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| King Sleep Number with Queen Headboard |
I'm not sure that I have really escaped from boredom, but my recent days at least have had some substance to them. After my last post, my new Sleep Number bed arrived. I know that Sleep Number is supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread, but I don't like
everything about it. First of all, it is a split king, which is synoymous with two twins beds placed side by side. There is a space between the two (Jim calls it a cleft) which makes it hard to snuggle. I think I have seen soemthing that can be placed in this cleft, but then, if one of us wants to raise the bed one his/her side what happens? Secondly, the guys who put the thing together for us didn't align the mattresses correctly and one of them sticks out farther on one end while the other mattresss sticks out farther on the other. This thing is attached to so many hoses and cords that we can't get them straight. And, the use of a bedskirt to hid all that stuff is impossible, owning to the fact that the hoses that inflate the mattresses stick up through the bottom of the foundation and the two shan't be separated. One must have a real bed or purchase a silhouette from the Sleep Number store...nothing in which is cheap...to avoid the IC London dance. Thirdly, you can't just set your sleep number and forget it. To avoid an indentation in your mattress, you must set the number at 100 for a time, reduce it to 50 for a time, and then return to your preferred number. This must be done weekly. But it doesn't really work. I still have a "hole". The good news is that it won't get any worse. But having said all that, the sleep is great! The mattresses don't transfer motion, so I don't wake up every time Jim turns over and I awake rested instead of feeling like I have been wrestling alligators all night. I opted to keep it (we had 30 days to decide) even with it's imperfections. We are going to get a real bed whenever we have time to go looking for one. In the meantime, Jim decided to put the old queen headboard behind the bed. I have been married to him for 44 years and I did not know that when he turns over in bed, he grabs the headboard (I did wonder for many years why there were so many fingerprints on it). Without the headboard, he put his hands on the wall and he was afraid he'd have to paint it! So, it looks kind of funny, but that will be short lived.
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| Katie |
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| Reni |
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| Jonathan and Patti |
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| Adam with Avery and Gracie |
Any proud grandmother will share the latest pics of her grandchildren with you. I am totally amazed how beautiful my grandchildren are. I am sure that they are the most beautiful in the world, so don't argue with me. I had a short visit to Charlotte and saw Jon's family, and Adam sent some pics of his girls just before they went to the father/daughter dance.
My mother (age 89) has come to stay with us for a short time while my siblings and I make some decisions about her care going forward. She fell a couple of weeks ago and, while she did not do lasting or critical damage to herself, she was pretty beat up. She didn't call anybody and it was about 12 hours later when my brother found out about it. We have known for some time that this day was coming, but it is difficult for everyone, nonetheless. Mom is very pleasant and easy, but I'm still tired! I am glad, however, that I am in a position to take care of her at this time of her life. She told me today after she had taken a little nap in the chair that she had been dreaming. I asked her what she had dreamed about and she said, "Sewing Villager dresses." For those of you not in my generation, Villager was a brand name and was the brand that all girls had to have. They had a wide variety of dresses and skirts and sweaters, etc. for the young lady, but they were somewhat expensive. As I grew up in a lower middle class family, there wasn't a lot of money to go around when it came to clothing four children. So, Mama went to a clothing store, looked at the shirt waist dresses, came home and, being the consummate seamstress, designed a pattern for us, and made us a number of "Villager" dresses. If you didn't look at the tag, you'd not know the difference. Mama sewed for many years and made all of our prom dresses and wedding gowns as well as our everyday clothes. After we were all grown, she learned how to make porcelin dolls and then sewed their outfits too. She has not sewn in many years now as her hands shake and the tediousness of sewing took its toll on her nerves. I still remember her taking us to the remnant store to pick out material for something she was going to make. I did learn to sew, but never reached the state of expertise that she did. My youngest sister, Mary, also sews and she's pretty good, too. I think sewing is a lost art these days. Every now and then I think I'll set up the machine that I still have and do something with it, but somehow or another, I never get there.
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| Mama Watching UNC Basketball |
Adam came for a short visit yesterday while he was in North Carolina doing some contract work for his old company. It was good to see him. I meant to get a pic of him and mother, but I forgot until after he left this morning. Oh well. Next time. He did say that Shanna has told him that he has 18 months to move her and the girls back to NC. I LOVE IT!!! I doubt if she will come back without him, though, if he doesn't make the deadline! :):)
Those of you who grew up in Greensboro will remember the Boar and Castle, the ONLY place to be seen. They had great food (served by waiters at the curb) and a great sauce. I found some at Harris Teeter some years ago, but the last time I looked it wasn't there. I wonder if they no longer make it? Anyway, I found this bottle while unpacking some boxes from my move (3 years ago). Thought you might take a trip down memory lane!
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| Boar and Castle Sauce |
I leave you with a picture that I took at dusk one night. The full moon had already risen and the colors in the sky were beautiful. Of course, it is a Porch Portrait!
Love to all!
