spring...

we are loving this girl that Craig loves...

DH and I took her for a ride Sunday...

Craig had to work...

but now he has 12 days off to spend with her...

and spring is slowing starting around here...

the creeks are swollen and the ground is saturated with more rain coming...

flooding is a possibility...

DH took me to the walk in clinic Friday after work...

put me on antibiotics and now the IBS is flaring...

I will be glad when I am off of them...

ready to get this spring going, but looks like it will be awhile...

have good weeks...

our first day of spring started off like this...

do you see this?

nice joke, Mother Nature!

but it was all gone by noon!

we have been having the grandest time meeting Jody and learning so much about Canada...

and Craig introduced her to biscuits and gravy for her first breakfast here...

they do not do white gravy in Canada...

she liked it...

and Addie is in love with her...

will not leave her alone!

Jody just fit right in from the first minute she walked in the door...

so many hours talking and getting to know her...

she is a wonderful person and I know whatever happens in the future, it will all be ok...

hope your spring is going good!

Looking forward to the weekend...

good morning!

my family made it through the week...

the funeral for Courtney was beautiful...

it was hard and the next few days, weeks and months will be an adjustment period for them to find what their new "normal" will be...

but they have so much support...

and prayers from so many...

and we have such a wonderful lady staying with us right now...

Craig's girlfriend from Canada flew in late Tuesday night and we are going to spend the next three weeks with her...

getting to know her and her us...

and we will be doing a funeral here in town soon...

just got word that a wonderful lady slipped into glory last night...

Jean was loved by so many, the mother of our dear friends and grandmother of one of Craig's best friends (Ben)...

thank you for all of your kind words for us and the family this past week or so...

they have been greatly appreciated and a tremendous comfort...

you warm my heart...

have a wonderful spring weekend...

new week...

last week was rough...

but I did manage to get some photos of the Easter things that I put out the weekend before...

thank you for all of your kind words, prayers and thoughts...

my table in the playroom needed something done to it...

I was originally going to sand it down and paint it...

but I had a roll of contact paper left over and used it instead...

and it is working great so far...

and when it gets icky...

I can peel it off and do it again or paint or whatever...

don't be surprised if this table doesn't end up back in the kitchen at some point...

have a great day...

Mr Peebody crossed over...

he put up a good fight...

he had a tumor in his tummy...

its been there for about a year...

and he did ok with it for so long...

this week it had grown so large, he was having trouble breathing...

and tonight, he crossed over with all of us with him in my bed...

it was peaceful...

love you, baby boy...

see you on the other side...

Prayers needed...

I got a call this afternoon from my cousin...

I had already seen it on facebook...

Kevin, top left, had asked for prayers for his wife, Courtney...

she went into cardiac arrest mid afternoon...

they got her to the ER, revived her many times, but the last time...

she had no brain activity...

in April 2014, I had asked for prayers for her...

they had found advanced cancer...

they gave her less than a month...

but she had faith and many prayed...

and she went through chemo, surgery and even rang the bell...

but, it came back and she was doing chemo again...

and doing good with it...

no side effects at all...

until this afternoon...

if you could remember her husband and kids in prayer as they go on now without her...

(yes, they are identical twins)

and the rest of the family as they try to hold these together....

its not going to be an easy road...

a single dad with small ones...

but it can be done with faith and in hope....

her battle is won...

its not so nice out now...

but the weekend was super sunny...

and the birds were very active...

just piddlin' around here this week...

day 5 of this cold and tired of blowing my nose all the time...

joy will be detaching myself from the kleenex box!

have good days!

good morning!

our new pretty boy...

I love him...

he is a common house finch, but so pretty...

and this is beginning to happen around here...

gettin' my flop ears on!

doing a cold here...

day 4 and counting down until its gone!

the weekend was full of sunshine and I stayed in most of the time...

chilly wind went right through me...

its cooler now and cloudy, rain moving in...

will really green things up around here...

and guess who else showed up this weekend?

the robins are back!

a sure sign of spring!

I have been waiting for them, because then you know its real...

I can't wait to change the clocks next weekend, too!!!!

and then all the bunny and easter stuff all over the place...

waiting on the crocus to bloom!

have a good day!

pretty day, but still cold...

to me anyway...

wind went right through me...

so I didn't stay outside long...

DH worked on the yard...

picking up sticks and trash that had blown in from who knows where...

but the common grackles are back, the grass is greening and the trees are budding...

looks like spring to me...

new guy and fun things...

guess who popped in for breakfast a few days ago?

look at that heavy coat he's sporting...

named him Oliver...

but in case Oliver comes back later with a bunch of babies...

it will be Olivia...

LOVES sunflower seeds...

just hung out with the birds and squirrels...

and we made a Paris run Wednesday night for groceries and to eat supper...

stopped at the new Dollar Tree over there...

and I found a few things...

mercury glass candle holder...

using it for a pencil holder...

these magnetic large "spice" containers...

one is for bay leaves...

the other 2...

I am going to put screws in one and nails in the other and stick them on the side of the file cabinet on the deck...

quick projects can be done that much faster now when we don't have to get into the shed and dig for them...

a couple of easter cards for some older friends of mine...

one is in a nursing home and the other is home bound most of the time now...

neither one married or has children of their own...

so I adopted them...

cuticle cutter!

and it works great!

best thing for hang nails, too!

bunny shakers just because they were cute...

I am not using them as shakers!

I will go out and pick little violets from my yard and poke them in the holes...

mini bunny vases!

and I have started playing around...

its time to get our Easter on!

I have had a much better week than the last one...

glad that one is over and things have passed...

(pun intended)

both guys off tomorrow!

I just hope we feel like doing something around here!

beside lay around and eat and then have to nap...

geez...

you would think we had all the time in the world!

NOT!

Craig's girlfriend from Canada will be here on the 13th!

we must be ready!

wish me luck with that...

Have a most wonderful weekend and hope the sun is shining where you are!