Whatcha Working On and REDnesday--a late post.

I decided to make this a double post because we did some things around the house and you can see some RED too. Thank you to Sue at It's A Very Cherry World and Leslie at My Country Home for hosting.

Also I want to thank all  those who have stopped by and left me encouraging comments. Now and then I manage to get a visit to others. I keep trying to do it more often, but just don't get to it. The sinus infection is better thankfully. Mostly gone and rarely coughing, but last Thursday I went to the emergency room with abdominal pain. Had stuff hooked up to me and including and IV. Blood test, urine test and Cat Scan all did not show anything major being wrong. Later I was feverish with lots of uncomfortable diarrhea. My doctor thought maybe I had a virus or something. They could not find the lump thing that I can feel inside and the Cat Scan did not show it. I think my next visit needs to be to an OB/Gyn doctor to check and make sure it is not some female problem I am having, like with my ovaries or something. I can still feel the pain somewhat and am able to still feel something, but for some reason the ER doctor nor my family doctor could not feel it. Very strange anyway. To tell you the truth I am still worried about it. So continued prayers to hope that it is not anything serious.

So what have I been up to besides trying to stay well? We did some changes around the house and I have before and after pictures. Probably should have done this for Metamorphis Monday, but did not get to that. Another time maybe.

We had won a bid at a Silent Auction at our church last summer for some handyman help. The guy was able to come on Monday this week to do it. Oh, that is why I did not post on Monday. LOL. That was the day it got done. :-)

First I want to show you this cute wind dancer. I got it from my new secret pal at church. The smile is RED. For now I have it hanging on my wire hanging baskets. I rather like it there.

I switched our bed coverings to the one I use in the Spring. Touches of RED in there. We have ordered a new set to use for the summer. Kind of fun to change things around for the seasons.

Here is the before picture of the kitchen lights. We don't really like these and with a single bulb in each one it was not really enough light at night when working in the kitchen. You can see several RED things that I have in my kitchen in this picture. I have RED on top of my toaster oven. Here is picture of those items.

I use the tray to corral a few things. Makes it easy to move them all when we want to use the toaster oven. Some of you will remember that cute S & P set. The tray I believe was a wedding gift. So that means it is over 30 years old!

Here is the after with the new lights. I love them! More light and they look so much better. The fans will really help in the summer as the air circulation is poor in that part of the house. Makes it too hot to prepare meals. With the fans we will be more comfortable to work in the kitchen on those hot days. One of the old lights went in the dining room for now since we needed one in there. It will be replaced eventually. Need to decide what I want in there.

A before of the kitchen faucet. We did not really like this one.

Woohoo! The new one! Love, love, love it! The sprayer part just pulls down. Makes it so nice to rinse the sink and other things easily. Also great for filling pots and the coffee maker. Just pull the hose over and fill the coffee maker with the hose. B-Daddy loves that part, since he is the coffee maker in the family. I never remember how many scoops to use. So I wrote it down and taped it to the inside of the cupboard. Comes in handy when I need to make coffee, which does happen now and then.

The before of the guest bath faucet. We did not like this one either, besides it was starting to leak. Time to change it!

The new faucet! We love how easy it is to turn on. Great for arthritic hands which I am starting to get now. Also we love that the faucet is raised, making it easier to use it to fill something or handwash something. We are planning on getting the same one for our bathroom too. We will need two of them though since we have  two sinks. The shower faucet was also replaced with a handheld shower nozzle, but I have not taken an after picture yet. At least it is done for when our daughter comes to visit next month. I am so looking forward to spending some time with her. She is super excited about coming too. She will be around for 7 full days, but is attending a wedding one of the days. We don't know if we are, since we have not been invited yet. Her boyfriend will also come for the weekend only to attend the wedding with our daughter. The rest of my family will get to meet him.

We have some other good news....we are going to be grandparents again. Baby due in November. We hope to make a trip in early December for my birthday to see my son and his family after the new little one arrives.

Guess I better close. Getting late and I should get some sleep. Thank you again for your visits and wonderful comments. I will try to get back to you soon. In the meantime, have a great rest of the week. Wish me luck in getting results about my pain and that it is not a bad thing.

~Linnea

REDnesday! Early for once!

So! Here we are back at a REDnesday again.

First I thought I would update you on how I am doing.

The antidepressant seems to be helping, but I still have my moments.

I have been working a lot lately. Had a couple of 6 day work weeks with long hours.

That may have been too much, because now I am sick.

Not only was I working too much, but I was not getting enough sleep.

We tried a muscle relaxer from the doctor, but that did not help.

Only seemed to be waking me up more often and if I took two it was worse!

Part of what wakes me up is my shoulder pain.

I have finally found a position that I am reasonably comfortable in.

The last two nights I tried some Sleep Tight that I got from a drug store.
The first night was so-so, but last night I actually slept about a 6 hour stretch.
I can not tell you when was the last time I slept that long!
I hope to sleep just as well tonight, if my stuffy nose does not wake me up.
Both B-Daddy and I went to the doctor today. We both started with colds.
Mine moved into a sinus infection and B-Daddy's moved into bronchitis.
So both of us are kind of a mess right now.
I stayed home Monday and Tuesday and will be staying home Wednesday.
Then we will see after that.

I do have some RED for you.
We have collection of Native American dolls that came from my mother-in-law.
She never did display them. But we have some of them on display.
Here are two of them.

Both are kneeling dolls.
In between them is a tin with a picture of our local
California Mission.
I wonder if any of you will recognize which mission it is.
The study of California Missions is usually done in the 4th grade.
It was when I was growing up. And also when my children were growing up.
Thank you to Sue at
It's a Very Cherry World for hosting this fun theme.
I hope to get back to posting more often.
Happy REDnesday!
~Linnea~

A Late Rednesday (again)!

Well, here I am finally posting again. I will have a mix of pictures but there will also be some RED in them too. Trying to decide where to start with what has been happening to me. I think I will tell you about my Valentine's Day weekend. There was some RED then and I got a neat gift from B-Daddy that weekend. So here goes. (I noticed that if you click on some of the scenery pictures to enlarge them, you will see some RED here and there)

Before we even left the house, I noticed my crocus was blooming.

Not RED, but purple. Aren't they pretty.

Driving to where we were getting my gift.

On the way we can see the Navy Shipyard my dad worked at until he retired.

It is no longer a shipyard. Other things are there now.

This is the drawbridge from the shipyard to the other side. Not the bridge we are on, but the one you see there.

The long building you see across the water is the addition to the hospital where my daughter was born.

My brother was born there too, but those buildings are gone and replaced by the modern ones.

If you look carefully you can see my RED purse in the reflection in the truck window.

My RED purse I was using that day.

And I wore RED socks!

Along the way we passed these.

And these. You won't catch me riding them.

Too high and loopy for me.

We stopped at the Olive Garden for lunch.

Yum!

We both had this.

Chicken and Gnochi Soup with a bread stick.

Yum, yum!

Then it was to Best Buy.

I bet you can guess what I got!

Yep! A new laptop for me. My first one!

Leaving Best Buy, I spotted this Pink tree blooming.

Okay not RED, but it is a shade of RED along with

the purple crocus.

A view on our trip home. It was a beautiful day!
Between rain storms too!
This water area is part of the marshlands that feed into the San Francisco Bay.
The road we drive on is scary to drive on at night.
I had to do that on Tuesday this week.
More about that one later.

Yay! Some RED.
A RED airplane at a small airport we passed.
I almost missed getting that picture.

A RED sign. B-Daddy buys our coffee at this place.
It is called The Barking Dog.

We get home and we open this nice RED box.
Another yum!
What?
Oh.....you wanted to see my laptop.
Okay.

The color is called Passion Purple.
And I love it.
I am still getting used to using it.
I thought I was never going to get my own laptop.
Never say never!
Hope you all had a good REDnesday.
~Linnea~
P.S. Thank you to Sue over at
It's A Very Cherry World!
for hosting for us.
I noticed today the participant list is really growing.