WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING

Hello, friends!  Did you miss me?  I had some problems with my computer.  It is still giving me some trouble, but I think I can get this post finished.

This has been an interesting week.  On Monday I got sick.  Very sick.  I think it was some kind of a stomach virus.  I decided the best thing for me was to stay home and not go to the Nursing Home.  So I drove Joe over to church so that he could get a ride with Pastor and Rick and then came home.  Later Monday Joe also got sick.  We ended up sleeping instead of eating dinner which was probably the right thing to do.  By the next day we were both feeling better but not completely well.

Tuesday I cancelled Bible Study and spent the day watching TV and sleeping.

Wednesday Joe cancelled evening Bible Study.  He still wasn't feeling 100%.  I got up at 5:30 a.m. and left at 6:30 a.m. to go have an ultrasound.  The sun was just coming up when I left.

There was quite a bit of traffic, but it was moving so that wasn't a problem.  I was told to get there at 7:00 a.m. and I got there at 6:58 a.m.

I was able to get a handicapped parking space right across from the entrance.

I was a little nervous about the test, but I had a really nice tech take care of me who even had me laughing.  Her name was Angelica and she was from Russia.  So very kind and nice to me.

I left the hospital at 8:40 a.m. and headed home.  But by this time it was really rush hour with people heading to center city (the same direction I was going) and the traffic was terrible.  It took me 40 minutes to go 7 miles.  A lot of the time I just sat there.

I took the last picture while I was sitting still.  NEVER take a picture while you are driving!  I was about half-way home at this point.  I was very happy to get home and ended up just relaxing the rest of the day.  I must admit I didn't feel all that well after I had to drink 16 oz. of water for the last part of the test.

Thursday I finally felt well enough to get out of the house.  I just went to Wawa to get something for lunch but it felt good to be outside.  I also started cleaning the living room.  It is a big job but at least I made a start.

Yesterday I continued with my cleaning.  It was trash day and a lot of things went out in the trash and recycling.  I did so much and I look around and it looks like I did nothing.  *sigh*  There's just so much more to do.  But at least I am working on it.

I will continue on today.  It is supposed to get up to 75*F (24*C) and be sunny so I want to spend some time outside.  And I want to finish up my kitchen counters.  But I also have to type up the church bulletin and a poster for our next Saturday matinee.  So we will see how much actually gets done.

Here's a few pictures I haven't shown you from last week.

I didn't get to see the super moon.  There were too many clouds.  But I did get to see it online.

I got myself a shamrock donut at Wawa.  It was really good.

And I found a cute wreath for St. Patrick's Day at Target. I paid $3 for this in their Dollar Spot.

And lastly, here's my baby Jack taking a nap.  He's a sweet cat even if he does have his moments.

And with that I am going to end and get some sleep.  Hope you all have a good weekend.

Kathy

MONDAY MAGAZINE

Hello, friends!  I hope you are all having a wonderful Monday -- the start to a new and exciting week.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to teach Sunday School to two sweet little twin girls.  They are two years old.  I wasn't prepared to teach but found all kinds of things for Noah's Ark and taught them that.  They were so good.  I had a game of "What Animal is This?" with some animal pictures, gave a very short lesson, had them color some pictures, play with a magnetic farm animal game and then got out the Playskool Noah's Ark which they took to the floor and had the animals all over the place.  I figured their attention span wasn't too long so had lots for them to do.  When their mom came to get them, she asked if they had fun.  They both yelled "YES!"  I told them my name was Miss Kathy and asked if they could say that.  One of them said (rather loudly I might add), No!  Their parents are doing church planting for our denomination.  I haven't seen them for a long time and have never met their girls although I did send them a gift when they were born.
Today I want to show you a magazine I finished last week.  This is the March 2003 issue of Country Home.

This was an interesting issue and I finished it much quicker than I expected to.  Of course a lot of the things they mention to do is not possible in our house and on our budget.  But it does inspire one to get rid of the clutter.  Light and airy looks for spring... rooms to relax in...  I would love to have my rooms look like those.  It says to simplify your style but I would like to simplify my life.  I'm getting way to old to deal with a lot of the things I do.

But let me show you the back page.  It's my favorite page in this magazine.

The caption reads:  Cow Town -- Photograph by Brad Simmons.  At Janie and Dick DeGuerin's 150-acre Texas farm, they call it springtime when the first longhorn calf is born.  "We know it's spring when instead of listening to frogs and coyotes at night," Janie says, "we hear newborn calves calling to their mothers."

All newborn animals are adorable and this calf is no exception.

Have a great day everyone.

Kathy