Don't Be Afraid

Today's blog is aimed at all you readers who don't have a blogger account. You know who you are! I would love to hear from you....leave a comment sometime! Actually...I don't think you have to create a blogger account in order to do so since my blogger account allows anonymous comments. BUT....if it does ask you to create a blogger account....just click on "Create blog" in the blue bar at the top and follow the instructions..... Don't be afraid!!! I never get junk mail from blogger in my hotmail account. Come on....it'll be fun! You don't even have to start a blog!!! But I know you'll want to....it's way fun!!

It's very low key here today. I took Craig to London to a friend's house. He was so excited and we happened to have Grandma and Grandpa's car because Grandpa is in Algonquin with Ray. It is quite chilly today and cloudy, but that doesn't indicate what the weather will be like over in that part of the world. I did find a note on the grocery list that mentioned they would stay longer if they became wind bound. So I won't dispatch a search party if they don't return by Monday night.

Friday was our turn to have Joy, the Keystone supervisor over for a visit. She is sweet and funny and we love her company. It was a busy day, with painting and cleaning at church. We ate something easy for supper, bahmi goreng, with eggs and peanut sauce. It was so delish and everyone liked it. Ray was already gone.

It was great to have the car! I had to paint in a bathroom in an apartnment. First I had to prime the piece that was mudded, and the piece of trim beside it. Leave it to dry and go back to church to clean, hang up a banner at church with my friend Winnie. Then I had to go back after I finished cleaning but before I went home for lunch and put the first coat of bathroom paint on it. Then I snuck home and picked up an old tube of silicone, not like it has a best before date on it or anything....to put a blob of silicone in the tub area. Then home for a sandwich, write out some thank you cards, make up the deposit, pick up an envelope for the Spring Drive, and back out to put on the second coat of paint and finish sealing the gaps with silicone. Two coats are better than one right??? I have a funny feeling that the silicone is just a tiny bandaid on a real gusher....but time will tell. It was fun to schedule all those things and get them done. There really was no other way to get it done...and I could submit my invoice for the hours worked now that the jobs were done. And GREAT to have the car!!! I arrived home just in time to tidy up the bathroom and get some things put away before the bus dropped Joy and the boys off. Things were not really under control but....anyway.... we had a great visit. At the door, I asked Joy if she came to see me or my house. If she was coming to see my house, she would have to wait outside for a few minutes, but if she came to see me she could come right in! So she came right in :):)

So that brings us Saturday. I had to finish hanging a banner and the boys helped to weed the garden. It was Eddy's first encounter with weeding. Joey was Eddy's coach. Let's just say that Joey has a new appreciation for how Ray feels when he is teaching Joey a new job. I think Eddy will need some more exposure to green things. His first handfull was a just ready to bloom Columbine. Keep at 'er. It was great to have all the boys help!! I also got to have the fun of doing a scrapbook page. I have another one half done. I'm working on an oldish album of a holiday from years ago. I shall plug away at it and finish it....

Craig went to his grass cutting job. He went earlier in the week as well and went to finish today. They are very pleased with his work and his work ethic. That is nice to hear.

I also had a really great talk with Joe last night about how people treat each other. It's neat to see the boys mature and see the deeper side of them. Sometimes they have more insight than we give them credit for....they just seem to be videogame playing, eating machines....so it's neat to see their human side once in a while, that the things you try to teach DO rub off, and that they ARE able to have a viewpoint that is contrary to what their peers think.

AND....Helina might come home tomorrow!!! Is that great or what! She's starting to want to help the nurses in ICU so I guess that's as good an indicator as any!!! Her daughter lives right next door so being home won't be too far away from someone to help. I'm so excited!!!!