Progress report: month 26 (August 2012)

Starting off with SIX completions!  Tada!

Completed:
16. Have lamps in bathroom replaced.
20. Have electrical work done.
50. Take Ds to movies once a year (met minimum.. not max)
51. Go to movies alone once a year (same as above)
52. Go down the shore once a year (and again...)
63. Visit Mutter Museum.

Progress:
7,26,28,33,99. Kept up to date.
 9. Gave away another 75 books (Abington Library).
21. Had gas line installed for stove.
23. Pulled carpet up from basement stairs.
30. Downloaded forms to write my will; completed Living Will and had notarized.
48. Saw 10 movies:
      The Dark Knight rises (theatre)
      10 things I hate about you
      Ed Wood
      To Wong Foo, Thanks for everything, Julie Newmar
      Ruby Sparks (theatre)
      We bought a zoo
      I'm not there
      The constant gardener
      Punch drunk love
      Neverwhere
49. Read 4 books (94/60, 49/30, 41/10)
      Don't let's go to the dogs tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
      The remains of the day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
      Nickel and dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
      Cocktail hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness (Alexandra Fuller)
92. Wrote to another of three remaining sponsored children.
93. Continued volunteering at Hiway Theatre; started at Pet Smart's
      cat adoption area.
Extra quilts: finished "Jelly/Fish/Race" for Safe Harbor (running total of 7
      "healing" quilts)

Priorities for September:
6/7/9. Work in basement; declutter books & stuff.
18. Work on deck (weather limitations?)
21. Gas stove.
23. Finish getting old carpet out of basement.
30. Finish writing will; have it witnessed.
71. More work on t-shirt quilt for D#1.
72. Start quilt for D#2's new room.
80. Work on quilt photo albums.

     

Visitors -- Part 4: Taking leave

D#2 was scheduled to work on Tuesday, when Wonderful Friends were scheduled to leave.  So, of course, we met for breakfast at Fil-a-Bagel! 

We've been connected for so long, it is so comforting when we are able to reaffirm that connection.   In 2011, Wonderful Friends (sans Godson) came to D#1's college graduation and we three went to Ohio for Godson's high school graduation.  This year, they came to Pennsylvania.  Looks like next year, it's our turn to go west.   I've always loved this photo of me flanked by Godson (left of photo) and D#2 (right).

Here's now it looks now:

May God be with all of us 'till we meet again.  And a massive hug to Godson!

Visitors -- Part 3: Down the shore

Monday brought perfect weather to go "down the shore" for the day.  Nothing fancy, no place special, just some time near the water.   D#1 had to go back to DC for work, so D#2 and I joined Wonderful Friends for the ride to Atlantic City -- easy to reach, available parking, boardwalk to stroll,  and no beach fees.

(Photos courtesy of Wonderful Friends since I forgot my camera;)

Godson (center below) managed to connect with a couple of his friends from University of Northern Ohio (UNO) who live in New Jersey and went off with them for a while. 

Like all good things, our day "down the shore" had to come to an end.  And, unfortunately our visit was doing the same.