Two Noras: March 5, 1914 and March 5, 2021

 Nora Bauer: Thursday, March 5, 1914

Had another nice day today. We went down to Uncle John's tonight. Mamie took down the pin cushion she made for Aunt Lena. 

Nora Spitznogle: Friday, March 5, 2021

Today was my last day at work for a week - wee! The evening took a fun unexpected turn that involved lots of lifting. 

I'm confused. Grandma Nora's paternal Uncle John's wife is named Mary. There is a Lena on her mother's side....I need to sketch out Nora's immediate family tree instead of getting lost in the huge tree that I've created to both sides of my family. And since I'm off next week, hopefully I can do that. 

I am beyond giddy! In the last year, I've only had one day off that did not involve taking my dad to an appointment or staying at the farm after his heart bypass surgery in June. Of course, I am thrilled that I was able to do that and had the work flexibility to make it happen. With pandemic planning and constant changes and staff quarantining at various times, it was hard to not be a work - and a little stressful. 

When I had my review a couple of weeks ago, Jennifer's (CEO) first question was when was I taking time off? Here we are! Woo hoo! 

I had an extra-productive day and stopped at Midland Antiques on the way home. I'm been sofa shopping and was having a very hard time - I'd also realized that I've never had a brand-new sofa. In fact, with the exception of a mattress, everything I have in the house is second-hand - a lot of it from the Bauer family. I realized that I should starting looking for a vintage sofa. 

I walked into Midland and to my absolute delight there was a lemon color sofa COVERED IN PLASTIC right inside the door. For-real plastic slip covers. I knew I'd found my sofa! I ripped the price tag off and handed it to the cashier. 

Then the reality of logistics set in - which is when I knew that I was on vacation, logistics are typically on the top of my brain. 

I called Schaun to see if he was coming back from Batesville this weekend and if he had time to help. He was on the road and 30 minutes away! Woo hoo! He pulled up right before they closed and we were on our merry way. 

Since he was at my house - and it's weird to have people in the house, since the pandemic started there have only been two people that have come through the door - we also loaded the huge piece of furniture that was leaving into his trailer to go to Batesville. Kassie is going to use it in her new house. 

The sofa is perfect and having the week off to finish the painting and purging and rearranging. I'm working at both Marigold and the Red Key tomorrow, then six days of freedom!