Half Way!

Before I get going and forget I would like to say.......To the person viewing my blog from the Ukraine, welcome and let it be known your citizens and country are in my heartfelt thoughts and prayers.  I can not imagine what you are feeling at this terrible time.  Stay strong as needed.

One more day of flying solo then I will tell the Mr. what to do and he will tell me what to do, how and when.  Of course he doesn't jump and I don't either, we use the excuse, "oh crap I can't remember anything"!  I have never been one for excuses.  Trust me I heard it from kids and hub plenty, (maybe me too).  Nothing soured me more than working in the school system for 15 years and hearing pathetic excuses.  Seriously, kids can not be that naive to think adults believe their excuses.  Especially when they shift their eyes away and start the sentence with uhhhhhh, ummmm, wellllll.  That's a dead give away, even for adults giving excuses.

When do my so called best ideas come to me?  The middle of the night.  I have woke hub up with an exciting solution or idea that usually he really never understands until he hears it in the morning.  Then it's questionable if he agrees on the good idea.  My greatest solution was when we were finishing the interior of our house back in 2000.  Wow!  Hard to believe we have lived here almost 15 years and I was only "50"!  Why I was just a young'n!  Ok so the problem was thousands of feet of tongue and groove for all of our ceilings.   Four coats of polyurethane that had to be sanded between each coat.  Two sets of saw horses took up to much floor space while other work was being done, plus I could only do 12 boards at a time.  Then in the not so deep sleep it came to me.  Have Dick take 1 x 6 x 8 boards, hook them to a frame and then to the wall, cut grooves in them so I could set the tongue and groove in the grooves.  Ok your confused...Dick just looked at me with the "what the hell are you talking about"?  I get that look often.  So out comes the paper and pencil, I apparently can draw better than I can talk because the light came on!  I was able to do 40 at a time.  Life can be exciting at times!

Plus the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen are tongue & groove.
It's work doing the finish but so easy to maintain, just once a
year wiping with cleaner.  We have an extension
pole, no climbing.

The last meal of flying solo.  A boneless, skinless chicken breast seasoned with salt, pepper, butter and sliced onions from the garden wrapped in parchment paper.  375 for 30 minutes.  The chicken stays moist in the parchment paper and no dish to clean.
A little cottage cheese, tomato and avocado with Amber's famous, delicious jalapeno mustard and it is my kind of supper.

A light refreshing supper!  Now for the fresh fish coming
from Canada.

Today was an exciting accomplishment.  I made it HALF WAY to my goal for 9/1/2014!
The last was a bit ouchy but not enough to quit.  Here is the trick, ice when done.  Yesterday after stretch exercises I put 1 part rubbing alcohol, 3 parts water and 6 ice cubes in a freezer bag.  Worked like a charm, when I was done I put it in the freezer.
Here's the best part, I just got it out to use and I'm in heaven, it didn't freeze hard it froze like a slushy.  The bag molds around my ankle perfect!  Works so nice I'm going to make a couple more for the freezer.