Sunflower Therapy.....

Louis Dean took Friday off from his gazebo project and helped me pack away and organize all my patriotic decorations as well as the spring and summer 'debris.'

I have more tubs of debris than I can count and lots and lots of bags.

The problem with tubs is keeping them together with their matching lids. 

We buy more tubs every season and they are all a little bit different.

The clear ones are best because you can SEE what's in them.

SO off he went to buy 20 clear tubs with white lids so we can use some of the colored ones for other things than my decorations. Louis Dean packs all sorts of his stuff in tubs......music books, overalls, things for projects.....he even puts potting soil in tubs to start his onions in the spring. This year he started and then forgot about them - but that's another story.

I love seeing my sunflowers again and every year I put them in different places so it all seems new again.

The hall wall is changed out somewhat for the seasons.

By Friday night I even had the dining room clean and with some sunflowers here and there.

It was late when I went to bed so it was even later when I woke up Saturday.

So late that another half hour it would have been noon!

I carried my coffee back to bed and had my prayer and journal time.

Summer called me about 12:30 - and I was still in bed.

She and Sherry were going to an afternoon movie and suggested I meet them there.

At first I said no - I had too much to do - and then I thought, 'Why not??'

There will always and forever be too much to do!

So I dressed myself up like a little doily and went to the movies!

I swear the moment I was out of the driveway, Louis Dean was heading to the grocery store and hurried back home to start cooking. He's been doing this every single time I leave the house lately!

I admit the house smelled good when I got home.

My timing was perfect because it was ready to eat!

Notice he managed to cook even though the kitchen was covered in a mess of sunflower debris.

I had unloaded the tubs onto the counters and had my hot glue gun ready to plug in and do some repairs. He said that didn't bother him! You can see he looks pretty pleased with himself.

This is the 3rd or 4th batch of chicken fried steak he's made since we have been back from the ranch and I finally had a talk with him tonight. This has got to stop. I guess I'm going to have to start taking him with me when I leave the house!

I left him to do the dishes while I started on the sewing room.

By the time we leave for the ranch next week I hope to have the house all clean and cheery with sunflowers.

I watched a movie on my laptop while I worked in here tonight.

We have Amazon Prime but I have never used the movies available.

This was my choice and it was a good one.

I was slower in getting my work done since I kept sitting down to watch it instead of working while listening. No matter. I have had a good time in here all my myself.

Louis Dean was early to bed (carb coma??) but got up later and watched a little TV before going back to bed to read. I'm about ready to close this journal entry and join him.

Reading before bed is something I do nearly every night and have for as long as I can remember.

Goodnight, everyone.....