Tomorrow is nothing but potential. -Justin Abell

Hello everyone!

Been staying out of trouble for the most part!
Did a casino in GP this past week.
Got an appointment to remove the hardware from my foot for May18! That's in GP also.
Have had Firepit Firdays!

And then this!

Those are Vanessa & her husbands feet!
I took the pictures, and they told the whole world yesterday, so I'm allowed to share!

Shadow finally got a haircut.
Before

And after!

 

Now she needs an anti itch bath, which I will arrange today!

Better go, laundry's done, and I have a gazillion things to do. 

And as Mother's Day is sneaking up on me, my mom will get a phone call & apology!!!

Hope you're all well!

Talk to ya later! 

When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. --Dalai Lama

Hello peeps!
Hope you're having a great weekend!

Welcome Dana, not sure if you'll learn anything here, but you might get a laugh or two!

WARNING: Picture heavy post.

 

These flowers showed up on my desk one day!
Me: "Is it my birthday"?
Boss: "NO"!
Me: "Hmmm, Easter's over...........what's the occasion"?
Boss: "Happy Administrative Professionals Week"!

Friday of that week I was sending emails to another boss ( I now have 5).........
Boss: "What are you doing"?
Me: " Forwarding emails".
Boss: "Just send them......"
Me: "I'm taking all the crap out so he doesn't get confused; I'm such a good secretary"!
Boss: "I. KNOW! That's why you got flowers"!
hahahaha, it's great to be appreciated!
I also got a bonus last week.............I'm LOVING my job!

Anyhoo.........that's at work!

The weather's been crappy..............
This comes to mind!



It snowed and/or rained for 4 days.............

 

My usual 10 minute drive to work took 1/2 hour on these roads!

 

 

The yard...............

 

My heavy bridge I built last fall; no one thought would move...........

 

We had to sandbag at Kalens house..........

The gutters were falling off the house next door/ to the right.......

I "borrowed" them!

We need to do some serious landscaping back there to get the water to stay off the cement pad that's up there to the right.

It needs to be built up by the house & forced to go LEFT!!!

It's on the list!

 

 

The reno's are moving slowly!
Every time we do something, we find something else............
Oh well, no one said it would be easy!
Pulled the carpet up in the orange room, and found water stains..........
It's all dry, but I'm hesitant to put the laminate down.

 

The bathroom is next door to the left,

it will get a tub surround.

Vanessa's in the process of taking over the mortgage payments from her brother.

I told her my contract was up when I did what I told Kalen I would do.

Didn't mean I wouldn't help...................

I've stopped going there on weekends.

Cause I'm tired, and I need to get my own stuff done!

 

Last Saturday night Ray & I went to Peace River to see Calvin Vollrath!

It was wonderful, and a welcome break!

 

The bottle tree got installed in it's home last Sunday in the cold & the MUCK!

(See, not a leaf in sight!)

 

 

Shadow got her annual hair cut & pedicure yesterday!

 

Before:

I think she's talking back!

 

 

After:

 

 

I plugged her bed back in so she wouldn't freeze!

 

Yesterday I scrapbooked (finally) the pictures we got at Christmas to get rid of THIS:

 

 

Sat in my kitchen for a few weeks!

Doesn't matter that I used one of these:

 

 

Hahahaha, oh well, they're done & cleaned up!

I'm going to get dressed & make cookies, the kids will be here later for

'Sunday Supper'!

 

Ray's working, he hauls 1 load of gravel a day, takes about 5 hours,

and that's about all he feels like doing.

Has another doctors appointment this week

His sister's been taking him.

They got more tests back;

he needs testostorone shots,

his levels are down and it was explained that it would be like PMS-ing ALL.THE.TIME.

That would explain the moods!

He also has to get his sugar intake under control NOW before it turns into diabeties.

He's supposed to eat 3 "normal" meals a day, and no snacking!

At least not on junk food!

And STOP adding 1/2 a cup of sugar to each cup of coffee!

I've been making Refrigerator Porridge for him for breakfast;

on today's menu is Blackberry & Honey!

I'm not a porridge person, but I even tried it, and didn't mind it!

He warms his up for 30 seconds.

 

So there you have 'The Rest of the Story'!

Ha, you're caught up!

I might even get to play in the craft room today............

We'll see!

 

Have a great week people!

Hope you're all well!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

 

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam. --Winston Churchill

I finally have a minute!
Get a beverage peeps!
Everything's been all right in my little corner of the world............
Thanks for the emails etc.! You know who you are!

Welcome Rosie!

This will be a picture heavy post (of course it will)!
I'll show you the card I made for Saturday then you can quit reading if you're so inclined!

 

This is the MOTB, we've been friends for over 40 years.

She always says, "I can't believe you're THAT old!"

 

I planted the potatoes in the garden before I hurried to that wedding 100 miles away!

 

Now we're backing up to where I left off.

I'll try to be a better blogger!

I just have to MAKE TIME for it like I do for everything else!

 

Shadow had to go for her shots, so we got her a hair cut (Professional, and a Pet-acure)!

 

 

She REALLY likes it!

Except for about 3 nights right after she had it done,

I had to plug her bed back in cause it got down to -16!

 

Here she's smiling, cause we're going to do one of her favorite jobs!

Sort bottles!

 

Ray had dumped some dry wood over by the fire pit, so I drug the wood splitter over there!

It's under the tarp, it keeps raining; not enough to make me quit though!

 

 

 I am so ready for Friday nights!

 

 

 

On my way to work one morning there were 100's of snow geese in a field!

 

 

2 weeks ago, there were no leaves on the trees!

 

 

This was Mother's Day!

All I wanted were leaves!

The kids got my some gorgeous jewellry!

I'm a sucker for necklaces & bracelets.....

it's left over from my days at the OFH!

 

Vanessa was home on Mother's Day, so Ray took us for breakfast at a community hall.

Rural area, lots of different halls & organizations!

It was wonderful.

Then Vanessa & I had a date to see the twins!

I'm dying here;

see the smirk on the big sisters face!?

Every time someone pointed a camera in her direction, her finger would go in her nose!

 

 

Case in point!

Hahahaha

 

A week ago I had it in my head to build a flower bed for my perennials that were in the ground and hating it!

We have GUMBO for dirt.

When I google Gumbo + dirt, I still get the stew!

So I found this blog post!

Dealing With Gumbo Soil.

 

Of course Ray's busy!

 

He got out the power tool & set it up for me!

Whooo hoooooo!

(It's heavy)

 

 

I shopped at Rodneys'; he has a sawmill about 3 miles from here.

Ray brought the trailer, and we loaded up 14 rough 4" X 6" X 16.5' boards.

I of course, must have lived in Texas in a previous life; I decided this flower bed would be 4' X 20'!

This is one layer on top of my treated 4" x 4"!

 

Next time you're at the lumber store, just swing by the lumber, see if they have any 4" X 6"s.

They'll probably only be 12' long...........try to pick one up!

This was my project Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday after work last week.

I'll tell you now, I missed every season finale of the few shows I watch!

Anyhoo, Ray had also got out some nails and a hammer.

Hahahaha, I put those away & got out the drill, and found long screws!

I also had the lumber yard cut me 14 pieces of 30" rebar to pound into the box so it stays put!

 

Ray managed to get me the dirt hauled last night waaaay past my bedtime.

I was outside until 11:30.

I made him park the tractor close with the 3rd bucket full, so I could shovel it in this morning!

OI!

WHAT.WAS.I.THINKING!?

I'm hiring a kid next time!

 

 

I was outside early, with my coffee, I wanted to work in the shade.

 

Making progress..............

 

I was finished by noon!

Had my poor peonies, lilies, columbines all dug up out of the gumbo & planted in their new home.

Then I planted whatever didn't get planted yesterday in their appropriate spots!

 

I also mowed grass today, not all of it, but an hour or 2 worth.

I also whippersnipped, but FYI, I only did the front!

Hahahahaha

I was exhausted, and came in about 4:00, had a jacuzzi, and a nap, now it's pretty close to bed time!

I'm a hurtin' unit!

 

Ray will dump the dirt that's left in the bucket by the sand pile, so it can be covered.....cats people!

We have cats!

160 acres, and they have to go in the gardens, flower beds...........

 

I drove the handi van last week for the community, and will again this Thursday!

Avon's changing things, so I've had to do webinars, watch videos, etc.

I'm ok with that though, change is good!

 

Hope you're all well!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

If you believe it can't be done, at least don't get in the way of the person who is doing it.- Unknown

I haven't been creating cards lately, but I DO have new stamps & paper to play with!
This is what it was doing Friday morning when I got up!

Those are my gardens....tomatoes & peppers & parsley on the left.

Potatoes & peas on the right!

Bird bath, fire pit & chairs behind!

I just washed 20(!?) loads of laundry today, cause I had everything in the house out to cover the gardens, flowers, shrubs, etc. for the last 2 nights!!

Sheets, blankets, towels! YOI!

I also took this picture of the Wild Rose.....the snow & cold didn't seem to bother them!

Yesterday I spent the day in Peace River.

Just let me have a pity party, sob story.....whatever, then it will be out of my system!

Yesterday was the fifth time I took my vehicle in to get the cruise control fixed.

I have a new computer, a couple new switches for Lord knows what,

and I still don't have cruise control!

I know, I know, that's kinda petty of me when so many others have bigger problems, and I get it.

Makes me happy that no cruise control is ALL I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT!

I go on holidays on Thursday.....I really needed cruise control!

Okay, I think I'm done!

Still have the damn dust problem too!

K, really, that's it!

Ray's seeding the back 40.

My internet's not working properly, so I can't look back to see if I've told you this already....just chalk it up to age!

I've been helping him fill the seed drills.

All 16 or 18 feet of them.

By the pail.

5 gallon pail.

Of peas!

He should be done tonight!

I did ALL the laundry today.

Made a rhubarb crisp, rhubarb cream pie, and an ordinary rhubarb pie, that's going to the freezer tomorrow!

I made a lasagne, hauled boards over from the back 40 to build boxes for our rhubarb, Ray's sister came for supper. I helped fill the seed drill. For. The. Last. Time.

Had my jacuzzi, with a glass of wine left over from supper!

Okay, if you don't laugh at these next pictures I'll give you a really good rhubarb crisp recipe!

I never said I was a dog groomer!

Poor Shadow is bothered by fleas, and yes, her and I have had our treatment for the month, but she's so matted, I got some flea powder, and we've been cutting hair, and rubbing the powder in!

She's pretty good, she sits real nice most of the time, and she gets up & leaves when she's had enough.

The line under her collar!?

She scratched most of her hair off, right down to her hide, so I give her a brush cut under her collar, almost up to her ears!!

I think she's way cooler!

Okay, here's the recipe!

Rhubarb Crisp

6 Cups washed, dried & diced rhubarb

3 eggs, beaten

1/4 cup flour

1 1/2 cup sugar

2 Tbsp. Butter or Margarine

3/4 cup whipping cream

2 cups brown sugar

1 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 cups rolled oats

1 cup margarine

4 tsp. Cinnamon

Mix eggs, flour, sugar, butter & cream together; mix in rhubarb and put in greased 9 X 13 baking dish.

Mix remaining ingredients together, and spread on top.

Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Enjoy........it's our favorite rhubarb crisp, and I'm always giving out the recipe!

Talk to ya later!

I'll try to get on before I leave on Thursday!

Ta ta for now!