Believe it or not, today was a much better day. I finished canning salsa last night, and cleaned the kitchen this morning..(After Steve let me sleep until 10:00 which I don't think I've ever done). We had planned a trip to the new park yesterday, but kids and circumstances didn't allow. His brother came by for tomatoes and salsa, so I visited with him and his wife for a bit, talked to Dad some more about next week, and took a nap..(which I RARELY get to do)..The events of last week and last night were overwhelming, but I guess I got over it because I slept like a child.
Bryton came up to Steve's this afternoon with some friends, and Lauren wanted to ride one of the horses. It has been cool and raining for two days (thank goodness), so it was a nice day for a ride. It seemed like old times again. Bryton took some pictures, so I thought I'd include them today.
We were leary letting her go - Echo is so big, but then Bryton told us after about 30 minutes of fretting, that she used to barrel race, and we just laughed. She did fine.
Today reminded me of winter up here in this old house. I have always preferred the winter weekends, staying inside cooking, doing the domestic thing - and I was allowed the time today. I miss the peaceful life of being the woman of the house - as old fashioned as that may seem. I miss taking time to read recipes, clean without being rushed, getting everything organized again.
I cleaned the front room that Steve's daughter and her husband had moved into. They never picked up all of their things, but I do not want to wait, it could be a long wait. I am ready to paint finally since those windows have been replaced. Will go all white with baby blue trim. The shelves are built into one wall, they too will be white with my blue and white dish collection on them. One twin bed with an antique quilt, and the short chest of drawers in there will be primed and painted white. I am going for the old farm house bedroom look. I have already hung off white curtains on two windows, and I will try and pick up baby blue or navy curtains for the other two windows. I enjoy this.
The computer room is ready to work on now also. The old carpet it out, and we'll lay laminate planks or tiles down - it too will be white. The one window in that room and the ceiling have to be replaced - so I'm leaving the concrete floor for now until the workers get their thing done. I have toyed with the idea of putting Bryton's futon on here - but I really don't want to take up any space - will just have to see.
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