SUMMER!!!

WONDERFUL.  First day of SUMMER was FALL-like with cooler temps in the low 70s.  That's KOoooOL.  More like SPRING for now.  Made me feel like taking this day for all its worth.  Taking in this weather.  

Temps will return to roasting soon enough.
    

For evening we had a huge salad with ice water for supper.  LOVE BIRDS.  

The french doors were open letting fresh air into the house.  

The birds love this weather as they are contently chirping on their own frequency.  Beautiful music to my ears.

Thinking about going for a WALK tonight before the sun goes down.  It's cool enough.  Would be a nice way to get some exercise.  OOPS started sprinkling.  Will stay in. 

FIRST DAY OF SUMMER I typed a great deal working on fire recovery notes.  I've been dreading doing this for months.  Today I did well for someone who doesn't know how to type.  I have to look at the keyboard as I type.  

Soon, this will be a memory that I have in the archives.   After all my notes are typed up, I will proceed to printing pictures to review and document what was damaged or destroyed.  This is like a job that I don't like at all.  I think I can continue on.  Do this now.  

When I read my notes, it brings to mind and reminds me of what we lost.  Draining.  The sooner I get through this the better.

We are recovering.  Praising God for no human injuries or deaths.  Praising.  When I go by the old place, I have to remind myself of why we are not living there anymore.  One foot in front of the other.  Baby steps.  Eventually I will get to where I am suppose to be emotionally.  Psychologically.  Spiritually.

Physically we are in a nice house.  This is a pleasant place to put all the pieces together that need done.  As I replace items, it would be right to document all new purchases and keep an accurate record for our RECORDS.  

Spending time day dreaming.  Figuring this thing out. 

I cleaned the upstairs sink and toilet.  Got inspired to tidy up the Bathroom closet with new plastic shoe boxes.  A box especially for razors, another for toothbrushes and paste, don't forget fingernail polishes, one for lotions, absolute medical supplies, and finally hair curlers.  I have larger white vinyl tubs for hair dryer, curling irons, brushes and combs.  A tub for hair products like shampoos, conditioners, mousse, hair spray, etc.  Then there's a tub for facial cleaners. An area on the top shelf for toilet paper rolls.  It's taking shape.

AFTER emptying the dish washer, I noticed that most of the dishes don't look clean and the silverware are terribly spotted as if they were never washed.  Not comfortable with that.  Will hand wash these items.

Will be washing a set of white bed sheets trying to get them bright white again.  Will try to get the results I want with baking soda.  Rinsing with vinegar.  The sheets have a yellow cast to them and don't smell fresh.  Hope the baking soda does the old fashioned trick.  Please.  Before the week is out, I'd like to get this done and switch out our bed sheets and bedding.  Not a big goal but none the less a goal.  Switch out the bedding.

I didn't make it this week to look for new eye glasses frames.  I've got to get this done.  

With July almost here, I would like to have my eye glasses ordered and ready to wear, fire recovery notes completed, Kitchen cabinet rearranged, Pantry rearranged.  Curtains hung in Living room.  Mattress/Box ordered for antique bed.  Look into an additional upholstered chair to replace the wing chair we lost in fire.  Look at area rugs.  Mercy.  Let it happen.  July will be a month that I hope to start painting the Cottage's ceilings.  Seems busy.

I was fortunate to have time to do my HOMEMAKING research.  I spent much of the first day of SUMMER watching you tube videos about ORGANIZING.  Mercy...there are many that you can watch.  Some of these peeps have it all together with their ORGANIZING.  gulp.  How clever they are.  Some just have the touch.


It amazes me how someone can take cheap things and puff them into a high dollar looking item or space.  Wowzer.  Lack of imagination and creativity have me by the feet.  Perhaps I will fly high when I get the rooms in the house better arranged and can let my mind wonder about sprucing up the rooms.  Think it can happen...just don't know when it will take place.  grins.

As I regain my strength and my energy comes back, I have to deal with the basics.  Cleaning a house while ill isn't the easiest thing for me.  A little tidying here and a little there is how I have to pace myself.  De-cluttering will help make the cleaning go faster.  Being more efficient will be a plus.

I remember when Emilie Barnes, Author and ministry of 'More Hours In My Day', first got so ill that she said having the order she already had helped in those times she was so ill.

I have had numerous illnesses as an adult and when I am having up time, I have to hit while the iron is hot.  If you know what I mean.

Preparing Supper in the morning and having it ready for when my Hubby comes HOME will be how I have to pace myself.  Washing the dishes soon after the meal is necessary.  Clean clothing, towels and bedsheets a must.  

DUSTing needs to improve.  If dust were an accessory, I'd be really ahead of the game.  

It's dusty here and I can prove it,
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Joshua 24:15 King James Version (KJV)

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.