Middle of April update...

Both B and my youngest son have birthdays in April.  Actually they are a week apart.  So all of us went out to dinner to celebrate...B, me, my youngest and dil.  We had a very good time with lots of laughs, good food and some complaining on how old everyone is getting.  B and I were supposed to go to Appleton this week but the weather is not cooperating.  But the biggest reason is that our cat Al is not doing too well and we were worried that something might happen to him while we were gone.  For those of you who consider your animals babies not pets, you will understand.

There were a lot of errands to do.  I went to the doctor for my bi monthly B12 shot.  We took a large donation to the local St. Vincent DePaul store.  I have been decluttering as much as possible as we get ready for spring cleaning.  We dropped off our absentee ballots for a vote in May.  Our annual visit to the dentist happened and everything is okay for both of us till next year.  We also went to Lowes and got some baseboards for both bedrooms, carpet shampoo for the machine and a new mailbox and pole.  The mailbox and pole are to replace the damaged one in front of the house that was first run over by a snowplow, put back up temporarily and then fell over again with all the flooding.

Weather is taking an upturn for awhile. Hope it lasts. The entire state of Michigan is having very destructive flooding with the rising temps and all the snow we acquired this past winter.  Rivers, creeks, lakes are either reaching the critical stage or flooding over the banks.  Many highways and back roads are so bad, they are impassable.  We live on a dirt road and there are ruts big enough to lose a car in.  The county has been coming down with large graders to help with the ruts but it is only working temporary until everything completely dries out. Our driveway is gravel and we are getting a lot of run off from the hills around our house.  The runoff has done such a number on the driveway that we are now not able to get the car out of the driveway.  B has a load of gravel coming on Monday to see if that can help and how much more we will need to save the whole driveway.  That could run into a lot of expense for us but it is necessary.  One lucky thing in all this is that we have had no water in our basement.  B got the sump pump set up in case water started coming in but so far so good.

                                                          

                                       
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, April is being a pain in the butt weatherwise but I refuse to complain alot.  It's not snow and that is a very good thing.

(P.S. After the verbal attacking of our Holy Father Pope Leo, I refuse to discuss anything on here having to do with the orange dictator and his minions.)

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April

I didn't post much at all in March.  I was very depressed especially with the weather.  I usually get this way in February and March.  I am so sick of winter by then that I just can't seem to function at all.  B calls it my "February nutsies".  I call it "the so sick of winter blues".  Now with April upon us and there is still so much snow and cold in the UP, I am trying very hard to see the bright side.

My cat, Al had to be taken to the Vet.  He was having so much trouble breathing.  Taking deep breaths with his mouth open as well as the hard breathing you could see on his body.  The Vet took xrays and it turns out Al has a lot of fluid around his heart.  It is not curable and since he is 15 years old, he will be having a hard time in the future until it takes him.  The Vet gave me a prescription for Lasix which he must take twice a day.  It took us some time to figure out how to get the pill in him but we managed ad he seems to be doing better.  We can't cure him but we can make him as comfortable as we can as long as we have him.

B and I went to get our taxes done and were very happy to get a nice refund from the federal return.  We didn't get a refund from the state of Michigan but we didn't have to pay either, so win-win. 

I had to go get lab tests done. It seems my Vitamin D levels as well as calcium levels were not where they should be.  I will be waiting to see what this means from the doctor.

B's 80th birthday was on Good Friday, so I took him to dinner at Red Lobster.  Later this month, we will take a trip to Appleton, WI which he always enjoys.

We spent a quiet Easter at home.
 

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