A/C vs HEAT

Just can’t make up it’s mind.  One day I have on the AC and the next day I turn on the heat.  One night it goes down into the 20’s and the next day it is up in the 70’s.  Oh well, that’s fall in Alabama – so I am told.
 

I hung the wind chimes that I bought in Ohio, but I took them back down the next day because of the wind.  The wind has been blowing so hard they got all tangled up. 

 

The work on the room has stopped because I still don’t have my furniture.  I have called them, and, apparently, it should be here in the next week or two.  Kevin did put together my new file cabinet and both of the tall bookcases.  They look real nice.  The one bookcase will not stay where I have it.  Once I get my new furniture and move the television into the new room, the bookcase will be moved into the “old” room.  We (Kevin) still have to install the railing between the old and new room, hang a few things on the walls, and install the gutters and downspouts outside.  I will post pictures when everything is finished.

 

No more yard work for a while.  We have two hard freezes and things are dying off.  Now the birds have been busy at the feeders. 

 

Still working on all the family trees.  I am amazed at how far back I have been able to go on several families I didn’t expect to do so.  Two groups are pretty much at a standstill.  My Aunt Betty and Uncle Bill are moving into an assisted living home and they gave mom a lot of items that they had stored that belonged to her dad.  Mom is going to give them to me and I can’t wait.  I am so excited.  One of the items is a flag that was on her mother’s casket. 

 

Since we dissolved the business I haven’t been making much in the way of crafts and neither have Kevin and Renea.  I think we are going to put in a garden in the spring so I guess that will keep us busy. 

 

It’s been kind of quiet around here lately.  Looking forward to Thanksgiving, and I’m sure it will pick up getting closer to Christmas.  Hopefully, I will have my new furniture by then.

Yard Sale, Yard Work, Housework

 

Last Saturday Renea and I decided to have a yard sale.  Of course, living in the country it’s kind of hard to have one at our house.  So, we rented a couple of tables at the Ladonia Flea Market.  I rented one table and Renea rented two.  I sold $2.00 worth of stuff and my table cost $5.00.  I am already losing money.  We had two couples and one family of five come to our tables.  In fact, that’s about all the came to the flea market.  Except for the owner to collect our money.  Renea made a little more money because the family bought a lot of the clothes and a bicycle she had for sale. 

 

The booth next to us was set up to wash and detail vehicles.  Since Renea had driven Kevin’s truck there she had them wash and detail his truck.  They did a really great job, so I had them wash and detail my car.  Now I have spent $30.00 more.  As you can see, I spent a lot more than I made. 

 

We closed up about 2:00 and headed for home.  Stopped at Goodwill and dropped off all the clothes we didn’t sell.  If all goes well, next Saturday we will have a yard sale over at Stephanie’s place.  Not today, but next week.

 

The yard work has not stopped.  I haven’t had to cut any grass, but the weeds are growing like weeds J  I’ve just spent most of the morning pulling weeds and cleaning up dead flowers.  I wish the weeds would die like the flowers.  We have had a couple of light frosts.  Not too bad though.

 

The red maple in my back yard is the prettiest it has been since we planted it.  We planted it when we had the lot cleaned up which was three years ago. 

 

This week Renea finished painting the trim in the addition and we put up the shades at the windows.  I did not buy mini blinds – I don’t like them.  I bought room darkening shades and they look really nice.  I bought new curtains for the windows along with curtain rods.  Hopefully, we will get them put up this coming week.

 

This past week a limb broke off the pecan tree in my front yard – a big limb.  We are going to wait for Kevin to get home before we do anything about it.  It’s too big for us to move.  It will need to be cut up. 

I have been working on both mine and Jim’s family tree.  His dad’s side goes way back.  I’m still finding his ancestors.  His mother’s side is another story.  I am also working on Renea’s family tree.  I really enjoy doing this.

 

Yesterday Renea and I spent the day shopping at CHRISTMAS MADE IN THE SOUTH.  We had an awesome time, and, of course, we both bought quite a few items.  Some Christmas, some not Christmas.