The closing on Grandma's house won't happen until sometime in early December. But I was concerned about the status of Julie's pregnancy and what all they would need to do before the end of December. So I told them last week to begin doing whatever they wanted to do to get the house ready. Last night it was dark when I came home from shopping. When I drove by, every room was lit up and I could see at least three people working. It made me smile. Maybe from the life and energy emanating from the house. Maybe in anticipation of my no longer having responsibility for the upkeep on it.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Their New Home
The closing on Grandma's house won't happen until sometime in early December. But I was concerned about the status of Julie's pregnancy and what all they would need to do before the end of December. So I told them last week to begin doing whatever they wanted to do to get the house ready. Last night it was dark when I came home from shopping. When I drove by, every room was lit up and I could see at least three people working. It made me smile. Maybe from the life and energy emanating from the house. Maybe in anticipation of my no longer having responsibility for the upkeep on it.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Great Week -- Crappy Ending
It was a really great week. With a very light schedule, I had 4 1/2 days to just be at home. My kind of heaven! I got the handy guy over to put up my too-cool lamp.
I like it lots, but I'm still trying out bulbs to find one that works but is not too un-funky. The vintage one that came with it and is in the photo, puts out almost no light. So now I have a modern but clear bulb. It looks O.K., but there is a good deal of glare. Not sure what to try next.
And there was so much time that I read a book by my favorite author and finished a puzzle.
I spent lots of time in Quilt World and finished the top of this one that I started at a workshop in August. This one was to learn curves and paper piecing. LOTS of curves! Now it is time to get it off to the quilter.
And then I got a wire-haired notion to make quilts for the boys who will live in Grandma's house. Decided to try piecing letters to make their names and then do something around them, making it up as I go. This is how far I to on Saturday afternoon when I quit to finish cooking and go get Grandma for dinner.
And while we were eating the first call came in saying that Les Anderson had just been taken to the hospital with a heart attack. 20 minutes later a 2nd call reported that he had died.
His death leaves a huge hole in the world for countless numbers of people, me included. I'm not liking this stage of life when my peers can die and it is not altogether out of the norm. I remember when Grandma's friend, Marge, died. But of course she would, she was old. She was 60!! Perspectives certainly change.
I like it lots, but I'm still trying out bulbs to find one that works but is not too un-funky. The vintage one that came with it and is in the photo, puts out almost no light. So now I have a modern but clear bulb. It looks O.K., but there is a good deal of glare. Not sure what to try next. And there was so much time that I read a book by my favorite author and finished a puzzle.
I spent lots of time in Quilt World and finished the top of this one that I started at a workshop in August. This one was to learn curves and paper piecing. LOTS of curves! Now it is time to get it off to the quilter.
And then I got a wire-haired notion to make quilts for the boys who will live in Grandma's house. Decided to try piecing letters to make their names and then do something around them, making it up as I go. This is how far I to on Saturday afternoon when I quit to finish cooking and go get Grandma for dinner.
And while we were eating the first call came in saying that Les Anderson had just been taken to the hospital with a heart attack. 20 minutes later a 2nd call reported that he had died.
His death leaves a huge hole in the world for countless numbers of people, me included. I'm not liking this stage of life when my peers can die and it is not altogether out of the norm. I remember when Grandma's friend, Marge, died. But of course she would, she was old. She was 60!! Perspectives certainly change.
Monday, November 7, 2011
News from Valley Center
An e-mail from T yesterday reminded me that I've been a bit "incommunicado" since the October visits. So, to catch up:
Julie and Jason came over to sign the sale contract on the house. I took it back to Tom Harris a week ago today. My understanding is that I don't have to do anything else until they tell me to show up at closing. I did a little more garden clean-up over there and that's probably all I'll do unless something drastic needs attention.
The boys from Johnson's came to plant my new tree. It is a Japanese Lilac Tree which is a variety that was in full bloom ALL over the place when I was at T's house last June. There are almost none of them around here. We'll see if it can survive our heat and strong winds. But since they planted it, Johnson's will replace it if it dies.
Things have calmed down nicely over the past couple of weeks. No huge crises and fewer details of life to tend to. I've even gotten some quilting done.
One day I went up to visit Barbara. She replaced the flooring all over her main floor. Lovely tile in the entry and kitchen and wood laminate everywhere else. It looks great. She's off to Spain and Portugal tomorrow. MUCH more civilized than the places she usually treks off to!
Grandma has made great progress at Sunflower Gardens. Twice she has talked to "the lady" all by herself to get attention to the stove. Twice the repairman came and each time it was not fixed. So, they finally gave her a new stove. Since it is full sized, they had to tear out the small cabinet that was beside the fridge. When I called Grandma on Saturday morning, she proudly announced that she had done a load of laundry all by herself. One more hurdle crossed.
We made it through daylight saving time's change. It suits me fine because I have less trouble getting myself out of bed in the morning when it's light. Carmen was unimpressed, however. By 4:15 yesterday she was starving and dancing around on her tippy toes demanding her dinner. I tried to explain the clocks back thing, but Carmen was sure I was just screwing with her.
I've been getting in some gardening time, clearing out a bit of stuff each week. I don't want to have the mess next spring that I had to contend with this past year. I even had to rake leaves! It's the first time I had enough leaves from my baby trees to matter.
Kyle is coming today to hang my weird light over the dining room table. That is, if I don't have to go in for jury duty. I have to call after 11:00 a.m. to see if I'm excused or have to turn up this afternoon.
And that gets us to today..............
Julie and Jason came over to sign the sale contract on the house. I took it back to Tom Harris a week ago today. My understanding is that I don't have to do anything else until they tell me to show up at closing. I did a little more garden clean-up over there and that's probably all I'll do unless something drastic needs attention.
The boys from Johnson's came to plant my new tree. It is a Japanese Lilac Tree which is a variety that was in full bloom ALL over the place when I was at T's house last June. There are almost none of them around here. We'll see if it can survive our heat and strong winds. But since they planted it, Johnson's will replace it if it dies.
Things have calmed down nicely over the past couple of weeks. No huge crises and fewer details of life to tend to. I've even gotten some quilting done.One day I went up to visit Barbara. She replaced the flooring all over her main floor. Lovely tile in the entry and kitchen and wood laminate everywhere else. It looks great. She's off to Spain and Portugal tomorrow. MUCH more civilized than the places she usually treks off to!
Grandma has made great progress at Sunflower Gardens. Twice she has talked to "the lady" all by herself to get attention to the stove. Twice the repairman came and each time it was not fixed. So, they finally gave her a new stove. Since it is full sized, they had to tear out the small cabinet that was beside the fridge. When I called Grandma on Saturday morning, she proudly announced that she had done a load of laundry all by herself. One more hurdle crossed.
We made it through daylight saving time's change. It suits me fine because I have less trouble getting myself out of bed in the morning when it's light. Carmen was unimpressed, however. By 4:15 yesterday she was starving and dancing around on her tippy toes demanding her dinner. I tried to explain the clocks back thing, but Carmen was sure I was just screwing with her.
I've been getting in some gardening time, clearing out a bit of stuff each week. I don't want to have the mess next spring that I had to contend with this past year. I even had to rake leaves! It's the first time I had enough leaves from my baby trees to matter.
Kyle is coming today to hang my weird light over the dining room table. That is, if I don't have to go in for jury duty. I have to call after 11:00 a.m. to see if I'm excused or have to turn up this afternoon.
And that gets us to today..............
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