what do you do on rainy days?

I have been planning...

for warmer days...

and DH is onboard with this!

and getting ready for the big mail out of the Easter cards...

found these in the Hallmark pack section...

looking vintage and all...

I picked them...

you get the 2 styles in the one pack...

with bright yellow envelopes...

and some bright stickers to go with them...

I send cards to some older ladies...

2 of them are in nursing homes...

so I really want to find cards that are bright and cheery that they can stand up on their bed side tables for a little holiday cheer for the month...

it can be a lonely time of life for those who's families are gone...

and are spending their days surrounded by strangers...

and I bet they miss their own decorations...

so, its just a little something to send their way...

with a note to let them know that they are not forgotten...

I used to send my dad little note cards every week when he went into the nursing home...

his mind was going...

so I just wrote very simple little notes in them...

I found out later that he gathered them all up every morning and put them in his pocket and carried them with him everywhere he went...

and he would take them out and show people...

these are from my daughter, he would say...

and just grin...

sometimes it just the smallest of things that bring the biggest smiles...

can you think of someone who could use a smile?

send them a pretty card...

;o) 

we are taking Doug, who started his new job this week, to the clinic in the morning to do his fasting blood work...

then out for breakfast...

(its his birthday)

and we will shop at Kroger and maybe another place or two...

depending how everyone is feeling...

DH and I are on the mend!

its been a rough week, but we go through it...

y'all have a blessed weekend and show me your dirty hands and knees!

I am sure ours will be muddy...

rain, rain, rain...

;o)

around town...

it does look more like spring with the weeping cherries in bloom...

so many trees are bloomed out...

you can find color just about everywhere now...

the green is creeping in, too...

and the lilac will be blooming soon...

and oh, that smell!

there's a good reason my nose is dripping...

;o)

a very good reason...

and after driving around town a bit...

(a little side trip on the way to the post office)

I don't really mind it at all now...

;o)

it has been worth the wait...

and the extra boxes of Kleenex!

more chance of rain on Thursday...

called the mower guy...

he will be rolling the yard this week, because I suspect we will be mowing the week after that...

( some goofy people even mowed in February)

and it wasn't us!

( I know what you were thinking!)

have a great spring day!

drippy...

we finally got our rain today...

we missed out over the weekend...

my nose is a bit drippy, too...

cold?

allergies?

who knows...

but it drips a lot!

a good weekend here...

and a good day in town...

beds need more work. but will pass for now...

going to change the whole look of things this year...

its just going to take some time...

;o)

and some elbow grease!

stormy weather...

is headed our way for the weekend...

;o(

but DH sure put a big dent in things out there...

more to do, but the plants are uncovered for the most part...

it was cloudy and chilly today...

I went out twice...

and he made me go back in...

;o)

I did pull a few weeds...

how dare they grow in my beds!

going to head for town in the morning...

not sure after that...

depends on how tired we are when we get home and how long we hang out there...

I think Saturday will be an inside day...

according to the weatherman...

maybe Sunday, too...

drats!

but...

maybe DH needs to rest instead of playing outside...

there are things to do inside...

still not doing so hot...

thought I had this in the bag yesterday...

I was wrong...

;o)

so...hope you are out there getting dirty...

playing in the sun...

OUR DAY WILL COME!

we have it all, but one thing...

the warmth...

stuck at 42 right now...

but we have daffodils...

and cardinals...

squirrels and early risers...

and sunshine...

don't forget the blue skies...

kindly neighbors...

just waiting for the heat to turn up...

could use my long johns out there today...

didn't stay long...

back in, turned the heat up...

and looked out the window and pretended it was a warm day...

;o)

still working on the IBS...

its getting there...

once it flares, it just takes time...

but hanging in a stress free zone today...

and watching the sun spots move around the rooms...

I would snag one, but the critters have first dibs...

and I lost out on that long ago...

;o)

DH is working another long day today...

but then we will have 4 days to work outside...

Craig is off for part of them, too...

;O)

we have to run to town on Friday to take care of some family business...

and when that's behind us, we can shop and eat out...

just have a fun day for us...

but at least 2 of the days will be working on the flower beds and yard...

clearing them out and we will see what's going on under there!

if I don't get back in here, have a wonderful weekend...

sometimes, you just have to walk away...

from things and people who are toxic to you...

DH and I had to make some tough choices this weekend...

and its not that we didn't pick them...

we had to pick us...

its been a hard last few months...

and I am only getting sicker from it...

so, it was his call...

since its his side of the family...

and the abuse stops here...

now we need to heal...

its hard...

but necessary...

for inner peace...

and our lives together here...

pray for all of us...

and with the first day of spring...

we have our new beginning...

a healthier one...

and happier...

48 hours...

not a long wait...

for warmer weather to return...

and then spring can continue on course...

before it was rudely interrupted...

I am still hibernating...

I would protest, but that would entail going outside and getting the street...

so that's not happening...

been doing boring inside stuff...

cold is fading...

fibro and arthritis are fighting it out...

but its better every day...

so its all good here except for the snow on the ground...

;o)

and that's not for long...

have good days...

hibernating until further notice...

DH and I took a drive around town yesterday to find spring...

and that we did...

star magnolia on the square...

plenty of spring things going on...

even the big old willow at the funeral home was swaying green in the breeze...

it was chilly but not frost bite weather...

until...

we got up this morning...

I bet their tail feathers are stiff!

should we mow?

bwahahahahaha....

I seriously think that I am just going to mope today...

poor birdies...

I am sad for them...

;(

come back tomorrow when its all melted and all that...

;)

its green out there!

and red...

long shadows across the yard this morning as the sun came up...

our last nice day for a bit...

they say a high of 64...

but they have eliminated almost all of the snow out of our forecast now...

my brother in law has been released from rehab...

back to the group home he is in now...

he didn't want to go back just yet...

not quite ready and afraid he might fall again...

but his hip is all healed up now...

robins in the yard this morning, too...

a couple of them...

until the neighbor cat chased them away...

;o(

they sure look a little ragged...

but they will fatten up soon enough...

got a cold...

so no heroics for me today...

just puttering around and getting caught up here...

doing DH's work clothes that he forgot to take back with him today...

they have a laundry service that's free...

and you know how he is with free things...

;o)

but the last 2 pair of jeans are in the dryer now...

and he doesn't have to worry about them this week...

I called and cancelled the cat scan...

called the insurance co and we would have been billed for 20% up to $1700...

I don't know how much those things cost, but I know its a lot and we have enough to pay on now the way it is...

its not life threatening...

so its good...

I will just be lumpy...

and that I can do!

have great days...

enjoy this wonderful sunshine!