We did a lot today. Moved the Christmas tree out onto the front "stoop" for planting sometime, soon. Rearranged a few things in the LR after moving it out. Went to Habitat for Humanities ReStore to find a coffee table and/or end tables. Man, they are really pricey! The really good things, they have marked not for sale as they use them, even a piano. The nicer pieces that were for sale were prohibitive, imo. They did have a Whirlpool frig which I really wanted. Side by side with a lot of pull out organised baskets in the freezer and frig part. Much better arrangement than ours, but Rog wasn't into a major thing like that and getting our old one out. At least not for today. If they still have it next week, we'll see. It would really make things a lot easier. They wanted $200 plus $50 to deliver, though if I told them they could take ours, maybe they would halve that. Who knows. We really don't need it, but it would be nice.

Morgan came over and played, then he went through his storage part of our hall closet where he keeps a plastic bin of toys, etc. I am really proud of him. He gave away a huge bag of things and packed what was left into the closet and took a few things home with him.

Every year, but last, since we bought this house, we have hung new prayer flags from the trees and on the house. We don't take them down and burn them until they are in the last stages of tatters. Most have been in the backyard. This year, I bought a long strand of them and Rog went up the ladder, hanging them from the front of the house, across the yard, up high, to a tree which was just 12" when we moved in and is now about 30 feet tall...it's a poplar of some sort. I told him folks who might not realise they are Tibetan prayer flags will probably think we're getting ready for a party, they look so beautiful, colourful, and cheery. There's almost always a breeze, even slight, so they are in motion sending our good wishes, thanks givings, etc. aloft.

I was really thrilled after the doc's appt. It was with the kidney specialist. He said I am stable and doing good. Gave me some tips on fluid intake, protein, etc. Said, by now, it is not just water weight which I am losing. I have the skinniest ankles now! I can't remember when they looked so good, last. He was really neat, an older real gentleman, filling in on a temp. basis, though I will see him in June, again. Sodium is the main thing I have to monitor very closely. He let me go off of a med I think is making me itch (it's sulfa based and I am allergic to sulfa.) As long as I keep the sodium down and the weight doesn't go up, I don't have to take it any more! So far, so good.

I also went through a bin of cassette tapes, mostly of my brother's classical music when we were promoting it a lot back East, well as much as we could with no budget.:-) Made me realise I did a bang up, full-time job of it...pretty neat to see that, again. Being creative with no money to speak of can be challenging and fun.

Laundry and the usual also done.