Did it!

Moved bedroom furniture from dining room into an actual bedroom -- whoa.... I know it doesn't sound like much, but a very HUGE step for me..... (as you probably know my bed etc. was in the dining room to keep an eye on Bob, whose medical bed, equipment, etc. was in the living room)  -- and then this "bedroom" was going be Bob's therapy room, planned on getting parallel bars, maybe a Nu-step and hire a PT to come in weekly....  So all Bob's clothes were in the closet and the door has been closed since he died....

So a BIG step for me, first emptying his clothes out of the closet, going through his clothes, crying, they went into boxes -- just stored aside -- then painting the room -- the paint job that was there was a for shit job, you could see where spots were missed, etc. Painted it a grayish blue (very calming color) Then planning the whole thing, hanging curtains and shades .... not sure if I wanted to, not sure what to do with dining room, not sure, not sure.... but finally did it --- hired a guy to help me move furniture.. and a day spent "decorating" i.e. hanging pictures, etc.... so it is now my bedroom.

More on this, and maybe some pictures, later. Right now, I am exhausted.

And Ripley doesn't want to sleep in the "new" bedroom, though Kona does follow me wherever I go,  I have to call her to bed --- but miss my Rippy-dips... in bed at night.

Happy Anniversary

25 years ago we married at the court house by a judge  -- before that we went to the mall and had our photo taken at Sears...

Happy 25th Anniversary 

My darling, my love and my life.

I love you.

Miss you.

Together forever.

And on and on

Well, Dorian is gone, thank goodness. Spent days stocking up on water, etc. and bringing things (porch/patio furniture/plants) in the house and garage and then --- taking every thing out again...  a lot of work for nothing -- though, that's a lot better than having the hurricane here, I will admit.

Thank goodness didn't hit here, and of course, my thoughts and prayers with those people directly hit by Dorian.

My goodness.

The Picture of Dorian Gray.  Kept thinking of that literary reference as the storm approached and I was glued to The Weather Channel.

Now we are looking at a storm called Humberto -- may be coming our way --- and can't help thinking about Lolita by Nabokov and the character Humbert Humbert...

Literary storms? What's with that?

Keeping my eye on it. And hoping the damn thing goes a different direction.

Meanwhile, I finally decided to move my bedroom furniture from the dining room into an actual bedroom. But that leaves the dining room quite vacant. So went out today, with Kona, antiquing.  You know, she is a good girl when antiquing, I remember the first time I took her into an antique shop and was worried that she'd wag her tail and knock something (expensive! yikes) over, but she's perfect. Heck, today, I knocked a wrought iron fireplace screen over. It was me, not her....  anyway....  that's rather sad, antiquing with your dog, but no one here to go with besides Kona and no one bothers me as she has her service harness --- so...

Kona and I went looking for a bookcase or bookshelf, that was the plan, but came home with a lamp! A very cool early 1900's table slag lamp. Hey, that how it goes when you are treasure hunting...  And it will look good on the library table I intend to move into the dining room, right now it's in my office with the printer on it and all sorts of junk, anyway --- no bookcase found today.

But! Saw a Victor Talking Machine, "high boy" just like the one I used to have and had to sell when Bob and I hit rock bottom --- always said, I'll buy another, someday --- but this one not working correctly. I'm not going to bore you with the details, but a professional Victrola restorer is going to look at it tomorrow to let me know how much it would cost to fix it, before I decide if I will buy it.

Okay -- besides that pool pump is replaced (yay! but cost $800, jeepers) sprinkler system still on the fritz, termite damage still there, garage roof still needs repair, think the termites are gone (?) then door needs repair, insulation in attic needs to be tacked back up... and furniture to be moved to put the bedroom furniture in the bedroom... and move several other pieces of furniture into dining room. Damn! It's hard to move furniture around when there is only one of you, so got to hire help.

One day at a time.

September 16th will be our 25th wedding anniversary.

Miss him so much.

I do wonder why I am still alive.