YESTERDAY, THE DAY WAS FULL OF ACTIVITIES ABOUT THE HOUSE. The busiest I've had in a while partly because we were prepping for company to come in making a place for him to sleep as the shuffling of rooms is still underway.
I am fully convinced that while living here in this small COTTAGE that I will morph into a minimalist and may it be sooner than later. Amen. The front bedroom will eventually have floor to ceiling bookshelves to hold our books, framed photos of our grandchildren and dolls. Now I know my stash of quilts will have to take up a unit so they have a safe place to rest. The sooner the better.
I'll have to downsize on the books and dolls. Am I alright with this? YESSSS.
Hubby worked on sealing the hole in the wall in the pink room where there use to be a door. He managed to get the area cleaned up, install the sheet rock, tape and mud it. It'll get painted later as he wants to get back onto the porch rebuild. With help here he wants to work on it in hopes of having a completed porch soon. Proud of the work he is getting done. The help is much appreciated and needed.
I did laundry, dishes, fixed supper, worked at tidying the front room more dishes, cleaned the bathroom. In the evening, we set the vintage bed up which meant maneuvering the mattress and box in the tiny bedroom. The mattress and box were propped up on their sides and we had to shuffle and slide it the opposite way. It was a work in progress. We managed, but it took three of us to make this happen. The mattress had been wrapped in a moving bag so it was clean.
A clean mattress pad cover and clean sheets covered the bed. I found a clean quilt for a finished touch. Company will sleep on a nice bed. The bed has not been assembled for over two years. It felt awesome getting it set up. Now for the rest of the room to come together a little at a time. It'll be after the porch is completed before the room is a room again. Between the two of us, we should make magic happen.
I'm sore today. Went to bed early for us and slept well. Around 8 this morning the sanitation trucks rumbled by picking up our garbage. Weekly they do this on Thursdays.
Welp, what's in the news? President Trump is returning for another physical. Tis hush-hush his true state of health. He is not in as good of health as claimed? I decided to read about the doctors he has previously had. In my gut, I believe some story telling has taken place. I wouldn't be surprised if he has congestive heart failure. One of his previous doctors passed away which stated that DJT dictated to him what he was to say in the report. This doctor would die without mention of his cause of death.
While Presidents are on my mind...
President Dwight Eisenhower's museum was checked out on the internet along with his childhood home. I've toured this house a couple of times and enjoyed seeing their real artifacts that they lived with. THEN fashion caught my eye with Mamie Eisenhower. Her famous hair bangs do nothing for me, but the dresses she wore were something else. She was noted as one of the best dressed women. I listened to her voice on YouTube.
Read about her on wikipedia as she grew up in a wealthy household with servants where Mamie did not learn household skills. She'd learn these later from her husband, President Eisenhower.
Her birthplace was in Boone, Iowa and the house can be toured. Think I'd like to see it in person.
Pretty in PINK.
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