Remodeling Commences Tomorrow Morning...

We are remodeling our bedroom and adding an accessible bathroom starting tomorrow.  We hope to make it as accessible as possible without making this home feel like a hospital ward.  We may have to hurry on the deck/ramp, though, as I am having increasing difficulty with stairs.  Even walking any distance is pretty difficult.

As we binge-watched House of Cards today, I stared at my toes, and tried to wiggle them.  Whereas my right has been problematic for a while, tonight my left started to be unresponsive.  How weird, for my mind to be thinking "wiggle," and my toes to be just not doing it.  Something new every day. 

Moving things to the kids' rooms (the sleeping arrangements will leave a lot to be desired on everyone's part), the den, and other locations in order to have nothing in the soon-to-be remodeled area really challenges me to assess for  what exactly I am saving so very much STUFF. 

I have letters from the 1970's 'til now, photographs beyond my desire to count, and framed art we don't have wall space to hang.  I can take none of it with me, and may (will) come to the point I can't even hold it in my hands, so shouldn't I go through it all now when I can touch it, read it, view it, etc., and then discard or burn it?

Well, we will see how well I do.  In the meantime, please enjoy the beautiful arrangement Paul gave me for Valentine's Day.  He's so romantic: they were in the hotel room at the Grand Union in Ft. Benton awaiting our arrival.  The room overlooked the Missouri River, so that's the picture I took.   The Missouri is frozen in this photo, but it was pretty enough the next day to take a walk on the river without jackets.  I love Paul, and I love Montana!