Been somewhat overwhelmed this past month. Earl's mother died and that sort of put school work on hold for a couple of weeks. She was 95-1/2 so had a good run. We had an excuse for a nice family reunion in Baltimore.
All my delayed assignments came due at the same time as the final paper for FSU. Add some heavy tax season work to the mix and I was an unhappy camper for quite a few days.
Did have an exciting thing happen on the home front. The two remaining burners on our stove blew out the day after Earl's mom passed away. This gave us a good reason to finally go to Sears and replace the stove and the nonfunctioning dishwasher.
Preparing for the new appliances prompted a whole kitchen re-arrangement and a large donation to goodwill.
Also determined that since we can't afford to move, the next best thing would be to get some breathing room. So, rented a storage area -- our new attic is 5 x 10 and only 5 minutes away. It should help us recover some of our apartment. So far I've done about 20 boxes and still don't have any closet space. However, I can now open and close the closet doors without having to stuff things that were falling out back in. Also, there are a few flat surfaces that are seeing the light of day again in our apartment.
Anyway here's a video from tonight's recital. It's sort of blah...not bad enough to be interesting and not good enough to crow about.
