Thursday, March 8, 2012

GOOD GOOD DAY!!!

Yesterday was awesome! Tim woke up feeling good. I think when he has such a bad day, just feeling average the next day seems so good to him. He was in an awesome mood all day, he felt like doing things, and everything was incredible. In fact, he was more active than me all day, which is very unusual. I was a little concerned he was overdoing it and was going to cause himself to hurt bad today, but he didn't. He cut out a hole in our wall where we are going to put in a new door to a new patio. The hole was started by his fist one day a few months ago, so he just had to use some tools to make it bigger. ;-) We went to Home Depot to check out the doors. We figured we would buy one from Direct Buy to save money, but we wanted to price them at Home Depot to see what we needed to expect. They were all $250 or more for the type we needed. As we were about to walk off that aisle, though, something caught my eye. I went to look at it, and I was blown away. There was ONE solid wood door in the style we wanted that was originally $174. That price was good, but we knew we would have to do much more work to make it happen because we would have to frame it out ourselves, paint or stain it, attach hinges, etc. However, that one door was on sale for $43.50!!! We couldn't believe it! We snatched it up, along with the boards, hinges, and things we would need to put it in. For less than $100 we got all the materials needed. I LOVE me some bargain shopping!! When we got home Tim worked on it all evening. I was afraid he would hurt today, and he does, but it's not so bad that he couldn't do anything. This is so awesome! Very seldom does it happen that way. We both have been so excited and giddy today because of how he is feeling.

I keep getting more green all the time, and it's spilling over into cleaning products now. I was focused on all natural and organic eating, natural body care, and natural fabrics. I have started finding recipes for many natural things. I got a book that has everything from toothpaste to pet treats to laundry detergent recipes. Our deck is getting moss all over it, so we were going to buy some deck cleaner to get rid of it. We have a lot of deck. It goes all the way around our house, and it starts up by the road and comes all the way down to our house. It's faded to a gray color over the years, and now it's gray with green. I decided to try a homemade recipe for deck moss cleaner. I tested it on a small area, and it was incredible! Not only did it get rid of the green moss, it also got rid of the gray color. That small area of deck now has the original reddish brown color of the wood. The rain is pouring today, so I can't get out and clean it. But we are suppose to have sun tomorrow. If we do I will clean a big area of the deck and do before and after pics for you to see. I think you will be amazed!

Tonight we are working a variety show at the middle school. We'll be selling popcorn and cokes all night. It's a little bittersweet because my hometown high school Lady Rams basketball team is playing in the state finals tonight in Hot Springs. That's only an hour and a half from me. I want to go see them play in the state finals so bad, but I already made this commitment to the school. I love working at the school, but I would also love to see my old girls play in this game. Regardless of whether or not I get to watch them, though, I am SO proud! What an exciting time of their lives this is!

I got my schoolwork done for the day already, and now my husband has gone down to work on that door some more. I think he's painting. I probably ought to go see how I can help him. Woohoo for two good days in a row after such a bad one, though!!!!

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