Redeeming the Time.....

I love being home so this 'stay in' situation is right up my alley.

I'm not sure what has got into me but I am really and truly hauling stuff OUT of my house at record speed - for me.

First was the guest room. 

Louis Dean keeps his t shirts and socks and such in the big dresser in there. Nothing was purged from those drawers but I have a small 'jacket/sweater' closet that was jammed packed and is now hung without being crowded. Then the bunk bed drawers were emptied and the little secretary was reorganized with the quads art supplies. And the linen closet - which is the lower part of my jacket closet - is now neat and tidy and half as full as it was.

Saturday I started on my bedroom closet - and finished that up Sunday and then I moved on to a cupboard and finally the jewelry drawer.

I made these back in the 90's when my fingers were still nimble.

I washed them by hand and haven't decided what to do with them yet.

I had them stuck on a fancy satin stocking. They have pin backs on each one.

I cleaned and sorted all afternoon.

Some things were my mother's and some pieces were gifts.

Many of these hold special memories for me.

I found things I forgot I had!

After I washed and dried all these - they were added to the drawer.

I gathered up all the hand sanitizers and filled one section full.

Then I sorted all my earrings which I keep in a special bag that hangs and has little compartments.

Louis Dean hung my mirrored closet door up after he finished up whatever he did to make the track stay down. And, yes, he used more Gorilla glue and, yes, I had another mess to clean up but it is all a done deal now! He's offered to glue a stone back in a broach but I declined. I'm afraid he would use Gorilla Glue and that does NOT dry clear!

It feels so good to have both bedrooms CLEAN!

My jewelry drawer has been a favorite with the quads and the girls come in and pick out earrings nearly every time they visit. I wonder if they will notice how neat and organized it is the next time they're here? I made some tea with Constant Comment, a family size regular tea bag and a bouquet of spearmint from the garden. I'm out of lemons but I had a peach!

Louis Dean loves cornbread so I made a batch to go with our beans and rice tonight for supper.

We are just about out of milk so I will be getting out tomorrow. I'm hoping to get milk and some fresh fruits and vegetables at Aldi. Also I am mailing a package and am trying to decide if I will use the self serve place or go in and hand it over to the postal worker. Yeah, I think I will go in. Less touching than using the automated machine.

It rained last night and we got a little water in the den in that one area.

The weather cleared up today and we opened the French doors to get the full benefit of the fresh air.

Have you noticed what a pretty color of green weeds are?

We haven't got around to pulling many of ours yet. These are around the back pond where we used to have ground cover until all the workers who topped off the elm last year stomped all the ground cover to death. They are growing up through a layer of cedar mulch so they will be easy to pull.

In the mean time.....unless you really look closely ......and if you use a little imagination ....it looks very pretty out there.

But the Mayflies are everywhere. Inside and outside!

These are delicate aquatic insects and harmless but annoying.

And there are so many of them!!

They have a very short life span - as in minutes sometime!

I find small piles of them dead every morning around the lamps.

It's because we keep our doors open so much.

Tomorrow marks the end of Summer's spinal cord stimulator test trial and it has significantly cut her pain down. She has an appointment to take the wires out but when she called to confirm - they told her they were waiting for a referral!!  It's been crazy dealing with the insurance company and all the rigmarole she has to go through for every single thing!! She's going to keep her appointment and see what happens.

Things are crazy all over the world with this Coronavirus and Puerto Rico is affected like everywhere else. I think West Virginia is the only state that has not had a single case reported!

Rayne and her friend are getting some extra play time.

I'll close tonight with a posting I saw on Facebook this morning.

*** Facebook***

My assisted living is on lockdown so he comes every day to see his dad and they talk through the phone, sweetest thing ever 💞 Consent was giving to post on social media.

Lillian's nursing home has locked its doors and no one is allowed in.

Nita visits Lillian every Sunday afternoon and takes her a chocolate malt.

Nita had to take it home and give it to Mike instead!

So, I'm supposing we are all staying calm and doing what we can to keep healthy and not spread anything. We are 'redeeming the time' together.....

What are y'all doing?