Thursday, May 9th. Good morning and happy “no storms” morning. We have certainly had our share of storms and rain. We have been through four rounds since yesterday morning. Fortunately, wee were spared any damage and in fact for all that was happening across this part of the country, —— we were incredibly blessed. Other parts of the country have been devastated by all of the storms and tornadoes. And —- I’m glad to say that we have just about completely gotten all of the damage cleaned up and repairs made from the storms we had on April 1st. I’m still waiting on the fellow to come and replace the gutter and gutter guard and the chimney cap. And of course, it’s great to know that the new roof is obviously doing what it is supposed to do.  

We have a couple of days with nothing on the calendar. That’s hard to believe; no doctor’s appointments, no visiting home nurse visitations, —- nothing! What will we do with ourselves? The question didn’t take long to find an answer to; make it a laundry day. It’s just one load so that won’t take too long. Frankly “laundry day” isn’t a big deal at our age. Gosh, I remember the days of my youth when laundry day was a big deal. Mom had a “wringer-washer” down in the basement, with a set of “dual tubs for rinsing. We had a set of four-line clotheslines outside that dad had made. So mom would get the wash done downstairs then carry it up stairs and outside to hang it up when the wether was nice. On bad days and in really cold weather, we had clotheslines strung from all of the ceiling joists in the basement. The basement was always damp anyway and that didn’t help alleviate the moisture at all. Thank goodness we are long past those days; although there is a lady cross the way that always hangs her laundry outside. Interesting. 

So, the other thing I have to do today is make my grocery list and go to Hellmart. Yuck!  Knowing that, I better get started. Bad news doesn’t get any better with age. 

Peace my friends.