If you want a job done ...

And you know the rest - "you do it yourself"!  Which is what I just did, and had to repair a fingernail I split in the process.

When the boys installed the windows, I moved my queen size bed which was under the window, straight back to the opposite wall and that is how I've been sleeping on it.  Since I've painted around the edges of the window and washed and hung my lace curtains, I wanted the bed back in place.  I'm a firm believer that if you ask someone to help you, you wait and do whatever it is at their convenience and not your own, if at all possible.  Well, I got tired of waiting so I did it myself!  (And that was my choice.)

I had gotten a new bedskirt, and after putting that on I turned the mattress 90 degrees so it wears evenly.  I don't do that as often as I should because it is nearly impossible for one person to accomplish.  I then added a new mattress pad, and finally the sheets I just bought (and don't like the silky feel of), and the comforter, and then pushed the entire thing back under the window.  I don't quite have it centered under the window but I'm finished for today.  I have done this by myself before and it was darn near impossible then, but I'm years older now and it is really quite a feat.  BUT I DID IT!

The bedskirt is just a fraction of an inch too long, but it's going to stay that way for all I care.  I know every time I walk into the room I will notice that it is a fraction of an inch too long!

Another biggie for me today (and anyone just a few years younger than I am probably won't "get it" just yet).  I drove to the Folsom Costco this morning which necessitates getting on Freeway 50 for about 8 miles or so going away from Sacramento.  There was a good amount of traffic but I fortunately got myself in back of a big truck that was traveling about 60 mph, 5 under my speed limit and 5 above the truck limit.  I left enough space that I could see his rearview mirror so I knew he could see me, and it was perfect.  Found Costco with no problems as well as the items I went after (they don't carry the hazelnut coffee beans at my local Costco, and I like to blend them with my regular organic coffee beans).  Coming back the traffic was heavier and I couldn't find a big truck to follow, but I made it with no trouble.  I don't like to drive that trip but sometimes you just have to do the job yourself if you want it done right now.   In my younger years I was never known for my patience, but now I have to be patient most of the time and up to a point.  So I've done my Costco shopping and my checking account is about $165 lighter - of course while I was there I found things I had to have.

I desperately need pants and or shorts to wear during the coming heat wave, and Costco usually has a great selection of shorts, capris, and long pants.  But when the picture on the hang tag shows them on a person from the waist down, and you can see a belly button above the waistband, I know they just aren't my style.  I don't know where I can shop for reasonably priced pants for a woman my age.  I like style but cannot see that anyone's belly button is attractive enough to be shown in public, except only on the very young, or maybe on a beach! 

That's enough of my complaining today.  I have all my windows open and am enjoying the last day in the 70's; tomorrow will be in the 80's; and it will be 90's and triple digits after that.  I'm sure not looking forward to the heat.