Dr visit over :)

I am back from the doctor and good news too. my Blood pressure is back to normal. he was right, it sometimes takes a month to find out and its been a month and its better than before. Sure makes me happy. he also adjusted my other pills and took blood.... hope I don't have to take so much of that potassium as those pills are big enough to choke a horse...LOL I also lost 10#s in the last month and he said I am doing everything just right and we were both smiling big time when I left..... still have to take my pills but thats ok because if I am feeling good and getting healthy that is what counts.... :>)
So Now I guess I should find some work to do around here and make myself useful. Need to do some laundry but can't hang out as we are going to get some rain I guess. Ok there too because it is supposed to cool down a bit and maybe get rid of the humidity. Leo is cutting the grass in a hurry because its growing so fast. Bye for now. Hugs to everyone, Sandra

Expecting another storm

It says we will be getting another thunder storm today so I decided to take a picture of some of the flowers that just started blooming today.... the tree peony and the yellow iris especially. I thought if it cools down in the next couple of days the flowers will last longer but not if we have a bad storm I'm afraid so I got my camera out and took some pictures to put on my computer so I can see them from time to time....
I didn't do much today.... cut back a couple of flowers and went to get some groceries and teh usualy stuff you do every day around the house.... Its been a good day. Tomorrow I have to go back to the doctor for my check up and I sure hope it goes well. I lost about 9#s this month so that should help, right?  I hope anyway. It's just a beginning but its beginning so that is a good thing. Now all I have to do is make a small supper and maybe watch the movie I got a few days ago. Cheaper by the Dozen 2.. It should be funny anyway. Hope everyone had a great day and nice evening too. Sandra

Hot and Humid today

Good thing I took the pictures of my flowers yesterday because we had a terrible thunder storm last night with hail and some of the iris are on the ground today. We had a siren go off in the middle of the night with tornado warnings so we had to go sit down the basement around 1:30 for almost an hour and I had been sleeping so good.... but there wasn't any  more damage to our area so that was good. my son is a firefighter in Green Bay and called to ask if we were ok. I guess there was some street flooding and trees down in the area and he told us to be careful.... we were and today is another hot and humid day ..... tomorrow too I guess but then it should be in the low 70's for a couple of weeks... so I'm happy. I can sit on the porch again without getting too uncomfortable. I just finished reading  a Debbie Macomber book called" A Good yarn"  she is the author of The Shop on Blossom Street. It was very good, I enjoyed reading it and started to crochet again... I'm making my favorite pot holders. I also have some other books to read and look at too. When the weather cools down I will go to the flower shops again... it was too hot today so we just went to Barnes and Noble to get a book and then came home to watch the 2 races.... they are over now.... my favorite didn't win. :)
Tomorrow we will probably see if there is a parade and probably go, I wanted to go to the mass at the cemetary but its so early I don't know if we will make it..... Have to catch up on the sleep we missed yesterday I think.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful week end, Sandra

Warm sunny day

I guess its just about time I put an entry into my journal... time sure does speed by at this time of year doesn't it? I took some pictures of my yard this morning. It's unblieveable isn't it how fast things grow.... I'm finally going to plant a few tomato plants this week end but not much else... I have so much planted already I don't need to plant any more. Maybe I will just enjoy summer this year. I did get a few hanging baskets and some plants for my planters and need one more but I saved a lot of money this year by not buying too much.... well it's not over yet so I will probably get a few more things but I'm not going crazy like other years and we will see if anyone notices. :) I'm happy the way things are so thats what counts isn't it.... My tomato plants came but are very very small so I wonder if I will get any of those great tomatoes..... I will show you if I do.
We haven't planned anything this week end but maybe we will go to the parade and of coarse church and probably at least one day of shopping.... Garden shopping :>)  If I do I will show you what I got. Hope you are having a wonderful holiday week end too.
Sandra

New window box

My daughter came over today and asked me to go flower shopping with her.... I couldn't refuse so off we went. You would not believe how hot it was in those green houses. I could only stand it for a little while at a time but I did manage to get a few pretty flowers. when I got home I planted them in the window box inserts and my husband was kind enough to finally put the box back on the house. he made a new one over the winter and I am very happy to have it back in place. The flowers always look nice from inside the house to as we sit at the table and eat especially. Almost inside and the cat can't chew on them.... I always liked window boxes. They are so easy to plant and water etc. This one is in the shade so I have some pretty begonias in again this year. Some years I can't find pretty ones but I couldn't pass these up. actually they were prettier then they look because a few big blooms broke off on the way. I put them in a bowl of water and they are pretty floating now. :) I bought a sweet 100 tomato plant also but haven't figured out where to plant it yet.... those little cherry tomatoes are so sweet and I love eating them ( like candy) and good for you too.
Now we have our work finished and its raining again.... oh boy. at least it isn't as hot as it was in that green house. Wonder if the flowers will adjust. I hope they do without covering them. 
 Hope your day is wonderful, Sandra

Sun ~ Rain ~ Sleet ~ Sun

Maybe by next week I will be able to bring my big plants outside... I just got a notice from Burpee saying my tomato plants are on the way so that must mean its time.... thats a good thing. I was cleaning today but these plants are just too big to dust around. lol its my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Charlie is going to miss the plants and he has been pretty good with them. Every once in awhile he will go to them and chew on the leaves but I don't think he actually eats them.... but it will be nice to have them on the patio and be able to water them from there.
It really has been a strange day today. First it was nice enough for Leo to go fishing for a couple of hours but then it rained and then it got sunny for a little while and then it rained really hard and hailed and then it just rained with the sun shinning but I couldn't find a rainbow... darn. But since I had my camera out and Charlie was posing so nice I took his picture. :)
The neighbors are moving in big time today and so far we just saw a husband and wife and a son that looks like the young Harry Potter. So cute and about 10 I would say. They may have a daughter too who is older than the son but maybe its just a sister who is helping to move.... they look like a very nice addition to the neighborhood,,, :)  Already put their grill on the deck. so are ready ...... It's nice to know its not empty anymore.
So thats about it for today. I'm making chicken for supper and boiled red potatoes and veggies.... I'm hungry and its only 3:45  so I will have to wait... Gary gets home around 5 and we eat then. Hope you are having a nice day too.
Sandra

Mothers Day Cake

Yes, I did get my Dairy Queen cake for mothers day and it was delicious.  I hinted and one of my sons went to the Dairy Queen and got me one. he said that it was great because he didn't know what to get me. He enjoyed the cake to with the rest of the kids. I still have a couple of pieces left too. Deb I couldn't sit on the porch and eat it because its too cold and rainy outside..... if I save it for a week to 10 days it should finally be warm and nice enough to do that though.... wonder if it will last that long?  lol It is a low fat icecream cake for anyone that doesn't know and I was happy I asked for it.... maybe it will be an annual thing now... I hope!

Today is one of those days we had to look for things to do. I did laundry and got a bag ready to give to Good Will and Leo vacuumed the carpets and scrubed the tile. Now he is gone in the car looking for something or other.... and I am on the computer trying to peek out the window because it looks like today is the day the new neighbors will be signing the house papers and starting to move in.... finally. The house has been empty all winter. The people that used to live there come to check it out every morning and evening thouhg. I bet they won't know what to be doing with all the free time now. 
Nothing else happening around here..... we need to get out and clean off the patio of all the leaves and sticks that fell in the rain but its still raining. When I woke up this morning it was dry but by the time I got dressed it was all wet again and raining pretty hard. This is kinda like April Showers around here this May. We have been having nice weather for tulips this year though so they are still blooming and the lilies are getting tall and so are many others.... Leo is worried about the grass again.... its still growing of coarse and he can't cut it.... but he did a good job on the floors so I'm satisfyed.
Hope you are getting a little sunshine and having a nice day, Sandra

Windy and rainy

I just put an entry in and it disapeared. I wonder what happened to it. Must have gotten lost in space, right? Anyway it wasn't much of anything....its been very windy and rainy all day so I didn't even venture out of the house. What I did do was the normal things one must do around the house and then I started organizing all my DVD's in a neat little container I got at QVC... It organizes them without the cases but it uses the pictures and then you just look up which one you want to watch and press the number and there is your tape. It takes up very little room without all those cases. I think I'm going to like it very much.
American Idol didn't turn out to my liking last night so I guess now I don't really care who wins. Some people are happy though so maybe I will keep watching and maybe not.... but I suppose after watching this long I won't be able to keep away. All my favorites are out of the running now so it doesn't matter anymore. At least I don't have to vote any more because I don't care, haha
Gary wanted to know what we are doing Sunday for Mothers day...... I said going to Church as usual and then maybe go and get one of those good Dairy Queen cakes in case someone wants to come over to wish me a happy day. I got a Card from my Sister in Law today..... I wonder if I have to send her one too now? That means going to the store doesn't it and in this weather just forget that. She said I was a wonderful sister in law?????? wonder why. Maybe because I take such good care of her brother..... thats all I can think of... I'm a good listener too when she calls and talks for hours... hehe  It was nice of her to send the card though.
So Now I'm going to watch House Hunters and then maybe read if there isn't anything else on tv to watch.... but I hope there is. Soon the weather is going to be nice and I will be able to sit on the porch and watch the world go by and talk to Leo..... I like summer evening sitting on the porch, Don't you?  Hope you have a nice night, Sandra

Dentist

I just got back from the dentist and have my partial in my mouth again.... they were speedy but now I have to get used to something new in my mouth.... Hope it doesn't take too long but it is strange.... I look ok so I guess that is one plus.... not great but ok. This time when he did grinding it wasn't on my tooth anyway but on the fake one and he took that out to work on it. LOL  Why is it I even get nervous going to the dentist for something like this when I just knew minutes before I was going is behond me but I'm still shaking. I guess that dentist we had as kids really did a number on me..... he would drill until it hurt and then stick a filling in the hole..... I guess I couldn't take the hurt so my teeth rotted from under the filling and eventually had to have them all replaced and that was just the beginning of my nightmares with the dentist. This one is very nice to me but he scares me to death..... and a nicer man you would never meet. Now maybe I can eat supper tonight..... First I have to make it. LOL  Oh and he told me not to bite on anything hard with that tooth ???? He said you probably wouldn't anyway... I wonder what he meant.... I suppose I will have to remember to bite on the other side or it will mean another trip to the dentist, huh?
Today was a very muggy sort of day with rain early and now Leo is cutting the grass because he heard we will get another rain tomorrow and he thinks it will be a foot high by the time it drys out.... Now he won't be worried about it. He went fishing today and caught 4 fish all different kinds so he had fun. He's going to be very tired tonight.
All I did today was the necessary house stuff and the store and dentist but I bet I will be tired too. :)It's supposed to be only in the 40's tomorrow for a high and up north they may even get snow..... I think this is the last of the cold though and it will be warming up from now on.
Wonder who is going to get kicked off American Idol tonight?
So take care and have a nice night, Sandra

Dentist

Today I went to the dentist for what I thought was just a consultation and it ended up me getting a tooth pulled. I didn't say but I broke a tooth off the Saturday when I was with my sisters.... I was just eating a muffin and I noticed something strange in my mouth and went into the rest room to look and my tooth was gone.... well most of it anyway the rest was pulled out today in the office.... I thought it was going to be a long drawn out affair and it was over in an hour and I didn't have to go to the specialist this time.... yipee.... now I have to wait for the bleeding to stop and then when the freezing comes out hope it doesn't hurt. So far it hasn't hurt at all. But you know Iam still shaking and can hardly type.... I really really really hate going to the dentist because every time it usually means one less tooth or lots of pain some how.... I thought I was going to have to pull the rest of the top and getting false teeth but he said no and the girl said you don't want those if you can help it so I have another reprieve..... I hope. I hope they can attach the tooth on my partial ok....
But I won't get that back until Thursday or Friday so it means I won't be eating much in the meantime. Looks like mashed potatoes and applesause for me for a few days. LOL  Any better ideas? I lost 6#s so far so maybe I will lose a few more in these next days.
So its a good thing to be done on a  rainy day and you no doubt will be hearing more from me on this in the next days too. LOL
Hope you are having a wonderful day and no dentist visits for you in the near future.
Hugs, Sandra

More Tulips

So far this is a very good year for flowers.... Especially the tulips. They are plentiful and lasting longer this year because the weather is cool. Well thats is why I believe they are lasting longer but I don't know why more than ever are blooming... could be the same reason but whatever it is Iam happy about it. Some years they are all spent by the time the lilacs bloom but they are together this year which makes for a beautiful and very fragrant bouquet.
I'm not doing much today... just the normal house work and laundry..... I had to do a little so I could hang something out on this beautiful sunny day as it might not be so sunny for a couple of days.
Hope you are having a nice day today, Sandra

Sisters day

I added this entry before and it wouldn't enter so I hope this one does... It was a beautiful day today to get together with my sisters! We used to meet every month but its been 6 months because something always is getting in the way lately so we picked a different day and hope it works out better.I wasn't feeling well enough to go to the Garden center with them so Leo came and picked me up early ... there will be a next time I hope.... I enjoyed being with them anyway.
I didn't do much else today... hung some sheets on the line and watched the Nascar race..... My favorite driver wasn't able to finish the race but one of my next favorites won so it was ok..... :) 
It was nice to see Cathy today after that terrible fire and she is looking very well in spite of all .....
Now its late and I need to get some sleep so I can get up for Church tomorrow. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday, Sandra

Sunny day today

It was so nice to see and hold Jasmin in person.... She is a very sweet baby and loves to be rocked and she fit just perfect in my arms too. Michelle said she would bring her often so I can watch her grow.
My sister Cathy's apartment building burned the night before last and she  just got out with what she was wearing which happened to be her pajamas and robe.... I cannot imagine to be awakened at 2 am and told the place was burning and to hurry and get out... She did not get hurt but her place is distroyed and she  was given some clothes to wear before she could get to the store and get necessary stuff... So far she is doing well and is still smiling. The Red Cross got her her medicine and new glasses and her car was saved and thats it. She was given a place to stay for 3 nights and then I don't know what. She has insurance but it takes awhile to get stuff back in the new apartment that she is getting and get back to living again.... Can you imagine everything you own being gone and starting over again? I can't but I guess we do what we must somehow. 47 People are without a home today.                                 
Leo put up my new clothes lines yesterday and I got to finally use them today.... I see where I should have turned it a bit fot the picture but ..... oh well. lol My other pole broke with a vine that was growing on it last fall and we couldn't replace it in the same spot. Besides the tree was shading it and now with this little one we bought he could put it up right in the middle of the lawn... haha  It's the only place with a lot of sun and nice breeze and I was surprised when he suggested it.... Well why not, huh? I could kinda hide my unmentionables though in the other spot. But I love it anyway and the neighbor lady doesn't care where she puts hers and she leaves them hanging sometimes for 2 days. I usually take mine off as soon as they are dry.
Well, guess thats it for today. I am still getting better but its taking so long... I get out of breath kinda fast. I have decided I need to lose weight but it is a slow process. Why is it so easy for me to gain it though I wonder.
Hope everyone is having a beautiful sunny day today, Sandra

Doctor today

The dreaded doctors visit is over and now Iam wondering why I made such a big thing out of it since my Doctor is so nice and so is everyone else there.... he just wants to make me feel better and he let me know by everything he did... I'm lucky to have a nice doctor. My blood pressure is coming down.... he said it will take a little longer and he will want to check it again in a month to see for sure... He said the top number has to come down 10 points and the bottom 5 and it will be fine to stay that way.... I hope it works... since I'm taking a water pill now to along with it and potassium then to go with that.... He said my lungs are clear now too but to keep using the inhaler for awhile yet to make sure ..... also got a new pill for my nerves or depression.... just a small dosage to see if I can get to be my old happy self again.... So it was a good visit and I am looking forward to Happy Days ahead.
We are getting a little sun today and a little warmer. the flowers are getting bigger and the tulips are blooming now. I got a rose to put in my new planter today but need to get some dirt.... and dog and cat food so it looks like another trip to the store. I don't want to go alone so have to wait for Leo and he is fixing up some fishing poles so it looks like tomorrow...
I will try and get some pictures and put them in later as long as I really don't have anything else to do today.... Wish Leo would put my clothes lines up but he will in his own time if I don't nag. LOL
Hope your having a beautiful day, Sandra

a few pictures

It seems our First Communion days were all in rather cold Spring weather.... I guess it was always on Easter Sunday or close to it.
  I only came in long enough to put in a few pictures and now I have to go get some work done before the race starts. It was rained out yesterday and who knows it might be rained out again today. Seems like its raining all over the world lately.. (remember that BJ Thomas song) lol
Oh and no I didn't go to the First Communion yesterday... Just wasn't feeling good and when I thought about going I got so nervous my heart started pounding so I stayed home. It's a shame but evreyone got along just fine without me. :) I'm going to see the doctor tomorrow and I hope he fixes me up or tells me Iam just fine.... I will let you know.
Hope your having a wondreful day.... Sandra