Scattered Thoughts . . .

Sheila and I had a really nice and rather laid back time on Thanksgiving Day.   We started the day watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade while eating breakfast. Then we headed to Sheila's parents' house for dinner with her family.   We started with a few drinks... some beer, some Apple Cider Mimosa's...  then we sat down for dinner shortly after everyone had arrived.   Dinner was delicious so I have to say that Sue did a great job. I honestly don't believe I have the energy to put together such a large meal! I'm not sure what happened for the next couple of hours after dinner because I fell asleep for a couple of hours! Then, we all Skyped with Adam who is located on the other side of the Earth. It sounds like he had a really nice Thanksgiving with his new extended family.  We called it an early night and headed home because I was exhausted and experiencing more bone pain than usual. Shortly after arriving back home, I needed a bit of a snack s

I managed to get the ceiling installed in our future temporary bedroom the other day. It is looking good! Yesterday, my spine was killing me from all the crouching (while cutting) and then standing (while installing each piece of planking)... over and over... one piece at a time. Actually, my spine is feeling almost as poorly as it gets since my original injuries. Any change in position sends a huge wave of pain to my lumbar spine and my feet.   Regardless of all the spinal pain, I managed to get the ceiling installed and then I managed to install the lighting yesterday.  The room is coming together slowly but surely. I made these ceiling planks from a few sheets of luaun underlayment so the cost was very affordable. It did require some work, however.  I needed to rip the sheets of plywood into 8" wide strips... stain each piece... then polyurethane each piece. This job was toughest on my spine because of all the up and down, crouching, stretching, reaching, etc. Logistica