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 Oh, and yeah, summer, always puttying windows and painting. What a beautiful day.  Love, Val

 Chalky hands, no worries. Love, Val

It’s May. Two months ago this whole thing started with the epidemic.  Over a million cases now in this country, and almost  70,000 dead. It’s incomprehensible.  We complain about feeling restricted and hemmed in, annoyed, confused, anxious, vaguely scared, a lot concerned.  But this made us laugh, this huge sign at Target: 74.00 and under! 

Tonight I saw this, a towel stuffed under Tim’s door. Hmmm. What could be the meaning of this? I knocked and then asked him about it. “Ohhh, well. There was a silverfish in here, and it went out the door. Don’t want it coming back in.” Well. I love you Tim, so much. Good night.

 We kept working around the house this weekend.   Jay got the fountain going.  My parents gave this to us years ago, and this is the perfect spot for it. Renee said to put a rock in so the birds don’t drown in it.  They normally do not, but one did last year.  And this– I

Love, Grandma

Here we are, doing more of that.  The fire was nice.  Last night was too windy.  This old sandbox came in handy. They’ve been working on these diamond art things Kirsten ordered for them, and they’ve turned out really pretty. So time consuming, but really pretty. And that’s the end of Sunday. Love, Val

I had to get some groceries, so I went to Walmart where I could also get black spray paint, and  freshened up this old table.  It was green, faded, blotchy, looked like hell.  Now it looks good again.  The over spray got on my ankles and hands, but that’s fine.  Nobody is going to see

Spring break took a weird turn this year, as everyone knows. There are five kids home, three college students and two high school students, and none of them really want to be here. James and Aaron are finishing up and graduating in May.  This was not the ending any of us pictured. Kari is back

 I ordered these two acrylic racks to put literature in at my real estate listings.  All good.  They’re just fine. But they were sent in a box bigger than a cooler, just a gigantic box:  With another box inside, and all this packing foam.  I’m glad they didn’t break, true, but this seems like vast