29th

Today would have Raymond and I would have celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary.  

I kept myself busy so I wouldn't have to think about it too much.  

I met Loni and Mina at the movies to see "How Do You Know" for the matinee.  It was really cute.  Paul Rudd's character reminded me a lot of Raymond when he gave Reese Witherspoon's character her birthday gift.

After the movie I met John at Home Depot for some shelving shopping, and then it was home to start working on my accomplishment for the day.  

Loni came over later in the day and I coached her through making her first quilt. She actually needed very little help, and her quilt turned out very nice.  

I managed to get 3 more triangles quilted on the baby quilt I am working on and have almost finished hand quilting another cat on Loni's quilt.  My shoulder wouldn't allow me to finish the cat tonight.

I only had one really bad spell today, and I recovered quicker than usual.  I still miss Raymond every single day, and our anniversary is never easy on me. 

Happy Anniversary from Raymond

Today is my 28th wedding anniversary, and Raymond gave me a terrific gift.

For years Raymond and I talked about having Solatubes put into my dark living room and other areas of the house. Only after Raymond got sick we decided not to put them in because he slept in the living room so much and it was so hard for him to sleep we decided to leave the living room dark.

Today I had three solatubes installed and I used Raymond's money to pay for the entire thing so it was like he was giving me an anniversary gift.  

The installer Scott was terrific.  He explained everything to me and he did a great job of cleaning up after he finished working.

It has made a huge difference, especially in the laundry room, except we keep trying to turn the lights off.