Carley

My Grandaughter, Carley made her First Holy Communion today. It was a grand occasion but we are having a rainy day.... all day. It seems all the churches picked today to have First Communion too bad about the rain. It reminds me of our wedding day when it rained and rained all day ..... if things go according it should be a nice sunny day tomorrow.... It was nice never the less.
I want to watch the race now but it seems its raining in Alabama where the race is too.... so I guess its time to finish reading a book I started a few weeks ago. Hope you are having a nice day, Sandra

Dandelions

After Leo spent a good part of his day digging out dandelions the little neighbor girls came over with a bouquet of dandelions for us.... They are pretty and I'm sure the girls were pleased that they could bring us such a nice present .... So I put them in a vase and will just have to refrain from breathng when I go near them as I'm allergic to them. LOL
Leo and I had a good time laughing when we were alone in the house. It was a beautiful present we thought!

Another beautiful day

How is everyone today? Very Very good I hope. I am starting to feel a little better every day and am looking forward to the day when I have forgetten I was feeling bad to begin with. I think I have a tendency to make a mountain out of a molehill but I got so scared and then my blood pressure went up etc..... Tues is the day I will see my doctor and he will tell me Iam just fine and to get on with my life...... :>)
   Leo is cutting the grass again today after digging out the dandelions ..... he is a fanatic about his lawn in the spring even if he is having trouble with allergies.... He loves looking at his green grass. Me I like looking at my flowers but the grass always makes them look better too so its fine with me that he wants to keep it up. I would never be able to do it as good as he does.
I have just been doing my laundry today and the usual things around the house. haven't a clue about supper but maybe it will be that new Asian chicken salad at Mc Donalds... :)Gary will have his pizza so that leaves Leo.... we will have to figure that one out I guess. I wish he could just eat a hamburger or something but he can't swallow things like that. We will think of something good.
Hope you are going to be having a wonderful week end, Sandra

JasminMarie

Here is the first picture of Jasmin Marie.... I can hardly wait to see her and hold her but that will have to wait a bit yet.... She is doing well and I hear she is eating very good... she looks rather chubby doesn't she. I'm so happy my Son has a digital camera.. It sure wasn't like that when our kids were born.... Everyone is doing fine now and my son said he is so happy he was there for the birth. Now I wonder if he will be able to drag himself away to go fishing this week end.
My Grandaughter is making her First Communion this week end and I don't know yet if I will feel good enough to go.... But my other son bought a new camera and said he will take a lot of pictures.... I know not the same but thats ok.... I get nervous in crowds anyway and I won't be missed because there will be enough others there to be with her. Right now I just want to feel better and have a nice happy summer. I think I will wait until after I see the doctor on Tuesday to go anywhere .... if I can stand it. I can go out in the sun and water my flowers and do small jobs around the house and thats fine with me..... just until I am all better anyway, Oh and Iam losing the weight I have been trying to lose too.... just hope that continues when I get well.
So bye for now and hope you are having a nice sunny day too, Sandra

Getting better

Today I took my blood pressure and it was way too high so Leo took me to the doctor where it was even higher so I was told to wait and they got a new cuff and then it was lower.... I made an appointment to see the doctor next Tuesday to get my medication straightened out.... should be done taking the medicine for Bronchitis by then and feeling better too. I was so nervous when I saw how high my pressure was but am now feeling better because the doctor seems to think what I am taking will be just fine until Tuesday. I will try my best to stay relaxed until then.
My Son's step daughter is in the hospital right now having her baby. I sure hope its all going well. She will be so happy to have that over with I bet.... she still has a year of high school to go and then College... I hope. I can't wait to see the little one though I will have to wait until I get better as I sure don't want anyone to get sick. My son is sure happy she is Having her today because his big fishing trip is coming up this week end.... His big event of the year and it's just a good thing he didn't have to make a choice. When he was here yesterday I told him what his choice had to be but he wasn't listening.... I tried though.
I will put a picture in as soon as I get one....I'm sure he has his camera but he may get too nervous and forget to use it. He has never had any babies of his own so I don't know how he is going to act..... It will be fun to find out... Just hope everything is going ok.
Talk to you again tomorrow I hope....
Sandra
Baby Jasmine Marie was born at 4:30 this afternoon and she is healthy and weighs  7#'s and is 19 inches long.... Dan didn't get to a computer yet to send the pictures. :)  He is so oooo excited. So maybe it will be tomorrow. My Daughters are going to go to the hospital though and Shari will take some pictures so I may get those first. I can't go because I'm sick...... Now I have to hurry and get better so I can hold the little one.

Up Date

Good morning... well almost afternoon. I 'm just coming in to let you know I went to the doctor yesterday and found out I have Bronchitis and am taking medicine for it and I also found out my potassium is low so more pills and a water pill and an inhaler... I hope to be better soon.... should be by the end of the week .... thats when the pills are gone... :) so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.

The rose is one from last year. I have a lot of flowers in bloom today but haven't taken a picture.... I feel a little weak so am just laying around the house and doing easy stuff like dishes and picking up and taking care of the dogs and cat etc... I don't like laying around because it makes me think of myself too much and I make a mountain out of a molehill that way. Maybe I should watch a movie.  I bet a lot of you would like to have my problem.... well not the sick part I guess but the laying around and doing nothing part.....
Its supposed to be a sunny day today but here it is minutes from noon and I think its just starting to peek through.... Sun always helps doesn't it.... I will find something to do and as soon as Iam better I will have lots of fun stuff to do  and maybe I will even start a new hobby ..... hows that for positive thinking. Take care, Sandra

Sunny and warmer

Today is a nice sunny day but I have a terrible cold. I was up every 15 min to half hour all night because of coughing.... My ribs are aching today but being up now I don't cough as much or it doesn't seem like it because I 'm not being awakened... I suppose it must have something to do with the weather and all the trees are budding out etc etc..... I hope tonight is better.
So I'm not doing very much today, Mostly laying around the house. I did start supper though in the slow cooker so we will eat tonight. Last night Leo went to Dairy Queen and got hamburgers etc...I was just not able to get myself into the kitchen to make a meal. I think I will now go and check the supper and sit and read for awhile. Leo went fishing again today and got home and had to wash his van... it seems the birds fly over where he parks and left many many white spots.. haha.... shame on them.
I hope your day is better than mine but I'm sure I will get better soon. Take care, Sandra

Sunny Tuesday

I haven't much for today because I haven't been feeling very well... Not too bad but you know a stuffed chest and raspy throat and just feel like laying around. I did a few little things in the yard today and now its almost time to make supper already. I think the time is going fast because I did take a little nap while Leo was fishing... It was nice and quiet in the house and not feeling well and all I figured I might as well. There is still a chill in the air even if the sun is shinning. I guess it will be all week but it's not winter and for that Iam very grateful!
Hope its nice and warm where you are or if you are here hope you are enjoying the sun.... Aren't those Primroses pretty? They make me sooooo happy!!!!!!
Sandra

One of those days

So now that Easter is already gone and Leo is getting better I have a scratchy throat and a tight chest and am shivering.... Maybe I am just tired and not getting Leo's cold.... I'm crossing my fingers and drinking orange tea with vitimin c.... it will help that and enough rest. I only slept 6 hours last night and I should have 7 or 8 so I think that is my problem... I will try to catch it in the bud.
Had to put a picture in of me wearing my Easter sweater... :) A lady came up to me at church and told me she loved my Easter sweater...lol It was nice of her but now it will always be my Easter sweater won't it.... We sat in the last row because Leo was afraid he would cough.... He didn't though... because he had some cough medicine before.
We have been having trouble with our spare bathroom toilet for the last week or so... we bought all kinds of things and it would seem to be working and then wasn't again... well our son in law came over today and took it off and there was a wad of paper toweling stuck in there.... I can't see how any water got down but it did. funny... then we got a new seal and now its as good as new. I was afraid someone would come over and use it.... how imbarassing that would be but not to fear it is all fixed and we didn't even have to call a plumber.... Interesting story , huh   LOL  Well that is about the best I can do for today. I was outside cutting back a  few roses and already had to dead head some of the flowers that were in bloom .... also had to water because it is so sunny and windy in front and the new bulbs and seeds we planted are drying out pretty bad.... Rain is coming though. I wish it would now get just a little warmer or maybe its me not feeling well that is making me shiver.... who knows. Anyway I plan on getting a good nights sleep and feel better in the morning... by the way I'm using the picture as my "before" picture... I start my diet every day and one of these days it will take. Have a wonderful evening, Sandra

Easter Sunday

We had a beautiful Mass today with lovely singing and then we went to brunch and had a nice family time. We didn't get to go to the zoo because it got cloudy and windy and a little cold but I would have been game to get my winter jacket on and go anyway. Leo has been sick though so we really couldn't go. I 'm just happy he made it to Mass and dinner after. He has been achey and feverish and coughing for the last couple of days and it got him right down in bed yesterday all day and thats not at all like him.... so I hope he gets all better soon and we get to go to the zoo and take some pictures.... We sat way in back of church today so if he coughed he could just leave and wouldn't cough on anyone but he had taken some cough medicine so he didn't.... he came home and went to bed and now he is up and eating supper.... chicken soup and hard boiled eggs... :)
Hope you had a nice Easter too, Sandra

Easter Time

I thought I would wish everyone a Happy Easter too even though it is just Good Friday today.... Some may be going to spend the day away so I'm early. Not sure yet what we will be doing. We will go to brunch at Rock Garden after church I know that much and hard telling what we decide to do after. It would be nice to go to the zoo I think ..... we shall see. I will have my camera ready no matter what we decide to do. I will be seeing my Great Grandaughters and I haven't seen them since Christmas I think it was.... I bet they are getting big. I have seen pictures but its not the same as actually seeing them... They are both so much fun and so full of life it makes me happy to just be in the same room.... So I am looking forward to Easter.
Today I decided to go for a walk around the block as I haven't been walking all winter and I got tired out... of coarse there is a hill coming back so that is my excuse but I want to get so It's easy again.... I am not in good shape... Maybe I can lose a few pounds too. I always have so much trouble with that... wish my mind would make it easier for me.... starting today.... (I always start but can't always continue) I hope and pray I can lose a few and get healthier. Sometimes I feel like an old woman already... I'm getting there but I know I don't have to be this out of shape so I'm back to the grindstone again for the 10,000th time. wish me luck yet again please. :)
And Happy, Happy, Happy Easter!
Sandra

Warm day

Today I had to mail some card and get some stamps and stop at Wal Mart for a few things..... Easter basket stuff. :) I saw these beautiful plants and the price was so reasonable I had to get some..... I stopped with 2.... good for me, huh? I could have gotten a lot more but saved them for some other people.. :)
It rained all morning but this afternoon the sun is shinning and it is warm. I wore a jacket to Wal mart and got really warm... Amazing.
After I came home I went out and putzed around with some flowers... my honeysuckle vine is budding out really nice. I didn't know if it would come back as I just planted it last year and it didn't do much... this may be a better year I think. There aren't too many weeds yet but I should go and get some of the grass that is growing in the flower beds.... I should....... and maybe I will....... tomorrow. :)
Hope you are enjoying Spring too, sandra

Windows and doors

I say I'm loopy because the weather is making my head funny.. Does anyone else have my problem with the changing of the seasons? Seems every Spring and Winter it takes me a week or more to get my head right again... seems like there is extra air or something in there and my ears feel plugged... Does that mean I'm an air head I wonder. LOL Last night I had such a headache I had to go to bed really really early...darn I hate that.
So today I was determined to get something done regardless. I did some mending for my son Tom and then Washed the living room windows inside and out and the doors too. Then I did all the tv screens and computer screen.... so now I have a nice start on the windows. I hate doing them all in one day like Leo does. He never did the windows when he was working so I have to be there when he does them because he puts them in wrong and then swears because they don't fit right.... he blames the windows... hahaha.
He just came home from fishing and had his breakfast and now he is sleeping..... what a life. When he gets up he will probably want to do something if its not raining... I hope I can talk him into fixing my clothes lines but I don't think so... at least I will remind him so some day I will have them again...The trouble there is I'm afraid he will kill my plants while he is doing it.... maybe we can come up with a new solution. I hope.
So now I have to go because my headache is coming back again..... Oh and I also have a sore throat..... could it all be the change in the weather?  I think so.
Have a nice day, Sandra

My Flowers

I saw a pretty little butterfly outside today~ it was probably a moth though it looked like a monark butterfly but was much smaller. Sooooo I went to get my camera and it would not let me take a picture so as long as I had my camera I decided to take pictures of the flowers in my front yard... in another day or two I will have more daffodils and jonquils in bloom so I waited to take those. Hope you enjoy my flowers ~ I sure do.
Oh and by the way I convinced Leo to do a little back yard raking instead of our windows.... My sister, Angel says she waits until the April showers have ended... that sounds right to me. :)  Hope you are still enjoying the lovely spring day, Sandra
ps... leo caught a walleye and a perch.... :)

beautiful sunny warm day

It's such a beautiful day today that it's hard to stay inside..... so I didn't. Leo left very early to go fishing... we were going to do the windows but the fish were calling him. :) Thats just fine because I found a lot of more fun things to do... First I put the rest of the patio furniture out on the patio. We got a nice box Saturday to put the cushions in so that is great.... no more running back and forth if it rains to bring the cushions in. And the family room won't be so cluttered in a rain. They all fit just perfect. I have 4 chairs and a setee and a footstool that all have cushions and they all fit with room to spare... I will probably be able to put the grill cover in there too. Then I watched Joan Rivers on QVC and bought a pretty pin, after that I had to go outside again and I cut back 2 rose bushes that don't really matter but they look bad so I cleaned them up and then remembered I got some buttercups that can be planted now.... such strange looking tubers. I planted 60. This is the second try for me. None of the first ones came up but the company sent me more so I figured I should try harder to plant them. That was last year..... I planted some in the ground and some in a planter. I planted them all  in pots last time but we got a lot of rain after and maybe they just got waterlogged or something.... I sure hope they grow this time.... it said it would take 5 or 6 weeks for them to sprout.... that seems like such a long time doesn't it? It said they like cool weather and sun, so I wonder what that means. It has to be above freezing to plant them... I say it will be above freezing from now on at night.... if not I can bring the pot into the garage so we shall see....
Then the lady next door was coming home and I went over there to help her bring her groceries into the house.... she has such a hard time walking, so I did a good deed for today... and it felt good.
So now its already noon so there is still time to wash some windows.... but I'm not going to do it. I washed a mirror and the patio doors so I figured thats enough. Hope Leo doesn't come home still planning on doing it. Oh and he put another of my bird houses out in front yesterday... it looks pretty. I want 3 together to make a little statement.... I saw it in a book and I loved the way it looked.
I hope everyone is having as nice a day as I'm having. Sandra

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I took some Pictures Tonight

After supper and dishes being done I decided to look around the yard before it got dark. It nice that it stays lite after supper again isn't it? I was pleasantly surprised to see the Daffodils and some tulips in bloom already. It got to 60 today and the sun came out so I guess the flowers wanted to join in also. Now its supposed to go down to 26 or so tonight but after tomorrow night the forecast says it will get warmer like today and stay that way too. Leo will be cutting the Lawn before he wants too this year I'm afraid. He shouldn't have been in such a hurry to fertilize and clean up maybe. he still has to clean up the back grass but the fish are calling his name and that's where he is tonight. Yesterday Gary got finished working early so they went to play golf at Village Green and then he went fishing last night.... I didn't have to cook but then I don't eat as well either I guess. The Walleye are starting to bite already so I won't be seeing much of him. Maybe that's why I have been feeling nervous lately. I don't like to have him gone I guess..... but it was probably just what I ate ..... I always make a mountain out of a mole hill ....... well not all the time but I don't like changes and it's the season for changes. I will get used to it again this year and enjoy again.... Soon.   Sandra

Thursday

It's been awhile since I have written ... guess there isn't all that much to say. I have been reading all the journals and commenting on some when I felt something to say but not much in the mood to write myself lately... Don't know why.... I seem to be waiting for something... warm weather and sunshine I guess. In the meantime the flowers are blooming in front and some around the yard where the sun shines. I have some beautiful crocus and hyacenth and the little scillia and others too. but but but.... I don't see them except for a brief time because I can't sit on the porch much ..... still have to wear a winter coat if I do.....
For some reason I feel nervous today and last night.... don't know why.... my body seems to be telling me I feed it too much..... everywhere you turn you find out what you are eating or drinking is not good for you.... Iam going to start blocking my ears when I hear that and just listen to how I feel after I eat to know what is good and what isn't. I can't drink regular coffee so am drinking one or two cups of decaf coffee a day and now I hear that is why I'm fat....... is this right? So I start drinking iced tea but can't have artificial sweetner so I have sugar or honey in it..... can't have much of that either so I drink more water and get up a hundred times it seems in the middle of the night ..... and that is just what I drink.... now go to food and it starts all over again.... I just saw on aol a "new" diet..... only eat food without labels.... all wholesome food but cereal has labels and I imagine all cereal has labels..... so I guess that means no cereal too.... so maybe I will have some eggs..... oops I bet there is a label there too.... Maybe a potato for breakfast???? can't have milk or juice or yogurt as they all have labels. so this will be another diet that I won't go on but will cause some time of stress wondering what about it is good. After all it is a doctor that thought this one up. Of coarse to find out more you must buy the book. I have enough diet books to start a store. maybe if I threw them all away it would be the best for me.
So that is where my mind has been going lately and why I'm going crazy..... :>)
I think I will go now and do some laundry..... at least that is a bit of exercise.  Yesterday I went to Wal Mart again to get 2 more big plants for the patio.. they didn't have the one I wanted but they had one like I got the other day and another called a Chinese fan palm... When I was putting it in the car a lady came by and said that it was a great plant and she has one and it got really really big. I wonder what mine will do. I'm putting it outside for the summer so it will probably get big too.... It will be fun and if it gets too big I can always cut it way back for the winter. I have to repot them into a nice pot though.... I have the pot and the dirt but I will do that out on the lawn so I don't make a mess... It will be a big job.... but good exercise. :)
Tomorrow is supposed to be colder and then it should start warming up..... at least according to the 15 day forcast.
Soooooooo hope we are all going to have a wonderful day... take care, Sandra

Fun day

I had a nice morning today! My daughter, Shari called and asked if I wanted to go to the craft fair at our church with her.... I guess I was in the mood because I sure bought a lot of things didn't I? Sometimes I go and can't find a thing but today I was in the mood for buying.... I was looking for a bird house and found 2 and thought something to brighten up the front porch would be nice and found 2 .... well it was just too much for the front porch but the little spray I got works just perfect for the fireplace brick I think... then we went to a craft store where I found the little plaque the says " Dance as if no one was watching" well I had to have it.... and the little bird house that is sitting there too. It will soon be put out into the yard though as soon as we get the posts finished. Maybe we will have a rainy day soon and Leo will do the posts. I also got a braided rug for the bathroom. The one I have says on it you can only spot clean so I figured soon I would be needing a new one and the braided one was so nice. I have been having trouble with rugs lately. I went to shake one out and the binding came off and now the  one  in there can't be put into the washing machine. I noticed after I bought it.. I had a braided rug in storage  and put it on the floor in the other bathroom and it was the perfect color and size for in there and it still looks new and I know I washed it many many times so I will be going with the braided rugs for awhile.... they make them in so many pretty colors too. the man said he would take $5 off and I didn't even ask him.... Anyway I have been having a very nice day. Spring must have finally sprung for me, ya think?
I'm reading a good book now too so I guess I will go and watch the race and do a little reading too. the name of the book is "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd.... the author of " The Secret Life of Bees" in case you read that one.... So far its keeping my interest.
Hope you are having a fun April fools day too.... daylight savings starts tonight..... but now days I can catch up on the hours lost sleep anytime I guess. The window in my bedroom is always open and the birds have been waking me up earlier lately anyway... :)
Sandra