YAY...it's SATURDAY!

I was SO looking forward to today

because I didn't have anything major going on, 

and I didn't have to be anywhere...I could just catch up around here.

And the phones are usually quieter on the weekends so I can get more done, 

and I did!

When I woke up a little after seven, I didn't have to rush out of bed. 

When I did get up (around 8) I took my time with my morning routine - 

make the bed, get dressed, put on my face, etc. 

I even got to watch part of a movie that was on TV.

Manny was outside working on some locks in his van.

I was all dressed when he came in and I made him a nice breakfast 

that he could sit down and enjoy

without worrying about having to rush out of the house for a job. 

After breakfast, he went to work on our bus for a while.

I did some laundry, then went next-door to my moms where I

cleaned her bathroom and her floors, vacuumed, changed her sheets, 

and washed and colored her hair.

These tasks have become hard for her so I usually go over once a week and do them.
I love doing these things for her because it makes her happy to have a clean house.

I like a clean house, too. 

Everything else in my mom's day-to-day routine she manages to do herself 

and she does a great job!

When I came back to my house I worked on a Catalog Party that just closed out. 

That took a little while. I was working upstairs in what use to be our younger son's room.

That has become my new office and work center for my locket business.

After being up there a while I heard a familiar noise and went out into the hallway 

to check...sure enough, it was my Milli girl. She was trying to get upstairs to me. 

She must have sensed I was up there (because she can't hear anymore).

She had gotten two-thirds of the way up and was just standing there

in between two steps. I carefully walked towards her to catch her.

I was afraid if I startled her, she'd fall. 

I got to her and picked her up. I hugged her and she smelled so sweet

because she had just gotten a bath yesterday. 

She has not gotten up the stairs like that in a while and I had not hugged her like that in a while either, where I cradle her like a baby...belly up and kiss her head. 

She seemed to remember and like it. 

She seems to be feeling better, too, FINALLY

and her nose is not so drippy anymore. 

Today was a great day, and tomorrow will be even better because it will start out

in church with our kids and grandkids. What could be better than that?

Hope you are having a great weekend, too!