Best Life

  A beautiful night for Maddy's last chorus concert as a senior at Ponaganset High School.  Well done!  (And so pretty!) And it was a beautiful day for a fast morning walk on the bike path with Lisa.   And a beautiful afternoon to paint outside!

My day - blissfully ordinary.     1.     Bake a Jewish apple cake while waiting for the house to wake and a plan for the day established.       2.  Cut Megan and TJs grass while Paul worked on the front end of my car.  Using Scotts' lawn mower gave me a real good workout.  Two speeds - stop and GO!  I managed to cut  the entire yard in just over an hour (typical time in past at least 90 minutes).     3.     Empty their dishwasher and hang their laundry.     4.      Make Yard Sale signs for the coming event.     5.      Sit in the sun and read a book.     6.      Watch a movie through my eyelids.     7.     Dinner with Mom at Kay's in Woonsocket.  Great sandwiches and conversation.     8.      Time to practice painting with watercolors. Bird Day.   And 45 Day.  And t...

  Tonight's menu - fish tacos with homemade guac and Baja sauce.  I love cooking for very appreciative diners (Kevin and Isis)! A cold day today with intermittent dark clouds and the occasional spitting rain.  My original goal was to paint outside.  Nope.  So instead I framed the original blueprints for the house from the early 1950s.  Already fading and being to tear around the curled edges, the frames will protect them a bit longer.   Finding the frames at Walmart was painful - how could I have forgotten it was the first weekend of the month!   Ugh!  I have come to realize that those who cannot park a car successfully also cannot manage their carriages successfully.  There is definitely a direct correlation.  (Also the number of kids in tow also exponentially raise the likelihood of a collision.) A few other "housekeeping" items - coat hooks on the bedroom door and inside closet, paying a couple bills and hanging the bik...

 Congratulations Brianna on making your First Communion!  Not an easy accomplishment considering the logistics of attending CCD in Canton while living in Westfield and Cumberland.  Thank you Susan for making it possible!                                                                      Singing?  Praying?  Pure Brianna!                                                                          Grandma Scott and Megan   2002                             ...

 Today's goal - remove the old bed and bureau, pick up the new furniture and assemble.  Maddie helped with every task.                                                             Moving the desk chair into the hallway -                                                              perfect spot for Maddie to perch.                                                            Taking the old frame apart - Maddie is keeping       ...

 Rainy, cold and a boring to do list.  But we did purchase a new bedroom set.  The bed we are currently using was the "kids' bed".  Designated as such because though it is a queen, it is low to the floor. It also does not fit the frame causing bruised shins.  The headboard is not pretty and I have no desire to clean between all the decorative curlicues.  So tomorrow we will bring home the new furniture - a solid headboard (quick to clean) and drawers underneath (more storage always a plus).   Today is... Mr Potato Head Day!  So many hours he entertained the kids.  Though they had a plastic potato with holes already available for arms, legs and facial features.  Unlike the real potatoes we used as kids. Roger Williams Park in Providence has a life size potato head thanks to Hasbro.                                       ...