This and that on this beautiful morning.

Hobbes spent the night in the house last night- first time since spring.  When I woke this morning, he was sitting quietly by, staring at me.  I said "You need to go outside, don't you?"  He gave that quick little reply thing he does and stood up.  I'm sure at almost 8 in the morning he was wondering if I had died there.
I want to paint and write and sew and throw pots.  But, alas, I am in the midst of an ongoing bathroom renovation.  It's getting better though.  I tell my painting students at one point in the process that everything you do from this point on is a major 'oooh-aaah'.  That's how I'm feeling as I am tieing this renovation down.
The toilet was hooked up last night.  It works well.  Yay.  Given the 'fun' we had on Saturday, I ran and got a couple of huge towells for the reveal!!  Louis gave me one of those looks.  It has a dual flush and a slow closing lid and rim.  I told Louis that must be for the men.  He gave me one of those looks.  We flushed it quite a few times to see how much water difference was made between the full flush and the half flush.  There is a little less water in the half flush, but Louis said the directions spoke of adjustable water.  He didn't read that part yet. 
We were so silly, flushing the toilet over and over, raising the seat over and over.  The first time we raised the rim, it started lowering as soon as we pulled it up.  Louis observed that he would have to learn to pee quickly.  But then we got it trained to stay until we start it lowering.  We had way to much fun playing with the new toilet.
I have started teaching an online group to paint.  So far, I have one person who has actually begun.  She is doing quite well.  Sometimes student don't understand that when I say "That's good" I am seeing it through a knowledge of what will be done.  The painters in my studio get it for the most part.  If I say "Well we need to fix this before we go on" they know it wasn't so good.  I'm never going to say "Wow, that stinks."  I'm enjoying that alot and will enjoy it more once the tile, paint and woodwork is all in place.
Last night I made frozen yogurt.  Louis said it needed some getting used to.  I asked him what I needed to change.  He said I didn't need to change it, it just needed getting used to.  Actually, I really liked it.  It was peach.  I used extra cream and milk but no extra sugar.  Next time I may try adding a little raw sugar. 
The change of diet is going okay.  About a week ago, I decided I had to eat better for strength.  I've added dance aerobics to help strengthen my stamina while eating a little more substantial meals.  Saturday night we went to a fish fry and I showed amazing self control -the guy can cook, yeah- but yesterday, my stomach was torn up.  Fish is high on the recommended foods, but fried foods aren't.  I've discovered that fried turkey pastrami is very tasty with eggs, baked potatoes or anything that I would normally use bacon for.  It's not the same taste exactly, but its a very good taste and it smells wonderful cooking.  Turkey sausage will work nicely for biscuits and gravy.  I'm learning to enjoy eating again - slowly.
The coffee this morning was left over in the pump pot.  I had to heat it, but it was okay.  Left over coffee doesn't fill the house with aromatic wonder. 
Yesterday it was 91degrees.  It was in the lower 60s this morning when I woke.  Wednesday, we have a chance for a freeze.  Sheeze!  The wood we cut in the spring will come in handy it seems.
Gotta hit it again.  I hope your day is blessed.  I'm sure mine will be.  God is good.