Choosing to be Happy and Wallpaper Update

It's been a tough couple of weeks around here.  I have been missing my Aunt

Susan who passed away two weeks ago today.  I will always miss her, but 

I have said my goodbyes and life must go on.  

I inherited the happy gene from my Grandmother.  Here I am with her back

when I was a young girl.  I remember this picture being taken at the end of

summer vacation just before going back to school.  Look how bleached out

my hair was from so much time out by the pool. That's my dog Charlie.  He

was a rascal and I loved him to pieces.  The photo is really faded now, but

my memories have not.

My grammy's name was Nena Mae.  She had such a good sense of humor

and the two of us giggled together all the time.  My granddaddy and Nena's

husband was a Mason.  He was very active in that organization and my

grammy was in the Order of the Eastern Star.  Her official role in the

organization was "Mistress of Good Cheer".  Her job was a simple

yet vital one ~ to spread happiness and laughter wherever she went.

And she was so good at it!  She instilled into me the love of all

animals, especially dogs, and the love of laughter despite the

difficulties we all face at one time or another.  

So, in loving memory of Nena Mae, I choose to carry on the

tradition and be happy.

And now on to the wallpaper update.  I missed several days, but I am back at it now.

Some sections have been coming off very easily, and others have tested my

patience.  See that soffit?  I don't know what kind of glue they used on the edge

but it sure wasn't wallpaper glue.  It was really thick and had yellowed.  I was

getting very frustrated and about to throw in the towel.  Okay ~ that's a bit of

a pun.  We are talking about the bathroom after all ;-)  But then I had an

idea and I grabbed my laptop and tuned into the Burns and Allen Show tapes

on YouTube.  Gracie's funny stories had me laughing and helped make the

whole wallpaper stripping project really fun.  I was up on the ladder just

laughing my head off!  

So now I will get back to work this morning and start removing the rest of the paper

while listening to George and Gracie.  If you have never watched those shows, 

just do a search on YouTube and lots of the full episodes will pop up.  They are

guaranteed to turn a frown upside down and give you giggles that will

last all day!

Have a great day y'all.

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley