A Busy Wednesday!!!

We knew we would have a busy day when we went to bed last night.

I could have slept until noon but I got up before 10:00 because I had things to do!

But coffee first, please!

Look at this cute little cup I found in a basket hanging in the den along with a few other different cups. I think Kimmy and June gave them to me and I must have hung the basket without remembering what I had in it!

All my pretty fall displays had to be dumped into tubs.

Thank goodness I had pictures of how to put it all back.

We had to move debris away so Louis Dean could get the old washing machine out the door.

Then we took this opportunity to clean the baseboards and vacuum.

I did the stucco walls several years ago and worked so hard on this small room. 

That green color is such a mix I could never duplicate it.

My final touch was to glaze the entire room with my burnt umber artist oil thinned with turpentine and wiped off like stain. I was finally happy with the result.

Next year I wan to do stucco on the den window wall. I'm thinking an earth tone color for that one.

My machine broke yesterday morning. Louis Dean ordered a new one from Best Buy in the late afternoon and they said it would be delivered between noon and 6:00 PM today.

By the time we had a cup of coffee and cleared the debris away, got the old washer out and before we could even sit down - there was a knock on the door (we do not have a door bell!) - and they were here!! I invited the fellow in and said I would show him the lay of the land.

It was easier to bring it in through the side gate and into the kitchen by way of the French doors.

They arrived at 11:20 and were gone by 11:45!

Amazing!

These were really nice guys and they loved our house!

One of them said it reminded him of his grandmother - 'God rest her soul.'

They did a great professional job and we sent them on their way with big Dickie's yellow cups of ice water! I told them those were the newest design from Dickie's - true - and they laughed.

We love our Best Buy and especially our Geek Squad!

Nothing ever goes back exactly the same way.

No matter how many times I paint the same thing - as in a Santa - they all turn out a little different.

So did my display but I like it.

We worked hard today.

While I put the kitchen back together, Louis Dean was cleaning up a part of the yard - the Sanford and Son part! - so he could build a deck and work on the old washing machine.

You can find a YouTube video for everything including repairing a LG washing machine!

I am encouraging Louis Dean to deck as much of where Sanford and Son lived as he wants to!

He has dumped so many buckets of nails and hardware that decking it would be the easiest way to reclaim the ground!

Do you know what I really and truly dread???

When I see strands of lights go out!

I think I have fairy lights in nearly every single room of the house! AND outside!

I had to redo the lights above the kitchen sink.

That took awhile.

Then I noticed lights out in the den under the mirror to the right of the fireplace.

I got so frazzled trying to find the ends and I accidentally pulled too hard and unplugged a different strand - which turned out to be a 350 light string!! I was breaking out in a sweat and creating more chaos than redeeming it when Louis Dean brought his stool over and said, "Let me help."

He is good at untangling things. Necklaces, ribbons, strings of lights.

At last the lights are all shining and the laundry is all done.

Everything is back in place and all is right in my world tonight.

I didn't advance to the sewing room to clean and decorate as I had planned - but I am satisfied with what we accomplished today.

I am about to pour me a glass of wine and go sit.

Goodnight.....sleep well and long.....