the unearthing has begun!

just a very quick post here...

got so much to show you...

my cardinals do not fight at all...

they all live in our shrubs out front...

isn't he pretty...

finally saw a female one this morning...

they were playing chase, so babies will be coming...

we went out first thing this morning and filled the feeders...

then we started finding things...

what could that be?

lots of green things...

and my first crocus of this spring...

should be open by this afternoon...

lots and lots and lots of leaves...

thank you, Lord, for putting in my head the need to pile them on last fall...

even got some rearranging done here...

it got plenty of work done this morning...

some of my favorite things...

love how this pot has aged...

tulips...

more...

worked on the beds we didn't get to yesterday...

before the winds pick up...

lots of green here and I even think out grass is greener today...

so there you go...

we came in and did lunch and I am going to lie down for a bit...

got to do mashed potatoes and hash browns when I get up and some piddle fartin. in here...

;)

Sunday blessings...

guess who came home this morning?

I was watching the birds about 7 this morning and this little guy came strolling across the yard...

I yelled- 'its Hermie!'

ran to the door and yelled his name...

probably woke the neighbors...

and he came running hard and was in my arms so quick...

he was so happy to be home again and he had to meet and greet everyone...

then we worked on breakfast...

for us...

and Annie got hers...

she's a growler...

Hermie is a little thinner, but not bad...

he was gone 9 days...

he has been eating at the neighbor who feeds all the strays...

just 3 doors down...

took him long enough to find his way home...

but the wind finally died this morning...

I just don't think he could hear us and the wind scared him so much...

he laid low until it quit...

and so we have our blessing for today...

thank you, Lord, for taking care of him while he was gone...

;)

Bella left for her new home last night...

and Waffles just went out the door for his...

2 down, 2 to go!

happy Sunday to you!

;)

it's been a great day here!

first of all, thank you for all the support and prayers...

they mean so much...

and as bad as yesterday was, today has been the total opposite...

I got up at 4am feeling wonderful...

got my shower, got dressed and did the hair and make up without any problems...

so we took off out of here around 6:30, was there at the hospital when they 'opened' for business...

got right in, took 5 whole minutes and we were on to having fun...

some walmart shopping and some fun things later...

we pulled into McDonald's for breakfast...

it was nice being out with my guys this morning...

in the rainy, crappy weather, but we didn't seem to mind...

came home, put stuff up...

piddled around a bit and then took a nap...

got kids coming this afternoon sometime...

when we got up, we cleaned house and cooked...

made spaghetti and cole slaw...

even have my oldest son's birthday stuff all ready for him when he gets here...

can you believe he will be 33 on the 1st?

my blood sugar is close to being in the normal range...

and we adopted out another baby...

can't get much better than that...

;)

hope you are all having a wonderful weekend...

bless your hearts for hanging in there with me...

through thick and thin...

love you all!

;)

some days, I get so aggravated...

I do not mean to complain...

well, maybe I do...

it's days like this that I get so aggravated with this fibromayalgia...

and at doctors who don't seem to listen to me...

you know, they don't have all the answers...

not all of them...

had my 8:30 appointment this morning...

and I do not mind waiting when I am not flairing...

but if I am, I am in agony just being there...

first appointment of the day...

should have gotten right in and right out...

but not this morning...

and I know I am not the only person in the world who needs to see the doctor...

but its at those moments, I hate having this...

when I have no control over my pain or my energy...

and I ran out of steam pretty quickly...

and after checking me...

he ordered a chest xray, to see why this stuff came back...

normally, it wouldn't be a problem...

but today...

I didn't have the energy to do it...

so I took the paper from the nurse and told her...

I just can't do it today...

she said it was my call...

so we came home and I went to bed and crashed...

we can go back in the morning to do it...

and it might work out better...

but I hate not being to plan something and carrying it out...

I hate that sometimes we have to ditch everything and run home...

and you never know when its going to happen...

and it just stinks...

and I have been praying for this attitude to go away, but I am struggling today with it...

I let it go one minute and grab it back the next...

sometimes I just miss being 'normal'...

so if you know someone with fibro...

and I know you cannot completely understand what we go through...

but just try to remember...

we are more frustrated than you are when it comes to dealing with it...

we can't control it anymore than we can control the weather...

and we don't do it on purpose to get out of things...

and we would really like to make plans and go out and eat or have you over for dinner...

because some days all we need is for people to cut us some slack...

and we really need to do that for ourselves, too...

and don't give up on us...

we may not be able to keep up anymore...

but we are worth holding onto...

because when God takes something away...

its to give you something greater in return...

and even though I know that He is making me better, stronger, more compassionate...

there are some days that I would like to be weak and ignorant...

and if I was, just look at all the things in these photos He sent to me today...

I would have missed them...

I will stomp and huff until this funk is shaken off...

that's how I make them go away...

thanks for letting me rant on...

I just need to purge this darkness that has fallen over me...

just getting around slow today...

yesterday was all about naps for these little ones...

they play so hard in spurts and then crash...

it was a sunny but chilly day out there...

but the sunshine was awesome...

little faces...

posted Gabbie, the one we call old yeller, online today...

she is looking for her human...

2 are adopted now, and if I can find a home for her soon...

Annie can stay with me...

even had time to do my nails...

I have got such dry skin now after the antibiotics and being sick...

lotion and water is not helping much...

its raining here today...

but in the 50s...

birds have been so busy at the feeders this morning...

what do you do on a rainy day?

paint!

remember the white plastic eggs I picked up at walmart the last time out?

well, they aren't white anymore...

blues and tans...

3 of each shade...

they will look so pretty when I get them done...

speckled tomorrow after they cure over night...

making plans for this pile...

got some general ideas...

thinking up a cheap solution for pillows...

going to buy some standard pillows, but them in half and then slip cover them with this...

with lace trim, of course...

then I can just peel the cases off and wash them and put them back on without a lot of fuss...

a very wet squirrel...

using his tail for an umbrella...

isn't that sweet?

got up with a sore throat and sniffles this morning, hunky cough, too...

so called the dr again and going in at 8:30 in the morning...

going to talk about the blood sugar again and about that stupid pill he put me on...

which I ain't takin'!

doing 1/2 of a metformin in the morning here and the other 1/2 later this afternoon, to kind of spread it out and to cover the evening to night times...

other than that, a pretty boring day...

just got done with lunch, so heading in to take a nap...

kitchen is all cleaned up, too!  

will throw a load of  laundry in when I get up...

doing the rest of the veggie soup and sandwiches tonight for supper...

still have sliced strawberries and cantaloupe, too...

we will have to cook this weekend again, and I am thinking chinese will be in there somewhere...

you all have a fun weekend if I don't hear from you until Monday...

;)

a simple request...

while the majority of us are anxiously awaiting spring and all the grandeur of it...

there is a family that wishes time would slow down a bit...

I posted about them before, Mr & Mrs P...

they just picked out the stone for the baby Mrs P is carrying...

a baby who is kicking and stretching...

even getting hiccups...

and the cemetery plot...

in a small cemetery a lot like this one...

one that is just down the road from their new home...

so the baby will be close by to them as they live out their lives here...

they bought their new home at the end of last year...

rushing around trying to have it ready before the baby came...

but things have been put on hold, and now the move will come after...

a larger home for a growing family...

with a nursery...

this is their 4th child...

all 5 and under...

the baby has Potter's Syndrome...

the kidneys didn't develop, not producing urine to fill the sack...

which develops the lungs...

the infant could be stillborn, but there is a greater chance it will be born alive...

but will die soon after...

they know they have to give this baby back...

they are strong in their faith, but something like this knocks you to the ground...

if you could, every time you think of spring...

make plans for the garden...

watch the snow melt and the grass green...

just say a simple prayer for them...

and remember that whatever you are going through at that moment...

may not be so bad after all...