January —Brrrr

The first day of January began with this beautiful sunrise! I love walking through the kitchen in the morning and seeing these beautiful skies. On this particular day I watched (and took pictures) minute by minute as the sun crested the horizon. So meaningful!

The majority of these days have had some really pretty sunrises. I call this the ripple effect. 

A couple days later...here was another one! I also love seeing the yellow lights glowing in my neighbors house as they were getting ready to go to school and work! (That is where my neighbor girl lives that cares for me!) She calls and looks in on me everyday. Plus, she cleans and meal preps for me. That keeps my freezer full. 

Sunday, turned out cold and snowy. We did clean down in the basement. Which was nice, she got it all vacuumed and organized.

Monday was the aftermaths of Sunday’s s now.  Sometime late Sunday night my snow removal people came and cleaned my walks and driveway. At least their happy to see it snow. LOL Tom put this thermometer on this tree many years ago. That way we could out the kitchen window and see how hot or cold it was outside! 

And of course the birds were hitting the feeders hard with the snow and cold.

I haven’t done too much this month—-which I can’t believe is half over already! Went to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned and have a cavity—which I have to get filled in February. I also got a perm that same day! 

It seems I have a lot to do...just takes me much longer to get it done.  How about you? Do you feel you’ve slowed down? Or has the world sped up? 

I got a new computer, as I was using Version 7 which they no longer support or update-sad. So now I have Version 10. It is somewhat different but not too bad.  Seemed like when V-10 came out there were a lot of issues. But hoping they got all the bugs out of it by now!!

"Ms.Winter" is doing good. As always she's great company for me. She loves to play, especially with hair ties. They keep her busy for quite awhile. She loves to play fetch. I throw it and back she comes and drops it right in front of me...smart cat! 

But speaking of Ms.Winter...she is tired and looking at me—like aren’t we going to bed anytime soon? Ha! So....I guess it’s time.

Hope all is well in your little corner of the world.

Bye for now...

Happy Labor Day!

Neighbors flowers

  I sure hope you rested and/or celebrated this  official end of summer holiday!! Tom and his sister went to a memorial for their cousin who passed away a few days ago. He had lung cancer. I stayed home as the memorial was at the deceased's sisters home. We had never been there before, so I wasn't sure how accessible it was. And my hip is still dealing me fits. Turned out to be a good decision. They had it in the house and outside. Plus there wasn't a lot of places to sit etc.

Flowers flourishing in our wheel barrel

This afternoon, I went through some 'old' photos. Have you ever opened an old box and gotten lost in memories?? As I was going through them, I thought "Oh my gosh, I need to look at these through the eyes of my family....who wouldn't recognize so many of these people" and that I need to take some time one day and write on the back who they are. This is something I understand since I look at 'old-old' ones, and if Mom or Grandma hadn't noted who the people were I'd never really know for sure. So....there is another job for another day!! (And, by the way, I didn't find the picture I was looking for!! sad...) 

Closer view of our wheelbarrow flowers
I have been trying to take Tom's pulse to no avail. (I have give kuddo's to the nurses who have to do that everyday!) I either can't find his pulse, or miscount the beats or something. Maybe I'll try it again tomorrow. Thank goodness for blood pressure machines. (Now that I can do...) smile..

 

The other day when we came home, I had Tom stop so I could take a picture of our mums. If these all bloom, can you imagine what they will look like?? Beauty...just waiting to happen!!smile...

 

We 'possibly' have a busy week ahead of us....of course it all depends on how we physically feel. Hope you have a good one!