I got home about an hour ago, after being out most of the day with Deb. It's been so nice visiting with her. Since it's been almost a week since I posted, I'll update everyone on what I've been doing and what I got done, lol.

Every night this last week, I was cleaning, sorting, straightening, all the stuff that I normally would have taken my time with and done over several weekends. I got the "disaster" of a second bedroom all cleaned up. It looks much better now, lol. I'm going to try real hard to keep it looking nice.

I got the living room all vacuumed, got any cobwebs removed, I even pulled out the couch and loveseat and vacuumed underneath and behind those. It hadn't been done since I moved in 7-1/2 years ago. So needless to say it was quite dusty and dirty back there. Feels good to get all this done.

I got my bedroom done, just barely. That was finished this morning before picking Deb up to take to my aunt's for brunch. I never really got to the kitchen, unfortunately. But it's not like Deb was staying overnight here, or that I'd actually have to cook for her, lmao. I wish I'd had one more day to get the last few things done, but oh well.

Friday evening my aunt came and picked me up, and we met Deb at the first church the bell choir was performing at, right here in my town, just 5 minutes away from my apartment. It's a small Presbyterian church, but it wasn't even half full for the performance. I was expecting the pews to be packed, so was disappointed that they weren't. The concert itself was fantastic! It's so fascinating watching a bell choir perform, I don't think I'll ever understand exactly HOW everyone knows when to ring their bells, lol.

This morning, I quickly did some last minute vacuuming and bagging of stuff in my room that needed to be removed, then picked Deb up for the day. Her husband had already gone out with others from the choir, I believe they spent part of the day at the mall. The two of us headed out to my aunt's, we went to brunch at a place called Egg Haven. They make 5 egg omelets, that are so huge, you can't eat it all. I had a full stack of chocolate chip pancakes, Deb had a short stack of pecan pancakes, and my aunt had a steak ceasar salad. We were all stuffed! Then we went to Wal Mart, lol.

Deb has never been to a Super Wal Mart, and she doesn't know anyone in Michigan that will go with her to Wal Mart, so we went there and did a little shopping. I didn't see any cd's on sale (Kerry), but I got my USB Cable that I need for my scanner! After that, we went back to my aunt's condo, sat and chatted a while before she needed to get ready for a show she was going to see tonight, Colin Mochrie. Deb and I returned back to my place, I showed her pictures that I had hanging on my walls of friends and family members, then we left to go to tonight's performace of the bell choir at a church in Aurora, about 20 minutes from my apartment.

The concert was again excellent. They changed a few things from last night to be different, they had a different crowd tonight, more older folks tonight than last night. But still not a very big crowd. This performance was at a Methodist church, beautiful sanctuary, lots of stained glass windows. I was still surprised at how few people were there. Once the performance was over with, I purchased a Christmas cd for $15. Deb and I went outside to move her bags from my car to her husband's car, and she realized she left one bag at my apartment. So we hopped in the car to race back here to get it, figuring we'd have enough time, since they needed to pack all the bells, tear down the tables, and load everything up. She left a message for Rick, telling him what we were doing. We were almost back to the church when he called her asking where she was. When we pulled into the parking lot, they were waiting in the car for her. Oh well, we tried. I hope they weren't too upset with her. Tonight the group was driving up to Waukegan, north of Chicago, staying in a hotel there, and performing at a church service tomorrow morning. After that, they were heading straight back to Michigan.

Such a nice weekend! And tomorrow (Sunday) I get to stay home and relax!