In a reply of mine to this thread I made on April 28th I mentioned a comment by my daughter about some "ideas" for her Daddy, as Stephanie.
Well, last night, after my daughter got home from her cruise and the hectic evening of me trying my best to tidy up enough loose ends of the renovation work I undertook to put a pause in the effort, my daughter presented both my wife and I with the usual gifts in remembrance of her trip and a thank you our house-sitting. My wife received a Pandora bracelet and a palm tree charm. I, in stead of the T-shirt, received a beautiful, rose gold, heart -shaped pendant and chain. She had put it off until we began talking about getting ready for bed. She had to swallow hard to overcome her apprehensions. But, she put in the effort she needed to do it. I thanked her and hugged her for both the gift and her effort.
Afterward, my wife told me that the "ideas' were about some kind of jewelry and my daughter asked about my tastes. At that time, she was not sure she could do it. In the end she found she could.
Oh, the renovation work was close to completion. I have the closet space under the stairway to put the flooring down in, about half of the base moulding to put in and the moulding around the front door to replace. I had to pause there because we needed to get back home for some other obligations. I'll get back up that way in June, I hope, and finish up.
Stevi