so much rain!

but we are ok...

part of the yard is flooded...

and all the flowers on the south side are under water...

its creeping in the back...

and the field they just planted in corn...

is now a lake...

no mowing, no yard work this weekend...

but we did get a shopping trip in on Saturday...

and brought lunch home...

the guys got my Mother's day presents!

I will post them later...

when it quits raining!

I pray you are all safe and well...

:)

the corn is up!

with the nightly rain, it happened...

it wasn't up yesterday morning...

and the sun popped through the clouds briefly after supper last night...

so we took a quick drive to see what we could find...

the green is filling in more and more...

and the water is flowing again in between the fields...

and the prairie grasses are growing and need mowing...

but there is no time until the planting is done...

and this is our resident blue heron...

showed up here a few years ago...

lost, confused and it just hangs around...

must like prairie life...

I wonder if its heard of google maps?

DH is off for the weekend!

not sure what we will do...

but it will be slow and easy...

some lazy shopping and lunch out at least one day...

laundry and housework the rest of the time...

too wet to play outside too much...

so...

a much needed slower pace for us...

have a great weekend!

hanging out...

the more we do around here...

the more I see that needs done...

:)

like napping...

and bird watching...

lady cardinal and grackle...

dwarf lilac...

wave petunias...

in my favorite color...

iris...

I only have one blister!!!!

I am thrilled!!!!

the inside skin between my thumb and index finger is good!

the palm is good!

between the fingers is good!

the weird thing is...

it never discolored!!!!!

and there's no pain now at all!

(unless I hit it on something)

good old ice, aloe and prayer!

this will be pretty later this summer...

the leaves, the leaves!

we now have official shade!

DH took Friday off....

even if its a rainy day...

he just wanted a break...

and I said ok...

like who would argue with him anyway?

have a fun hump day!

what a day...

Sunday night was awful!

I hurt so bad I couldn't sleep...

but when I finally got up...

I was good...

so in trying to do breakfast...

I burnt my hand pretty bad...

6 hours of ice packs and then aloe with lidocaine...

the blisters were still there, but smaller...

made it through the rest of the day without bubble wrap...

:)

waited on DH to help me shower, so after supper and a walk...

in we go...

and I knew as soon as the water hit me...

that I was galded...

:(

because a large boil had busted...

which I didn't even know I had...

I am really doing my darnedest to stay out of the doctor's office!

but in spite of all of this...

I AM GOOD!

the funny thing about pain is that when its bad...

you can't tell that other parts are falling apart, too...

:)

oh well...

I am going to try to get through this day without adding to the list...

AND...

I get out of dish washing and poop box scooping!

lucky me!

suppers are going to be super easy, too...

for a few days while I "mend"...

some days, I am so messed up...

:)

thank goodness Craig was off yesterday to help me out here...

but they are both back to work today...

and I will just have to suffer through it...

LOL

naps and ice cream should make it all better!

have good days and don't forget to LAUGH at yourself!

or me...

there's always me...

:)

it was all over the place!

the weekend went from 40s to upper 60s...

Saturday was just miserable to be outside, but me and old DH put in a good morning of it...

Sunday was better, after the warm up...

we started out looking like eskimos...

and just kept stripping off layers as we went...

it looks like summer is coming out there now, even if it didn't feel like it most of the time...

and that wind!

that's what got to me...

iris will be open by next weekend and the peonies will follow them...

the last of the tulips...

and that old honey suckle finally found a new home...

I burnt my hand pretty good this morning with hot olive oil...

so...

I went back to bed with a bag of frozen peas....

on the second bag now and its still hurting...

not blistered yet, though...

its almost here!

another weekend...

not sure if we are ready for this one...

going to be a bit colder...

the clematis is blooming!

we had rain off and on yesterday...

and the temps the last couple of days have been in the 80s...

but its 44 this morning with highs of 55 this weekend...

the last couple of days, I have been sorting winter clothes out for summer ones...

washing short sleeves and tank tops up...

pulling heavy sweaters and long sleeves out of the closet to tote up...

but I have left a few warmer things for these colder days...

;O)

and I am sure there will be a few more of them before its done...

lily of the valley started blooming, too...

I am not sure if we will get very much done outside this weekend or not, but there is plenty to do inside...

Easter stuff is picked up and we need to get the outside stuff put away, too...

I have had an ear ache and sore throat for a few days now...

and migraines...

so I have not kept up on things in here this week...

maybe the guys will feel sorry for me and help me get it all back in order!

its just this weather jumping around all over the place...

maybe time for a slower weekend around here...

yeah, right!

have good days!

a trip to the green house...

Craig had the day off and we were to go into town to buy plants and stuff...

but I was not up to it...

so we just hopped on out to the local green house...

we found a couple fragrant rose bushes...

should only get about 3 foot high...

some wave petunias and waxed begonias for me...

since I wasn't feeling good, I only played a little bit...

I cannot believe I planted flowers in April...

but we got to 81 today...

the lily of the valley are blooming now...

and something else popped open...

but that's for tomorrow's post...

the farmers are going full tilt around here getting their crops in...

corn went in behind us yesterday...

planting seems to be harder work on those who just watch...

than those who actually get their hands dirty...

;O)

I have a vase full of lilacs here in the kitchen...

the smell is awesome...

the tulips are slowing fading away...

but the iris have heads coming up...

and the peonies are budded...

things are moving along...

and so many have their gardens planted already...

I am not there, yet...

but the sounds outside are wonderful...

birds singing, mowers going...

and kids playing...

its great to have warm weather again!

have good days!