HOME AGAIN..

Well, my traveling days are over for now...it's really nice to be home even though I love visiting my son and his family, it's always nice to be in your own home with your own stuff. Not to mention, since we had just gotten home from our road trip to Arizona in April for only a week, then I flew back out for a second week to help him after his surgery...alot of traveling and I'm beat!!

Of course, then there was the problem with my Jeep Grand Cherokee that started on our trip back from Arizona...that was another worry on my mind when I made the second trip because after a week the dealership still didn't know what was wrong with it..they had it almost two weeks before sending it to the Chrysler dealer, who finally got it fixed the day before I flew back home!! Thankfully, the repairs (other than a $100 deductible) were covered under the power train warranty...that could have been a major expense otherwise. The funny thing is that it is quieter than it was when I got it brand new...maybe it's been bad from the very start, LOL!!

Now, I'm ready to start in on my delayed spring cleaning of my house...well, I'm thinking about it anyway. Now that my DH has our new tile flooring installed in our full bath--which looks really good--I thought it was time to really dig in and get the rest of the house in order. I'll start by cleaning out some closets, then I'll move on to the kitchen cabinets...afterwards, there will be a yard sale to see if we can get rid of all the stuff I decide to pitch. I've already got a few boxes of scrapping stuff to sell ready to go, so now I just need to go through everything else and purge stuff.

Speaking of scrapbooking, after the house is done, I've told myself that I need to dig in and scrap all our Civil War Battlefield vacations. I've got one site finished, but there are several years to complete and that will be my goal for the summer. Even though this project will be worked on in conjunction with keeping up my books on my grandchildren too...but that's not hard to keep up with so the vacations will take preference so I can get them out of the way and move on to other projects I want to do this fall. I need to do mini albums for Christmas gifts for my DH sisters and his BFF, I've been meaning to do them for a year now and haven't gotten around to gathering all the materials I need...of course, my hubby also needs to get the pictures together for me, so that's his assignment come September after his gardening work is over.

WEll, the house is calling my name so I'll leave off here.