Sweet Nieces and Topsy-turvy Days!

Today, I had a sort of topsy-turvy day. It seemed that everything that I started to do, for some strange reason, was flip-flopped around to be exactly what I was not supposed to be doing! It all started early this morning when I was supposed to be clearing out a place in my living room for Hubby and Son to build some shelves. These were to be sort of a craft center for all of my junk. I moved one item when Hubby came home from fishing with almost two hundred mullet. Yes, you read that right..almost two hundred mullet! Well, that just threw a kink in the plans for the day! Instead of moving furniture, I wound up washing and bagging fish. All I could think of was how glad I was that these fish were for someone else and would not be in my freezer! Not that I have anything against fish in the freezer, it is just that all three freezers are filled to capacity! No more room ..zilch..nada..nary a space. So..I washed and bagged nearly four hundred fillets! But...like I said..nothing was orderly about today. As soon as I elbow-deep in mullet fillets, the phone rang. I answered to hear the voice of Lovely Aunt Sylvia say.."Come get some fish!" What? Me..fish...oh, my. She would not take "no" for an answer so Son and I headed to get fish..more fish...just what I needed..more fish. Oh, boy!...Yep..Oh, boy! At least these were fresh-water catfish all nicely cleaned and ready for the freezer! They will be a welcome change over the ever-present mullet so I was truly happy to get them!

After the fish episode, my detergent-making began..and ended. I received another phone call. Sweet Niece Crystal needed a favor. "Do you have a grass hula skirt that I can borrow?" she asked. Now one might wonder just why I would be asked a question like that...do I have a grass hula skirt? Ha!.... I told her that I just might and headed upstairs to look in an old steamer trunk that held a bunch of costumes and party decorations from days past. Being as it was hot upstairs, I had Son drag the trunk to the dining room where I proceeded to dump everything in the middle of the floor. No..skirt. Whoever borrowed the luau decorations the last time, did not return it. Now there is a chaotic mess in the dining room...ring..ring. The phone..oh, no. Another Sweet Niece! "Is it ok if I come for a visit?" I busted out laughing..which probably led her to believe that I was a bit insane. SURE! COME ON! I looked at the floor..oh, well, I shrugged. This Sweet Niece has to be the sweetest! She helped me clean up the mess! (I have decided she can come back any day!) Afterwards she asked if we could walk around the place as she needed to collect some wildflowers for her college course. Hey, finally! Something that I would enjoy! A hike sounded like the perfect way to get out of this house! Thank you, Sweet Niece Eva! We hiked around the place..she got eaten alive by mosquitoes (they were happy to have fresh blood!) and I escaped the confines of the house! Whew!

So my topsy-turvy day came to a close. I still have no space for shelves in the living room, a steamer trunk of luau decorations in the dining room and more fish than anyone possibly needs but it was enjoyable. Aunts and nieces..who could ask for better company!