the last day...

of January...

and it will be finished...

forever...

had a good day, but didn't do much...

;o)

but it sure went fast...

it is so peaceful in the park...

even when its full of people...

but you never feel isolated...

or alone here...

for me, its like coming home...

it was good to get there this weekend...

with all the hate I seem to be surrounded by...

on the news, online...

between rioters and women dressed as viginas of all things...

(boy, what my mom and grandma would've said about that)

I was told growing up...

that being a woman meant that I could be anything that I wanted to be...

that whatever I chose, would be ok...

(that came from my mom and grandma)

and that it was good to be a woman...

that being a man wasn't what we were born to be...

and that we are different...

(the joke was that we were better)

;o)

I don't want that to change...

we already have women in the armed forces...

and in every other job on earth...

and there are those who love being a stay at home mom...

then there are the professionals...

and all the other jobs...

from retail to construction...

what more can we want?

why don't they march for hunger or homelessness?

child abuse?

did they hit the streets for 9/11?

or any of the mass shootings?

the only good they did was create jobs...

someone had to clean up after them...

for pete's sake...

and those who go in, break windows...

set things on fire...

beat each other and the cops...

why?

and they tear up their own neighborhoods!

where they live and work and play...

where they raise their families...

if we could take all that energy...

all the hate and meanness...

and the nutty things...

and turn it around...

and do something good with it...

can you imagine what kind of a world we would be living in?

if we all cared about each other?

looked out for each other?

helped, fed, clothed each other?

prayed for each other?

I live in a small town...

where these things don't happen...

and I like it like that...

but there is still hate...

and selfishness...

and some meanness...

but not on those levels...

pray hard for us...

for all of us...

and for Trump...

some aren't even giving him a chance...

pray for all the leaders...

to come up with a better plan...

but I think the most important prayer should be for the parents who are raising their kids right now...

and the teachers who are in the classrooms...

give them guidance in what to put in the heads and hearts of these little ones...

so that when they grow up...

they will be wiser and better than those before them...

;o)

what a difference a week makes...

but that's life on the prairie...

last week, we were in sweaters and walking around the state park...

yesterday, we just drove around as the snow fell...

all bundled up and the heater on full blast...

;o)

I didn't get as sick as Craig did...

and he did fine at work yesterday...

so he is totally over it...

made a meatloaf and huge baked potatoes last night for supper...

hoping for a slower paced week...

to finish out this month and start the next one...

the colder weather will slow me down...

;o)

just need to keep the housework caught up and the critter bowls full...

and it will be a good week...

blessings and prayers for all of you...

have a good Monday!

flu...happens...

well, Craig is finally on the mend...

kept everything down yesterday and heading back to work this morning...

I am trying to get it, but hanging on here...

my immune system is fighting it and I don't feel bad at all this morning...

love the windows uptown!

I had a blue and white kitchen with yellow walls years ago and loved it so much...

just got tired of it after awhile and went onto other things...

Steve made the grocery run yesterday without me...

hung out here and got all the laundry done for the weekend and several smaller projects completed...

took all do to do them, but they are done and we have a free day now...

hoping for a ride with him sometime...

going to make a meatloaf and baked potatoes for supper...

other than that...

nappin' and floating around here in cyberville...

have great days out there!

it amazes me...

at how one sunny day...

can effect a whole week of dreary...

DH on the dock...

trying to not to rock it too much...

we so needed that day...

water wasn't that cold, he said...

no ice fishing here this year...

but yesterday...

in the dreary, musty, blistery....

the tiniest of snowflakes fell...

just enough to know they were there...

and I had a sick youngin' here...

Craig got up, headed for the shower...

and as soon as he stepped out...

he started vomiting...

a good 15 minutes or so...

came back down the hall...

called in...

laid down on the couch and slept until noon...

when he got up, he was soaking wet...

coughing...

snotting...

yep, its here...

and here I though we were going to make it through the winter without too much of that kind of thing...

guess who got that wrong!

Lysol is my friend!

be well and have a great weekend!

hello, winter...

it has returned...

but that's ok...

DH and I ran to the doctor this afternoon...

and brought supper home from Wendy's...

test results were good...

a couple things were a little high, but will work on them...

and test again in 3 months...

he was impressed with my blood sugar numbers...

that I had dropped them on my own without medication...

so all went well...

and the more normal winter weather is back...

not looking forward to going out in it...

but I hide inside most of the time anyway...

;o)

colder now...

39 today...

but more photos from our sunny Sunday!

farmers rip out hedge rows for more planting area...

they gain in yield, but lose those roots that hold the topsoil in...

going into the state park...

pines are not common here and are only where they have been planted by man...

boat launch...

not doing much today...

laundry, lunch, picking up here and there...

made the bed...

another trip to the doctor tomorrow to talk about my lab results...

won't give them to me over the phone...

Steve's came back fine...

mine will show my blood sugar is up...

der...

we know that...

that's why I go...

;0)

another trip makes them more money...

yeah...

I supposed they need to eat, too...

but geez, we were just there Monday...

and we have this patient portal where we can talk to the doctors and nurses...

they could post it there and call in a script...

but, this will give me a mid week shot at a whopper...

so its good...

;0)

another wonderful weekend here...

it was just like spring...

such a nice break from the cold...

we haven't had all that much rain...

but what we did have...

would have made a lot of snow...

prayers to those in the south in the paths of all those storms that went through...

got the phone repairman coming back today...

he was here Friday and thought he had it fixed...

then the auction guy is coming back to take the things we have piled up off to sell...

light housekeeping and doing as little as possible!

;o)

on the mend!

have great days!

spring?

its sure felt like it!

the boys loved being outside yesterday...

it got up to 64!

we had to be at the clinic to do bloodwork yesterday morning...

we were there when they opened at 7...

ate breakfast after and did some shopping...

we were home by 9...

cleaned off the deck after lunch and got the guys out for a walk...

we took a drive, too...

out through the country...

and into the state park just north of here...

it's a nice winter break...

back to our normal winter temps on Thursday...

slowly cooling down the next few days...

I hate to say it...

but I am not ready for spring...

now, before you boo me out of here...

let me explain...

I realized that I need some more down time...

after the last 3 months of go, go, go...

I do need a little time to just do nothing...

because the yard is going to be a major thing to get cleaned up this spring...

that winter not only lets the earth rest...

its lets us old farts take a breather, too...

and y'all know I'm an old fart...

;o)

the day of sunshine and warmth and being out there...

did this girl some good...

I am looking forward to a week of down time...

just basic needs type stuff going on...

no more closets to organize...

no washing walls...

just normal day to day stuff...

and maybe so fun stuff in the playroom!

hope your Saturday was super warm...

and bunches of fun...

will be posting the rest of the photos through the rest of the week!