clean and decorate

today! With my soup and ornament party one week from today I have no time to delay. I have my tree up (of course it is just a simple pull up fully decorated tree!) and my 4 little trees and the countertop decorations - garland and lights and candles are up I just need to put up my tabletops, tableclothes and generally make the place look presentatble. lol easier said than done.

This week will be a *itch. lol I will be busy from cleaning, shopping, cooking, decorating, go to parties (a cocktail and a play/dinner as well as my own party) that I will have litte time for anything else. Well, I will get my breathing test done on tomorrow. Let us hope the test show no further decrease of lung capacity. It is pretty low as it is.

I am in the process of fixing Chapter 46. In fact I am debating collapsing 46 and 47 and adding an entirely different chapter 48. might work. I have been mulling it over and over.

Yesterday had lunch with my oldest son in Asheville. He was visiting his in-laws in Bristol VA (which is a little over 2 hours from my house). We met at the halfway place - except he went further - and we had a lovely lunch/dinner at Flat Rock Grille. We had a wonderful talk. His wife had gone shopping with her mom so it was just the two of us. I have missed our talks. We had been so close when he was growing up (and his brother was such a obnoxious brat) that I have missed him. The moment he left for college, our lives forever changed. The closeness was gone replaced by a more adult to adult relationship. We no longer share secrets or even argue over politics. I really enjoyed the day. Of course, we spoke around the sad topic that is always in the room with us but still it was a fun and enjoyable lunch. And he said he and his wife are now finally talking about having a baby. After 8 years of marriage I hope it is not too late because you can not wait too long of the "seed cannot take hold in the flower garden." lol

well, off to do some icky crap. Hopefully I will be able to focus on the final chapters as I work.

till tomorrow.

gayle