monday

We started in on the garage yesterday. put
 a bunch of crap to the side for a yard sale.
put a huge load of stuff at the edge of the driveway for the garbage man. An elderly german guy stopped in to chit chat and to pick through our garbage. he found lots of treasures. he said
he moved to america 33 years ago. lived in germany for 41 years and 1 day. he said the only thing wrong with america is that people are lazy, and there are too many blacks and mexicans causing trouble.
 i wanted to tell him to go back to germany.
on the other hand......

today we will finish in the garage. we still need to spray down the walls and the floor, and i have to scrub the basement steps. also need to clean the sanitation sink.........................went through boxes and boxes of baby clothes yesterday. it brought back lots of memories. it was difficult for me to throw them away. i kept a large bag full though.

my mother-in-law spent several years in an orphanage. i think when a child turned 16 they were released. when mnl was released one of her favorite orphanage workers, mommy feldman is what she called her, gave this to her................................see above.......................................it's a pocket watch like compact with pressed powder make-up. the outside has an engraved picture of a lady wearing a victorian dress. she's standing on a bridge surrounded by trees and flowers. it's pretty.
my mother-in-law gave it to me. she was a good lady. i have fond memories of her. i thought i had lost my little compact. i found it yesterday packed away in a box in the garage.

i have poison ivy on my left upper arm, right hand, left breast, right upper posterior thigh, and right side of my face. i itch. some of that honeysuckle must have been poison ivy!