• Busy,  Decluttering,  Update

    Basement Decluttering and Weekly Update

    Good morning everyone. You can watch the vlog this week HERE. In the video, we work on the basement some downstairs, we fix the most awesome pork roast ever, and I found Mom a cleaning lady that actually showed up and communicates! I have been trying all week to blog but it has been one of the busiest week’s we’ve had since retirement. On Monday, we went to Opry Mills Mall and I found my shoes for the black tie event. Afterwards, we stopped at Tenfold Brewing to do our fall planning. I’ve found it is not as necessary to do as much planning since we are not working and…

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    Surprise Birthday Outing, Plus Weekly Update

    Well, the day was so much fun. I’m sharing with you a simple way that I planned a day for my Husband’s birthday. I included things that he liked to do, and things we enjoyed doing together. We managed to fill the day. He had to choose between “door number 1 through 5” for some of the places and so even I did not know where all we would be going. I had made the possible selections based on things I knew he liked but he had to pick a door number first. In some cases the decision was solid – like the donut stop where he used to get…

  • Cleaning,  Cooking,  Food,  Home,  Update

    Household Cleaning (Putting off Chores) and an Update

    Good morning! Happy Saturday! Here’s this week’s video in which I catch up on some house cleaning projects, many of which I’ve been ignoring. Also make that blueberry zucchini bread I’ve been talking about. Oh it was so good. You can watch it HERE. Updates: I blogged earlier in the week so not a lot extra to say. But here’s a few things. Well, Mom has agreed to at least go TOUR an assisted living facility – the one our church supports where she would get a discount. I told her we needed to at least know or be familiar with the process and how easy or hard it will…