Morning musings

Saturday as Justin was going through the bedroom closet where my supplies are stored, he extracted my stack of artwork. As he shuffled through them, he said, "These are good---you should have them framed." Wow, high praise from an art history student! 

Thursday we pulled out my underbed bins in search of a particular piece of artwork he did in school. It was my hope it had been unframed or unmounted, and was just buried in the bins, but nope, not there. It is a painting of a woman and for some reason Justin was particularly proud of it. And why can we not find it? It is such a mystery as to what became of it. 

We did, however, come up many other treasures including a piece I have had in mind, if not in hand, for some time. Justin did it in pre-k and it touched me. His teacher wrote for him, paraphrasing, how Justin loves his mama and how she calls him Sweetie Pie. 

Also, we found Justin's "hug", a partner to Timmy's hug, but written in his own hand!! Guess where I am going tomorrow!!!! Julia will know just what to do with this giant hug, to help match it to Timmy's or to contrast it. This will be interesting and oh so fun to work with.

This morning I took my bedspread outside and draped it over the railing. First I shook one side of it, and then the other, making it look like a snowstorm down to the first floor! My dryer would not accept such a large comforter and has no fluff cycle, otherwise I would use that. To launder it would be silly because it would cost as much as I paid for it to do so. A good, solid shaking will suffice!

On Friday, my teenaged guests had a free day which they enjoyed in the pool. Despite the rain, they stayed in the pool and had a good time. I, on the other hand, chose to come back over to The Palace and hung out with Connie. She went to get me a deck chair from those being stored on the 1st floor due to the sundeck project, and there was I, situated just outside the lobby. From there I could keep an eye on the kids and not get rained on. The mailman pulled up and told me I looked like a queen sitting there outside The Palace. Yes, parked in front of the garbage room door, where I reign!