Lilacs

 Lilacs have ALWAYS been my favorite flower.

I loved the lilac bushes at the Haverhill house.

I bought some silk lilacs about 35 years ago

and they have been in the bathroom here

for the last 19 years.

Now that the house has minimal stuff in it

(and the shelf they were on is in Kansas)

they are on my kitchen table.

Actually, they were on my desk in my zoom room.

But now that the room is under construction,

they got moved to the kitchen.

Speaking of which, we had a guy come to measure

the floor and we have an appointment in the next 

2 weeks I think, to have carpet put in that room.

I hope it will look nice.

And I'd like to move my office back in there.

It will look better than just having an empty room.

And it looks funny having it in Rod's office.

Anyhow.... I digress.

Kyle sent me a text today.

Home Depot was putting out their spring plants.

YEA!!!

I told him to buy me 4.

I want to put a lilac bush on each end of the little

front porch, and maybe one in the backyard

outside our bedroom window...

and maybe another ... by the garage?

Or he could put one next to his new house?

Anyhow.

I was excited.

I knew they would grow there, 

but I thought I would have to order them online

or something like that.

Meanwhile, I've been having trouble with

our internet - I keep getting a

"your connection is unstable" message while

I'm trying to teach and my screen often

freezes, or my pen won't write or something...

I spent a couple hours on the phone with

Spectrum last week and they tested everything

and said it was all in perfect working order.

But we all know electronics have a

"shelf life". The modem and router are

about 3 years old which is old for electronics.

So.

This morning I made an appointment and boxed

them all up and took them in to get them 

switched for a new set.

(Kyle and I went last week but there were

about 90,672 people waiting... so we left.)

I got all new equipment for free.

It was a busy morning.

I left the house about 10.

Went to the Town to fax some info to 

the Social Security office for Rod's 

upcoming retirement.

Then to WalMart to grab some stuff for

this weekend while I'm out of town,

then back to the house to put it away,

then over town to the Spectrum office for my

12:00 appointment. I got there about 10 minutes

early and was out of there by 12:03.

Then over to the church.

I was a early for my 1:00 appointment, so I hooked up my computer

and printer and created this week's bulletin.

Then at 1:00 the NEW Ward Bulletin Coordinator

came in and I showed her how I do the bulletin,

how to make the copies, and where to stash

them so they can be given out on Sunday morning.

Then back home just in time for the carpet

guy to call and say he was ahead of schedule

and could he come early.

So he came and did his thing,

then I got the quote, agreed to it and paid for it,

then the installer called and we made the

appointment for the 13th (or the 16th, I can't

remember which) for when the carpet will

arrive at his place and then he will call

again to make the installation appointment.

THEN I sat down on the couch and took a little nap,

and at 5:30 I set up my evening zoom.

Except I only had 2 students.

At the 7:00 break I went into the kitchen

and fed my sour dough starter in preparation

for baking a loaf for Rod to eat over the weekend.

Then I taught until about 7:20 when both my

students logged off.

Class goes until 10.

I stayed online until 8:00 in case they came back.

But they didn't.

So I'm writing my blog

and then I'm going to put some chili in the

pressure cooker and go read a book.

Except I just got a text from Kyle.

Looks like he finished painting the walls white

and put another coat of white on the doors and

the surrounds.

And then he tried painting one of the handles black.

Which one do YOU prefer?

I LOVE the look of the black handle.

But I've always been partial to black metal accents.

Anyhow.

He's been BUSY.

It's COLD up there so he's staying inside and getting

lots and lots of painting done.

It's supposed to snow on Friday and rain on Saturday,

but the weather should clear up on Sunday, 

so I imagine he might head home Sunday or Monday.

But we'll see.