Recycled furniture:  Chair, Cottage by the Sea, for use as plant stand, by Tammy Vitale.  $125

I have rejoined the living.  We had a lovely trip to North Carolina to house hunt, decided we liked the Edenton area the best, found a great real estate agent (the lovely Lori Snell), and looked at about 5 house, 2 of which I really like, one of which we both liked very much.  Back home to sell the cottage (it’s already up on Craig’s List, but I think we’re going to go ahead and list it and see what the market is like.  It’s on the water.  Hopefully that means something).  I would show you pictures but I left my camera at home. 

We did not leave dogs at home, though; we brought them right along.  We rented an air-conditioned car, since neither of ours has air conditioning (fine for us, not so fine for short nosed pug dogs).  They are good little travelers!

So Tuesday night I have a meeting to head up at the part-time job and start getting stomach cramps on the way over.  By the time I’m on the way home, cramps are going pretty good, then I get in bed and chills start, and achy skin, and headache and backaches and on and on all through the night.  I haven’t taken Prilosec for weeks for the acid reflux and was feeling pretty smug about that.  Well, I took that and then I took Tylenol and then I suffered through the night and on into yesterday.  The good thing about working at home is that I can get up late, work, nap, work, nap, work and still get my hours in as well as sort of take care of myself.  This morning I believe I’m better.  I will call the doctor though because I have had deer tick bites this year and it’s been pointed out to me by a good friend and by Husband that my symptoms could indicate Lyme disease (ugh).  The ticks have been very bad this year.  None of the bits have done the bull’s eye thing but I read that isn’t necessary.

Meanwhile, I’ve put this chair here to celebrate finding 3 more little chairs to finish for plant holders.  Mostly I’ve quit doing furniture because it takes up space but these are little chairs – 3 fit in my trunk with room to spare.  And they were very very reasonable and so I bought every one of the 3 that were sitting on the front porch of the antique shop in Galesville when I went to pick up my piece from the River Gallery there.

Not a long post.  Just wanted to check in and say "hi" since I’m missing getting around to everyone’s blog and chatting.  It’s a summer thing.  It doesn’t mean I don’t love every one of you!

thought for the day:  What would it be like if we all strived for ecstasy?  What if we were required to study it in school?  What if everybody in the first grade was taught that we are DIVINE BEINGS, each of us holding a unique gift to give that can bring forward the experience of ecstasy when we SHARE the gift with others?  What is more important than this?  This sharing of ourselves, the loving others through our unique talents, THIS is our daily bread.  Katherine Q. Revoir, Spiritual Doodles & Mental Leapfrogs:  A Playbook for Unleashing Spiritual Self-Expression