early morning

Okay, I am dreading this next trip to Florida. My mother is much worse each time I see her. It is painful to talk on the phone because she can never think of the words she wants to say.

At least lasis will be there with me so there will be someone to take charge and I can just hang out in the background. She will cook up a storm which will be kind of nice. We are going to make osso buco from ma's recipe and who knows what else??

I'm sure I will be sleeping on the couch right outside their bedroom so will be the one to have night time bathroom duty. Thank goodness lasis will be there to deal with daddy. I am always so focused on ma that I totally ignore him.

And that STARE AT YOU thing he does creeps me out. Ask me how I learned to be a complete blank whenever I want and that's why. I also hate the way he makes everyone come to the table to eat when he wants to eat. Bah!!! Whenever I can, I fix his food and give it to him and then fix mine while he is eating. He has, in the past just sat there letting his food get cold and waiting for me. Ha! I mean who can enjoy a meal with someone staring at them?

My Powder Room!!

Here it is before



Inspiration


After


After


Chair rail detail

3.0000000000000000000001 ways

to get something down from the top shelf in a grocery store.

Climb up.
Ask someone for help.
(If it's something light) Jump up, knock it off, catch.

Okay the last way is the "Beam It Down" concept but I am starting to suspect that that is just a phrase made up by Gene Roddenberry for his Star Trek series.