Before & after

Karen and Bobby were here to do our drywall work. Look at the difference in her skin after using Arbonne's anti aging RE9 set for 3 days! She looks 10 years younger.

I'm falling & I can't get up!

I will never laugh at that commercial again because that was me on Fri. Nov. 27th. We had been sleeping on the mattress directly on the floor in the breakfast room. That morning we set up our bed with new bedding in the bedroom. I was so excited!

I got up in the middle of the night, tripped over a step stool, and fell smack dab in the middle of tools, 5 gallon buckets, paint trays, & heaven knows what else. I've never known such pain & bear in mind that I have 2 children & 3 surgeries under my belt.

I went back to the doctor today; he gave me a prescription for an anti inflammatory which does nothing for pain. (thanks doc) Afterward we bought shoes for Jeff. This whole situation is driving me nuts.....but there's nothing I can do but wait for enough time to pass for my body to heal. Thank God I didn't break any bones. Jeff has waited on me hand and foot and taking care of me and everything else around here.

Drywallers are here

Tony & the crew left a couple of weeks ago so now Bobby & Karen are here to drywall/paint; they'll be here until the 22nd. The living room, office, & family room are finished & painted. Well...not exactly finished, there's still some trim work to do so I still don't have my furniture in there. AARGH! The living room color (these are porter colors) is called "sawdust", which is yellow/gold & the office is "shiny silk," a lighter version. The family room is Honey Beige and tomorrow the 1/2 bath off the family room will be painted Toffee Crunch. Our bedroom will be Pickling Spice, a pretty green color and the spa bath will be "simply elegant", a light silvery/blue color. I think it'll look great with the polished nickel fixtures and the mirrors.

Jeff has finally learned the secret to a great relationship :)

Space Shuttle Endeavor

Picture is from The Shreveport Times, since I left my camera at home. Drat!
The Space Shuttle, Endeavor, left Barksdale Air Force Base this morning headed for Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was scheduled to leave at 11 am so we pulled into the Southern Maid Donut shop's parking lot at 10:45 to wait. Around 11:05, Jeff decided he was going to get closer to the base so we found another spot. No sooner than we got out of the car, it came flying straight toward us and then passed right by us as it slowly ascended into the sky. It was a great experience.

Melissa & I at the St. James Art Festival

Melissa and I enjoy our annual trek to St James every year and since the festival always falls around her birthday, we make a celebration out of it. As you can see from the picture, it was a beautiful day & we had soooooo much fun. We both bought the same beautiful ring; it's a silver contemporary ring with a pearl on it. Look closely at the picture and you can see them. We knew we could always look at it and remember this day. Afterall, I was moving at the end of the month and Melissa and her family would be moving in March for Jon's residency. We realized our lives would never be the same, but we did vow that we would make it back one day. My ring is still packed away, but I'm going to find it and wear it today.