A Good Day!

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Tonight I’m using one of Rachel’s photos of one of my balloon flowers. It has been a very good day for several reasons…having Cheryl, Rachel, and Julianna here and it was hair cut day…which is always a very good day for me!  The four of us headed off to do a little shopping. This shopping trip met the wishes of Julianna…she wanted to go to my drugstore that has neat gift items and wanted to go to Hobby Lobby.  Granted her wishes!  Rachel has spent time in the kitchen making us a Mexican meal.  I helped a little…mainly finding pans and utensils that she wanted/needed.  It was a yummy meal.  We are all feeling rather full!  And, I am feeling noticeably sleepier!  Struggling to stay away while writing the blog.  Cheryl is trying to get a photo of me sleeping…her goal on this trip…to get her sister sleeping in as many places as possible.  She missed getting one yesterday and so far for today,  I will get up and move after I post and hopefully wake up!  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Memorial Day 2026

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Sunday Porch Sitting

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Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here!

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Our party of two grew into a party of four around four this afternoon.  Rachel and Julianna joined us.  So far all is simpatico!!  We had supper and they are now sitting on the front porch…all happy because the fireflies are out.  I hadn't seen any this year so far.  So Julianna is claiming responsibility for them appearing this evening after their arrival!  I’m off for some porch sitting and visiting! 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Rainy Day

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Since Cheryl has been here, we have gotten around 2 inches of rain.  So far I haven't emptied the rain gauge so we can see a total of the rainfall while she is here.  Rain is of great interest…especially when one is from AZ…one of the reasons that I enjoy keeping track of rain.  Cheryl is enjoying porch sitting in the rain.  It felt a little chilly to me today.  I just hunted down a long-sleeved t-shirt for this evening.  

Today I finished getting Julianna's room ready.  After I blog, we're heading upstairs to finish up Rachel's room.  I need to move the sewing table out of the room…and maybe dust a little.  They will be here tomorrow night at this time if all goes as planned.  I expect to see them pull in 4:30-5pm tomorrow.

This afternoon, Cheryl and I watched a movie, Remarkably Bright Creatures, with Sally Field.  I had read the book with the Cottey Bookclub so was interested in seeing it…but it is on Netflix and I don’t have Netflix…but Cheryl does so..! I enjoyed it…interesting to see how the book was turned into a movie.  I will say the book was better, but they did a pretty good job with the movie.  We also enjoyed watching the antics of birds and squirrels via the backyard bird cam on my iPad.  The best was the mama feeding her fledgling at the bird feeder.

The rain stopped after we finished the movie, so we headed to Kroger to get a few things for the next week.  It's hard to believe that Cheryl has been here almost a week and that it is time for Rachel and Julianna to join us.  And, it is really hard to believe that 10 days from. I will be on a ship heading to Alaska.  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Fun Day Lunching and Porch Sitting

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Linda H. came over late morning.  We had lunch and a lot of fun visiting both in the house and out on the porch. Thanks to an earlier rain it was quite pleasant on the porch.  Cheryl snapped the above photo of Linda and me in her usual sneaky way!  

It is raining again this evening…at present at a pretty good rate.  Since last night we got about an inch all totaled before dark…more is being added as I type.  We're keeping track of how much rain we get while Cheryl is here…might manage to get more than what she gets in a year in AZ!!!

Tomorrow we will hustle around and do the last minute things to get ready for Rachel's and Julianna's arrival Saturday afternoon. 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Are We Having Fun, Yet?!?

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Tonight's photo collage reflects my sister's sense of humor, warped such as it is!  She gets great pleasure and many laughs from catching me dozing!  Her goal this trip is to catch me dozing in different places around the house.  So far she has gotten me four times…two of those today!  Guess I am getting more tired and less able to keep from dozing when she is around!  Also, I am used to taking naps and haven't taken even one since she has been here.  And, now she won't even let me have a tiny cat nap without giving me a hard time!!  Sisters!!!

We have had a good day.  We worked more on feeding the birds and the birds have started to realize that the feeders are full once again.  They were really flocking around this afternoon…many varieties.  We are also doing a very good job of feeding the squirrels, too.  I had just bought a bird feeder for a cylinder bird seed cake.  The problem was that the feeding pan wouldn't screw on tightly no matter who tried to turn it.  Nathan suggested that perhaps Patrick, Esther's husband, could weld it.  Patrick is in welding school.  Today Nathan brought the feeder back to us all welded.  We didn't put it out this afternoon because there was a threat of rain that really never developed.  We will put it up tomorrow.  

Tomorrow Linda H. is going to join us for lunch and I'm sure for a few laughs and lots of talk and catching up.  Cheryl talked with Rachel a little while ago and we are looking forward to Julianna and her joining us Saturday.  We thought that they were coming in late Saturday, but it looks like they may get here around supper time. So busier times are ahead.  But at least most of my packing woes are behind me.  I have had to take a couple things out of the suitcase…like the camera battery charger…but if I use something that I need to take before we leave, I am putting it right back in the suitcase so I won't forget it. 

Only 12 days till I’ll be cruising…or will it be dozing?!  Something tells me that it may be very easy to sleep on the plane at this end of the trip. 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!