yesterday was a down time day...

it looked nice out there with the sun shining and all...

but it wasn't...

but it was a good day to take pics from inside...

and we have another naughty squirrel...

took it a little while to figure out how to eat the bird seed...

and after several failed attempts...

tada!

and I caught one of the doves napping...

I must be rubbing off...

they are so pretty...

and well fed...

the robins are kind of skinny...

but when it warms up, there are enough worms out there to fatten them up...

I love the daffodils...

so much color from such a simple spring flower...

and they are so nice to have inside after the long, so cold winter...

I don't think you could ever plant too many of them...

I didn't get to read one page today...

was on the computer a lot, though...

reading and sharing...

and I even found a home today for Annie...

and she is doing so well with her new mommy...

Shannon and Annie are already best buddies...

and a late night post on fb showed her in mom's bed...

all cuddled up with her...

she is going to be one happy baby there...

;)

just one more to go...

little Gabby...

very small but so much fun...

it was a blessing filled day...

I hope you had one of those, too...

;)

yesterday was another semi busy day...

its was a rainy, colder day here...

and besides a daffodil photo shoot...

(so glad these were inside!)

the kitchen needed some major help after the running all weekend...

so between dishes and just putting things away...

( new treasures were just piled on the kitchen table )

I peeled potatoes and fried them...

made cole slaw...

steamed some broccoli...

did some laundry...

did dishes again...

ate lunch...

and even got a nap in...

and why are we up at 3:30am?

just to see this...

the moon eclipsed by Mars...

and to witness the snowfall before it melts later on today...

that's what we got after dark...

that is not my favorite thing at all anymore...

I worked all day, slowly, but steadily...

with no flairs...

but today is my down day...

and I have started one of the romance paper backs...

so guess what I will be doing...

reading by the daffodils until spring comes back...

have a blessed day and keep warm!

;)

a Sunday outing for us...

it was a cloudy and windy day...

but you can see the green is starting to happen in the trees now...

and its going to snow!

Craig needed to make a trip north to our outlet mall...

it is pretty big...

there's probably 10xs more stores than this there...

I could use this at home!

DH and I waiting outside of Vanity Fair for Craig to pay for everything...

before moving on to the next store...

that is super cool...

been a long time since the kids were that small...

I asked Craig if I could ride it and he said NO!

THERE'S A WEIGHT LIMIT!

we went from here to the book store...

and I was sad to see that the Paper Factory is gone!

it was there from the beginning and now its not there...

I loved that store...

so we only did 2 stores...

that was enough...

and then we headed to where the guys wanted to go today...

Dairy Queen, which is right next to Burger King...

but I will live...

coming back home we saw fields that had been worked already...

I know they are just itching to get in there and get it all planted...

we were gone a couple hours, but seems like the whole day just flew by...

got this amazing purse at Vanity Fair...

and Craig was buying today!

he got 4 pairs of pants for work and 4 shirts...

and then got his dad a couple pair of jeans and a Pink Floyd shirt...

all of that for $118...

he printed off a coupon for 20% off of your entire purchase before we left...

at the bookstore I found 3 books, which he bought, too...

this was $5.99 there...

and these were $2.99 and $4.99...

Craig bought 11 books for his summer reading!

he carried them out in a box!

and this happened yesterday morning...

my father in law shared part of his bulbs with me many, many years ago...

and they are still going strong...

it was a wonderful weekend for me...

with Saturday night at Doug's with him and Paula...

a great meal and time shopping with them...

I can't believe I didn't take any photos...

just too busy doing the moment...

and then our mid morning out shopping and doing lunch...

its so nice having a kid with a job taking you shopping!

;)

we are blessed with great kids...

with big hearts...

I'm slowing down today and tomorrow...

we start the cooking on Wednesday...

our Easter dinner will be noon Friday...

Craig has the nuttiest schedule this week again...

its the only day in the 3 day weekend when he will have be here for dinner time...

and works through supper time all 3 of them...

I will get to rest up again on Thursday and then Craig and Doug will be here Thursday after 5...

hope y'all missed the snow...

I know up north they were calling for 5 inches!

ARG!

spring is happening, and sooner or later it will head north, too!

have a great day!

;)

what do you do just after midnight?

a mini photo shoot of what you bought at the Dollar Tree after your son and his girl friend fed you the most absolute amazing supper ever!

I love these...

and they are almost $6 for 5 of them now at Walmart...

I checked them out the last time we were there and wouldn't pay it...

found these tonight, 2 for $1...

got 2 packs of them...

then I found this...

I buy the cheap sun glasses...

so I can stash them everywhere and have a pair when I need them...

got a couple of books...

yeah, I know...

pretty cheesy...

but, this was a number 1 seller at one time...

typical stuff you need...

and I was so surprised to find this there...

I have not had the fever and cold before, but it looks like it covers everything...

I take childrens' medicine...

the adult stuff knocks me out...

we got home at 10 and the ride home was so cool...

it feels like a cool summer night out there...

we had a stiff breeze all day, but its still now...

no coats, DH wore shorts...

windows open, kids were playing...

hard to believe we could get snow on Monday...

Doug grilled chicken breast out on the grill...

then there were these enormous baked potatoes topped with mozzarella cheese and green onions...

cole slaw...

cantaloupe...

and Hawaiian dinner rolls...

it was so good...

and we had so much fun...

Bella was there and she remembered us!

she is getting so big...

then after supper we ran to the Dollar Tree and the kids helped get me in and out of there...

I did see daffodils in bloom...

a couple of small trees with white blossoms on them, not sure what they were...

lots of tall grass that needs mowed...

we had a great time...

thank you for all the prayers for Mr & Mrs P...

I am sure I will hear from them sometime this week...

I will wait until they call...

when we drove by there on the way to Doug's, it looked like their families had gone...

I am sure they need some just them time...

hope you have a blessed day!  

in God's time...

Now I lay me down to sleep...

I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

If I should die before I wake...

I pray the Lord my soul to take.

today is the day...

for Mr & Mrs P to say one last good bye...

until they see him again on the other side...

prayers for them, please...

and the grandparents, aunts and uncles...

how great their trial...