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lobster…

08 Tuesday Jul 2014

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hibiscus, IKEA, kitchen, lobster, Red Lobster, shopping, slushy drink

went shopping at IKEA after work with Crystal and Jeff, to order their kitchen… it was very exciting… couldn’t believe how many people were there on a Tuesday night, but kitchens went on sale yesterday so there was a crowd…

to top it off, they paid with cash, which kind of shocked the young woman at the register… I do wonder how long it is going to be before places won’t accept cash… she had to call a supervisor to double count the money… after all that, she forgot to make change, lol… luckily Jeff remembered before we left…

then, to celebrate, we went out for dinner at Red Lobster…

20140708-212529-77129555.jpghad very nice slushy drinks, those amazing biscuits, and lobster… saved just enough to have for lunch tomorrow…

20140708-212916-77356594.jpgit was wonderful to have time together, without the little people…

when they dropped me off, I went out and got a few pictures of the hibiscus…

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sea shells…

04 Sunday May 2014

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abalone, collector, IKEA, sea shells, table

when I was about twelve a colleague of my dad’s gave me my first sea shell… it was an abalone from Florida where she had been on vacation…

ever since then I have collected shells… mainly from others who travelled all over the world, but some I have gathered myself…

since I was about twenty I have dreamed about a coffee table with a glass cover where I could put the shells so that they wouldn’t get dusty or dirty…

a couple of months ago I saw such a table at IKEA… it was fairly expensive and only came in an off-white colour…

today we were there again, and found the table in gray… gave in and bought it…

brought it home in two thin boxes and then Crystal put it together…

table bits and pieces...

table bits and pieces…

there were many, many pieces but she did a great job and got it together without a single extra piece…

table all together...

table all together…

then we spent some time reorganizing the living room, as the table takes up quite a bit of room…

next, will be digging out the box of shells and putting them into the drawer…

looking forward to it…

table…

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

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big girl pants, collection, drawer, IKEA, shell collection, table

when we were shopping at IKEA on Saturday I saw this table…

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been collecting shells since I was sixteen and I’ve been looking for a table like this for years…

it has a drawer the size of the whole table so you can put your collection inside and then it is protected from dirt and dust and little boys’ fingers…

sadly it only comes in white… if it hadn’t been so expensive maybe I would have bought it and then had it
painted… was thinking black, but I wonder how it would look in purple…

looking good…

02 Sunday Mar 2014

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Bette Midler, bookshelf, IKEA, looking good, miss George, Oscars

yesterday went to IKEA with Crystal and her friend Sabrina… although it was cold outside, the place was packed… I like to go but always have tired feet by the time we get out…

picked up some boxes to use on the bookshelf in the hallway… and some picture frames, but I haven’t got to that project just yet…

today I put most of the boxes together and filled some with various bits and pieces that had been on the shelves… there were a lot of photo albums and individual pictures…

the last two were put together tonight by my grandson…

in between watching the Oscars I continued working…

and am nearly done… just have the bits on the floor to deal with… plus a few books which were moved into the computer room during the repair and painting…

it is starting to look good… much more spacious, tidy and has treasures in and amongst the books… very happy with the progress…

there must be 6 or 8 boxes packed up and ready to go to their new homes…

had just got back into the bedroom when Bette Midler sang You Are The Wind Beneath My Wings… made me think of George and how he supported me in everything I ever did…

I miss him…

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