AN OLD WOMAN LIKE ME!

AFTER I CHECKED ON THE VANITY I SAW AT LOEWS ON THE COMPUTER, I found out that this particular one is $700 off of the original price until February 2nd.  Hubby and I both agreed that this vanity was the WINNER for the day and would be loverly in our COTTAGE.  

I have been looking at bathroom sinks for awhile now.  This one hit the nail on the head.

I loved the soft grey and white Carrara Marble counter top with back splash as well as the soft grey colored vanity.  The COTTAGE bathroom isn't huge and having storage available for extra toiletries, grooming supplies, etc. a cabinet would be more functional for us than just having a pedestal sink.  I'll need all the storage space we can make and still look like a lovely bathroom for us.

When I read this sale goes off February 2nd, we decided we should go back and purchase this Bathroom vanity.  My staying HOME all day went out the window.  I ate two boiled eggs and drank hot Green Tea on the way to Topeka.  

We got up early this morning and drove back to TOPEKA to purchase it.  According to the web page, Loews said they were out of stock.  We'd check Topeka first then if this were true about being out of stock, we'd go onto Kansas City to get one.  When we left Topeka yesterday, it was before Loews had closed for the day, so someone could have bought the vanity after we left, but when we arrived early this morning the box was still there.

Hubby got a cart and the HELP came to load the 325 pound box.  The HELP suggested a larger cart to put the vanity on to wheel it to the check out and by the way the larger cart is over on aisle such and such.  Instead of him going to get the larger cart he told my husband where it was.  Can somebody say, "I don't work here.  You're the hired HELP, please HELP me, a paying customer. You go get the larger cart."  

I asked if more HELP could assist since it is a 325 pounds vanity and getting the box up on the cart requires more muscle than what we could provide.  He called another guy named Angel and between the two of them they got it up on the cart so we could wheel it to the check out.  Hubby doesn't have any business lifting this much weight as an older man.

We pushed the cart near the check out stand and decided we had better have LOEWS deliver the vanity.  Getting this box into our car would require help and then it would be up to us to unload it when we got to the COTTAGE.  This wasn't the safest option.  We paid them and the vanity is suppose to be delivered to the COTTAGE tomorrow.  I am very excited that a new vanity is on her way.  It will be up to the delivery peeps to load the vanity in their truck, drive it to the COTTAGE, unload the heavy thing into the Kitchen.  The box will sit in the Kitchen until the Bathroom is ready for her then we'll slide her into the bathroom when needed.  Hubby is gutting the Bathroom and we have a ways to go before this new vanity is installed.   

We went over to the COTTAGE and shuffled some items to make room for the delivery men to maneuver the box into the COTTAGE and place it in the Kitchen.  I watered my Geraniums in pots while we were there.  They are wintering there.  I hope they make it so I can set them outside in the Spring, Summer and early Autumn.  

Had Lunch at Gambinos because I knew I could get cottage cheese from their salad bar along with some fruit.  Staying the course for DAY THREE of JACKIE KENNEDY'S DIET.  I may have to shorten the name of this diet to JACKIE O's Diet.  Same thing.  Stopped at Dollar General for a minute.  

While at the COTTAGE to make floor space more available for the vanity, I went ahead and unloaded four large boxes of white dishes that came from our main house stash.  Moved some crystal about.  Day Dreamed about the new Kitchen cabinets that will appear at a later date.      

We now have our soft grey tile for the floors and a beautiful vanity on the way for the Bathroom. As fast as time gets away from us, the Bathroom will not be completed until Spring.  That will have to be alright.  Getting out into the freezing cold weather makes it challenging for two old peeps. 

An OLD woman like me is finally getting excited about the remodeling of the COTTAGE.  Finally.  After the Bathroom is gutted, we will install a new ceiling with a new light fixture, possibly hang some tile on the wall around where the tub will sit, paint the walls and trim, fix the glass in the window, plumb the room differently because the vanity and the toilet have switched places for better use of the room.  New sub flooring will be laid, new tile laid, fixtures installed and whaalaah the Bathroom will be ready to use.  

I'll be washing the ceiling and walls in the closet.  It will be cleaned up and redesigned.  When this is completed, we will move into the Kitchen to remodel and then the Utility room.

Enough for an OLD woman like me.

DAY 3 of the JACKIE O DIET is just about a wrap.  Day 3 is under my belt.  No serious cravings today, but I had an appetite that I had to talk back to and remind myself that I am not deprived. I am blessed because I am losing weight for a healthier me.  An OLD woman like myself needs to be healthier.    

UP EARLY so Breakfast was on the road 
with 2 boiled eggs (144 calories) and hot tea.
Lunch was cottage cheese ( 222 calories)
with pear (102 calories),
small amount of pineapple (41 calories)
also a green salad (64)
and dressing (45)
with one piece of garlic toast (53).  Closest thing to HOLLYWOOD TOAST I could come up with.
Supper will be 1 cup steamed green beans (44),
red and green peppers (30),
onions (11)
and a small piece of grass fed beef (39).
Snack was yogurt (80) and water.
NO CHAMPAGNE today and I can be alright with this. 

More than 600 calories today.  Hit about 875.  Tomorrow I will try really hard to eat fewer calories than I did today.  No yogurt, no toast tomorrow and probably no beef.  Chicken perhaps. 

It was bitterly cold today.  Dangerous to be out in if having auto problems.  Bundled up and stay safe.  Car ran well and the heater worked great.  Thank you, Lord.

~d