WHEW......

OMG.....two days have flown by and the readers of TheHowserHouse are awaiting all of my highly intellectual and philosophical thoughts!!! And....what I have been doing???? SHOPPING for more household items that we will be using in Stage 2 of our remodeling project......the complete gut and redo of the kitchen (notice I did NOT say "cut and run").

Yesterday was a great day weather-wise here in Southeast Missouri.......and so I took advantage of the cool temps and spent most of the day doing yard work. It was really therapeutic..... and I really needed to get this outside work completed. Did I REALLY say "completed"???? Well, I "mispoke"..........it is not really completed and never will be because each storm that passes by brings more limbs and twigs to the yard.....which have to picked up.

Today.......the 1st Lady had a dental appointment in STL, and not with Dr. Jeni. She saw her last week and so today she was conferring with a specialist about having a couple of implants put in her mouth. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, but she has great teeth and doesn't want to wind up with having to use "falsies" later on.....and I agree with her.

Then.....well, it was dash here and there to get it all done.....and still we didn't. Lamps, lights, floor tiles, microwaves, small chair, paintings/art work, .......plus lunch at Sweet Tomato Salads. And then, we picked up our new stainless steel gas range that I wrote about a couple of days ago.....and made it back to our stick/brick in F'town by 9:15pm this evening. Got the range unloaded and stored safely in the garage.......hmmmm, wonder just HOW much more it can hold???? Still ALL of the furniture and "STUFF" that we plan to sell(??) in a garage/driveway sale this fall.

Then we also heard from our contractor while we were in STL and he said he could not begin work on Stage 2 of the remodeling project(s) for another 3-4 weeks. Ok.....hmmmm, that has thrown a real kink into our plans for our fall travels: Wyoming, Utah, Vegas, and a planned ralley in Nevada, with a side trip to California. NOW.....we are going to have re-think these plans. I am not going to rush out there for just a couple of weeks......diesel is too expensive for such a QUICK trip.......we had a minimum of 6 weeks planned. Hmmmmm........more stress...stress....stress!!!!!

And so, with STUFF and stress in my mind, I will close by still, as always, saying that......

Life IS Great......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!