I haven't blogged in awhile. Shame on me! I spent last Monday and Tuesday doing laundry. Fun, fun! Since we moved in July we haven't quite finished unpacking. I finally opened a couple of bins and found the majority of my clothes neatly packed away where they have been since last winter. Once I opulled them all out I realized that I have far too many clothes. In fact, they wouldn't even fit in my closet and bureaus. That, of course, got me to going through my huge wardrobe and getting rid of some things that I barely wore or that were so old they needed to be discarded. Naturally, since the clothes had been packed for a year, they needed to be washed, and that's why I spent the majority of Monday and Tuesday doing laundry.

Wednesday morning my husband wasn't feeling well and decided to stay home form work and rest. He said he had a fever, but his temperature was quite normal. He stayed home again on Thurday and Friday. Thursday his temerature was up to 101, so I know he wasn't pulling my leg about being sick. I often wonder if he truly is ill when he says he is. And I only question the validity of his being sick because I know how he loathes work. His exact words are "Hate, hate, hate! Loathe entirely." He was feeling much better on Saturday, thankfully.

On Thursday I started my new painting. Paint class is over for the month of March because my paint teacher is away in Florida for the month. Must be nice to take a month long vacation. (I should talk, I've been on a permanent vacation from work since the first week of January!!!) So, since I wouldn't be at class for awhile, I decided to bring all my supplies home and work from here. I see no sense in wasting the month of March when I have nothing else to do. Of course, I haven't picked up my brush since Thursday, but only because the paint isn't dry yet. But I have a feeling that I'll pull the canvas down and get to work some more on my painting.

Thursday night Tray, Mother Mitchell and I went to the tattoo parlour and added two more paw prints to the one that we got back in July of 2005. Originally there were 5 of us that got a single paw print, to signify that no matter where we were in life, the 5 of us would always have the dog pound experience to bond us. Since we no longer speak to 2 of the girls, we decided to get an additional 2 paw prints because, quite frankly, I don't think that the friendship between the 3 of us will ever end. We're like the Ya-ya sisterhood!

Friday morning my phone rang at 7:41 am. My mother has a hbit of calling early in the morning because she thinks that I should be awake and my husband should be at work so she won't bother him. Nice, Ma! Anyway, she wanted to ask me if I could bring my Nana to the nursing home to visit her sister. I guess my great-aunt has dimentia and can no longer care for herself. Apperently, her husband is alos not caring for her and her son decided it best to put her in a home. It's quite sad really. I remember my great-aunt always being so vibrant and full of life. I called my Nana at 10:30 to see if she was ready to go and she asked that I pick her up at 11:00. That's a first, me being ready to go before someone else. I'm usually always late. So I picked her up at 11:00 and we headed for the nursing home. My grandmother is quite able to drive herself, but she wasn't sure how to get there. I told her that if she needed or wanted to go anywhere she could always call, since I'm home all day. I spent the day with my Nana and it was wonderful. We visited her sister, for half of an hour because she kept falling asleep. then we went to my mother's to pick up a couple of my wedding phots that had arrived. I have to say they are brilliant. Then we went to Michael's so I could buy a frame for the one wedding photo. She helped me pick it out since I couldn't decide on the one I wanted. We stopped by the locksmith to have some car keys made for me and some house keys made for her. the bank was right next door so I popped in an inquired about my ATM card. After we were through I mentioned that I wanted to stop and grab something to eat on the way and my Nana decided we should stop by Gregg's and get a bite to eat. So, we did, and I bought. I've never actually spent a whole day with Nana, but again, it was great!!

I loathe grocery shopping, but that's what my husband and I did on Saturday. He always goes without me and it bugs me because he buys the same stuff all the time. So I picked out all the food and he paid! It was a different experience and one that I don't know if I'll be repeating anytime soon. But we shall see!

Well, I'm off to paint! I'm cooking dinner tonight, which is a switch, so I'll paint until about 2:00pm, take a shower, and then start dinner! He better like it!!!