WALKING WITH ETERNAL WATER and SIMPLER DECORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COTTAGE

WALKING.  Back to a walking schedule.  Illness detoured the daily ones and I have had to begin again.  I've been walking more when out and about, but want to be more deliberate when at HOME.  Yesterday, I walked to the football field and back thinking I made a half of a mile.  I'll be increasing this as I am feeling better.

Very weak after the flu.  It is taking some time to regain more strength, but I walked in the evening before dark.  This morning. I plan on getting outside to put some steps in.  I need a step counter.  Will be checking into this.  

I've noticed that my BALANCE is getting worse with time.  Will check into exercises that supposedly help with this.  It's something else to notice ones body morphing with challenges that we didn't ask for.  Another one and counting.  I have to make LIFE simpler for so many reason.

I promised my hubby that I'd work at breaking in a new pair of walking shoes this MONTH. June started and I think it's as good a time as any to walk on a daily basis.  Spring time and mild weather.  Think I'll walk downtown and back this morning and then if I have the energy I'll walk at the football track in the evening.  I have to be serious about my health and I'm the only person that can do this for me.

Working on two front door wreaths.  White roses with green leaves on grapevine wreath.  

Plans for the day.  Bills written out.  Laundry.  Walk.  Work on two wreaths for the front doors.  Clear off the dining room table when done and oil it plus the four chairs.  Call my 92 year old momma.  Pray.  Check up on my daughter as she had surgery.  Tidy on the COTTAGE some. Diet.  Wash dishes and fix a bison pot roast for supper.  Enough for an old lady.  Still gathering THINGS to donate to charity.  This is a long drawn out process as there is much to get rid of.  I decided against an auction or garage sale as I need to get rid of this stuff a little at a time and truly I do not want to mess with either right now.  The bigger items will be dealt with later. Maybe then.  Do I have plans of taking a drive today?  No, just walking the streets of this small and quaint community.  Watering the porch plants.

I'm finally boxing up some of my BUNNIES.  Purchased a vinyl storage tub that they will fit in.  Bubble wrapping them and down in the cellar they will go.  The grey ones will stay out for a few more months as I like them where they are for now in the living room on top of the antique walnut chest.  This chest is my HOLIDAY spot for adding some spirit to the house.  A few touches here and there along with wreaths for the front doors.  This seems to be the extent of my decorating.  Very limited and simple.

I was pleased with how the decorated cross turned out for my Dad's grave for Memorial Day.  I think if I had decorated with live plants it would have been nice, but my mom requested faux instead.  SO faux it was.    

Hubby is tiling the surround area behind the tub as he goes.  A little each day. Making progress then he'll fix the bathroom window with new glass, some belly band and rosette trim then build a large linen closet.  Somewhere in here he will place faux tin on the ceiling.  I can hardly wait.  It has been a very slow process remodeling this bathroom.  We weren't living here at the time, but almost two years ago he took out the old jacuzzi bathtub all by himself.  A new toilet was installed a year ago.  Same with a bathroom wall being closed off and a large vanity put in.  Hardiebacker board and tile were laid on the floor.  Some beaded board placed on the walls.  New vanity lights installed.  Gosh, the things old peeps go through to make a project come to fruition and completed.  Slow-mo is better than no-mo.

A miniature lavender wreath made her way to the bathroom.

I've been watching my blood pressure as it has been elevated some this week after seeing the doctor for getting checked for co v id.  I seem to bring it down a tad when drinking matcha tea and Eternal Naturally Alkaline Spring Water. I've been battling higher BP and edema.  The swelling finally went down with the BP finally in the 120s over 80s.  Made me smile as it was in the high 140s over 80s.    

The local church bells just rang.  This particular church rings the bells twice on Sunday morning.  Only a few times.  Hardly enough to make a dent, but I do like hearing the chimes in small town America along with the birds chirping in the trees.

Time keeps moving right on by.  There's something within me that wants to slow the pace and draw closer to a relaxed state of LIFE.  No worries.  Staying off facebook will help with this as the closer to election time, the gross put downs of our political candidates increases.  It's upsetting.  I believe it is for the best to guard my heart and not fill my head with overkill of the candidates. Vote your conscience?  Vote?

I pay my bills.  I pay my taxes.
On this day, I will deliberately spend time talking to God about my concerns about the political arena.  

~d