Happy Monday, girls!

I hope this finds you both doing well and working on that good old cup of coffee. I am working on my third..LOL.
Gypsy, I hope you had a good long shower, a hot meal, and a good sleep last night. You have been in my thoughts and prayers so much these last few days. I can't even begin to imagine what people are feeling in North Alabama. It's just all so sad and unbelievable. You just have to hope that something good will come of it all.

Gosh, I hate Mondays! It's like on Mondays the whole past week catches up with your body and you feel 80 years old, complete with those wonderful pains and groans upon getting out of bed. At least that's how I feel.
I would love to know what it is like to wake up refreshed and pain free just one morning. You know, like Snow White, with birds singing and little animals fluttering all around you and you just feel like singing in a sweet soprano voice? LOL..I'm not sure I can even remember waking up feeling like that. Speaking of how you feel when you wake up.....

This weekend, we got a new mattress set. Our old one was firm and we had reached the point of having to replace it or sleep on the floor. Needless to say, this new set did not do so well last night and I feel like I have been totally beat up this morning. Maybe the floor would be a better option. Maybe I will just have to get used to it. I thought all pillow tops were soft...NOT! I kept molding to it and not being able to move and just felt trapped! And it sits pretty high off the floor, so I am afraid with my short stubby legs I am going to injure myself getting down from it. Heaven help me if I fall off of it...LOL
The bright side of things is that Dana went through the room and threw away every trace of Southwestern decor. Wolf pictures, dream catchers, and yes, even the kokopelli rugs! LOL...He said that it was like finally throwing Cindy away because the Southwestern decor was what she liked and he had liked it too when he lived in the desert, but it doesn't "fit" in Alabama...LOL....I was soooo glad to see those rugs on the trash pile this morning on top of those matresses! And the funny thing is that the little old man that cruises around Bay Minette on Monday mornings sifting through people's trash for goodies didn't even want them! LOL...I peeked out the window when I heard his old truck out there to see if he would take them and he looked at them and threw them back down..he actually looked angry! .LOL...And I have heard several other vehicles do the same...LOL. You know, that is the reason it is called trash, people! I would have taken them to Thrift Town and donated them if I had thought someone would want them.
The other day, Dana put a large and very heavy dollhouse bookcase by the road that MB didn't want in her room any longer and we had no way to take to Thrift Town since the Kia died ( yes, it finally died ). We just sat back and waited to see who would come along and get it and made a bet on how long it would take. It was about 10 minutes and two elderly ladies pulled up in a Lincoln and hoisted that big old heavy thing up in the trunk like Hulk Hogan before Dana could offer to help them. We then saw it the next day on display outside the little junk shop behind the Cubbard Service Station that Vivian works at...you know the one, Gypsy? I laughed so hard to see it there. Amazing that people have no qualms about sifting through other people's trash in the daylight while they are home. I would never do that, unless it was something totally spectacular that needed me. Then, I may swallow my pride a little, but I would put on a trench coat and dark sunglasses and look around to see if anyone was looking and do it very quickly...LOL...and of course I would never admit I had done it. When someone asked where my spectacular find had come from, I would say, " this quaint little antique shop called Other People's Treasures"...LOL.
Well, I better scoot for now and get busy....the project this morning is to clean out the closet ( again! ) and mop the bedroom so that I can put a coat of wax on the floor tomorrow. Oh my gosh! I sound like Estelle, Blondie! LOL... We are "streamling" our bedroom and taking all of the clutter out to make it easier to clean. Does " streamling" and " declutter" mean that I am getting old? Does it mean that I have realized that I don't have the time or energy to dust and that if you haven't used it in 6 months you don't need it? Does it mean that it is pointless to keep so many magazines? ( Magazines are like my drug addiction...drives Dana crazy the way they are piled everywhere...LOL...but I LOVE my Southern Living, Southern Lady, Tea Time, Taste of the South and Victoria..I'm sure you both will agree with me there..it is necessary to keep your old magazines... ) Tell me your thoughts on this girlies.

I love you both and wish you a wonderful week. Take care and hope to see you here soon.
Candygirl