A Chilly Day

It was a morning of up early to go get the grandson for the day.  We spent the morning playing inside as it was a brrrr morning.  Once the sun kept peeking out it warmed up to the mid 50’s which i still classified as COLD. 

After lunch Tobster wanted to play outside on his bike so Grandma braved the cold and went outside with him. 

We played outside for about an hour and then Grandma had to go inside to get warm. 
 
After a bit of playing the Tobster fell asleep in the chair and Grandma moved him to the couch. 


This pretty bird showed up at my feeder and he wasn’t happy

The bird couldn’t figure out how to get down where seed was at and he peeked at the plastic and the pic below shows it yelling at the feeder. 
 
I enjoyed watching the bird finally it gave up and flew off

The hummingbirds were glad that bird was gone as he kept chasing them off by flying on their feeders.  I have 2 different hummingbirds
   
One has a white neck and the other has a red stripe around it’s neck
  
We took the Tobster home around 5 PM and then we came home and made an  egg sandwich for dinner.
The rest of our evening was spent watching TV and enjoying the peace and quiet.  We disscussed when we are leaving here and have tossed around heading to Missouri (to our membership park) sometime next week but we need to get there early enough to get a decent spot with a holiday weekend coming up.  We even discussed heading out Sunday.  Right now departure is still in the air.  We’ll have to see what happens.

Where is the beautiful Spring

Brrr I woke up to a cold morning .. geeze what happened to a beautiful spring?  It seems all i do lately is complain about the weather … grrrr  It’s either raining or cold .. what is with the North and not having Spring anymore?  It is either raining, too cold, or 90 degrees .  I remember Spring being beautiful with temps in the mid 70’s to low 80’s and beautiful???

When i left to go do my volunteer duty this morning the kids were just getting up.  I did get up in time to get my dishes done. 

Later in the day a trip to Litchfield to see about getting something to fix the housing for my washer.  I called the company and they can no longer get a new housing so the old one must be welded or something.  I did get the 2 new gaskets ordered that go on the bottom.

Dinner tonight was McDonald’s as i wasn’t in the mood to cook.  The evening was spent inside watching tv and surfing the internet for quilt patters.  I need to make a quilt for my bed.  It’s cold

Will this Day End

Spending time with the grand kids is always fun but it has rained all weekend and being cooped up inside is not much fun.  Although the kids had fun playing in our bedroom.
 
We spent some time watching the birds come and go from the feeders.
It has rained all day long and night long and it doesn’t appear to be an end in site.  We are flooded again.  Hubby looked at my washer later today and it’s not good.  The plate holding the housing in place broke and caused this mess. 
 
So once again i am without a washer/dryer .. ughhh I'm not a happy camper esp with the rain setting in for several days in a row.

Gabe and Kelsey showed up around 7 pm to spend the night .. hubby isn’t a happy camper as he wanted a Sunday night to himself.  I went down to visit Wanda and watch her work on a quilt she is making while the kids went fishing in the rain. 

When i got home the wind had pulled the stakes out of the ground and the awning was flapping .. ughh  i tried to fix it but I'm just not strong enough so Gabe came and helped me get it fixed.  It’s nice having the awning out when it rains but wind is not good on them.  Finally i got to take my shower and get ready for bed.

Oh What a Day it has been.  Have you ever had days where you thought they would never end?  Well for me this is one of those days.  It’s been a long weekend and have I mentioned that I’m sick of rain?

Rainy Day

It rained off and on all night long and this morning it’s still raining.  Nothing heavy but it’s also on the chilly side. 

The birds were enjoying the rain and the feeders
   
I had 2 really pretty yellow and blue finches at my feeders this morning.  I couldn’t get their picture .. they were too fast for me :((

Later a trip to Ace Hardware was needed as my balancer came loose on my washer and had to be fixed before i could finish my laundry today.  Then the grand daughter needed a new toy and some junk food so a trip to Wal-mart was needed.  Ughhh $67 dollars later and we were on our way home.

It’s rained most of the day, so Hailey played with her new Pet Shop toy.

We are beginning to be surrounded by water again

If this rain keeps up were going to be parked in a Lake again

Gabe,  Kelsey and Cayden came to visit. (Cayden is the little boy of Kelsey’s friend)  He enjoyed Grandma’s and Papa’s
 
It’s 9.30 PM and it’s still raining .. ughhh i’m so tired of rain!!

Friday the 13th!

Today has been another beautiful day.  I slept in as today is finally a day off for me.  I got up and got busy getting my home picked up and today i’m going to strip the bed and wash the bed linens.

I had to be in Eldred by 3.15 PM to pick up my grand daughter after school.  Hailey is spending the weekend with us.  She wanted one night by herself without her little brother being here. 

We arrived back home around close to time for dinner.  Hailey rode her bike and we played outside until the rain started.  The rest of the evening was spent inside having fun.

Thursday
It was another day of up early and off to the dentist.  Today was a trip to Jacksonville.  Ughh i will so be glad when these dentist appointments are finished.  The price of diesel their getting expensive.

Some errands were ran after the appointment and then we went out to lunch .. Yep .. Chinese again today.  I can eat Chinese everyday .. I love the stuff.

We got home and then the rest of the evening was spent enjoying a beautiful evening of sitting outside with friends.

Enjoying Grandson

Ughh i had to be up by 5:30 AM to go pick up our little Tobster.  Then it was on to Wood river to  the dentist.  Hubby had to get an x-ray to get approval for his crown.  
 
Then it was back home to enjoy the grandson.  We rode 4 wheelers, played inside as my grandson kept saying it was too hot outside.  Of course Grandma wasn’t complaining.
 
Around alittle after 5 PM his mom called and we headed to meet her.  Then we stopped by McDonalds for their $ menu for dinner.  We had a great time enjoying our grandson but grandma and Papa were ready for some quiet time.  I spent my evening enjoying the great outdoors visiting with neighbors and then it was early to bed.

Happy 50th Birthday Sis

Today my sister Rosie is 50 years old!  Happy Birthday Sis, hope it is a great one.
Today has been a warm day and i spent it doing laundry.  I love having my own washer/dryer in my home.  It is so convenient.  Yes, it takes longer but it’s nice having one in my home.  I find i do laundry most days during the week but hey i keep up with it :))

After dinner friends and fellow campers Gene and Georgia had a fire and we all gathered around for a beautiful evening of enjoying wonderful temps.