1. Do you have Craigslist in your area? I am not sure whether it is all over the US or just a big city thing. In case you don't, by way of explanation I will say that Craigslist is like a garage sale on line. My hubs likes to look at the furniture. We have purchased a kitchen table and chairs, an oak cabinet, 2 television stands, and a desk from ads we found on Craigslist. On Saturday we can add a rocking chair to the mix. We ended up in the Soulard area and went to the market and to a BBQ restaurant in the area that my hubs and son visit when they are downtown for hockey games. It was good. It was a long walk to the car though and it was sort of hot compared to the cool summer, so it made for a long day.
2. More than shopping though someone else's cast offs, I like to shop my own house. This summer I wanted something in my entryway. It is a large empty space and I had read some decorating books and experimented myself enough to recognize that the entryway would look more inviting and pleasant with some sort of furniture there. I had an old vanity bench that had belonged to my mother-in-law once upon a time. It has gotten pretty banged up over all the moves we made while hubs was in the Navy. It didn't look like much. I decided to re-invent it. I got some foam and some fabric and some tacks. I created a little bench for the entryway. It isn't classy or expensive and decorating magazines won't be copying it. But, I created it, and the expense was minimal. It adds a little interest coming into my house.
Shabby chic, maybe?
3. On Sunday I got my hubs to take me out to Chipotle after church. This was a really big deal. I am sure that it won't ever become his favorite place, but I find hope in the mention of what he will order next time. Hubs isn't a Mexican food eater, generally. I have grown to like the Mexican once in a while, as long as it is mild.
4. The week raced by. At work I learned a new thing and it wasn't hard at all. Now I feel like a real grown up librarian. I can load the MARC records and it was actually easy peasy lemon squeezy. And I had two 8th grade boys who are not real readers fighting over a book (not a comic book). And I am drowning under laptop computers (broken), but I accept that as the new normal.
5. My brother called Tuesday and reported that my little niece and God-daughter has finally started a liquid diet and may leave the hospital today. Yay!
6. On Wednesday I went to a youth group Adoration at a neighboring parish. Yay, Jesus! I love the youth music and seeing the young and the old come together to worship Our Lord. This was with my women's group. Yay, women. Many of us had prayer requests for each other from the few minutes were talked outside before and after. Job losses, cancer, children troubles, health....Gives us stuff to pray about.
7. On Thursday the librarians got together. My people. I was really tired. It was after book club with 27 or so middle schoolers. They were squirrely. The librarians were fun. We are, I think, a dying breed. We care about books and reading and whether or not the Pebble Go subscription was renewed. (That is an elementary thing. Not my circus, not my monkeys.)