Why Me?

I often refer to myself as the runt.  Not because I'm small or weak, but because my body behaves as if I am!  As the youngest of six reasonably healthy children, I am the one with the issues--asthma, hypertension, this stupid eye thing and now??  Oh, I'll get to that in a minute!

My friend chauffeured me around today because I'm still not seeing 100%.  Or 90%...

She took me to register my son for school, hit a few yard sales, and looking at a few houses.  I found a great little vanity seat that I can't wait to makeover.  I think another swap is in the works.

All was well until the last house that we visited.  I'd been up and down a flight of stairs in one house, so I was "loosened up" when we got to house number 3, a tiny but very cute ranch.  No stairs.  Well, there was ONE stair.  Apparently the back part of the house is an addition.  Why that addition couldn't be on the same level as the rest of the house is a question I can't answer, but I'm sure there's an excellent reason.  The problem is, by coming in on that higher level, I didn't know to step down when I went into the "original" house.  It's a short little step, probably rises about 4 or 5 inches, but it was enough to trip me when I stepped forward and ended up stepping down.  My ankle turned completely over, but I sucked it up because I didn't want to be a baby and of course, I was embarrassed.  Sitting here now, I just know that tomorrow isn't going to be good.  Painfully speaking, that is.  The runt just can't catch a break.

I did find that cute but rusty little seat.  I also bought these cute jars from a cute kid sitting in front of a cute house.  I think they're empty candle jars, but incredibly useful.  I immediately thought terrarium because they were large, clear, tightly covered, and sweating like crazy out in the hot Chicago Heights sun.  Sweat is good if you're a terrarium.

One little piece broke off of the plant, so I grabbed one of my vintage lab jars.  I love these things--especially Pyrex.  If they're old, they'll have a glass stopper, not plastic.  I use them for my medicines.  Since I take aspirin so often (migraines!) it makes the early morning trip to the kitchen just a tiny bit more pleasant.  I did say tiny.  Anyway, some meds need to be out of the light, thus the brown medicine bottles, so be careful if you decide to do this, and please LABEL your bottles.  I made a little five inch bottle terrarium!  I would have been more creative, but in true runt form, I had another mishap.  The power went out for no apparent reason, so I had to hurry and get these done and take pics with the little bit of daylight I had left.  They turned out terribly, so I used the flash.  Still not so great, but you get the idea, right?

I guess you have to take the good with the bad.  Good finds, hot day, great friend, bad step, errands done, pain ensues.  Still, I'll be happy to get back at it again tomorrow!