to tell Y’all a cute story
(or I think it’s cute!) and do a quick “painting” update...
We have Painters! Thanks
to Precious, Amazing Autumn. When we gave up on the painter that told us in May
he’d be at our house in July, then September, then October, but was still putting us off last week, I sent
her a pleading, pathetic, probably obnoxious text asking for her help and advice.
She highly recommended a very nice man, JS, who has remodeled all of her
bathrooms in her beautiful home. (They are stunning. Exquisite. We’ve featured
her Master Bedroom on our blog.) JS came to see us last Thursday. We had his
bid by Friday afternoon and he came with three other wonderful guys yesterday
morning.
We are beyond psyched!
However, our casa is beyond nightmare-ish. When you’ve been married 37 years
and together over 38, you have a bunch o’ “stuff.” JS had said, as he walked
around our house last week, we didn’t have near the problem he sometimes has
with other clients—in terms of clutter everywhere. (Then when they got here
yesterday morn, he was quite shocked at what we’d had to pack in boxes and
tubs…Sheesh.) We'd told him we'd take everything off our walls, remove all
electrical wall and switch plates, and get everything out of our Master Bedroom
closet. Out of all our rooms, actually. We did decide we'd leave our other two closets alone. That was wise. It allowed us to stuff "stuff" in those!
Oh. My. Gosh. My Sweet
Hubby (MSH) and I knew our closets were full—mine is, of course, much worse
than his. Much. Much. Too much. Very bad. (Unbelievably,
I’ve spent the past 15 years we’ve lived in this home giving away/donating lots and
lots of clothes, shoes, dishes, jewelry, household items, and even furniture.
Yet, what remains reproduces. It’s discouraging.)
I’m determined we’re going
to have ONE BIG PURGE soon. Like none we’ve ever had before.
Once our house is sparkling with new paint, I refuse to clutter it up with an
overabundance of unnecessary anything. Hear me ROAR.
We’re deeply grateful to
Autumn and JS that this daunting task is going to be accomplished before Thanksgiving and
Christmas! Woo Hoo…YIPPEE…Hallelujah!
Now for my little “cute”
story:
So Monday afternoon I
needed to take a break from MSH’s and my Pre-Painting Prep. I had a script to
pick up at the pharmacy, our mail at the Post Office, and, of course, I was
desperately requiring what MSH calls my “wine:” A Vanilla Coke Zero from Sonic.
I headed to town about 3:00 (Coke Hour at Sonic is from 2:00-4:00 , which means half-price drinks!) and knew my first
stop was going to be…yes…my wine fix. I pulled up to a speaker and ordered.
Just a VCZ. I thought I needed a Mini Snickers’ Blast. I didn’t give
in. My total was $1.29. I always, always, ALWAYS give at least $1 tip—which
cracks my husband up at Half-Price Coke Hour—to My Sonic Peeps. Sometimes I
give $2. I’ve been known to give $5 on an extremely hot Texas
CG:
Hi! You are so pretty!
For a moment, I thought I
must have forgotten someone else was in my car. As I thanked her with a big
smile on my pretty face, she said:
CG:
You’re aging so well!
And…BOOM . I wasn’t expecting her caveat. Darnnit. I
actually got tres tickled and said:
ELC:
Well, I am old, so that’s a nice compliment!
At this point, I’m looking
at her and I’m knowing she’s about to guess my age. I think this could go
really downhill fast for me. I quickly tell her—before she guesses 71—that I’m
61. To which she replies:
CG: I
was going to guess 59!
And…DOUBLE BOOM . I hope someone tells this lovely, kind, sweet
young lady that if you’re going to compliment someone on their looks, and then
guess their age, go ahead and subtract at least five years (preferably ten!)
from what you think they are. Winky. Wink. It’s like icing on a cake, right?
I’m still grinning and
giggling as she now, for the first time, looks at the money I gave her as soon as she skated up.
CG: Oh, you gave me $1 too
much!
ELC: No, I didn’t. That’s
for you!
You would have thought I’d
given her $10. She was sincerely and
genuinely grateful. Her gratitude, coupled with her compliment, made my
day!
I called TLC, MSH and
Sunny—to tell them this tale and laugh with all of them! We all agreed it was
too delightful.
Back to November’s
Nostalgia in a couple of days, Sillies…
Hope Y’all have a
Wonderful Wednesday—wherever in the World you are!
smooch
