It was a dark and stormy night......and it got even darker when the power went off just after ten last night. The wind was pretty ferocious, and we got over 2" of rain. The power was off around half an hour - we were more than ready for the fan to come back on. We snuggled down and went to sleep. We've seen several limbs down around town today.
After the storm, the weather is a little milder today. Yesterday was hot. It was so hot that the 5-year-old Whirlwind, recently home from their Caribbean cruise, told her mama that it was "Jamaica hot" yesterday! That girl misses nothing. With the milder weather today, we enjoyed a walk uptown this morning.
Today we enjoyed one of the perks of living in a retirement apartment. One of the local nursing homes' staff brought lunch for the residents. Twenty-three of us gathered in the dining room at 11 and enjoyed croissant and ham salad or chicken salad sandwiches, pasta salad, potato chips,soda, and red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Yummm!!
They also fixed some plates and delivered to residents who weren't able to come to the dining room - and still there was food left. They had styrofoam take-home boxes, and all of us who wanted brought home another serving of everything for another meal. I'd already told Hubby that he might as well take everything they offered him, including the take-home box, and I would "handle" anything he didn't eat! And that, dear friends, means I have two cupcakes currently in the fridge. :)
Early this afternoon, we decided to make a run to the local Dollar store. After our move, I'd attempted to use the Swiffer to handle the two small floors. I finally realized it just wasn't going to work - getting out the Swiffer and installing a sweeping pad or mopping pad on it just wasn't as handy as having a broom and dustpan. So I splurged on all of that - less than $5 and I now have a small broom, dustpan, and mop. Now I have no excuse for my floors not being clean!
I had a few other odds and ends to grab there, and Hubby reminded me that we wanted a new wall clock. We have one in the eating area, and it works well for Hubby any time he's ensconced on the sofa watching TV. However, both of the chairs I tend to inhabit sit with their backs to the eating area. So I'm always doing a good imitation of an owl trying to check the time. The only time I don't have to do that is late in the evening. Once it's completely dark outside, I have a good reflection of that clock in the window behind Hubby.
We had talked about getting a new clock before our week in Grain Valley and planned to look for one up there. We remembered that after we got home. So we checked out the clocks while at the store. They had the perfunctory "plain Jane" wall clocks......then I saw The One. It's an antique-y style, more ornate hands, and it looks like old metal. Around the frame are the words "Live, Laugh, Love" - one of my favorite sayings.
When we got home, Hubby installed the clock in the living room. And at the risk of sounding really cheesy, it really seems to complete the room. Amazing for one little wall clock.
Our new laundry room is functioning fairly well. All the washers seem to be working, in spite of the one that didn't seem to want my money this morning. I have one dryer that I'm going to avoid because my clothes didn't dry well, but I could have overloaded it a bit too much. Today the construction guys are back, transforming the two former laundry rooms into a beauty shop on third floor and an exercise area on second floor. They must be in the process of capping off the water lines on the second floor, because we've been without water for about an hour. Hopefully it won't be much longer.
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