1…. I discovered that an old friend of mine was reading this site and I was thrilled when she decided to contact me. Hi Lisa!
2…. I was also happy that we seem to still be on the same wavelength, and that there are some similarities in what is going on in each of our lives right now.
3…. Lisa contacting me, caused me to get in touch with another friend that I haven’t spoken with for a few months. So it’s been an “old friends” sort of week.
4…. Our new boarder moved in on Saturday, or rather we picked her up from the home that she’d been staying in and helped her move in.
5…. Her former “Homestay Parents” told us she was very demanding and that she was a “princess”. So Chris promptly nicknamed her princess after she’d been here for a few hours.
6…. It turns out that our new boarder is a little demanding but I think we can handle it. She kind of follows me around the house when she comes home from school. However she does offer to help with dinner and sometimes clears the dishes off the table when we’ve finished eating and I do appreciate her doing this occasionally.
7…. The boarder only made me mad on Sunday. We were supposed to be going to Chris sisters when he got off work late Sunday afternoon and we’d told our boarder about our little trip. She said that she would be going out and meeting with friends at a Jazz festival. I asked her if she’d be eating out and she said yes. So great- no one would be home for dinner since we’d all be out. Sunday arrived and she went out to meet some friends in the afternoon but not before informing me that she wanted dinner at 5 pm before she was going to go out with her friends for the evening. Huh? We won’t be home at 5? I ended up making her a dinner and then Chris and I left to go to Waterloo. That will not happen again. So far that’s been the only incident that upset me. Everything else has been pretty good.
8…. Sunday was Chris’ nieces’ first communion. We couldn’t make the ceremony but we showed up at his sisters for the party in the evening.
9…. The party ended up being in and around the hot tub! Unfortunately Chris had forgotten to remind me to bring a bathing suit so I didn’t go in.
10…. Chris did though and he pretty much spent the whole evening soaking in the hot tub. Now he wants us to get one. hmmm where in our tiny backyard shall we put it?
11…. Actually I do have an idea on where we might put a hot tub if we ever got one. We have an enclosed back porch (Florida Room) and it has a very large storage area underneath it. My thoughts are that we should dig down into the cement storage area and sink a hot tub partially under the Florida room. If we dug deep enough we could even put in an entrance to the basement. This would be great in the winter as we could get right into the tub by entering through the basement rather than trudging around the backyard in the snow. I think I like this idea.
12…. The rest of the week has been spent working on my two new sites and moving this one over to it’s brand new domain.
13…. Chris saw the sleep doctor today to get the results of his sleep study. Just as I thought he has sleep apnea. Severe sleep apnea according to the doctor. Now he might need to wear one of those special breath masks when he sleeps, or have some surgery on his throat and sinus’ to see if it helps. We’ll see what happens. Last Thursday I had my appt with the sleep study doctor and found out that I have skipped heart beats when I’m sleeping. So I guess the two of us have some sleep problems after all.
My huband also has sleep apnea. He tried using those masks but couldn’t sleep with them on. Oh well . . .
Great T13 list!
Mmmmmmm. Hot tubs!
That’s a fascinating list. Go the hot tub – what a great idea!!
K T Cat beat me too it, so I’ll just echo…Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Hot tubs!
I’m envious of your Florida room and your possible hot tub! Hope you get one!
Thanks for visiting my T13 today! Have a good one.
Hi and thanks for the visit. I was a nurse before I was an artist – I ended up working in communicable disease control … so I’m afraid I don’t like hot tubs or spa-baths! It’s probably just a bit of a phobia, so don’t mind me!
I wish I could get my husband in to see a sleep doctor – I suspect sleep apnea as well (though not as severe as your husband’s). He’s never slept very well, in the 18 years I’ve known him.
Happy TT Tricia!
Oooh. Sleep studies are NOT fun.
OOOH! Sleep apnea? Not fun. Be sure he wears his mask. Losing weight seems to help (don’t know if that’s an issue). And quit skipping heartbeats, missy! hahah
Take good care of yourself. And thanks for stopping by my TT!
I’m glad you were able to touch base with some old friends this week! I always love it when that happens. Thanks for visiting my T13.
Its wonderful when you get to meet and speak to ‘old’ friends. There is always a special connection from the past. Happy Thursday.
That’s just wonderful to hear that an old friend contacted you through your blog!! How awesome
My Thurs 13 is posted
Although I’m not sure what house rules boarders have, sounds like she’s learning.
Thanks for visiting my TT.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Good luck with the hot tub!
Reconnecting with old friends is so much fun!!! Glad you were able too!
Happy Thursday!
I hope everything continues to go well with your border. You’re very nice to open up your home . Great list and yeah… gotta snag a hot tub. We have one outside and I love it! Christmas Eve (live in GA) with lights above us and a bottle of wine while the kids are sleeping. Can’t beat that feeling anywhere.. and in our back yard no less. -Margie
The site looks terrific! I use WordPress also and have seen this layout, but I couldn’t get it to work right for me 🙁 Alas, I don’t know enough to modify whatever needed to be modified.
Hmmm, the hot tub sounds wonderful – we only enjoy them on sporadic vacations, but I love it when we can. It would be heavenly to have one all the time, yes?!
Have a great day!
Connecting with old friends is exciting! 🙂
Ooohhh. I want a hot tub too. I’d like a pool also. But we don’t have room for a pool in our tiny, tiny, tiny [did I mention it was tiny?] backyard. However, I think I could find room for a hot tub.
How lovely to get in touch with an old friend! 🙂
Sleep apnea is scary – I hope he gets it under control.
It’s cool that you met up with an old friend through your blog – what fun!
I’m just now making it around to some TT’s. Wanted to say hello.
I hope things continue to go with the boarder and that she isn’t so demanding in the future.
🙂
sounds like a good week. Today I found a letter from a friend…I think I will write to her
Just to let you know I did update your URL for the Photo Hunt 🙂
Missed this list on Thursday so I thought while I was here looking for photos I would catch up! Great list. My cousin has to wear a mask to sleep for the same reasons. It took 10 years off him. He is sooo much better now.
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