A Mixture!!

Yesterday, my dad had to have surgery for a second time to remove tumors from his bladder. This complicated procedure is done in the doctors office...can you believe that?? His appointment was at 9 am and we were leaving out of there a little before 10 am. He did really well, but will have to do treatments later on.

Mark and came back home thinking that some yard work might get done...WRONG!! We had the worst thunderstorm that we have had in ages. Thunder booming, lightning striking close by and such a down pour. Our yard looked like a lake a few hours later and the ground hardly looks wet.

We are gearing up to participate in the yard sale at church on Saturday. All our items are in totes already priced. We have 2 boxes of jewelry that we will be selling as well. I am looking forward to getting rid of some of this stuff. Our prices will be rock bottom. Believe me...I want this stuff gone.

More remodeling on our house is coming up on Friday. Chip will come and install new doors, fix our ceiling in the laundry room and build us a DVD insert for our bedroom. I am looking forward to getting all that done. Maybe the bathroom will be next to have a little face lift.

Planning on grilling out some pork chops, corn and squash this afternoon. Hope the weather cooperates to allow me to get a few things done.

My Life!!!!

The last few days have been a blurr of activity. I have been listing seeds like crazy on Ebay, plus trying to read my library books before the are due. I have been shopping a little, and found several great deals. I found my 2 little nieces an outfit each for only $2. I thought they were $3 each, but after checking my receipt I saw that they were only $2 each. What a great deal. I hate that they didn't have anything else in their size, and there were no boys clothes. My search for cute boy clothes continue.

A cute little outfit for our niece Madelyn. I loved this little 3 piece outfit. It has a hat with it!!!

Her big sister, Kate, will get this adorable Elmo leopard print outfit. I thought it was just the cutest little thing. I know they will both look adorable in these.

I have been running so many errands this week. That is the only bad thing about going back and forth from here to the coast...you play catch up wherever you go. I had to get medicine refilled and things mailed out. I just found a big envelope of coupons that goes to Amanda...so sorry I have forgotten these. I hope they are not out of date. I am going to wait until Monday to mail them, because I haven't clipped the coupons from last week, and then 2 more Sunday papers will be coming here this weekend. I did get 2 packages mailed out today that I had promised to 2 cute little kids that joined our family recently. I also mailed out some packages to my 2 older nieces...thought they needed some things to wear to school on St. Patrick's Day. I just realize that I always were green that day and try to eat corn beef, but I am NOT IRISH. I wonder why I do that??? Well, for one reason...I don't like to be pinched. I would like to find a pot of gold though, but I don't see that happening. I have started buying things to put in our 6 nieces Easter Baskets. I now have to buy the baskets. I may have too much to go in them, or I might not have enough stuff.

Sinus troubles have been my nemesis' the last 2 weeks. I have never had so many headaches before. I have taken Clari tin, Benadryl Sinus and Vick's Nasal Spray. I have gone through about 3 boxes of tissues...1 box was Puff's with Vick's on them. They are great if you are stuffed up. I have felt like my eyeball was going to pop out, and my face has just ached. I don't know if I am ready for Spring or not...I don't want to endure this much longer.

My daffodils are up at home, but not blooming. Crazy thing is that the daffodils here are blooming....go figure. Have gotten about 4 snows here plus ice and the flowers are blooming, but not down at the coast. I am looking forward to buying some flowers and baskets. That is one of my favorite things to do in the Spring.

After watching the news tonight, I might plant some tomatoes. $7 a box last year, and they are $30 a box this year. Seeds are not that plentiful this year. There are some things that I can't even get, and buying seeds in those little packs are a rip off. Ummm!!! Fresh vegetables sound pretty good right now. Went to eat seafood last night, and we got so much on our plate; that we had it for supper tonight. I got a whole flounder last night, and didn't make a dent in it...finished it off tonight. Seafood heats up great in the oven. Well, it is time to go read...my books are due Tuesday, and I only have 5 to read.

Living Again!!!

For the past 4 days, I am not sure that I have been living at all. The Norovirus has hit our house and has hit it hard. Mark, my father in law and myself have all been hit with this virus and knocked down to the ground. I think it probably hit my father in law the hardest. 82 years old with dementia...you don't bounce back fast. He is finally feeling some better...we got some Gatorade in him finally at last. He can't remember that he has been sick and can't understand why he is feeling sick. All the clothes and bedding have been washed and everything in the house has been Lysoled down. I finally got out today and went to do a little shopping. I went over to the new pharmacy in Whispering Pines...Village Apothecary. It was so nice and such personal care there. I loved it!!! Walter and Herschal, the pharmacist there are so nice and friendly. I just loved the time that they took with me, and making sure that my medical needs are being met. They have such a nice store, and I loved the relaxed atmosphere in the store while I shopped. Take time to go over to their new store and check them out. They are located on Hwy 22. It is a very nice store with wonderful employees to serve you. I spent some time at the PO and at the library today. It has felt so good to finally get out for a while. We have found that grits are great when you are trying to start back eating normal food. Today has been a great day and the weather here is just gorgeous!!!

Holding Up My End!!!

I have been trying to hold up my end of the resolution list I made. I hate to fail the same month that I made it. So far not too bad on some of them. I am doing pretty good at sending cards. I just think that it is the grandiest thing to get some "nice" mail for no apparent reason. I have also sent a lot of packages out lately as well lately. Today I found myself scanning old pictures at Walgreens. The photo clerk was swamped, so I helped several of her customers use the machine and find some things they needed. My reward was she gave me a discount on my disk. It really pays to be nice. I am going Thursday for a make over....I can't wait. I need some help with my eye make up...I am not happy with what I do right now. I just have so many problems. LOL Checked out about 9 books for the library today, and bought more things for my nieces Valentine's bags. I am trying to get all old magazines together to donate to the library. I have organized and cleaned out some this week. Well, nothing that grand to talk about, just rambling a little bit.