Getting Caught Up

We finally made a decision on the area rugs and put them on order. Instead of the typical asian pattern, we bought plain colored rugs with sculpted patterns...ivory for the two seating areas in the great room and an abstract ivory/cocoa sculpted pattern for the dining area. The rugs are on order so it will be awhile until they arrive.

We still haven't gotten the ceiling fans installed- tomorrow I absolutely must call an installer. The weather is getting warm enough to need some air movement. We still haven't needed air conditioning, which is wonderful for the utility bill.

Mail delivery seems to still be an occasional experience. I'm not sure exactly what prompts the mail person to deliver - we've had mail delivery twice. Odd.

Jim really enjoyed Mike's telephone call on Memorial Day. We both love it when our kids call just to chat. Since everyone has their own lives, we don't get together in person all that often. We enjoy getting caught up with what they're up to. We're pleased that Mike has been promoted to Regional Manager in charge of four stores - Way to go Mike!

Sunday, when we were at Home Depot buying area rugs, we also bought some flowers and more herbs. We bought two kinds of sage, parsley, basil, mint, oregano, some annuals and a few perinneals. The yard is looking good - that is the patio with all the flowers in pots. We have yet to take on the whole picture. Our peonies haven't bloomed and it doesn't look like they will this year. We kept hoping we'd be lucky and have some that bloomed the first year they were planted. Peonies require endurance and patience, like marriage, which is why we chose them for our wedding bouquet. Our first anniversary is Thursday. I had hoped they would bloom by then, but we can wait til next year - we'll still be here.

Memorial Day was pretty quiet for us . Jim went to the Trilogy Ice Cream Social with neighbors. I stayed home and worked on recovery from the martini extravaganza we had with neighbors the night before. I've learned from this... 1.5 martinis is my capacity. More than that will cause me serious discomfort and the pain is logrithymic to my consumption. Quothe the raven, "never more."

Today we had a Costco adventure (isn't every trip to Costco an adventure!). Being the sweetheart that he is, Jim agreed to go to the Costco in Fairfield because I thought it would be fun, and as I said to Jim, "It's a bigger store" - not. On the way home, he told me in no uncertain terms that if that's where I wanted to Costco shop, I would have to do that alone. We got lost going there. Then, I insisted on examining EVERY aisle, then we got lost leaving and the store was really no great shakes compared to other Costcos. We ended up in Napa which is a neat little town. :>), but I don't think it was in Jim's plan to go there today. He'll be ok after a good night's sleep.

Love to all,
Corrie and Jim
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