I Got Tagged!

Tagged by my niece Goldie. This is a tricky tag since I am to describe myself by using the letters of my middle name. Well since I don't have a middle name, I guess that would make me "indescribable"! I'll use my substitute middle name that appeared for many years on forms.

N - Nice, neat, nutty
M - Multifaceted, have many interests
I - Inquisitive,curious. Like to know what's going on all the time and how things work.

The House Project

We have lived in our house for 20 years this fall. It was built in 1977. We have the original aluminum windows and siding. The siding has been painted once. Well this is the year for new siding and windows and I am thrilled. My husband is a retired carpenter, so things at our house are done in his time, which means slowly. I've learned not to ask too many questions and that way I am pleasantly surprised when the work progresses and is eventually finished.

I have been told that this weekend I can do some painting on the siding if I want to. The house is currently a very pale yellow with blue trim. We are painting it an ivory/cream color with green trim. I know it's going to be beautiful when it is finished. Tomorrow we order the picture window for the living room.

I'm hoping to get the front yard mowed before any more pieces of discarded aluminum siding start to pile up. Stay tuned for our progress.

Mother's Day

The other morning I did something I seldom do, I burnt the toast. It wasn't too bad so I went ahead and scraped the black off into the garbage can. As I was doing that, I wondered if my Mother, who burnt the toast so often as I was growing up, had any idea that I would think of her when I burnt toast. I used to go to high school in the morning and the guy that sat behind me would say, "your Mom burnt the toast again." He could smell it in my hair.

I view my burnt toast incident as my Mother's way of letting me know she is always with me, even though she's been gone for four years.

The other thing she always did was hand wash my dishes whenever she came to town for a visit. I can't tell you how often I stand at the kitchen sink, washing dishes and remembering my mother.

Here is a picture of a pale yellow lilac bush that was given to me by my stepdaughters when my Mother passed away in 2004. My husband and I have lightly nicknamed the plant Lc, after my Mother. We talk about covering Lc from the frost and how is Lc doing.

This year Lc is full of fragrant blooms in time for Mother's Day. Mom - I love you, thanks for the memories!