Saturday AM

I'm up ahead of Steve, so I have a little time to post.
Sister Valentine came up this week to deliver some pants she's hemmed for Janie.  Jamie, as everyone else, has taken quite a shine to Sister Valentine.  I think everyone loves her.
She had also hemmed a dress for me.  It's a Leslie Faye, which is one of my favorite brands of dress clothing.
Chemo was not so bad this week, as Dr. Corcoran lessened sonme of the dosage of one of the medications that was causing the burning in my mouth and hands.  They both still burn, but not as badly, so I am more at ease when eating or touching anything cold.
Work at Creekside is going slowly.  Tom is doing a great job on the window trim, but he's having a hard time fitting the wood around the windows because of the brick sills, which stick out into the rooms.  He's going to have to grind them down a bit, and doesn't want to do that until the floors are finished, as the dust will get into the seams.
I think Steve and I will be finishing the floors this week-end, and carry over into Monday and Tuesday.
Janie is going to be off until Thursday, as there's little she can be doing.  She said that she would come by to check to see if the grass needed mowing.  We like to keep the yard looking nice there.
I got a good deal on a small Singer sewing machine at Goodwill this week.  I haven't had time to try it out yet, but it looks nice, and has all the 'bells and whistles' that I have on my Brother that I bought several years ago.
I've still been busy altering my clothes to fit me better.  I've always enjoyed sewing, but I rarely have the chance, and this terrible illness has given me the impetus to do some.  I used to make my clothes, but I wouldn't want to wear anything that I made now.  I can do alterations, though, and I stay busy with it when we're home and I'm not busy with other things.
I think Steve misses me when I'm upstairs sewing, as he comes up often to check on me.
I got some silk flowers at the Family Dollar, as they were 40% off.  They will be useful for decorating my hats.  The Cancer Resourse Center loves them, and are always glad to get more of them.
Dennis and Nancy Acuff saw us at the Down Home last evening, and they thanked me profusely for the hand-painted flag I had left on their door for Nancy.  She had always wanted a picket fence in front of their house, so I painted a flag that had farm scenery, fronted by a picket fence.  I had taken it to them a couple of weeks ago, but had not found them home, so I left it on their door.  She said she just loved it.  She's a sweet lady, and I'm glad to give her something nice.
Stucco got the stone put around the front door at Creekside, and it looks really nice.  He also repaired the stucco on the columns, and installed the porch railing.  He did a good job, and it shows well from the street.  Steve and I painted the stucco repairs last night.
Georgia Knoght's obituary was in the Knoxville paper this week.  She had managed the store for the Knoxville Rescue Mission many years ago that was near my house on 4th Avenue.  She lived across the street from me, and was a good neighbor.  Her son, David, held her funeral, as he is a minister.  He was just a young boy the last time I saw him.  All the old houses on that block are now gone, including the one that I had owned.  There are many memories from that block and that time.
Steve tried some new chemicals in the fish pond in the yard at Clairemont, and the water is clear and nice.  You can actually see the fish now.  It looks so good, I hope he will keep up his efforts.
Janie got the Cadillac cleaned up while I was in Chemo on Tuesday, and it looks like a new car.  I'm not one for keeping a car clean, and Steve is not, either, so it was nice of Janie to do that for us.  That car has sure been a good one.  Cherokee now has one exactly like it, and she loves hers, too.
It's time to get off this computer and get to work.  I'm going to do some sewing until Steve gets up.