Homer, the Home Savings Lion

a sad day at my house. someone stole something dear to me. not worth much, granted, but something that could not be replaced...
when my daddy did neon for c a grant and sons, he made a sign for a savings and loan here in town, that had a great mascot... Homer, the home savings Lion
and then when my daddy and dan both worked for Scott sign company, they retired the lion and dan talked the boss into giving it to me
i've had it ever since. he has been to Arizona and back with me. he kept me company in my yard in Arizona and has graced my driveway by leaning, altho broken, against my fence here in Madison.
and there he has sat for years, until today
at least they were graceful enough to leave me the face. i can not see the worth of the body, but Homer and the neon are gone.

up until that point, it had been a better day. i am coming out of a five day "fibro crisis". on wednesday, i was too tired and sick to get out of bed. thursday was not much better, and altho i got some work done on friday, saturday was even worse. exhausted and overwhelmed by all the work needing to be done. talking to my sister cheered me up a bit, but it was just not a good day at all. sara came over sunday to do a bit of the house work for me, but i was again too tired and sore to work. this loss of time really plays with my mind
but i had resolved to start the week, at least by monday, able to do "something". anything!
and i did get some work done. cut the "pretty" fabric for Gabi's dress, after finally deciding how to do it. cut a few more triangle blocks for the robbing peter quilt, and finally made it to the post office, mailing 9 movies out of my house and into someone else's

that was when we noticed the lion is missing. andy moved the peice of the face to the back yard, but i have no idea who would have taken the body and neon. i did notice that the other day someone had been messing with the sign, it had been moved a bit. i wish i'd had the foresight to move the sign to a safer place.

so tonight is a fitting that Must work, and then listing ebay. House is on, and Lie to me. i am even hoping that i can get some sewing done late tonight. that would be nice!