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I love the sunshine! It has been so nice to have bright sun shining through the windows the last few days! It makes me feel warmer, even when I'm not!
Plus, it's the morning after. A group of ladies from church came over last night for our monthly "Apples of Gold" meeting (we watch someone cook, have a study/devotional, eat & discuss the night's topic).  It was so nice to face a clean kitchen and living room this morning. I told Bobby the kitchen counters look naked. So I may spend a part of today cleaning the three rooms in the house that didn't get cleaned. Granted, within a week, it won't look like this, but for today I'm enjoying it very, very much.
This week has certainly been a week of cleaning, and not just the house.  My soul/spirit, and tomorrow the chicken pen. (My favorite yard boys are coming over and we're taking the netting off the top and redoing it, as well as cleaning all the old mulch out.)  I doubt I tackle the vehicles this weekend, but you just never know. And while I haven't completed the February project of cleaning the porch railings yet, I'm 3/4 through with the front porch.  My goal was to have that done before the meeting last night, but the back side of the railing was dirtier than I thought. And I did spend some time late last week spray painting patches on rails the dogs had chewed up several years ago. I'm slowly tackling things that need to be done!
And, I've signed up for an appointment at the end of this month to have my metabolism tested. Not exactly sure how that will help me lose weight, but they claim that knowledge will make a difference. We'll see. Meanwhile, I'm out of Dr. Pepper and am trying really hard to think about how good water and juice is. yeah.

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Lydia said…
Ok, I'm gonna make you a lime rickey next time you come over and we'll see if that will help with your dr pepper addiction. It helps my soda problems:) And it's super healthy!!! Lime, cherry, sparkling water and splenda.

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