I am having regrets this morning for not having gone to see the wildflowers today. One of the reasons is that I have a couple of cracks in my heels and they hurt to walk on. My heels are covered in callouses and have cracked from being so dry, and those hurt a lot! Didn't think it would be too comfortable to be walking around the desert with sore feet.
Unlike the past several days and the upcoming days, there is NO wind today! It would have been a perfect day to go.
Too late to change my mind since they say by 10am the crowds are heavy with no place to park at the visitor center or along the roads where the flowers are. I had intended to get there by 8:30am. There are heavy rainstorms expected over the weekend all across southern CA so would have to wait until next week. Not sure what all that rain will do to the flowers. If I can't go there to see the flowers, Joshua Tree NP has a few places with a ton of wildflowers too, that I could go see. I must have used up my Energizer Bunny batteries the day before because yesterday I just didn't feel like doing much. I did go to the potluck in the afternoon which was fun. I already knew a few ladies but the rest I didn't know. There were about 20 there along with 2 guys. I met one sweet lady who wants me to cut her hair. The food was good and we sat outside to eat. The lady who owns the house has a really nice back yard along the outside wall. I kind of wish I had a private backyard. My backyard is the green space so no privacy.
My friend across the street never showed up to go to the potluck but texted me later saying she went to the pool and forgot.
I think today I will just concentrate on patching the deck with the wood filler. I brought over the paperwork yesterday morning to the office for the permit and was OK'd a few hours later. Since I can't bend over to work on the deck, and sitting and scooting across the plywood didn't seem like a good idea, I got creative and got a plant stand with wheels on it that has a one inch high rim around it. I found a round stool cushion and put that on it and it will work perfect to wheel around the deck on my butt easily as I work, without having to bend over.
I think I will soak my feet later in my footbath thing I bought awhile back and then file off the callouses and hopefully that will soften my feet and make them feel better. I also need to trim and paint my finger and toe nails, so there might be a spa day here this afternoon for me!
I should get the window film today so that will be a project for later this week/weekend. I can't wait to see how that looks on the windows! They say to "measure twice, cut once", but I should probably measure 3 times before cutting!
Good thing I didn't decide to be a carpenter by trade! I am rethinking the contact paper in the glass cabinet doors. It looks OK but I am thinking about instead putting the frosted window film on them instead. I have an extra roll of it from the light panels I used it on, and that might look better and still hide what is inside. Will think on that and maybe change that out next week. I just have the contact paper taped to the back of the glass so will be easy to remove.
OK, enough rambling...need to get up and going here. Have a good day!
So my thumb and index finger are really sore tonight from trying to squeeze it out of the tube over and over! Next time I will just get the little containers of it. Live and learn! 
I should be able to finish that area tomorrow and then I just have to do a little sanding and will be ready to put on the primer. By then the storms will be here for the weekend so will have to wait until next week to get started with that. 
I've seen different recipes that say cook the shells ahead of time, but ours doesn't. The shells do well in the sauce.