December 16, 2017

Saturday

Tom and John went to Home Depot early this morning. I made breakfast for everyone when they got back, bacon and eggs. They worked downstairs all day, putting in a new door in Tom's workshop and insulation and paneling in the other room. 

I put supper in the crockpot, and Mom and I worked on a Christmas present for somebody; I can't say. :0) Later I made a salad and finished supper. We ate and then Mom and I finished our project while Tom and Eric watched hockey. I talked to Stacey on the phone, wrapped 2 presents, and went to bed. 

December 15, 2017

Friday

This morning my cousin, Eric, and I went for short walk. I showed him some of the damage. Susan's house has been demolished; it's gone. I hope they get a FEMA trailer soon. They are staying in a friend's house but they will be coming back in January. 

I did school with Charlie for most of the day. I did a little algebra, dropped Tommy off at church to work for the movie night, and then went to Winn Dixie. I made supper while putting the groceries away. We had chicken and biscuits and gravy. I made brownies later too. We watched a few Carol Burnett skits on YouTube. 

I did a math test with Tommy, and then we finished a lesson. I did dishes. 

I think Tom and Eric got a lot of work done downstairs. I didn't take a peek to see but they might have the sliding glass door in. I think tomorrow he might put up some paneling. Cross your fingers. 

December 14, 2017

Thursday

Charlie and I had fiddle lessons this morning. I didn't practice once all week. :0( Charlie did though. 

The boys did school and I cleaned the porch and went through all my plants. I had put a Christmas cactus on the table downstairs and the deer ate most of it. I should have known better. 

When Garrett got home he and Tommy took the bunk beds apart in their room and I cleaned and changed the bedding. I washed the floor. Tom fixed and painted the ceilings where we had water damage in both the boys' rooms and in the living room. He also put up the new bamboo blinds in our bedroom. He didn't like doing that though. The blinds that is. 

My mom and my cousin Eric got here after dark. They were delayed four hours in traffic from an accident on US 1.

We visited for a while, then ordered take-out from Bucktooth Rooster. 

December 9, 2017

Saturday

Yesterday (Friday)  we had our kid's fiddle jam at the church. On our way home we stopped at Artists in Paradise so I could put labels on my towels. Then I took Tommy and Charlie to Coco's for lunch.  Tom and John roofed all week and finished today. To celebrate that and my birthday we went out with John and Rita to Home Depot and the Hurricane. Roberto's band was playing. We had wings and pizza. When Tom was paying for our food a man asked me to dance. It was sweet but funny. I haven't danced in 30 years. 

Also, the band boys ran into a snow storm driving to their Atlanta gig. It was cancelled and they were blessed to get a hotel room and stay off the road for the night. They took some pics and made some fun videos. 

(Saturday) We were on our way out for breakfast this morning when we remembered that there was a give-away of free furniture at the old prison. So we went by to check it out. It was all from time shares or condos somewhere. It had all been unloaded outside and as we walked over to the furniture it started pouring. We ran back to the minivan but then decided to go look at stuff in the rain, since we were already wet. They were trying to cover everything with tarps. We ended up getting four rattan chairs, a matching couch, and four chairs for the kitchen table. We were soaked. Tom made two trips and John went with him on the second trip. 

We changed to dry clothes and went out for breakfast at Coco's with John. Charlie went to a friend's house all day. I started cleaning Charlie's room and closet. At 3 o'clock Tommy and I went to Kim's. Kim and I set up a new bin and screen for ice dying and we dyed the next batch of yarn. I came back home and worked till 8 PM in Charlie's room while also doing laundry. Tom started to fix the ceiling in Tommy's room. I ended up with two bags of garbage and one big bin for Ed and Ben to take to Nashville. They never moved all their stuff out. 

Tom watched hockey and I put decorations on the tree. I did a few rows of knitting before going to bed. 

December 7, 2017

Thursday

My birthday was Tuesday. I shouldn't have let it happen, but somehow I ended up doing dreaded paperwork that had been piling up on the kitchen table. The worst thing was many health insurance envelopes. If this, do that. Send this form. Deadlines. So confusing. Do we have this, or that? I thought we had this. I don't understand. And I was trying to do school. Charlie needed a ride to swimming. Tom was roofing. I had a Christmas party to go to and needed to bring a dish to share, so I had to go to the store to buy ingredients, and then make it, which I did. Kim said she'd go to the party with me, and Doug decided to be our driver. Tom took Charlie to swimming and we went to the party. But I thought it was at Artists in Paradise and it wasn't. We got there and there was just one girl there getting ready to close the shop. She made a few texts and found out where the party was. It was  a half hour away and we didn't feel like going that far. Instead we went to Bucktooth Rooster and had my birthday dinner. Tom wasn't back from swimming with Charlie yet so we ordered take out for him and met him at Kim's later. We hung out for a while. It ended up being a nice evening. Rob stopped by our house with gifts but we weren't home. Sad about that. Sorry Rob. 

Wednesday I tutored algebra and we did school. I moved some furniture around in the living room and put the tree up. I need to get rid of some stuff. We have no room. I couldn't find the Christmas tree lights. Either I threw them away last year because half of them didn't work, or Irma took them into the mangroves. That's where the tree I bought last year went. 

Charlie and I took a short walk. Some guy let his dogs run out into the road at us. Not fun. One was huge like a St. Bernard. Then we went to church for supper and Bible Study. On the way home we stopped at CVS and I bought new lights for the tree.  Tommy and I did algebra for a while. We were getting confused again, triangles, sines. cosines, and tangents. And one rate/time/distance problem. Poor me. 

Today, Thursday, school. And fiddle lessons. Skype chose to not work today and we had to do our lessons with FaceTime on my phone. I messed with it afterwards and I think it will work next week. Grrrrr.  I put the lights on the tree and called the guy who signed us up for our health insurance for help. I think we figured out a few things. They were sending me mail for things we already did, and the kids were signed up for Blue Cross with us, but first they have to be turned down for Medicaid, and then they would be added to our plan. We don't want Medicaid. No one down here takes it. 

I took Charlie to swimming. Then dropped him at youth group. Came home and made a frozen pizza.  I had salad already made in the fridge but we didn't eat it. I did math till I was falling asleep. But of course getting ready for bed cured me of my drowsiness. I had Tommy take out the garbage cans and empty the dishwasher. Charlie took some cardboard downstairs for the recyclable bin and then did his math homework. I loaded the dishwasher and took down two more bags of garbage. And then I finally went to bed (and wrote this).

December 4, 2017

Monday

Yesterday we went to church. Charlie and I went for a swim at Deb's and we got to visit with Deb a little bit. Then I took Charlie to Boyscouts. There was a meeting for parents too so I stayed.  We ended before the boys so I was able to get some groceries and then go back and pick up Charlie. I made stuffed peppers for supper. Tom worked on the roof all day till about 8 at night. He had lights up there. 

This morning I went walking and made yogurt with coconut milk.  I got the boys started in their online classes and then met Kim at the studio. We wound the yarn for my next project. I stopped at Winn Dixie on my way home and saw Donna,  my favorite cashier. I made lunch, did dishes, and set Charlie up for his art class. Kim and Doug stopped in with the boys. Then I had to take Charlie to swimming because Tom was working on the roof all day again. When we got back from swimming (three hours later- I don't have time for this) Tommy and I went over three lessons of algebra that we were both getting confused on. Tom came in and I fed him supper (leftovers from last night). I tried doing an algebra lesson but only got 6 problems done before I ran ran out of energy. I quickly did dishes and retired to my room to hide under the covers. Paperwork has been piling up on the kitchen table and I want to run away. Having a hard time planning my day tomorrow. 

December 1, 2017

Friday

Yesterday Charlie and I started back with our fiddle lessons. We did math and literature and then I went to work at Artists in Paradise. After that I picked up charlie and dropped him at youth group, then went to Winn Dixie for salad fixings. I went to Kim's, made salad, and we ate. Then I went back to church and picked up Charlie. When I got home I made a salad for Tom and Jonathan. Rob stopped in and watched some hockey with Tom. Charlie, Jonathan, and I made some art designs on paper with shaving cream and food color. I'm using it for tags on the things I make. 

This morning I took some things over to Deb's house that she ordered. I forgot to do it yesterday. We did school all day. Even while I ate my supper I was watching an archive of Charlie's missed art class from Wednesday. I went to the bank and before I made supper I took a short walk. I helped Tommy with homework after supper. Garrett stopped in so we chatted a little bit.