Spring cleaning

It has begun. I've started getting projects completed in my mind, and physically by my dear cleaner, Tamara and her "crew." What a blessing they are to me. Each week they come and either shop or clean.

Now, the projects are getting done, in addition to the regular cleaning. Project number one was my sun porch. I was out there several days in the last two weeks and trying to get some of the cleaning accomplished myself. Not so much! I could conceptualize what had to be done, but the old body didn't cooperate, mostly.

So, today, the sun porch was cleaned from top to bottom, except for one screen which is out of track and will require a strong man to reinsert it into the track (which isn't Alan at this point or me, my hands wouldn't do what I was trying to tell them to do), and the windows which I can do if I have a mind to, and I do. I can still do some things.

Next project? The attic. It's full to over-flowing and most of it is half-full boxes of Christmas junk, and I mean junk, that needs to be weeded through and tossed away. And there are several blankies in there as well. Also, all the pool stuff for kiddies is in there.

My attic is a room with sloping roof about 10x10, if that. Most people make it into a wine cellar, I needed the storage space. In the winter you can regulate the heat so that very little is put in there and the temperature can be maintained year round (with the A/C in the summer on full) at about 55 degrees, which I'm told is a good storage temp for wine. We drink about 3 bottles of the stuff a year, and two bottles each of beer, if that much. We're not drinkers. Unless the wine is very sweet and has a very low alcohol content, I don't like the way it tastes and won't drink it. So, I'm not a connoisseur.

After that we'll tackle the pantry, then the dust collecting plant shelves which are in all the rooms, and then my office. I really need to have a scrapbooking party to get rid of all the extra stuff that I don't need. Maybe I'll do that. All my goods for less than cost, or free, depending on what the product is.

I'm putting aside lots of kiddie stuff to take to Runnemede with me for the children because I know most children love stickers and "scraping". I always did, and my mom was very good about letting me do my own thing. She'd provide a scrap book, old cards, and few pictures, and let me have at it. I think that will be a fun thing for the grandchildren, grand nieces and nephews, if their parents need something other than swimming to occupy their time. And what they don't use in Runnemede, they can take home. So, the office will have to be finished before I leave for the East coast.

I'm so glad I have someone willing to stay at the condo while we're gone. I hate leaving it, especially since people reading this can know that we're not home, thinking they're going to get free reign on our place. Well, sorry for all those sinners out there who would like to delve into my goods, which are really bads, if truth be told, because the home will be occupied by a very nice couple (newly weds, sort of) and I'm excited that they'll be able to have a retreat for the few days we're gone. A vacation for them, and a vacation for me.

So, I'm off of here now. I need to give Alan a shot (his keep-alive meds, according to his oncologist). The doc said she was surprise he was even walking at all because of the effects of Interferon for 10 years, and while it is good at bone-marrow building, it is also toxic. Hmmmm. Maybe that's why he can't walk? No one would admit to that, now, would they? Lifting him up all the time is wearing, sorry folks to end on a downer, but he is doing better, I think. Not walking better, but mentally doing better.

Thanks to all for praying.

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