Family

Don't you just love my coffee cup?? It is absolutely gorgeous! When Betty (from Australia) came to visit, she brought Tom and I these cups. At first, I was going to put them up on a kitchen shelf, then I thought we should really enjoy them, which we are doing! And the wonderful thing I like is each time I take a sip of coffee from my cup, I think of our friend Betty!! 

  

Today, we had a family gathering. These folks are Tom's second cousins.Two of the girls are from out of town and come back to visit their brothers and sisters a couple times a year. We all met at a Perkin's Restaurant for coffee, pie and conversation !!  I got the banana cream and Tom got the lemon meringue! Yumm they were delicious!!

 

It was a nice day and we were happy to have shared it with family.

 

How was your day? Good we hope, Rusty seemed better this morning but is having a little harder time tonight. He has arthritis in his hip and is on medication for that. I will call the vet in the morning and see what they say.

 

Good night....... 

Red Letter Day

Today our friend Betty, from Australia came to visit! We follow each others blog! Oh my goodness, it was just like seeing an old friend after not seeing them for a long time. But, with us, it was the first time we've met in person. Isn't this a small world? (Probably not for the one who had to sit on an airplane for hours on end! LOL)

This photo includes her traveling friend Barbara.

Here we all are, Betty's other friends Rob and Lyn, Rob was the driver. He is able to drive the American way. (I didn't realize that Australians have their steering wheel on the right side, where ours are on the left!) So, to me he has to be very talented to be able to achieve this feat!

 

What lovely people they all are. It was so much fun, we learnt so much about them and their lives. I just can't say enough about this amazing day we had. I thank God for bringing Betty into our life.

 

What kind of day did you have??

 

Surgery and Spring???

 

Yesterday SIL had her surgery and all went well. Thanks for all your prayers.. Isn't our God good??

When we came home, we stopped at the gas station for gas, I thought..I really need something to take a picture of and look what was right in front of us...smile.. Isn't he cute??

 

See him?? He was such a good boy...he stayed right in the jeep. I'm always amazed when dogs stay in the back of a pickup or any open vehicles.  They are smart aren't they??

 

Yesterday, when Tom brought the mail in, look what we got! My friend Betty, from Australia, sent me a late birthday gift! We (actually we) were so excited when we opened it!! I just smiled when I saw the tea towel with the doggies...Rusty...is always a part of our lives.. smile..  Everything is so pretty...a beautiful tray and a sachet of lavender. Ahhh, it smells so good!

 

 

Remember, I was telling you about where the pigeons roost? This was the sign I originally spotted them at. And yesterday, I saw them jump down, so I zoomed in and can see where they go. (See all that poop...lol)

 

Hope you are enjoying your spring... hummm... It wasn't too bad today, I even opened a couple windows. (course I love 'fresh air') BUT tomorrow our high will only be in the 30's, and will stay that way for a few days...We must remember even though it's spring on the calendar, it also says it's March!!! 

Woohoo...we did it!!!

We have been working towards this for the last few years or more.......and I can't believe it's almost done!!! We woke up this morning and I thought...this is the day, when we will finally be happy with our results! And tonight as I write this blog I am smiling.. full of satisfaction....and I think Tom is too..although he had to do most of the physical work getting this job done!!!

Yes...we have an almost clean fridge!!! I told Tom we'd do a "simple"..ha..ha...project each week (or year..smile...). And this week is the refrigerator week! smile.... I was surprised at the outdated stuff we had in there. It seems a person buys, a dressing or a mustard or another ingredient for a recipe, which only calls for a small amount, and the next thing you know..it's several years old and still in the fridge...lol or at least it seems that way. I'm so excited...to start all over again...smile... How often do you clean your refrigerator?? Or maybe you use everything up and only have fresh items in yours...tell me how you do it and if you have some cleaning ideas.

Now to the elections...I am so glad they are finally over and we can go forward, without phone calls and a mailbox full of advertisements... Speaking of...I'm sure that was a push for the postal service and now it's over...hopefully they won't stop Saturday's mail service, which I know they have been thinking about doing. I don't know about you...but we really still look forward to getting mail each day. Just like this postcard we received the other day from our friend Betty, who lives in Australia! This was when she was on a recent trip through some marvelous gardens. Check out her blog GUM LEAVES here and see all the beauty that she experienced!

Tomorrow, we hope to take a road trip to South Dakota, the weather sounds wonderful, so I'm looking forward to it! What are you doing this week? Anything special??