Rain

It rained yesterday and it looks like according to the forecast its going to be raining all week and next weekend.

Oh joy!

Its not like I don't like rain.  I know our planet needs more of it right now with all the fires.  I just don't like the pain of the arthritis flare up from the rain.

Well I guess one good thing, since I'm on modified bed rest, I won't have to worry about not being able to water my plants.  Plus J gets a reprieve from having to do that one little chore.

J was a sweetie this weekend.  I sent him out the to commissary for 14 lean cuisine dinners.  I didn't want him to have to cook for me and since I'm not supposed to be on my feet for meal prep and cooking the tv dinners are just what I needed.  I've already lost .5 lbs since yesterday.  Meal portion control is another good thing about the tv dinners.

J was nice enough to do the laundry, mostly his, the cooking for himself and the vacuuming this weekend.  It was good for me to just sit as much as possible with my feet up.  I even read a book over the weekend.

We watched a couple of movies together and chatted.  I was just happy to have him around the house as a friend.  He is a bit worried about the size of the cysts and neither of us wants me to lose an ovary out of stupidity.  So I'm still taking it easy today even with him back to work.

As I watch the rain fall I am contented to know that I'm snug in my house soon to be with my feet up again and a book in hand.  Oh the life of Riley!  I'll be insane by the end of the week at this rate!!!

Oh and a side note.  I was watching Army Wives with J last night.  He enjoys watching it as he can pick it apart.  He was miffed when Roxy found out she was having twins.  I was too.

Rainy Day Projects

J has today off because he gave blood the other day.  Its a compensation day for a good deed I guess.  Hmm...when I gave blood in college I never got a day off from classes.  But well its nice to have him home so I'm going to put him to work.

Its raining off and on today so its indoor project time.  I've been wanting to get the dining room table refinished.  I had J tackle it with his sander and no luck on removing the finish.  Okay back to the chemical remover I had started with last year on the table. 

Its a slow process to be sure and not very environmentally friendly with the amount of paper towels we are going through but the old sticky, cracked varnish is coming off.  I was really hoping that the power sander would have done the trick and he would have possible had the first coat of new stain on the table top today.

Now I'm rethinking this whole process I guess its going to take the entire weekend to finish.  I'm hopeful that when finished my dining room table, its walnut, will look beautiful once again.  It opens up to 120 inches if I remember correctly with its three leaves.  Yes, I've always wanted the big family dinners for the holidays at my house.  I have the table but no children.  Can't win for trying on that one.

The next two days are supposed to be sunny so while J is working on the table I'm going to go outside and with any luck wash the windows then put the seedlings in the ground.

So yes my life is a bit hum drum right now but its better to have a little less excitement for a change I think. 

In the next few weeks some changes will be occurring and hopefully I'll have some news to share as results come in.  With any luck J will be able to re-enlist and eventually deploy, though I'd rather he not deploy of course.