SNOWBALLS IN THE FORECAST

 

WEATHERMAN SAYS SNOW IS ON THE WAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.  I'm ready.  Went to the store to get a few more things so we plenty of coffee creamer for HUBBY's coffee and milk for HOT CHOCOLATE.  Pretty well stocked up on everything else.  Makes my heart sing to be prepared.  

HUBBY said he needed paint for the bathroom door he is working on.  A trip to MENARDS was planned and I wanted to get some VITAMIN B6 and bottled water.  Quick trip to market.  ALDI was the busiest I have ever seen it.  EVER.  We didn't stay long.  WALGREENS was the closest store for Vitamins.  Then to MENARDS for paint.  Drove HOME before dark.  

Judy Lindberg McFarland says that you should take 200 mg of Vitamin B6 if you have edema/water retention.  Since changing my Blood Pressure medicine from Lisinopril to Losartan my feet have puffed up so bad.  A side effect.  I will not be staying on the Losartan.  I stopped taking it and my feet almost immediately went back to looking normal.  If Vitamin deficiencies cause so many health issues, it's one of best kept secrets.  No doctor has ever told me that Vitamin B6 helps with water retention.

Morning sickness can happen when pregnant with a Vitamin B6 deficiency.  I'm not pregnant, but retaining fluid can happen with a deficiency as well.  B6 can help with Carpal Tunnel as well. VB6 makes antibodies, maintain normal nerve function, make hemoglobin, break down proteins, KEEP BLOOD GLUCOSE in normal range, acts as a diuretic (especially in PMS), slows the aging process, lower cholesterols levels, help prevent hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), and migraines. 

Vitamin B6 it is.

Hubby has been working at stripping paint from the old bathroom door right in the middle of our small KITCHEN.  The solid wood door needed cut down to fit because new tile has been laid on the Bathroom floor making it a different height than it was and the door wouldn't swing open. After a couple new coats of paint on the door, he will hang it.  Having a door on the NECESSARY ROOM is necessary isn't it?  It is to me.  I like my PRIVACY especially when tending to business.  

He hadn't planned on stripping the paint, but when he took some hardware off of the old door, it pulled paint off which meant if he painted new paint on it, the appearance would be uneven.  So he stripped most of the old paint off so the paint job will be smooth.  

It seems like when a project is happening that surprises pop up.  It's better to be flexible with knowing that there will be surprises so you aren't taken a back when they do happen.

I can reach the KITCHEN SINK to wash dishes and wash hands.  The project doesn't get in the road.  Ignoring the elephant in the room has gotten easier in my old age.  Thank goodness something has gotten easier the older I get because the more physical the challenges get.

LORD, HELP ME GET THE THINGS DONE THAT NEEDS DONE in my little corner of the world.  As a HOMEMAKER, this is my territory to manage.  With concentrating at DOWNSIZING, packing, moving small loads of our belongings over to the COTTAGE, unloading, finishing up house projects so the house could be marketed...I am in disbelief how long we have been on this DOWNSIZING PROJECT.  I am tired.  Started packing in January 2023, but other projects were on going a year or so beforehand.  Here it is January 2024.  What a ride.  This phase of LIFE has been very spread out.  It has got to get better and calm down.    

Just guessing, I am projecting it will take 4 months to get the interior of the COTTAGE out of all the boxes before we can even begin on the storage units.  We left the main house October 27, 2023.  SPRING will be here before we get to that place.  Just as well as the weather will be easier to work in.  

We have already been here at the COTTAGE FULL TIME two months and we are still going through our contents.  I cannot work 24/7 on this.  There are long breaks that take me away from the house as well as human fatigue that I deal with at times.    

Taking this into account, the COTTAGE has many boxes that still need emptied, but I have HOPE that once I start on the DINING ROOM it will go faster because dishes are in these boxes waiting to be put away.  I'll be alright once I get started on this room.    

Like a snowball rolling down a hill gaining momentum with additional snow layering around the original small snowball, this task of unpacking will speed up as progress appears.  I will be able to see the floor with the emptying of boxes that holds precious merchandise.  This helps me to keep moving in the right direction with this huge task.

Have mercy.  This is a difficult move for me.  I run so long then I have to vent some because the chaos gets to me.  Know what I mean, Vern?

WITH THE SNOWY weather coming, it gives me a very good excuse to stay indoors working on the house.  That is what I must do for now.

If I make it outside after the snow fall, I might make a few snowballs to store in the freezer for next summer.  I've done this before.  Great fun having real snow during the summer time. Counting down the days until SPRING.  I'll keep busy and forget about it for a month or so.

With VALENTINES DAY approaching, I have hearts on my mind.  Hubby helped me hang a twig heart in the front window on a suction cup, but it didn't stay put.  Will have to wet the suction cup down with water and see if it will stick this time.  I had bought a couple of large suction cups for 50% off at Walmart after Christmas.  Supposedly they hold large wreaths.  Supposedly.  Just getting a small task like this done lifts my spirits.  

I did wipe with white vinegar the outside of my Mom's drinking glasses she gave to me.  It cleaned the glass very well.  Then I washed the glasses in very hot soapy water, rinsed and let them air dry.  They're sparkling.  Tonight as I listen to the television I will do the same with all the pieces of this dish set.  That will be four boxes of dishes off the floor.  This will help make HOME look more like HOME.

The 2024 season of ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL and MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE will be on PBS tonight.  Looking forward to watching. 

It can snow now and I will deliberately watch it fall while sitting in my blue wing chair in the quiet of my HOME.

Good evening,

💚d    

Like This Dining room

I like this Dining room.

The white painted paneling on bottom portion of wall 

with upper portion wallpapered appeals to me.

Hardwood floors and probably high ceilings.

I so love high ceilings.

This is the type of decorating that I hope to imitate 
when we get around to embellishing our Formal Dining room. 

I grew up in a cracker box 
where there was more love than space and

there was no such thing as high ceilings.

Mom covered our hardwood floors with carpet.

At present, my Dining room looks like a warehouse 

as the Kitchen is being revamped.  

Trying to stay focused. 
My attitude needs refreshed.
it's stinkin' 

Over the week-end,  Husband was down on his hands and knees 
 installing hardy backer board on top of old worn out and ugly linoleum floor.  
He laid some tile and it's looking nice.

I am looking forward to having a Dining room once again with a FUNCTIONING KITCHEN.  

That will be the day!

Monday, I had the day off.

Lil Miss had a tummy ache 

so Daughter stayed HOME with her.

Surprise.....whatever will I do?

Should have put my feet up as I rested.

My feet were swollen.

It's been a while.

Perhaps they will go back to normal size tomorrow.

Nutritionist Judy Lindberg McFarland   

suggest taking 160 mg to 200 mg of VITAMIN B6

to combat edema or water retention.

    Suppose to help with tension as well.  

this is a beautiful picture to me

 

Between being on my feet, 
the heat, 

not drinking enough water, 
sitting for a long time in the car, 

sitting still doing paperwork and typing,

my feet let me know about it.    

....instead of looking like this,

they looked more like this:

Remember what FORREST GUMP said about his shoes...

they tell you a lot about where you're going.

Where you've been.

My FEET do the same thing.

 If I have to choose between what Forrest says about shoes 

and a box of chocolates, I choose the chocolates. 

My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. 

You never know what you're gonna get."'

But since I don't have to pick and choose,

I'll just enjoy this 1994 movie all the way through.

The songs along with the events and people that are highlighted in the movie 
bring so many memories to mind about my childhood.

To date, 

it's one of my favorite movies that I've seen as an adult.

 

 

 From what I understand, 

this chocolate statement is one of the top sayings 

from a motion picture of all times.

 

Till next time,

d