Mid November

The warmth of a nice October has fled as a cold mid-November roars into the country. It's cold out there. Damn, I hate cold.

I've been working on the clock room. I will redo it one way or the other, if only to paint and organize all the stuff in it. The bookcase is empty and I've cleaned the one corner of the room where it sat. There is so much stuff in the room that I will have to paint section by section, moving stuff around as I paint.

I realize that nothing had been done to any of the rooms upstairs since before Ron and his late wife moved in. Ron has lived here 32 years +/-. THIRTY-TWO YEARS!! The four bedrooms upstairs apparently were not considered worthy of attention. One was slept in and the other three were used for storage. Not in my lifetime, if I'm able, will I allow four good rooms to be a mess. Since moving in 18 months ago, upstairs I've painted our bedroom; wallpapered and painted the computer room; painted the hallway. The clock room will be a long time coming around to something acceptable. It will be my winter project.

Tony was on vacation last week so I saw Em only on Thursday for a few hours when I took her to an indoor playground and out for lunch. I was a grandma who could have fun without any sort of discipline or teaching.

This week I have Em Tuesday and Friday. Today I bought her boots for winter at LL Beans, and then she played for an hour in the kids' play area. She was a good girl. No running away; no complaints; and she napped well.

Today's weather - It is cold and windy now. Cold meaning in the low 30s. Lots of snow squalls went through also.

Gas prices - They are freakin' low!!!!! Cumberland in Glenmont has gas for $2.17 a gallon. Yippee!!

Exercise - I've been fairly faithful to the Leslie Sansone DVDs. I can get quite a workout from doing them.