the step-down dosage of prednisone doesn’t hop me up as much as the 125-pills-per-day dose of the methylprednisolone. go figure. the nuclear hot flashes continue, but my crazy running from task to task is slowing. i. must. not. stop. until house is done. guest room must be finished. guests coming in august.
this room (jax’s old room) is gonna be cool. i’m designing it for my daughter in law, mel (and matt). it’s gonna be a romantic, “girly” room. bill’s building a bed, a base for a cabinet, laying a new floor, painter’s coming at the end of the week. i have some furniture refinishing to do (a cabinet and a desk) and lots of shopping. i’ll take some pictures after and post the “before” pictures soon.
i’m also having a garage sale on the 22nd to clear the garage of all unnecessary items “found” in the big purge. my sister, pj, is planning to move to sarasota, florida, at the beginning of 2006, and so is in the middle of her own big purge, thus the garage is also holding a lot of her stuff to sell. i may have to take that whole week off to get the sale ready – lots to do.
matt’s 24th birthday was friday. bill and i spent a large part of that day quietly celebrating his birth and life ourselves. we are soooo lucky to have been given him to raise and love. he’s awesome. we went to columbus (bill, jax, and i) on the 3rd and met matt and mel for brunch and a dual celebration of both their birthdays. stuffed ourselves silly and had a great time. they are so happy and loving their life. everything just feels so right.
jax has a gig on friday at a local amvets club. we’re still waiting to see if they (amvets) will allow us to attend (we’re not members). can’t wait for that.
we met jax for coffee this morning at starbucks where he handed bill a load of laundry to do for him. heh. gotta love it.
i’ve got to get upstairs to finish cleaning out the vanity in the guest bathroom, but first I need to make sure bill doesn’t electrocute himself. HE’S CLEANING THE POOL. yikes.
Posted by Stacey at July 10, 2005 03:36 PMYou do need to slow Stacey as everything will get done and cleaned and refubished and refurnished in good time. You have your health to consider and I soooooo want you to take good care of yourself. Sending you much love and hugs.
Posted by: Michelle at July 12, 2005 04:17 PMI'm cracking up here that he gave his laundry to Bill. You've got that boy trained right!
Posted by: TW at July 12, 2005 10:12 PMI was waiting for the laundry to turn up. You've certainly given yourself plenty to do.
Posted by: Anji at July 14, 2005 04:46 AMHiya Stace - just dropping by to send you a whole bunch of (((( hugs )))). And a beeg ((( hug ))) to Bill too.
Posted by: Michelle at July 17, 2005 03:57 PMthe laundry! hmpf. :-) you guys are nice parents.
and i agree, you need to take it easy. you might feel all hyped up, but take your time. *worries*
hug bill for me too.
Posted by: jenB at July 23, 2005 01:38 AMHappy Birthday!!!!!!
Posted by: Anji at July 23, 2005 05:49 AMHi Stace. Popping in to send you a great beeg ((( hug ))). Hope you are doing well - missing your stories a lot.
Posted by: Michelle at August 2, 2005 05:27 PM