally the next, because folks cannot figure out the schedule. It used to be okay, don't know why it was "altered"...

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Late last night I heard Joanne prowling around in the kitchen so I know she must be home. Her door was ajar when I went out to get my morning can of soda. I threw in a load of wash and am planning on doing my sheets today as well, which I hate to do. Oh, I know, everyone likes to sleep on clean sheets, and I am no different, but I do not like to clean off my bed! The "passenger side" of my bed is piled with books, magazines, my label maker (don't ask!) plus some unopened mail which must be relocated if I strip the bed. It is the same story every time I do this, rarely is the bed free of books and reading material. I guess I could read it once in a while! My Grandma Speaks book is there for morning reading, and Joanne shared a book they were studying at her church, called "The Alpha Course", which she left out for me to look at. Is anyone out there familiar with this?

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It is expected to be a lovely day today and several of my friends are taking advantage of it. One family is going camping and another taking in the zoo in Jacksonville. I would like to go to the beach but since Justin and I are going to church at Victory tonight, it would not make sense for all the extra miles. He asked me to come over to go with him and then, to save money, he suggested we eat supper at Taco Bell. Gulp! No, thanks, I am not ready for Taco Bell. We have to do this with baby steps. He loves it, though, but he can enjoy TB with his buddies. We might go to Five Guys for hot dogs and fries, "the best, Jerry, the best!" (Seinfeld reference...)

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Tomorrow after church a small group of us will be going to lunch with a young couple new to the congregation, not yet members. The location is yet to be determined but I suspect it will be in proximity to church or Wells Road. The further away from church we get, the less likely long lines will await. I will go where ever the rest wish to go, even if it is Taco Bell!

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Don't forget to Spring Ahead tonight when you go to bed!!!!