MOTHER'S 93rd birthday was April 9th. I was late getting her card and gift mailed to her due to not going to the Post Office while babysitting. I called her early to wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to let her know I had not forgotten her, but her card was mailed late and she probably won't receive it until Saturday or so.
I'll have flowers delivered to her for Mother's Day in May this year. 🌷Think I'll get them earlier than the actual day. Something cheery and bright.
Happy Birthday, MOM. She's my mentor and beautiful example of what a momma should be. God love her.
OUR WEDNESDAY WAS OFF TO A GREAT START as the weather was beautiful for a SPRING DAY. The lilac bush out the Kitchen window has bloomed like we have never seen. Gorgeous to look at. The heavenly fragrance is in the air as I cut some clippings to have the house. I used a metal waste can to hold the clippings and sat the container on the dining room table. They bloomed early this year. What a sweet treat for an old woman.
Wanting some of the fragrance to be indoors was what I was aiming for. I figure the blooms will be around for a week. I look forward to the blooming of the lilacs each year. Oh, how I love them. A favorite since I was a young child that lived at a place where we had a nice size bush in the back yard.
I knew that after I got HOME today from our TOPEKA trip that I needed to get some clippings before the weather ruins them.
We headed out around 11 to make a trip to QUEST DIAGNOSTIC for the both of us to get some labs done to check our TSH and iron levels. The last few days, I have been over heating and getting too HOT for comfort. This happens when my TSH is too high. Thought I needed to get our TSH levels checked along with iron. Iron deficiencies can cause heart palpitations and Hubby's heart has gone through a period of weird palpitations. Who would have thunk it.
Waiting for the results. Think they will come in tomorrow. Also I learned that when you have a ZINC deficiency it causes high blood pressure. Taking an ACE Inhibitors medications cause zinc deficiencies. hummmmm.
After our labs we went to the EARLY WATCH for a Purple Haze Lemonade then to the Chinese Restaurant so Hubby could have Chinese food as he was craving it. I agreed as he has finished our INCOME TAXES and as his reward he got CHINESE. I went relatively easy on the food. I usually get CRAB RAGOON as a treat. Small amount of Honey Chicken and General Tso's Chicken. Long green beans and a few noodles. Water to drink. Potatoes and steamed Broccoli. A thin slice of watermelon, two slices of oranges, a few pineapple chunks and I splurged on chocolate pudding. This was so good.
GOD's STOREHOUSE was on the agenda. My win of the day was a LONGABERGER MEDIUM MARKET BASKET that was marked $22.00 but rang up for $2. Hubby told the clerk that it was marked $22 and she said that the price tag was hard to read and she'd give it to us for $2. I was well pleased with her decision to sell the basket for $2. There was a day when I COULD NOT AFFORD LONGABERGER BASKETS, but over the years I have purchased many for discounted prices. It thrills me when I get a very well made LONGABERGER BASKET for little of nothing. It's a thrill.
I bought some stickers for a dollar. A pair of pretty earrings, a book about remedies for old people, a couple of doll magazines. A few knick knacks and off I went.
MICHAELS was on the agenda and then a STARBUCK'S unsweetened iced green tea. When I saw the GOING OUT OF BUSINESS sign on the JOANN's store I grieved and stopped in to see if they had any black and white Buffalo checked material for Kitchen curtains. None. Off we drove through St Marys and got another shocking sight that the little store I adore was gone being replaced by another shop. Gulp. Just like that, it is gone. Kaput.
I was saddened, but decided to embrace the change. It happens. On we drove to pay our phone bill and drop off a letter in the mail in Wamego and looked at their gorgeous tulips for their Tulip Festival this week-end.
It looks like this year's festival will be a pleasant one with the weather being gentle for the tourist.
They do not go overboard on their tulips which seems odd to me for a Tulip Festival.
Onward to our HOME in a different community. Unloaded the car and took clippings of our lilacs. Tired now. Feet up and chest out.
I have a very serious letter to write my middle son. I have been thinking on what the letter should say. Sometimes things do not go as planned and it is difficult to talk. This is one of those times. I'll need God's help with this one.
The week is getting away from me. The KITCHEN is in need of a deep cleaning for SPRING. I'll play it by ear and hopefully not get anxious about the messes. I'm still having issues with where to put the spices. Major cleaning out of the cabinets is needed. Not sure how I can turn loose of more things in the KITCHEN. Ouch. I purchased some more cloth storage boxes for potatoes and onions. I still have to find a neat place for small bags of this and that.
In the near future, I will need to clean out my old antique desk and actually use it for a desk. I am truly a slob when it comes to being organized. It's an area of life that I am working on to improve. Tweaking away.
Lord have mercy. God took chaos and turned it into order. I need to do the same.
Summing it up...Happy Birthday to my Mom, TAXES are done for another year and we owe some money, God's favor on writing a serious letter, success in deep cleaning the Kitchen and patience in waiting on the lab work.
