Mother-In-Law

The blog has gone by the wayside for the past few days, coinciding with the day that my mother-in-law rolled into town. Don't get me wrong - she's about as cool as you could ask a mother-in-law to be. In fact, she did a little matchmaking at the beginning of my relationship with J, not getting us together, but just nudging us along, you might say. I knew her, and worked with her, before I even knew J. He has a theory that she matched us up because she wanted me for a daughter. That's a nice thing to think, but there was a little more to it, I suspect.

Anyway, she is cool, but she keeps us hopping. Usually we are a pretty low-key household, but in the past three days we have torn apart a deck, bought and unloaded materials for a new deck (to be done tomorrow), hooked up a washer, shopped for a refrigerator and materials for shelves, gone to the dump, mowed the lawn, let's see, what else... (did I mention that she is our landlord, technically speaking?) So, although I am not blogging, I am definitely keeping busy. Oh, and did I mention that she brought us a case of homemade chokecherry wine? I think we'll let her stay...