Lazy Days

After  the last three months of remodeling, we are now winding down what we are doing for Gladys.  Not having a major task each day is a little unsettling, rather like the feeling of packing for a trip and knowing you are forgetting something important.  We feel guilty to finally have some free time with nothing that we have to finish.

Today started dark and cloudy after some rain last night. We took a short trip this morning to Tampa to return a weaving shuttle that we purchased earlier.  We thought about going to the Container Store, but I honestly could not think of a thing that we needed for Gladys, so we came home by lunch time.

After lunch, we took out the gallery picture frame that I used to have hanging in my office.  We have a blank wall right next to the front door that we wanted to fill, and this picture gallery was a great fit.  We chose what pictures we wanted to add to the variety of frames, and then took the flash drive to Sam's Club to have the pictures developed.  Our pictures range from a picture of Gladys hanging next to a snowy shot of our Green Bay backyard.  Then we have a picture of the Botanical Gardens, a shot of the crested crane from Animal Kingdom, three small shots of Chihuly's works, a view of Fred Howard Beach in Tarpon Springs, a sunset going down over St. Joseph's Sound at the Marina, and four shots of family members.  These pictures represent some of what we have enjoyed this winter, and I am sure that we will change them as we continue to experience what Florida has to offer. We can't wait until we can have pictures of our grandchild in some of those frames, but that will have to wait until this summer when the little one is finally born.

The blank wall with two of three hooks
inserted for the picture frame gallery.

A short shopping trip to Kohl's (I didn't trip this time!) to get Rick some new shorts resulted in him not being happy with anything and with me getting a new pair of shorts and two pair of capris. We had a 20% off coupon, and I have to say that the marketing worked on me this time.  I am having a hard time deciding what to leave here and what to take back to Wisconsin.  We need late fall, early spring, and summer clothes here, and early spring, summer, and late fall clothes in Wisconsin.  Sigh.  I have too many clothes here, so some of those will have to travel with us to Wisconsin and stay there when we return in the fall.

Our living room wall with the completed photo gallery. 

We leave for Wisconsin in three weeks.  Lindsay and Chris will be happy to have us home so we can look after our own house, and Lindsay seems to miss our truck more than she misses us!  Ah, well, at least we have something of value... Actually, we miss her too, and I will be happy to see my mother again who will be celebrating her 90th birthday on May 28.

In the next few weeks, I hope to finish some needlework that I am doing, and I hope that Rick can finally get back into his Nantucket Baskets so he does not drive me nuts. We continue to bike or to walk each day, and those are activities that we want to continue when we return to our northern home.