Spring! I think?

It's another lovely day in the neighborhood!
I hope Mother Nature doesn't make me bring all my snowmen out again! They're being retired today.....and the Easter Bunny is in!
I've started cleaning the craft room too!
I figure I might have 1 month of scrapping left.
Then it's outside for the summer!
There's sure a PILE of snow though! As you can see, the snow is deep and the fence has gotten shorter!
These were a couple of escapees last weekend!

Heartbroken

One of my friends stopped by the Lodge where I work yesterday.
She's dying of cancer.
She's lost her hair, she's bloated, I wanted to cry.
I told myself...."You put a smile on your face Mary Sunshine and get out there."
I don't see her very often.
I send the occasional card to let her know I'm thinking of her....she lives 3 hours away.
That...I'm sure is just an excuse.....What is my problem?
She can carry on a conversation, we joked about crocheting. She said she "hadn't crocheted forever," and I said, "I'm not showing you again!" We laughed.
She said, "Remember how long it took me to learn?"
I said, "That's because you're left handed, and it always looked backwards to me!"
We talk about her treatments...she hates them.
We talk about her kids, and mine. My baby will be 22 on April 1st. And hers will be 30 in June or July.
Even though I don't see her often...I think about her a lot, and wonder what I could do to help!?
I know she appreciates the cards.....It seems like such a little thing, but they really brighten her day.
She's not very old.
I hate getting news about her not doing very well.
I want her to get better!
I don't want her to die!

A Day In The Life......

I just read where 'NORMAL' is a setting on a washing machine.
So when my friends & co-workers ask, "Don't you EVER have a 'NORMAL' day," I'm not sure what they mean!
I'll tell you about the most recent day in the life of........
Monday March 2nd.
Eye Appointment at the Optometrist 10:00 am.
Fine, I can do this, it comes up every 2 years, only for some reason I was supposed to go in October, and had put it off.....oh well.
I am 10 minutes late, my car had a flat tire and I had to get that fixed.
I don't need my lenses changed this time, I order some Custom sunglasses to fit my glasses, and the optometrist tells me I have a tear in my retina.
The specialist (read Opthalmologist) can see me today, can I go. I said, " Can I drive"?
A bag of Cheezies and tank of gas later I'm on my way.
Did I mention that going to the first eye appointment was an hour away, now I'm going to travel another 200 miles to see the specialist.
I'm in his office about 2:00pm.
He pokes and prods with some medieval looking pointy thing, tells me I'm tough for sitting there and letting him do that, and says he needs to fix it, but the laser equipment is at the hospital.
Can I be there for 4:00 pm? Sure.......he gives me the drops to put in my own eye 15 minutes before 4:00.
By now I'm wondering how much of that pupil dilation stuff can one eyeball take in a day!
I ask him how this is going fix the retinal tear, and he says, "Spot Weld'.
He tells me what he's going to do, and I ask him if he thinks I'm going to keep my eye open for that, and he tells me, "I have a special lens, you'll keep your eye open."
I ask if that's how cataracts are removed, he laughs and says, "No THAT takes 10 minutes!"
I was there maybe 10 seconds!
I was home by 7:00 pm.
Of course I was hoping the cops wouldn't stop me, I probably looked REAL funny, and I couldn't take my sunglasses off until it was dark!