It’s the last day of March – and I hope that as it exits the winds go with it! I hear them now, even from inside with the TV on in the background. I do have to say that wind usually gives me pulled muscles in my neck – even if I’m not outside in it. Mom always said it gave me ‘knots’ in my neck!

I did laundry and a few little house chores in the morning. I picked up Kathy after her medical tests at about 11am – we stopped and got lunch as she hadn’t eaten since Wednesday evening. I stayed for about an hour then had to stop at work afterwards. Did the ironing and listened to Greg’s sermon (again, a message about Judas!).

I took some time this afternoon to watch a bit of the Gilded Age DVD. Kath lent it to me and it’s all of season one. I’ll watch it in bits.

My new hyacinth is fully bloomed, and the fragrance goes all through the house! It will soon be time to plant it outside.

It was pouring rain when I left here at 5:30pm to head up to the church. A bunch of us gathered there to put together Easter boxes, add a post card listing all the Easter services and events, and 5 to 7 homemade cookies. It took about an hour and a half, but that included sharing pizzas, as well. It’s always fun sharing a common chore with good people and with friends.

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Musical from 1957: Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)

Tomorrow April 1st is:

National One Cent Day; National Play Outside Day; National Love our Children Day; April Fools Day; National Sourdough Bread Day; National Handmade Day.

I am baking bread tomorrow, but not sourdough. I would love to play outside but I think the weather will be uncooperative! We’ll play the rest by ear. Have a wonderful day and a great APRIL! God bless…

I woke to the sun shining in my window – nothing better to pop you out of bed! I had one deal in Jeannette plus a title, and 4 titles in Greensburg. There were a few little side issues that I had to deal with that made me question my sanity (IT was all me…) — but all is well. Also stopped to help Mike P.

Since April was coming for dinner I got busy and put things together. Made chicken salad and defrosted the rolls for sandwiches. Set out cookies and chips and got the soup ready to heat; set the table. I took a walk – although it was fairly chilly the sun was bright and it was a pleasant walk.

When I got home I crumbled up most of a bag of pretzels, melted down chocolate, and made a batch of small pretzel bites. It’s better if you just want a quick bite that’s smaller than the bigger pretzels that Kelly and I did last week. I set some out when April came.

We had such a lovely time. She has a few new things going on in her life and we spent most of the evening working through those issues. I was able to share some of my little ‘bumps’ in the road and it was a good thing to share together. The food was good and the friendship and conversation was better! But it’s after 9:30pm so time to be done!

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Musical from 1956: MY FAIR LADY

TOMORROW March 31st is:

National Prom Day; National Bunsen Burner Day; National Crayon Day; Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action; National Tater Day; National Clam on the Half Shell Day.

I’m way too old for a prom, and maybe even for crayons! I’ll take the tater and leave the clams for someone else. Have a happy Friday and a great weekend. God bless….

I had a full agenda today and it’s not done yet! I did clean the whole house, and did a load of laundry. Grabbed a piece of leftover pizza for lunch then just kept going. I noticed that my neighbor (who mows his grass a lot) was mowing early this morning. I still had a lot to do but when I went outside to shake rugs I did notice that MY grass needed cut, as well.

I kept focused and was able to finish the house by 3:30pm, then went outside and bundled up (suddenly it was windy!) and was able to cut my grass and be done by 4:30pm. First cut of the year. Seems like the neighborhood horse was happy to be munching on the sweet grass up on the hill.

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Musical from 1955: OKLAHOMA!

TOMORROW March 30th is:

National I am in Control Day; National Virtual Vacation Day; National Turkey Neck Soup Day; National Take a Walk in the Park Day; National Doctor’s Day; National Pencil Day.

About the only thing I can’t get into is the turkey neck soup. April is coming for supper tomorrow but we aren’t having THAT! But we will have soup… Have a happy Thursday and take a walk in the park – while planning your virtual vacation! God bless…

Today was a light work day. I had to stop and grab a few food items that weren’t available when I went on the weekend. That’s done. I had a salad for lunch then went outside and cleaned off about half of the hill below the driveway. I’ll have to do it again before long but it was a good start.

It warmed up enough for me to take a walk. It didn’t take long for me to realize that the dogs were all guarding their posts today. Here are some doggie photos.

Also ‘caught’ Dave and Nate (B&B Windows) on the job down at the bottom of Seneca. We chatted for a few minutes until they had to get to work!

I talked to my neighbor Dottie when I got back. She has someone coming today to look at fixing the fence. Hoping it’s an easy fix! I still have some ironing to do, and a few lists to write out, and an errand to run. It’s early so I should have no problem. So glad to have a warm, sunny day!

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Musical from 1954: WHITE CHRISTMAS!

TOMORROW March 29th is:

National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day; Manatee Appreciation Day; National Vietnam War Veterans Day; National Mom & Pop Business Owners Day; National Nevada Day; National Little Red Wagon Day; National Pita Day.

Vietnam veterans are sadly short-changed. That is the perfect thing to celebrate. God bless them, and all of you!

I’m not so sure Joe believed me when I told him today was National JOE Day. I beat him to work this morning so I should have brought him a coffee. I should find out what he likes…

It was almost 60* today and sunny – for a bit. I had lunch after work and then organized my upstairs closet. It was time to get rid of a few things that I never wear. Once I finished that I went outside for a walk but by then it was cooler and I kept feeling a few rain drops. Right now it’s trying to rain a bit but I’m back inside. Other than a load of laundry that has been my day. Here are some pictures I took on my walk.

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Musical 1953: PETER PAN

TOMORROW March 28th is:

American Diabetes Association Alert Day; National Something on a Stick Day; National Weed Appreciation Day; National Black Forest Cake Day; National Triglycerides Day.

Weeds. Hummm. Well, Maybe not! Have a lovely Tuesday and God bless.

I enjoyed the beauty of the sunshine all day – despite the cooler temps with a bit of wind. After church I picked up all the little branches and sticks in the yard. There were quite a lot. My Snoopy Easter flag didn’t fair too well in the fierce wind – it has some unrepairable tatters. I may have to replace it after Easter.

Todd’s message was about Judas – the second ‘Bad Boy’ of Easter. Here are some of his key points: Are we asking ‘What can I get from following Jesus? Or, what’s in it for me? WHY am I following Jesus. 1) Jesus is my reward. 2) You will find life when you give life away. Take everything to Jesus; we want the answer FIRST – we should give him everything and he’ll provide the answer. He doesn’t want something FROM us; he wants something FOR us! Man cannot stop what God has set in motion. When it’s our turn, Jesus steps in and says, ‘I’ve got this!’ We belong to Him!

The corner piece of soffit on the shed pulled loose again. I was able to tuck it back up and pound the facia into place tighter so hopefully it won’t come down again. I did that when I went down to put a small bag of grass seed in the shed – I need to seed out the places that didn’t catch last year and the spots that were dug up for the electric project.

Last night had an amazing dramatic sky! Was glad I could grab a picture…

Here’ another cheery Easter picture! Bunny is sewing…

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Musical – 1952 SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN – one of my favorites. Who WOULDN’T like it???

TOMORROW March 27th is:

National Scribble Day; National Medical Science Liaison Day; National Spanish Paella Day; National Joe Day.

Celebrate national JOE day – double meaning: Have a cuppa Joe with your friend Joe! I don’t drink coffee but I will celebrate my favorite Joe – my boss! Have a great day, Joe! God bless…

IT IS SO WINDY! Weather advisory says 24 to 34 MPH with gusts up to 55MPH. I kept hearing this weird noise (other than the trees and the flags flapping) so I went out to look. A section of the neighbor’s fence blew down. I’m glad the dogs weren’t out in her yard when it fell. Not sure how hard it will be to get it back up. She has four dogs to keep confined!

At least the house is still standing, and the flags are still attached — Yikes! I just looked out the door and the section of fence that fell snapped in half and got tossed across the yard! Glad it was in her yard – if it came my way it might have damaged my fence too. She doesn’t need any other problems! I just noticed the neighbor’s grill (behind me) blew over but it doesn’t look like anyone’s home there. This wind is nasty…

Anyway, I stopped and got gas this morning and parked at Kathy’s. We first went to the book sale at the Library. She found a number of books she was excited about. I bought two small ones that I think I will enjoy – one is a Christmas devotion book! The other is a very old version of the Colonial Williamsburg Guide Book.

After a quick bite of lunch I went through my file of warranty books and owners manuals. I wanted to write to CONAIR about my hair dryer, and to Whirlpool about my new fridge. It works perfectly but I hate the stainless surface. That is supposed to be so amazing and the best thing since, well, refrigerators! But I totally dislike the surface. There are more marks on the new fridge in 2 months than on the old one that was 31 years old! But again, it works great and I love the features. Guess you can’t have everything!

When I was walking around the yard earlier I noticed that a bunch of my little Styrofoam eggs (on wooden sticks) were pulled out of the ground and across the yard. I don’t think the rabbits and chipmunks like them very much. Some of them were nibbled at…

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Musical from 1951: SHOWBOAT

TOMORROW March 26th is:

Epilepsy Awareness Day; National Spinach Day; National Nougat Day.

Let’s just celebrate— Popeye! I hope to celebrate the absence of wind. Right now, though, it’s 70* and if it wasn’t so windy I would be outside playing in the dirt. As it is, I’d blow down the hill! Have a happy Sunday … God bless.

I took most of the day to do laundry, make Logan’s bed with freshly washed sheets, and clean the whole house. I finished with that about 3pm, and popped over to Mike P’s to help with a deal. When I came home I walked around the yard and took pictures of some of my spring flowers popping up. Like Grape Hyacinths, Hyacinths, and daffodils.

Nate delivered my auction items which I was excited to get. I ended up with a few garden flags for spring and summer, which I put away. Also won the USA pack, a beautiful bisque egg, and a small antique pitcher (my favorite!)

FINALLY I was able to get my fish sandwich! I was going to get it at Midway-St. Clair fire department but they were closed. So I kept driving to Johnny L’s right up the road. While I was waiting I talked to my neighbor (Mr. G)’s son Michael, and then another customer waiting for an order. It helped pass the time. The sandwich was really good, and I only ate one piece of fish – the other I stuck in the fridge and will eat it tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, Kath and I have plans to go antiquing at Yesterday’s Rave, and to the Library Book Sale, in the morning. That will be fun! In the background right now I am listening to THREE WISE MEN AND A BABY – which was one of my favorite 2022 Christmas movies on Hallmark! So funny – not very often do you get Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, and Andrew Walker in the same movie!

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Musical from 1950: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

TOMORROW March 25th is:

National Medal of Honor Day; Tolkien Reading day; National Lobster Newburg Day.

TODAY is nine months until Christmas Eve, so tomorrow will be nine months until Christmas day (as Bud would say!). Have a great day celebrating. God bless…

Unique date — fun with numbers!

My day started a little after 7am when I talked to my friend about a recent vehicle purchase. There were some discrepancies on the fees that she didn’t understand. I was able to explain everything – and it turns out the seller (not our stores of course!) did charge the wrong fees. She was able to get that corrected and get a refund. Added blessings!

My closet door got stuck yesterday, so after breakfast Kelly crawled in the closet and fixed the door. It was off track. She also trimmed a few threads on the carpet while she was in there!

I drove the kids to Washington (PA) to meet Matt. The drive down wasn’t too bad, but I no sooner got back in the car than it stormed and poured a deluge! I could barely see the road the whole way home. I had to keep a slower pace and it took longer. I got soaked at a rest stop and had to come home and change before going to work.

Work was actually very busy! I got there a little before 3pm and didn’t get home until almost 7pm. I had several customers come in and a few extra titles in each location. I was glad to get home and slip into my Snoopy PJ’s. I’ll finish this work and then have some leftovers for supper.

In the meantime, a little chocolate covered pretzel for a snack!

Yesterday when Kelly & I stopped at Gabe’s to look at purses (hers is ripping) I found an Easter Snoopy mug. I tried to make hot tea in it, but it is NOT insulated and I couldn’t pick up the mug! I have been using it for iced water and it works great for that!

Also got my traditional yearly Hyacinth – after it’s done blooming I will plant it outside. They give off such a wonderful aroma!

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Top song of 2023: THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW – Morgan Wallen

TOMORROW March 24th is:

National Cheesesteak Day; National Cocktail Day; National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day.

I love Sun-Maid Chocolate covered raisins – and I could eat a cheesesteak about now! I’ll stick with the pretzels. Have a happy day and God Bless…

Kelly and I already got a lot accomplished today – and it’s just a bit after 4pm. Chase pointed out last night that Garry (the Axolotl) needed a bath because his little pink body was very dirty. I tried giving him a sponge bath but it didn’t help. As attending ‘physician’ I determined that he needed a more intense treatment, so we slid him into a zipper pillow cover and tucked him into the washer with a load of towels. He took it well…

We had a break at that point, so we melted down chocolate and made chocolate-covered pretzels. I love those things! I have two full containers of them ready for Easter. Of course I had to sample one!

Logan had an online math class at 10am, then Kelly taught an online class (which the boys attended) at 11:15am. While they did that I listened to most of Wayne’s message from HCC on Sunday (I got tied up downstairs…).

At 1pm Kelly and I took the order of tote bags to Mt. Pleasant and met Melanie from camp for the exchange. We took a few minutes to confer with the Easter Beagle about what type of candy everyone wanted for Easter at Grammy’s. He has a grip on it, for sure!

It was late but we came home and grabbed left overs for a small lunch. There is another laundry load in the dryer, and Chase is watching videos on the TV behind me. I’m looking forward to having everyone here later for pizza.

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Top song of 2022: FANCY LIKE – Walker Hayes

TOMORROW March 23rd is:

National Near Miss Day; National Chia Day; National Tamale Day; National Puppy Day; National Melba Toast Day; National Chip & Dip Day.

Let’s do puppies! Have a wonderful, cuddly day! God bless…