On Vacation

Well it's my first official day of vacation. My plans for today are to -- go through Meg's clothes and take out the ones that are too small for her. Box them up and get them ready to be shipped out. I'm going to send them to my sister Jody so she can hold them for Stacey to go through. Then Stacey can take what she doesn't want to once upon a child and keep whatever they give her. I can still write it off as a deduction (even though I never do I can). Phase two is similar. I'm going to go through all my clothes and anything I'm not wearing consistently goes as does most of my winter clothes. In the five years we've lived here I've not worn most of them. It never gets cold enough long enough to wear them. So they are just taking up room in my closet. Time to say goodbye to them. Project 3 is to clean up above the cabinets in the kitchen. Nasty job; but it needs to be done. Thankfully I still have some Murphy's oil soap as that is the only thing I've found it good for.

Yesterday we went and looked at couches. There is a consignment store not too far from here and they have model home furniture along with some really nice stuff and I found a couch I want. Its a sectional in a wheat colored chenille custom built. I like it because it's nice and neutral , not too big or too small and is a good transition piece. I've decided to take the advice of the "experts" and I went into my closet to see what color I wear the most. That was easy Red and tan. then I asked Ralph if he could wear any color he wanted what color would it be he said blue. I asked him what his favorite color for me was and he said red. So we are going to leave behind the dark browns and greens and move towards tans and reds with some blue thrown in. I found the lamps I want at Fry's marketplace (Fry's is Kroger's grocery of all things) They are red and white, I bought some red throw pillows at Target although I need more and plan to check out Pier One - If not I could make some, I need a new sewing machine but a basic one would work fine. I want to dye the curtains which are actually 6 white king sized flat sheets. I don't know what color to do them in though. Tan is obviously an option but I'm not gung ho on that. Red probably would work well and would be too much, blue is an option too but hey I'm open to suggestions. I can't get the couch right now of course but since my kaput van was just paid off and so is Meg's tuition that frees up a little bit of money soon. The couch may not be there then of course but I'll keep checking and I know there will be something that'll work. My couch is in very bad shape and needs to be replaced which ticks me off as much as I paid for it. Unless I can just pay outright for it I'm never buying such a thing again especially a new car. Nope rather buy a low mileage used one. I tell James that all the time. Look for a good used one don't buy anew one until you are over 25. Odds are too good he'll wreck it and he'd have a negative equity-- too risky. OK I've rambled on enough to postpone doing Meg's closet and drawers so off I go. Seriously. I'm going. Soon. Right after I play a few hands of Qwerty. (Scrabble on POGO.com)