Paperwork...

Been on the phone this morning to all the agencies I needed to notify to stop Harold's pensions and to get the life insurance filed.

They have all been very nice and the paperwork is in the mail. All we need to do is fill it out when it comes in, have Steve sign it and include a death certificate and mail it back.

The VA was so very nice and is including more paperwork to get a certificate signed by the president thanking Harold's family for his service. Any family member can get one, so I am going to get one for each of his grandkids.

I need to talk to Steve again before I call the lawyers office, so can't do that one until in the morning.

I also called the bank and had them reject any future payments from anyone, so we won't have to mail anything back that slips through since its so close to the end of the month. That was the VA's suggestion, not my bright idea.

It's kind of weird being alone this morning. It seems like there has been someone here since before Christmas and now it's just me and the cats and the dog...and so far they are napping.

Got the dish washer started and plan to just putter around here today and play on the computer.

I got the thank you cards done and now I have to lick all of those envelopes. I want them ready to mail when the guys show up tonight. They can run them up and drop them in the box.

And you won't believe what its doing outside here...yep...the white stuff is back...oh well, not exactly what I would have ordered...but someone must like it...

Have a great day and do something just for the fun of it!

My new canisters:

I got these online from my Christmas money from Harold this year...and a couple lace curtain panels for the kitchen...it will be the last gift I get from him...I didn't get the chance to tell him what I was getting with my money this year...

Can you believe it???

I tried to post earlier only to find out that I am out of the "free" photo space on my blog!

They now want me to purchase more storage space!

I wonder if I blog too much?!?

There is probably some self-help, 12 step program out there...but do I really want help?

I think not...

Went for a drive in the country today...

There are so many big, gray clouds...but every now and then we could see a hint of blue and even a few rays of sunshine trying to come through...we have had enough rain to green up the grasses a little...it is warm here for us but the weatherman says snow by tomorrow...things are going slow here today...but that's what Sundays are for...tomorrow we finally all get back on schedule...and we start again...

Its not too early to think of early spring plans:

I am so looking forward to being outside again...even though our winter cleaning in here is not finished...I am so ready to get started...at least in the planning part...
We have a lot to do this spring...all the metal chairs need new seats...and I am thinking of cutting them out of 1 inch boards and painting on them...then spraying them with a sealer...they were done out of plywood, padded and covered before, but I don't think I want to do that this time...I need to figure out where to put the vintage door Rebecca got me for Christmas...I want to add a shelf and hooks to it before it goes up for good...there is one flower bed I want to completely redo...and move everything to the other beds and kind of just start all over there...when the neighbor removed the fence it has given us the chance at a sunnier bed and a wide range of plant life there...I am also thinking this would be a wonderful place for the door...and of course just like inside...we need to de-clutter...but the yard is big enough we can just spread it out a bit more and I think it will be ok...so stayed tuned and we will be sure to post photos along the way...gardening is a journey we enjoy doing together...more family time for us...and then when we are tired and weary from an afternoon's work...we can sit amid all of it and relax...