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KETO BROWNIE

Serious Coffee Drinker Turns 38.

Her gift from us were Coffee Beans from Guymon, Oklahoma 

and baby pictures of her turning one.

http://www.urbanbru.cafe/

Gag Gift from us were scripts from childhood plays 

she participated in.  "You kept these?"

Shaking my head yes.

Her Hubby grilled hamburgers.

THINK she had a nice birthday.

We enjoyed celebrating.

Love,

MOM

WE BROUGHT THE ICE CREAM.

NOTHING KETO ABOUT IT.

Happy To Be HOME

~ETHAN ALLEN ARTIFICIAL HYACINTH IN VASE~
I LUV 'EM!  TEMPTED

Sweet fragrance drifts into the Living room through the screened-in porch.  Purple Hyacinths along the sidewalk by the porch.  We didn't know they were there until they popped open with purple blooms.  This Spring day was welcomed as a SUMMER one.  Temps in the mid 80s.

Oh so awesome with the car windows down as I drove to my medical appointment.  I made it through the ultrasound and will know more come next week after the doctor looks at the pics.  I know I have fibroid tumors and have kept an eye on them for years.  A walking medical story.

Back to the Hyacinths.  They are lovely.  I drove to the Kansas State University Gardens today to see what had bloomed.  Tulips are starting to appear along with daffodils fading.  Their Iris leaves are full and tall.  LOOK HEALTHY.  Mine aren't since we relocated them last year.  I don't expect many blooms as they need a year or so to get established.  Will take what decides to bloom in May.

Six years ago our Irises bloomed six weeks early.  It was wonderful to have an early Spring.  These flowers were used to decorate the Reception table at my Mom's 80th birthday.  Fond memories.  This year will be different for sure as it already is.

TODAY I worked on THANK YOUs, banking receipts, THRIFT STORE stop, made my way to Manhattan for appointment,  drive thru Garden, Coffee BREAK with Hubby, short stop at Aldi's, HOME, unloaded, supper, resting and enjoying the sweet fragrance drifting into the room.      

OH HAPPY DAY.....tomorrow is Friday and I will have quiet time to myself.  The Living room floor will get dusted, then vacuumed!!!  Let it happen.  I needs a clean HOUSE.

Can't stand the dust that has settled in my HOME.

I did laugh when I read this:

I am HAPPY to be HOME,

d

More Plez.....

Sooooooo tired this evening.  My day was busy, but I think the TIREDS are hitting me due to a busier last few days catching up with me.  Maybe I overdid the adrenaline rush.   I just about cannot take it when my body feels like it is going to shake to the ground.  Rubbery legs.  Ever been there?

Caught up on going thru the mail, read the newspaper, thumbed thru a couple of new magazines, sorted thru medical papers, sipped some PERO, wrote out more THANK YOUs, addressed envelopes, snacked on Sun chips.  Washed a few dishes and put a few things away.  Cleaned up and went for a drive.  MOST of this was all sitting.  Little walking.

SPRING temperatures were in the low 80s!  Took a drive to Alma.  Took a drive to Manhattan.  Went to Dollar General, chatted with my Daughter and Grand-daughter.  Met up with my Honey, had supper and got a bad case of rubbery legs.  Time to relax and sit some more.  My mind is running in high gear.  Much to do.  My mind can run.  My legs cannot.  Vitamins?

SLOW IT DOWN A NOTCH.  Tomorrow is a new day.  I hope to get my hair professionally shampooed and flat ironed.  More time sorting medical papers.  Then another bag of misc. papers to go thru.  The Living room awaits a thorough cleaning.    

THURSDAY already.  
Ready to be walking outdoors and breathing some fresh air.

Going looking for some geraniums.  Then the oversized plant pots I have will have to be sanitized.  I probably won't put the geraniums outside until May.  Kansas has a way of surprising the peeps with cold snaps.  Oh snap.

A light breeze is drifting indoors through the opened french doors.  This is pleasant and long waited for.  More plez...I could just about fall asleep.  Drift off to sleep.  Eye lids are heavy.  Sweet dreams.  More plez.

Do you deliberately do seasonal cleaning?

NO LUCK ON THE MOP SHOPPING.  For heaven's sakes.  

It's got to be easier than this.

Can I get a witness?  

Plez.....

d

  

Can Anyone Spell HOUSEWIFE?

H as in helper
O as in outstanding 
U as in universal
S as in superwoman
E as in ernest
W as in wonderful
I as in important
F as in fantastic
E as in efficient

HOUSEWIFE might be better spelled as HOMEMAKER.  
Keeper of the HOME. 

I am on the hunt for an old fashion dust mop.  Not having any luck finding one like I want.  It is suppose to be 80 degrees Wednesday.  Like Summer.  This would be a great day to go looking for a mop.  YEP...a mop.  

May have to try something different to get the job done.  Waalahhh...she's done.  Only if.

TRAVELING to Marion to visit my dear Mom, 
I drove alone and had a peaceful trip.  Went to help celebrate her birthday.  Her birthday gift was to be a meal out at CRACKER BARREL.  

https://crackerbarrel.com/

I had to about twist her arm to go to CRACKER BARREL as she thought it was too far.  We went to visit my eldest brother on her birthday and invited him to come along.  She changed her mind and decided CRACKER BARREL it was.

We had a delicious lunch, checked out a new Goodwill store, went to Wal-Mart, Mennonite Et Cetera Shop and Dollar General.  Took Brother HOME then went back to Mom's place.  Spent the night on a very comfy air mattress.  I watched late night tv before getting sleepy.    

Next day the RETIREMENT COMMUNITY she lives in had a Birthday Party for her.  ATE CAKE with pink lemonade.  Skipped the ice-cream.  Returned HOME.  Outside of Fort Riley there was a incident where the traffic was bumper to bumper at 5 mile an hour.  The news stated that there was a large pothole that was being fixed.  Detour.

It took close to an hour to get through that area and when I finally got closer to HOME a TURKEY walked out in front of my traveling car.

Thought I was going to hit it when the big bird took to flight.  That was interesting to have happen.  It's not everyday a TURKEY struts in front of my car.  grins.   

"What does a pothole and a turkey 

have in common?"

N O T   S U R E....maybe slow down and enjoy the ride.

I was glad to get back HOME.  Will REST tonight.  Tomorrow I have to get a dust mop.  I've been looking for one for a while and no luck finding one.  The kind I'm looking for just AINT DARE ANYMORE.  Next to impossible to get the old style that I'm use to using.  WHERE ARE YOU?  A thing of the past and disappointed.  

Like when I went looking for photo albums...I was in the twilight zone looking for a foreign item that no one knew what I was looking for...WAT DAT?

    http://blog.mollymaid.com/2014/03/03/how-to-clean-wood-floors-best-dust-mops/ 

~JUST A LITTLE HELP~

SPRING CLEANING CONTINUES.

IT WILL BE PLEASANT TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED.

I NEED TO BE HOME AND GET 'ER DONE.

ONE ROOM AT A TIME.

ONE ROOM,

d

Achievements Celebrated

Continuing on organizing papers from the past.  Made progress and yet I have so much more to do.  Ongoing.  By late afternoon I was falling asleep in my chair snoozin'.   Hubby said he'd make Cajun Chicken for Supper as I napped.  I had to say yes.

Having strep has made me tired especially today...so I napped waking to a delicious supper of Cajun Chicken, Spicy Rice and Green Beans with Bacon.  Iced Tea to drink.  This Cajun Chicken recipe was discovered a few weeks ago on the Military Diet print-out.  We really liked it.  Wanted to add to our favorites.  

After Supper I returned to sorting papers and decided to blog for a break.  Refreshing.  I feel a great deal better than I did Wednesday with the antibiotics working quickly relieving a sore throat and tender neck.  The fatigue took me by surprise.

With illnesses one has to be flexible about the chores.  They are ongoing as well.  I sound like a broken record when it comes to wanting the chores caught up.  I'm not sure this one will be a best seller or on the top ten list.  

Hubby worked today in the carriage house shuffling to make room to park the better car in it.  There is a lovely wooden table out there that I would like to have refinished to use in the Living room.  I have ideas about placing it in the middle of the room with flowers in a crystal vase sitting on it.  If this materializes there will be pics.

Today, I thought about wall colors for the Living room and imagined what style of draperies will be hung.  There seems to always be something to think about.  At least this is a lovely thought.  Lovely.  Making HOME a welcoming and clean place.  

Husband and I went to our favorite Restaurant, HARRY's last Wednesday to celebrate several important things, employment, payment to credit card company and a car.

He has worked at the same place for 19 years.  This is a hallelujah.  19 years of steady employment in a unstable world.  A job well done.  It hasn't been without sacrifice.  He has learned a great deal and gone through much.  He is looking forward to the day when he can paint.  The Art Studio is in the works.      

During this time of his employment we have lived in 5 different houses.  5.  He hopes to retire in a few years as we are taking steps in preparations for retirement.  Only God really knows, but we are striving to be ready when the day comes.  

This year is the year that we continue to thin out clutter, lighten the load.  Papers in order.  Books, movies and music thinned out.  Clothing thinned out.  Dishes down sized.  Christmas decorations thinned out.  Nic-nacs gone through.  Arts and crafts supplies down sized.  Old magazines gone.  Everything like bedding and towels accounted for.  There's more.  Getting a new list and pictures of belongings a must.  A diary.  

ALSO WE CELEBRATED that we sent a check to pay off the majority of a credit card that we have had an account with for many years.  We paid leaving a small balance so that we would receive a statement showing the large payment on the statement.  I have paid off credit cards before leaving a zero balance and the company did not send a final statement with zero balance showing the pay off.  I like having an actual paper copy of the paid off bill for my records.  SO there will be another paper statement come in next month with this good news of this credit card about to be zeroed out.  A weight off our shoulders.  Take a deep breathe and sigh.  It will be best to owe no man anything...but love.  We have a ways to go to be completely out of debt.  Then we will celebrate in a big way.

WE WERE HAPPY TO INHERIT my Husband's Parents car.  Another nice thing to celebrate as our autos are old...this one is a 2006.  Not new but newer than we have.    

OUR DINNER OF CELEBRATION.  First Bread rolls with Butter was served.  I had Tomato Basil Soup.  Hubby had salad.  Wished I had lifted a spoonful of this soup for a picture as it was loaded with thick vegetables.  Tasty and warm going down my sore throat.  It did soothe the discomfort.  Medium Well DONE Filet Mignon on a bed of Smashed Potatoes and Beets.  WE SPLIT A DESSERT as well.  Dessert indeed.  Chocolate Chip Cheesecake.  Water to drink then Coffee with cream.  A quiet evening together to visit and dine in a beautiful, dimly lit Dining room celebrating achievements.

Lovely evening,

d

   

Out Of Africa On A Cold Evening

THE NIGHT crept in as it snowed on this cold April day.  Slowly it became night with our wooden floor cold under our feet.  A large area rug will be placed over the floor soon.  I am on the hunt.    

Yesterday, we celebrated our Daughter's 38th birthday on their backyard deck eating grilled Hamburgers and Keto Brownies.  Sipping Sprite.  The beautiful Spring weather would later disappear on Friday with early morning chilly wind becoming a chilly Friday.  The day she was born was on a Saturday which was the day before Easter at the time with next to perfect weather.  So pleasant with a baby in my arms. 

She blew out candles and retreated indoors as night came.  Singing Happy Birthday out of tune, but that didn't matter.  We were happy to be singing to her.  She opened a few presents with a smile on her pretty face.  To think my baby turned 38 makes time stand still.  I gave her photographs of when she turned one year old.  She wore a frilly sherbet orange dress her Grandmother had sewn her.  Her curly hair was brown and she was a chunky child that took her first steps that day before her two Grandmothers witnessing her first steps.

Her Grandmothers were not present this birthday, but I was and I'm a Grandmother these days.  

Today, I worked at writing out bills and remembered that I needed to go to Town to make a bank stop.  Needing postage stamps, I circled the block driving to the Post Office.  I've been writing Thank-you notes for my Father-In-Laws Memorials, flowers and plants which needed mailed.  The wind was biting and I had thoughts about Spring.

Next stop was the City building to pay this month's utility bill early, then the phone bill.  Onto Manhattan to take care of business.  I met up with my Husband at the Doctor's office where I was yesterday getting my throat swabbed because I thought I had strep throat and indeed I did.  While he was at the Doctor's I went a head and went to TARGET.  I ate absolutely no candy for Easter and craved Cadbury creme eggs.  50% off and a chocolate treat to curb that craving.

A mint green handbag came HOME with me as I justified that I didn't buy an Easter dress this year and the purse was a bargain compared to what I would have spent on a fancy dress.  Hopefully I will come across shoes somewhere that match my new handbag.  Then a dress will make a appearance.  Mint green.  Nice Spring color to wear.  

I went to the Coffee Shop to touch base with my Husband who had a Latte waiting for me.  We chatted and munched on a blueberry muffin.  We split it.  Talked about going to look at computers at the Student Union to replace the ones I lost in the house fire.  After seeing what they had, we went to Best Buy but didn't buy.  Better deal at the Student Union.  Returned.  Bought.  We saw.  We conquered.

Came HOME for left-over spaghetti for a Friday night Supper.  It was tastier today then the first go round.  Watching OUT OF AFRICA.  1985 in Omaha was the first time we watched it on the big screen.  The soundtrack became a favorite.  I'm not sure where the tape is these days.  I suppose we could find a newer version to listen to.  The music was so beautiful.

I'll be watching the movie again and taking snap shots of the clothing that Meryl Streep wore that were designed by Milena Canonero.  

Milena was noted for the rugged but sensual safari styles of ''Out of Africa,''  clothing.  

This has been an active week.  I am looking forward to the week-end.  I shall take time to sort through more papers as I group and gather receipts with past statements of days gone by.

WHEN WILL IT END?  I am thriving to have order once again as the house fire and the move seriously disturbed the order of things I once had.  I admire order.  

This week-end I wish to have a clean Living room.  Shall it be?  Shall see.  

Shall see,
d      

    

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Happer Birtday

Happy Birthday Dear Daughter!

Have a blessed one and many more.

LOVE YOU,

Mom

Grand Time

 With Love,

d