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!

Good-bye February!

our new Family Dollar store...

they are not stocked yet...

and still running wires to the register area...

but I heard last night...

that it will open....

(drum roll inserted here)

MARCH 15TH!

will I be the first one in the door?

probably not...

but I won't be the last one, either...

This is a very big deal for our little town...

we are only 900 strong and have to drive out of town for most things...

if you need one little thing...

and the grocery store or the hard ware don't have it...

you wait until the next trip out of town...

enjoy this last day of February...

March looks like its coming in like a lion...

which is ok with me...

it feels like spring...

lows are above freezing...

and today's high?

60!

I think I can do this!

going to putter today...

many things need done...

will get to what I can...

that's the way it goes...

there might even be some butt sitting on the steps...

in the sunshine...

:)

we have got a lot to clean up out there...

so many little limbs down in the side yard...

but we have plenty of time...

hoping we have a warm weekend and get out there for at least a few hours...

having 2 days of sunny skies does the heart good...

the critters are riled up, too...

just enough to grab the sun spots!

LOL

have good days!

I found spring!

DH and I got a little country ride in yesterday afternoon...

I looked high and low...

for any sign of spring...

I looked here...

and there...

but not a shred of anything springy was there...

but, when we got home...

I discovered it was right here all along...

can I get a YIPPEE out of anyone?

I consider this officially spring...

and, NO, I am not jumping the gun...

just plain fed up with winter...

:)

UPDATE:

if you have been following along...

my pooher has been broken...

:(

I ended up in the ER again Friday night...

xrays, CT scan, blood work...

GOOD NEWS:

NO BLOCKAGE...

FINAL REPORT:

IBS with constipation sucks...

mega doses of laxatives produced a very gross funny this week, though...

:) :) :)

make sure you lock the dog up before you poop your pants, the floor, etc...

Craig was home with me when the mother lode exited...

we cleaned and I stepped into the shower...

handed out my night gown...

he was throwing anything and everything in the washer to start a load...

night gown, towels, rug, house slippers...

came back in and cleaned up the last bit on the floor...

or so he thought...

I got out, got another night gown on...

sat down at the kitchen table...

Craig had finally stopped gagging...

when Chumley came up and put his paws on my leg...

without looking, I start petting him...

that's when I discovered he had rolled in it...

my hand was covered...

yelled at Craig and announced the dog needed a bath...

that's when the gagging started again...

threw his harness in the washer, too...

Craig chastised us both as he bathed the dog...

I laughed, he gagged, warned me not to laugh too hard and poop my pants again...

but hang on, it gets better...

guess what happens with you pick on old ladies and little funky doggies?

KARMA!

guess who pooped 5 times the next morning?

you know it!

and the very best part!

one was in his pants!

Chumley and I just smiled...

because we got to watch KARMA smack him good!

and that's why you don't mess with little old ladies and little funky doggies...

:)

have a wonderful day!

waiting for **** to hit the fan...

I did this over the weekend...

just before things went bad here...

its removable contact paper...

so no harm to the wood cabinet...

and put it all back together...

I took my time...

but the funky chicken wire looking background makes all the things in cabinet visible...

but then. the pinched nerve in my lower back...

and the constipation part of IBS with constipation...

both at the same time...

which isn't fun...

suffered through Sunday and Monday...

nothing I took would break it lose...

so popped a muscle relaxer and took off for the hospital...

xrays showed the mass of pooh was in the colon and heading out...

I haven't gotten a bit here and there, but still waiting for it all to pass...

but the pinched nerve is doing much better this morning...

and no muscle relaxer is needed...

so far, today...

DH has been home with me...

helping and feeding me...

Doc said it should all pass by Tuesday afternoon, but that didn't happen...

going, but very little at a time...

and with all the laxatives in me...

I do believe its going to be a horror show when it does happen...

I am not sick to my stomach and there is no pain in my tummy, so that's a good sign...

but we ruled out no perfed bowel or obstruction...

the joy of having all this stuff is never ending...

LOL

I sure hope your week has gone better!