Pretty in Pink

It took longer than I thought, and needed more energy that I would've imagined..... but I'm sitting here in my pink capris instead of pajamas. I took a bubble-bath this morning, washed my hair, put make-up and earrings on...... I feel like a new woman. Almost. But at least I don't look so sick anymore.

Our young Miss C called this morning, begging to come and see me. She's been calling all week, and stopped by the other day with her dad. My husband talked to them out on the front porch because I was coughing too much and didn't want them to get sick, so all I did that day was wave to C from inside the house. I told her this morning that I would call her back after I'd gotten myself "together," and promised that she could come over for a little while. "It's been over a week now........ I miss you!" How could I not love this child?

I tried to sleep in the bed last night, but that just didn't work. I had also tried the night before..... couldn't get comfortable, couldn't lay down on the pillows, and propping myself up against the pillows made me too afraid of falling out of the bed. Back to the recliner in the TV room I went.......... One of these days, I'll be sleeping back in my own bed again.

I've also got a load of laundry going this morning...... My husband has been doing the grocery shopping, and taking care of Gracie, but I've just let the laundry pile up. That's always a reality-check-- to see how much laundry can accumulate in a laundry basket in a week's time. Did we really use all of those towels?

My husband and I are talking about the holidays...... do we want to have a Halloween Charades party? Do we want to have Thanksgiving dinner here or at the cottage? And what about Christmas? A small dinner party for a dozen, or an "open house" for 60? We're discussing...... and thinking. I told my husband to put Halloween on his must-think-about-now list. If we're going to do that Charades party, then I need to get those invitations in the mail this week. Which wouldn't be a problem.... I bought the prettiest Halloween invitations last year, right after Halloween when everything was discounted 75%.

I must be feeling better....... my fingers are itching to start writing out invitations........