HI all, DH and I have been “hunkering down” after the Easter festivities. Windows and new french door for living room have been ordered and should be in next(?) week so DH has been getting the casements ready, staining ,etc. He has continued clearing out the garage so now he (I) can find things LOL. We’re getting ready to get the planter boxes ready. He’s got the flowers in so now the weather HAS to co operate .The lawn guys came by last week to do the spring clean up and trim the trees. Sorry we can’t do it anymore. DH has had the lawn mower out twice(in between the raindrops). Have started my go round of estate/garage sales. I’m hoping to score some cast iron reasonably before the pickers get to it.Went to an estate sale down by BIL last week. Lady and I were going for the vintage aprons had some jerk practically knock us down on the stairway to get to them. Lady and I got a couple of the aprons, not the ones we wanted but more practical ones for everyday use. I recognized him from a couple of sales DH and I have been at and he’s a jerk. While we were there the owner of the company holding the sale caught one of the pickers switching price tags on some old books. He tried to say that the tag was on it , she looked him dead in the eye and said I priced the books and pulled out her list. She kicked him out, said if she ever saw him at one of her sales she’ll call the police. She said that is stealing and she prosecutes. Plus she told DH and I that she knows who he is and will let other dealers know about him. DH did score a few scrapbooks with 40’s stars pictures in them and a few have REAL autographs on them so that was cool. Had lunch with BIL and caught up on his home renovations. Over the last few months he’s been calling DH for advice. I guess we’ve done enough renos that his brothers (older) have been calling HIM for advice LOL Heard from my niece, they are doing better, bad days and good days but good days are coming more and more frequently. They found a good company that is doing grand nephews urn and NOT charging an arm and leg like the first one they found. CO. wanted over 5 grand for it. One of their neighbors found a couple of others and got quotes for them. SO they decided on one of them instead. She’s been going thru his toys, things and donating what she can. One of their cousins is making a stuffed bear out of one of his pj’s for my GR niece to cuddle. An anonymous person gave them an envelope full of cash and she said the note in it was for the three of them to specifically go to a good restaurant for Easter dinner.The town they live in really has rallied behind them. On a sad note my husband’s cousin just lost her husband Saturday, drunk driver, head on collision. He was a great guy, he had 3 girls and our cousin had two, second marriage for both of them. He used to joke about his “harem”. I think even the cats were girls too. DH and I are planning a trip to Son1’s to see them and the grands this summer and hoping the garden will do better this year than last. Oven is going out and I’ve been “babying” it til we can replace it. That is the next thing on our list to replace. We’ve discussed it and it looks like we’re going to re hook up the gas. I want REAL burners (canning)but he doesn’t like electric burners so gas it is. Then next BIG project is fencing in the area I want to corral the grands HA HA, seriously I want to get a green house built and don’t want it too “available” to the neighbors, IF you know what I mean.Once the windows have been done , looking to get security film for them, being on a “main” drag want to be better protected. Can’t afford the alternative right now and code says we HAVE to have windows and doors in the house, LOL.
