it's raining it's pouring...

 ...temperamental weather here in central NY state, from snow storm to pouring rain.  It's drumming on the metal roof, and do you think I want to get up, get dressed, and head out the door to the pool?  Absolutely not, but I will anyway.  A key to being successful in anything is to just not listen to your lazy inclinations.

This fine, dark, chilly day, I have plans to spend some time with Lydia, my dear 8 year old granddaughter. I was thinking to take her shopping and to lunch, after the pool.  

Yesterday, Camille had her pre-op appointment.  Her $400 t-scope immobilizer leg brace is missing a piece, we had to get a new one.  The ortho office manager wasn't sure the insurance would cover a new one.  Well, her last surgery, in May of last year, she wore the brace for weeks, but honestly, how were we supposed to know at that point, that she would need a second surgery on the other knee?  I mean, would a used leg brace pass the Marie Kondo?  Yes, the leg brace, all ratty with dog hair in the velcro from both the yellow and black labs, brings me joy.  I shall keep it.  Since we didn't do an actual Marie clean out, we did still have the awful thing, and they asked us to please bring it with us for this visit.  I was almost glad, for Camille's sake, that it WAS missing a piece, because, shabby.  But another $400 or so...and you can buy them on Amazon!  I didn't even consider that!

Anyway.  Never a dull one.  We went to Aldi after her appointment.  Emily, from her vacation in Lisbon, asked me to get a few things for a mentor's weekend at church, she's coming home, then doing the food for around 200 people.   I couldn't find what we needed in Aldi, so to Walmart we went.  Cam was looking for comfy pants for after surgery, with wide legs, we didn't find them.  We stopped at another grocery store, really quickly, because I knew the Diet Coke was buy two, get three free...and the burger was $2.99 a pound.  

Home...Kathryn was over for a visit with the kids, how nice to have a newborn to cuddle!

(Auntie Sonja with little Jamison)

This fine morning, I went to the pool...came home and got Miss Camille, then picked up Lydia.  We went to Kohl's, where the clearance stuff is half off.  I found boots for Lydia, which she loves, and jeans, a few tops...and two winter coats for Camille ($20 and $16), a few $1.80 shirts for me, and some various other bargains.  We went to McDonalds, as per Lydia's request, because of the play area.  Only one cashier, and the ordering screens took your order, but you had to wait in line to pay the one cashier because that function wasn't operational.  It took 45 minutes to get a little snack...Lyd wanted the mint shake, Cam a chocolate one, and iced coffee for me.  

She made a friend on the playground, and also met up with an old neighbor.  

After dropping her off, home...ah home on this chilly, damp, rainy day....no, I did not say damn.

Paul was leaving to go work on the house, so off I went with him...he has the flooring almost finished, the two upstairs bedrooms and the downstairs bedroom, most of the living room...there's the downstairs hall, the bathroom, and the back room to go, as well as the kitchen area.  I painted a few doors, some trim, and washed some windows.  The cabinet doors are still here, need one more coat of paint...

(The nice refrigerator and stove we bought from Marketplace...that's not exactly where they're going...

Anyway...home ahhh home...Paul cooked burgers for dinner, and I cut up some strawberries.  

My back has been bothering me, lower on the left side, radiates around to the front of my thigh, feels like a clicking, a catching, if I lean over.   Try not leaning over. It's almost impossible. I dropped the store ad in the store yesterday, and just walked on like I didn't notice.  Putting on my boots, my socks, oh dear.  Feeding the cat, feeding the dog, not fun.   

Hopefully resting it will make it better soon...:)