Catching up!!

We have SO much going on here and I have fallen so behind in my journal entries!

Here it is on Tuesday night and my last entry was a week ago!!

I am going to do a quick catch up of the last seven days - if I can remember what all has happened.

We had the house painted - from last Tuesday morning to Thursday.

Hector did a good job.

He spray painted and with the extra paint, Louis Dean and I are going back and brush painting some areas. This is SO much easier than having to paint it all from scratch!

I meant for the door to be the Fudge Bar brown but I'm going to try and make the Stone Brown work for me.

He did an excellent job on our den windows!

I have seven more to do when I get the funds plus two French doors!

I'm in love with these windows!

The ambiance is wonderful!

I have been wanting new windows for over 10 years so the 'desire accomplished is sweet to the soul!'

Thank you, Lord!

I do so love all things warm and cozy!

Progress is messy and our house is a wreck but I am taking comfort in knowing it will all sort out in the long run.

I'm still working on Christmas Santas for my grandsons.

This one is for Levi who loves to fish!

I have cooked some good and healthy meals....

trying to make sure Louis Dean gets enough calories.

I eat more than he does!

Jesse and Rachel came to visit on Saturday and she and I worked on our painted horse canvas.

This is her very first oil painting and she is a gifted artist!

I could never have painted this when I first started!

I served ham and cheese sandwiches, potato salad and grapes for our lunch along with mango iced tea.

We watched church online Sunday morning and worked on putting things back in place after the house painting. Everything had to be moved away from the house - deck boxes, hose rollers, all sorts of debris including lights, ivy, decorations, and on and on. It was a HUGE deal!

I voted on Monday!

Louis Dean still can't find his billfold that has his Texas ID.

Brenda told me he can use his passport - even though it is expired but not for more than for 10 years - so I will take him before Friday. Plus I can assist him since he has dementia.

Praying for our country!!

I voted from my Biblical position.

I voted for the platform.

Ilene came over to see our new windows and paint job and we had cocktails on the driveway followed by hamburgers and potato salad. She is such a wonderful friend and neighbor to us!

Tuesday I hung more of my Santa paintings in the den.

And I watched the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden.

I am excited about this election and praying for our country.

We have been working on restoring order to our property and home.

Everything is in dissary and I haven't even kept up my handwritten diary since last Tuesday!

I admit to being overwhelmed with so much to do and everything being in such a mess.

I don't think I even posted much on Facebook this week so I can't document the last seven days properly.

I was so busy that I didn't take pics to reference back.

But trust me - we have been BUSY!

I know that we watched church online on Sunday and did not attend any hockey games.

Monday Louis Dean and I unloaded the deck box that holds my extra frames and canvasses.

He cleaned it out for me!

And it was ready to store my things away.

I've been working on my Santa walls - one in the den and one in the living room - and this was my work station in cleaning the frames and matching them to paintings.

The two large canvasses on the house wall was from a trip to the thrift store

The left one was $5 and the right one was $7!

If they fade I can always restore them!

Today Louis Dean transfered some of my spring decorations to the deck box Summer gave LD!

He rebuilt it and reinforced it and I am so happy to have this storage space for my 'debris.'

I close tonight's journal entry with scenes from our den.

I love my fairy lights around the windows.

Before I had rope lights and I loved those but I wanted something different now.

Setting the scene for Christmas....

I'm thinking red and white for the den this year.

And a Santa theme, of course!

See the organ at the right?

We are taking that to the curb tomorrow along with the easy notes song books.

I'm 76 and no longer interested in trying to play the organ - I was never very good and when I was trying - my family bought me head phones so they didn't have to hear me play!

I'm sure someone will pick it up and hopefully enjoy it!

I am trying to relax and enjoy the transistion of fall to the Christmas season.

I have to start early as I am much slower than I used to be - but it is still important to me to decorate!

Is it too early  to say 'Merry Christmas?'