The Princess, Chewlee and Gunner came to the house about an hour before the Beast got home. Since she and Johnnycakes had a lot to deal with during the day, and Johnnycakes didn't get to bed until around 1pm or so. So, once she and Gunner went to pick Chewlee up from school, they came here to wait for the Beast to get home. They ended up having dinner with us (except for Chewlee, who had fallen asleep shortly after the Beast arrived and she couldn't be awakened). The salad was good and the Princess and I ate it with balsamic vinegar (the Beast has his usual Thousand Island). The pork roast was really tasty. It had been seasoned to perfection, of course...LOL
The corn was very tender and tasted so good to me that I was surprised. I didn't realize how much I had a yen for it. I nuked potatoes for us all, even Gunner ate one small one then proceeded to eat almost all his mother's. He DID eat most of her pork roast that she had taken so I cut some more and gave it to her since there was plenty. Since we couldn't wake Chewlee, I even ended up with some left over. When the Princess finally got Chewlee up (although we suspected she was more or less sleep walking), she stated that she just wanted to go home and eat some ramen noodles. I wanted the Princess to take the last piece of corn and the leftover roast but she said no. Chewlee needed to take her shower and get ready for bed. She planned on making the ramen noodles while Chewlee showered and got her pajamas on.
The Beast had brought home a table and four chairs that I knew he had to have disassembled in order to get it all in the Prius. It's smaller than the dining table (without any of the leafs) and will actually work out just fine for us. We are going to get something cute for the table top since I really don't want to cover up the faux butcher block top. I like that look. The Princess, who has a large formal dining room at the new house, is going to take the dining table we have and use it in the new house. It has two leafs for it but we only bought four chairs, including two Captain's chairs but they can always buy more chairs at the same store that we originally bought our set after they move in.
I was surprised when the Princess talked about painting it since it is in like-new shape. We've kept a table cloth on it so there are no scratches. But she claims that it is the current *in* look for furniture. She bought quite a few all wood pieces of furniture from a woman that had advertised a pool table on Craig's list (desk, wooden clothes hamper, bookcase, entertainment center, an old wood wagon that she is going to paint and use by the fireplace to hold the wood and quite a few other things, too. They only paid $200 for it all and she really did score with that deal.
She said they bought a foos table that is like new and are waiting to see if anyone snatches up the pool table that the woman was selling. It is in fantastic shape and she was selling it for just $300. Other people were ahead of them but weren't able to move it (it's very heavy). Johnnycakes has always wanted one and they think they will be able to put both tables (foos and pool) in the playroom. She can envision where she will be using everything they've bought so far and I think it will be very attractive. They will have to figure out what kind of table they want for the breakfast nook, however. She hasn't made up her mind on that. She also told us about a large bird cage that was made more as a decoration than to hold a bird but the woman wanted to think about whether or not she wanted to sell it. She told the Princess that if she did, she would call her. They even bought a couple louvered folding doors that they want to connect together, paint and use as a kind of room divider to separate the kids area from the adult area in the Family room.
She's going to be buying most of her paint for the inside of the house this weekend since Sherwin-Williams is having their big 40 % off sale and she will be getting the paint very cheap. She said she also has a coupon that will take another $10 off each $50 worth of paint. Trust my little couponer to find this kind of stuff! She can use it on sale merchandise, too.
The Beast put together the table last night so that part is done already. We just need the kids to come pick up the table and chairs and put it in their storage area so we can start using the new (to us) table and get some attractive placemats for it. It will give us more space. He's going to want to get the chairs put back together today, I know.
Later on, he told me he had enjoyed his time with his cousin although he hated that his back and leg were bothering him too badly to go fishing on his cousin's John boat. It's only a 12-footer and they are not exactly comfortable even in calm water. His cousin looked better after a day or so there so I think he responded well to having both his sister and the Beast there. He said his cousin was told that he may have as long as two years if things remain the same. He's taking chemo to help shrink the tumor in his brain and it's been working. But his whole body is riddled with cancer and that's the reason I had urged the Beast to go visit with his cousin while he could.
The Beast was horribly tired from the 11 hour drive from Florida back to our home so he just checked his email, the news online and went to bed early. It wasn't even 9pm when he and Baron retired for the night. When I got up for my coffee, the dining room light was on but the Beast had gone back to bed for a few hours more sleep. You always sleep better in your own bed. I'm heading back there myself in a few minutes. Check back a little later today for a separate blog of hints since my eyes are telling me, *Sleep.....sleep.....sleep!*. I keep nodding off so *I* need more sleep, too.
Love you all. I hope you have some good weather today and enjoy yourself. ***Hugs***
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