It's Friday Already!

Where do the weeks go? It's Friday and I haven't accomplished half what I intended to do. I am going to tackle this den today if I do nothing else. It's where we seem to congregate, the toys are in here, Morris my old cat sleeps on the sofa in here on his blanket which needs regular washing, my desk looks like a hurricane struck it, you get my drift!

The painters are still here. Still here. They must be getting pretty nearly done but this is a big house that they sanded down to the bare wood and now are repainting and staining the whole thing so I know it's a big job. The front is pretty much done with the shutters back in place and now they are working on the back.

In the midst of this my mother noticed some mold in one of her closets. I had my carpenter stop by on his way home from work and he took out a small piece of the wall and low and behold it was all wet behind there and even going into the insulation down in the basement. Evidently when the air conditioning people installed the system they neglected to place the drainage pipe outside and instead it was dripping inside the wall for almost three years. The carpenter had to tear out more of the wall, the insulation and more of the floor will need to be taken up. It's the little white pipe that you can see in the picture. All of these 2X6's will have to be replaced, the insulation, the flooring etc... Thankfully my carpenter said he can do the work tomorrow and it will only be a one day job. The contractor felt terrible about it and will pay all of the expenses.

I've finally gotten some decorating done around the house. Can't do the front porch yet as they still have to put another coat on the floor but have some things inside. I think I will try to find some pumpkin colored candles for over this fireplace.

These are the place mats I have on the kitchen table. I think they are so cute!

This is the hutch in the dining room. I still have some silk leaves to put up in the glassed in part. Mom has done her decorating too these are just a couple of pics.

I got my MRI results back and they seem to be okay. The tumor is on the left frontal lobe above my eye. It has for the most part calcified which I guess is good. The best part was that it didn't bleed when I hit my head. I hit on the other side but when you hit hard I understand that your brain does move around a bit so it could have caused a bleed which would've been not so good. They do want me to go see a neurologist for a second opinion which is already scheduled but I am comfortable that this is a harmless tumor at this point. If it grows I may have to have something done and will have regular CT scans to keep an eye on it. I have sooooooooo much to be thankful for and give God the glory in all of this! Thank you for your prayers and thoughts!!

Need to go to TJ Maxx to get the rest of the things for the Halloween Swap that my dear blogging buddy Pea hosted and get them in the mail TODAY! This has been so much fun and I strongly urge you to participate next year if she hosts it again! We all swapped names and are sending a Halloween package to the person who's name we got so we all are watching the mailbox with anticipation! :o) I will post what comes in my package when it arrives.

I have my Ipod on and Lean On Me is playing. I love that song and this is a different arrangement sung by Michael Bolton who I love. I have everything on my Ipod from country to Praise and Worship and Motown. I like all kinds of music except rap, jazz and hard rock. I have a country station on in the barn for the horses but maybe they would prefer classical who knows???

They are getting fuzzy in preparation for winter and look so cute in their hunter orange halters. I will miss them when they go back to the stable the week before we go to Florida on the 19th of this month. It's very peaceful and tranquil (is that redundant?) to sit on the back deck and watch them grazing in the pasture. Sometimes the turkeys are out there with them and they seem to get along fine. Noodles is usually stalking the turkeys but as yet has caught one! ha! I think the turkeys are safe enough.

Guess I will go get Mom Snowbird and head out to TJ Maxx the best place to get seasonal decorations. Dad Snowbird is off mowing one of his many lawns and businesses. They will go back to Florida after Thanksgiving along with Buffy their cat.

I hope this finds you all well and enjoying this lovely Fall season.

M.M.