Sunday, April 7, 2024

Sunday, April 7, 2024

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2008, during Mattie's 6th birthday party! All of Mattie's kindergarten class was invited to the bowling alley and thankfully many of my  friends from Mattie's preschool stayed to help me run the party. Though I hadn't planned for this, I was super grateful that they were there, as keeping track of 16 or more children in a bowling alley is not for the meek. While at the party, Mattie developed a fever, and by the time he came home, he took a nap on the couch. Very unheard of for Mattie. It is hard to believe that three months after this photo was taken, Mattie was diagnosed with cancer. 

Quote of the day: When we think of those companions who travelled by our side down life’s road, let us not say with sadness that they left us behind, but rather say with gentle gratitude that they once were with us. ~ Unknown

I was on a tear today! I do not know if it my mood or the fact that it was a beautiful day, but I spent a lot of time spring cleaning today. I started with windows on our first floor. I was tired of looking through grim and dirt from the winter. So I got the ladder out and tackled the exterior of the kitchen windows. 

Then I moved to the front yard, and I did the exterior of our dining room. 

Then I moved onto the living room window. I looked like a tight rope walker, as I was walking along the outside window sill. I couldn't get a ladder close to the windows because of our bushes. 

Later today, I went into the garage and vacuumed the windows in there, as I couldn't stand seeing the cob webs and dirt. Then cleaned those windows and the garage floor. One would think I would be tired after that, but no!

I started on cleaning our porch. The dirt, debris, pine needles and leaves were everywhere. This is my first pass on cleaning it up. But my goal is to clean and polish the wooden deck over the next couple of weeks.