Sunday Salon...April 22

View of the new floor looking into the kitchen from the family room.

Remodeling update.  Entering week three of remodeling.  Week one- hardwood floors installed. Week two floors sanded and stained. We had to move out for three days. Friday we cleaned top to bottom. Yesterday we moved all the furniture back in and started rearranging our china and trinkets. Week three, this week, we will have new counter-tops installed. Today we have to move everything out of all the lower cabinets. It has been a topsy-turvy time for us but the new look is wonderful and there is light at the end of the tunnel

Our stairs used to be carpet that had been shredded by the pets and long use.  Don't these hardwood stairs look nice?

Weather today... Clear and warm. Last night we took the new iPad outside with the stargazing app and viewed Venus, Mars, the space-station, and other things in the sky.

I'm reading:  

• Black and White by Paul Volponi---the Volponi event is happening tomorrow during 5th period, so I must finish this book today!
• Breaking Night by Liz Murray---a memoir about a girl who went from homelessness to Harvard.  Her parents were drug addicts and she lived in absolute chaos most of her life.  This book is very well-written. It is for my book club that meets Wednesday.  I'm afraid I will have to start speed reading it soon in order to complete it by then.
  

 
I'm listening to: Rotters by Daniel Kraus. This book won the 2012 Odyssey Award for good audiobooks. About grave-robbing, it is in equal parts mesmerizing and mortifying.

Book finished this week:  

• The Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough. An old favorite;  
• Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (audio)- a twist on the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Very creative.

Scripture lesson in church: Galatians 2:10 "All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along"

I'm praying for: All those who are dealing with some anxiety over job insecurity.

Around the house: Hardwood floors!

From the kitchen: We have been eating out all week. It is getting old.

Memorable event of the week: Youth Auction for church.

A favorite quote this week: "I want to be a golden commandment person."