After a whirlwind day of work on the house yesterday, today is much more relaxing. Yesterday, Dad and Gary worked on putting the window on the east side in and patching the siding on all three sides where the new windows didn’t fit exactly like the old ones. So everything looks good from the outside, except for the patches needing paint. While they were doing that, I pulled the paneling and styrofoam off the slanted ceiling in the room at the head of the stairs, preparing for eventual sheet rock. I wasn’t going to do that, but once the room was empty, we realized that we do have room for a half bath, but the size is determined by head space, so removing all that stuff gained us at least an inch, which actually makes a difference. The job involved removing really a lot of nails from overhead, so my neck was really stiff this a.m. I’m better now, though.

So, today after church and lunch, I did the Saturday housecleaning that I couldn’t do yesterday, then went grocery shopping, made a recording for school and worked on my puzzle some. Dad has been working on taxes pretty much all day, with short diversions to vacuum the study and other important things.  I made an easy dish for lunch that we both agreed was very tasty. It was a can of cream of mushroom and chicken soup, a  can of chicken (the kind like canned tuna), some green peas and ramen noodles (cooked and drained, but without any seasoning added), all mixed together. It was quick and made entirely out of things you could have sitting on your cupboard shelves. Worth a try some day when you run out of ideas!

This week is busy again. I have a concert tomorrow night, then Tuesday is Senior Americans Day at UW-Eau Claire. Wednesday is Lent service (which doesn’t really last long.) Then Saturday we are heading to Waukesha for the weekend.