December 12 2015

December 15 2015 Greetings My Friend Sleep? What is that? I had fallen into a comfortable sleep pattern now that I am on the new medication for my tremors. A good portion of the summer I struggled to stay awake and I slept at night and took long afternoon naps. I noticed after being on this new medication I was having some more energy, my shaking hand is settling down and my naps are shorter. I got a cold which was draining me and sleeping around the clock was once more overtaking me. My cold has gone away and once more I was gaining more energy sleeping well at night and my afternoon naps are shorter. With more time awake and more energy I find myself arranging and rearranging the house again. Since we are still renovating I am still working out how I want to organize our home so new ideas come to me. With Junior working in the kitchen and moving things around some I am plotting with him on where to place cabinets, the stove and even the kitchen sink. My craft area in the TV room is not right. I have too many boxes and clutter that seem to keep getting out of control. A space opened up in the dining room so while I was awake in the middle of the night I hauled my boxes and craft table to the dining room. With the TV room in better order today I am planning on organizing the spot in the dining room for my crafts. I have moved through my morning routine of being on the internet, eating breakfast and doing my Bible study. I was sure I was going to be sleepy after all that and planned on going back to bed. I am not tired yet so after I write this blog I am planning on tackling the craft area project. Daisy has a Vet appointment this afternoon and I am fretting I will be wiped out. Junior does most of the driving so if I need a nap I can take one in the car as we travel to the Vet and back. While we are at that end of town we have a few things we need to do and again if I need to I can take a nap. So why am I fretting? I guess that is what I do, fret. After I let go of this fretting I think that getting the craft area organized means it will be easier for me to sit down and craft easier. I can leave things on the table to dry or to pick up and start doing the next time I have a few minutes. Right now I pull out my supplies and work in a crowded space and then put them away again so there will be room to move around the TV room. The getting out and putting back gets old rather quickly. If we have company my craft area can be picked up easily otherwise leaving things out to work on won’t be overly cluttered. I have noticed that the kitchen area is in a constant state of moving, chaos and reorganizing. My cooking meals is difficult and we are not eating as well instead we are getting stuff from the deli at the grocery store. I struggle to plan and implement meals due to trying to figure out where things are now. The good part of all of this though is my mind keeps striving to find order and in the process Junior and I have plotted on where we want to place things. By him moving the kitchen island/table a few inches I saw how we could place it along the long windows looking into the yard. Next I figured out where the refrigerator can go and finally the stove. Once the kitchen is in place we will have the master bedroom/bathroom to build and then I see things settling down and not changing so much. I continue to fall in love with this house as I have never fallen in love with a home before so the upheaval has been worth it to me. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet