Friday Funny

 

Good Things and Not so good things Thursday

 

Mother's Day gift from my cat, Al

Good things:

My youngest son and dil took B and I to Sault Ste Marie for Mother's Day on Saturday.  It was a long car ride but good conversation made it go quickly.  The guys were going to a gun show at the local university so my dil and I went to Hobby Lobby to shop.  We had fun.  They were having a sale on items for the lawn.  I thought about what B would say if I bought a 7ft metal flamingo for the front lawn or maybe a very large metal Tyrannosaurus Rex.  We laughed a lot about his reaction to that.  We walked around the store and saw some cute things and picked up a few.  We were disappointed to see that the store already had out Autumn & Thanksgiving decorations.  I don't know about you but I dislike when stores rush the seasons.  Just as we were leaving the store, the guys called to say they were done and to pick them up which we did.  Then we went for a little tour of the university as my dil had graduated from there.  It is a very nice university being the smallest one in Michigan.   We then went down to the boat locks and saw an iron ore boat going thru.  We went to lunch at a very nice place across from the locks.  Afterwards the kids took us to a beautiful mountain overlook.  We could see Specter Lake as well as Lake Superior and the coast of Canada.  It was beautiful.  They then took us to see the lighthouse at Whitefish Point.  We didn't go up in the tower (these old legs weren't going to do that) but we did walk around and look at the view of Lake Superior.  We also saw the wind turbines on the Canadian side of the lake.  All in all, it was a wonderful day with the adventure but also with the company.

My dil in Nevada sent me this picture of her lilac bush from the yard.  I am so jealous.  Mine only has buds on it and to be honest will never look like hers. 

B found this metal bench at an antique shop on sale and got it for me as a Mother's Day gift.  I had been looking for one for the back yard and this one is perfect.  He said he would paint it if I wanted to do that but I like it just the way it is. He did put a piece of plywood across the seat so I could set plants on it.  He also painted it the cedar color that we have on our decks.

Not so good thing:

We put out the front deck furniture on Sunday and everything looked so nice.  Then the wind on Monday came up.  We get wind here all the time but nothing like we got on Monday.  The wind was so strong that it lifted the deck swing right off the deck and sent it sailing halfway over the railing.  We had even wired the deck frame down so that wouldn't happen and it pulled the wire right out.  Between the two of us, we were able to pull the frame and swing back on the deck but decided we couldn't have the awning on it anymore as the wind might make it happen again.  No damage to the swing and frame but it was a scary moment.  Good things on this is that there was no damage to the swing or frame.  I am glad about this because I sit out on the swing every evening in the warm weather.  It is my way to get in touch with nature, become calm and peaceful after a busy day and more important, have a nice conversation with God.
 

May Beginnings

Went to Meijers because we had coupons.  We don't normally go there and its been a year or so since we have been but, I had coupons.  My youngest son and dil shop there all the time and rave about it.  To be honest, I was not that impressed.  I got the items for the coupons and then got some lettuce, bananas and cat food that we needed.  The price was good but I was not impressed with the layout of the store, the grocery item prices and the attitude of the girl working the register.  Needless to say, B and I agreed this was the last visit (unless we had good coupons).

The weather got better this past weekend so B worked on some repairs to the front deck on Saturday as we waited for it to totally dry out so we could repaint it on Sunday.  It seems every year the winter takes a toll on the decks and we have to repaint both in the spring.  We will get the front deck done first and then move to the back deck. B decided we couldn't repaint the front deck on Sunday because there was too much repair that had to be done on it.  So we will be repainting on Monday.  The temps are supposed to be in the upper 60s so the drying should go pretty fast.  I am hoping we can start putting the furniture out on the deck by Tuesday.  As it turned out, we had to work on the deck one more day so Wednesday, we put out the furniture.  

My youngest son and dil let us know Sunday night that they had gotten home from their trip safely.  They have been gone a week and a half.  They went to a concert in Utah then went to Wyoming to visit a friend who is a forest fire ranger and then they went to spend a few days with our oldest son and dil in Nevada.  We are looking forward to hearing about the visit.  They did post pictures and their adventures look so fun.

Still planning meals from the items in the pantry and freezer.  B has become a very creative cook.  Works for me.  B has always been a much better cook than me and he enjoys it.

With the temps getting into the upper 60s this week, I am going to try opening all the windows and getting some needed fresh air in the house.

I have been reading up on container gardening.  I think I might give that a try this year.  Do any of you container garden and which have you had the best luck with?

I am jealous of all of you who have flowers coming up and blooming.  Right now I have just buds on the trees and bushes but no flowers yet.

I got so excited, we saw two bunnies on our way to the store Tuesday morning.  Sounds weird to be excited about seeing two bunnies but when you have winter as long as we seem to have it, seeing bunnies is a good sign.

This weekend our youngest son and dil are taking us to Sault Ste Marie for Mother's Day.  The weather is supposed to be gorgeous and I am looking forward to the mini trip.

 

It's May!!

 

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