back to normal - whatever that is!

Today, I'm able to spend much more time sitting at the computer or at the table, so I think my back is almost as good as before.  (Unfortunately, it will not be 'as good as new'.  We never get to go back in time to when we were twenty-something and all body parts worked properly, even when we stayed up all night!)  Anyway, I'm getting back into my usual schedule of ceramic classes and volunteering.  Haven't tried aerobics yet.  Maybe next week. 

I have a couple more ceramic pieces to show.  I don't have any more Raku pieces because we didn't actually do any Raku firing on Sunday.  I was at church all day, from 8 AM until 2 PM, helping with the used book sale.  When I got to the site of the firing, Gary (the instructor) said that no one else had brought anything, so he had cancelled that firing.  We will do another one in June, so my work will get fired eventually.

I was at church again today, helping to sort through the books we did NOT sell.  We made over $800 on the sale, so it was a good one, but we had a LOT of books there are many leftover.  Since we have no storage space, we are donating them to various organizations, including a prison, a yard sale sponsored by an animal rescue group, and the gift shop at the hospital where I work.  We will try to sell some to used book stores, and the rest will be given to one of the local thrift shops.  Hopefully, we can find a place that will come and get them. In the past, I loaded up my van and took them to a shop, but I no longer am willing to carry all those boxes.  Boxes of books are HEAVY! 

I was thinking about doing some more potting of plants on the deck today, but it's not a very nice day to be out there - overcast and cool. I think I'll stay in and do some house cleaning.  Goodness knows the house needs it.  I'd always rather be working outside, so the house gets a bit neglected.  I'm not real fussy about the house.  Things are organized, but there is dust on the shelves and bits of grass and dirt on the floor quite often.  Life is too short to waste a lot of time on housework, I think!