FRIDAY

I slept so good last night that I am refreshed this morning.  So good.  Slept throughout the night.  No tossing and turning.  Snug as a bug in a rug.  Corny saying, but it fits.  When you have restless nights, sleeping soundly means a great deal.  I know.  I am sleeping well.  Thank you, Dear God.  

Blessings to you out there in blogland   This morning I am sipping on a protein drink for breakfast.  I'm still working on Easter Treats for my GRANDS and other family members.  The first batch of treats will hopefully be in the mail this afternoon.  I have yet to brown wrap the ones traveling to Missouri and Oklahoma.  I can only work a little at a time before my back starts acting up.  So I sit and do paperwork.  Staying busy.

I'm jumping for joy...my snapshot pictures are all boxed up and stacked in the closet ready for round two after I get some other projects completed and can come back for more dealings with the pics.  I have put some childhood pics in yellow envelopes to give to my children so they have a few pics in their possession.  Then when I return to deal with another round, I will work on making up picture books for shelf life, making more copies and framing some.  

This morning, I cleared out the upstairs linen cabinet again.  It just wasn't working.  I'll get back to that after the Easter Treats are wrapped up and in the mail.  At the pace I go, it'll take several days to neatly place supplies back in this cabinet. 

We did buy some primer a few days ago so I can forged ahead prepping the dining room to paint it.  I'll clear out the crystal out of the china cabinet, sort through all the pieces, relocate elsewhere in the house and put some into storage.  Turn loose of some pieces.  After this, I'll empty the two curio cabinets that are full of my Blue Willow dishes.  These will temporarily go under the dining room table for safe keeping while painting.  The Blue Garland dishes will come out of the bottom of the sideboard.  I think I will probably box up for now.  

I wanted to downsize the dining room furniture, so I will be turning loose of the two curio cabinets and after I get the room painted, they will not go back into the room.

This in a way is a big deal to me, because turning loose of pieces of furniture that I really enjoy and like pulls at my heart strings .  Hanging loose doesn't come natural to me.  

The dining room chairs will go on top of the table and then I will cover them with painter's clothes.  Shuffle the furniture out away from the walls and cover them.  Start painting primer along the window trim and walls.

Just getting to this place has taken much thought on color.  The paint sample has been on the wall for months and I can safely say, I will go with this one.  Benjamin Moore Baja Dunes.    

It's in the same family as what we used in the living room.  I think it is a very nice, warm neutral and will be more down to earth in the decorating scheme of things.  The trim will be Benjamin Moore Cotton Ball. 

The day meals have been thought out.  Sounds easy enough.

Breakfast is a chocolate protein drink with yogurt and organic 2% milk.

Lunch will be good ole pigs in a blanket and some veggies.

Supper will be home made pizza and salad.

Snacks will be bedtime milk.

I record my food intake on My Fitness Pal in the evening after supper.  I can see if I stayed within the calorie count under 1200 calories.  Most days I have stayed on target.  Not always, but close.  It is helping me to stay focused.  

So, here I be on a Friday planning on a productive day.  Amen.  I hope I will be.  The skies are grey today and we're expecting stormy weather this evening.  Hubby will be working in the carriage house to make room for the good car to sleep in there during the storm.  I know he will say we have got to get rid of so much stuff and I agree.

2021 will be a year to downsize and continue getting more orderly.  Seems to be my mantra.  That's our hope.  I pray we are successful.  

I have a 5 year plan.  Imagine that.  

All the best,

🏡d