A Look Back on April and More

This was a look out my office window. This poor little squirrel had to work really hard to get that food! Ha Ha

My grandson John, comes over and fills my feeders. He's so thoughtful and the birds and wildlife in my yard love him! Ha! Especially that squirrel...lol

I forgot to post this picture last night...here are the twins (John's girls)! They had come over to see their Aunt Brenda when she was here too!

We had such a terrible winter, finally after 3 months we had a nice day! So my friend Diana took me out to lunch for my belated birthday!! smile  We had a nice visit and fun! And of course great food!

This is Pastor Martha on Good Friday. The service was very meaningful. Several of the ladies who come for Bible Study on Friday did some of the readings.

Easter Sunday was in April too. Here are the greats, their moms and their great grandma (whose house we were at!) They were having their Easter egg hunt! Boy, were they having fun! The temperature was 81 degrees..so it was a perfect to be sitting and eating outside at the picnic table!!

Here is the design of this years MS Walk t-shirts. My granddaughter Ashley, drew the design, cut out the stamp,then after tie dying the shirts she stamped them. So much work but she says she loves doing it 🤗 Oh yes, then she mailed them up here from Georgia! (This is kind of a play on the Beatles song Come together right now..etc...)

We were so bummed, as the day was cold (51 degrees) and terribly windy along with rain. I wasn't sure I would get out in that weather, but then I heard it got moved inside so I wanted to go to support the co-ordinator. Who by the way is amazing!! We are so blessed to have her doing this. We only ended up with 6 of our team members that got out. (People did go out and walked a very short distance. Two on my team did it!) Way to go Jeff & Jean!!! $32,600 was raised of which I raised about $2,100. Always a great cause!

This picture is from the Sioux City Public Museum of Riverview

I wanted to share something with you since it's close to the 4th of July!. I saw in my mother's diary this entry . Mom's diary: July 4, 1936: Has been the hottest day in the history of Sioux City 111 degrees there. We went down in the basement in the afternoon. Saw Betty T.  Elaine, Cecil, Melvin and I went to Riverview tonight. Saw auto races. Rode on the Thriller. I was scared almost lifeless. But I wasn't alone Cecil got plenty scared. I rode the 'Tilt a Wheel' was fun. Had "cream" pop and "Root Beer".

Isn't it fun to step back in time with actual writings and photos? You can not only read about it but see it!

Of course I have to share with you a picture of Winter taking a nap this afternoon.😄

I had a nice weekend, yesterday my son Randy and his wife Vicky came over for a visit. I always love that! Today, I went to church, then over for fellowship. That was wonderful! I hope your day was joyful and a happy one! 

Bye for now.... 

Bird Bath with Pennies Alert and Much, Much More...

Pennies and Birdbath Alert!!

Theresa from The Run*Around*Ranch checked this out and it sounds like if you use pennies prior to 1962 is okay, but later ones contain some minerals that are not good for the birds. Darn...I didn't know this, I read about doing it in some magazine and have done it for years. So thankful for Theresa!

 What a day we had yesterday...First my friend was here to do some cleaning, etc. for us. Then I had my hair fixed.  During all of this I was talking to the insurance companies, mine and hers trying to make sure we get our van fixed properly!

 So when we took the van in to be repaired we had to go across town, only to be delayed by this long.......train. I took a picture two different directions so you can see how long it was. Anyway, we finally got there and dropped it off. Her insurance company got us a rental van. It's like ours only its 8 years newer. BUT it has clothe seats, not leather ones, which make it very difficult to get in and out of. And it has a push button start. (Put your foot on the brake, push the button and viola...its running.) No keys, just a "key phob (is that how you spell it??) Anyway, that was new to us, and we didn't realize it had to be in the van to start it. We came home, I got in the house with the key phob, Tom went back out to restart it and put it in the garage. And it wouldn't start:( I called the rental place and he said do you have the phob with you in the van??? Dahh..."no".. Hey.....we're old...don't know about all these new fangled gadgets.. smile...

 

We're off to the store, with the key phob in hand....

 

Have a wonderful day!!

A Fine Romance and More...

Look what I got a week or so ago, yes, this is Susan Branch's new book A Fine Romance! Falling in love with the English countryside! We (her blog "girlfriends") virtually followed her and Joe as they toured England! It was so exciting to see and hear about their siting's! After they returned home she took her notes (diary of sorts) and sketch's and started working on this wonderful book....day after day..week after week, then soon month after month she worked putting this book together. We kept checking in on her---she would write to us showing bits and pieces on her book. And now...look at it...isn't it just the prettiest thing you've ever seen?? smile..  Soon her and Joe will be heading across the country (from Martha's Vineyard to  Los Angeles..) to do several book signings. We have been encouraged to contact our local independent book stores, tell them about Susan's new book A Fine Romance and ask them to invite Susan for a book signing. Well...you know what I did immediately, I contacted our local book store The Book People! They were very excited about it and hopefully their invitation will be accepted... smile.. I told her about Susan's grandfather Willard, who of course was from right here in Sioux City!! Oh, can you imagine the buzz in our city if Sue and Joe would come here??? Oh...my it's been so hard to contain myself, as I've wanted to share this news on my blog...but as most of you know my laptop died and I was waiting for a new one. Guess what!!! It's here and I am so happy!! I love it!!!

 

Tuesday, our boy went to have his play date at the groomer! I just know he had an amazing day! He was pooped when he got home!

Yesterday our friend Sherry, came up to visit and to clean our house. Well, what a surprise...she walked in the house carrying a  Jello cake!!! Her and her granddaughter whipped it up the night before. Actually they made three, one for her daughter and one for herself (and her husband). It is soooo good...fresh and delicious! I love them because of the lightness and coolness as it comes from the fridge.

Today I finally got to go out for a ride in that clean vehicle...doesn't that dash board shine like a new dime?? I told Tom, I had to be careful as the seat was kind of slick...I might just slide out...lol 

 

My friend Diana stopped by this afternoon and fixed my hair (she is so sweet!) This is funny....she is not really a dog person...but I think Rusty has finally won her over. He laid at her feet as she was sitting on the couch visiting with us...she said "do you want to go home with me?" He just laid there...like "I wuv you!"...smile... We thought we had lost our baby...ha...ha But she left him here when she went home...(thank goodness!)

 

I hope all is going well with you and that this summer weather is treating you good.

more as it happens here in the city....................