" Everything is Distorted!"

I can't see very good. Everything is all distorted!!

I was told that I have a bad cable connector!

I knew this day would be coming as everything has looked distorted for some time now but it's getting worse. I had to go to the specialist.

Oh how I was dreading this trip. I was sure they would tell me there was nothing that could be done.

Everything I see looks like this...

All of your pretty faces, flowers and grandbabies, everything, looks funky, purple, pink and green. So I went for a check-up. 


Thank goodness the news wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It is just a faulty screen cable connector in my computer screen.


BIG SIGH OF RELIEF!!!!


So I will take it in tomorrow as the part came in today. I will however be without my computer for awhile. I will be able to use my daughter's but I most likely won't be using it as much as I do my own.


I like to read everyone's posts in the morning so I will try to still do this. However if for some reason I do not visit you for a couple of days or so, you will know why.


I wanted to thank everyone for the wonderful ideas for the rusty toolbox I bought to use as a planter.


I have decided what I am going to do with it and have already bought the flowers. When I come back I will post my little creation!!!


So don't worry about me my friends. My own connectors may be a little faulty as well as my computers, but I'll get by!!


See you soon, HUGS....

" To Paint or Not to Paint , I Need Some Ideas."

So today I was just so darned bored. I had planned on playing outside but the weather wasn't cooperating with my plans.

What to do, what to do ?

Oh I know! I shall drag my husband and my daughter's boyfriend to the local salvage/junk shop.

Boy was it filled with junk! I was excited. I also found something and I want some ideas.

It's an old "Craftsman" tool box that I am going to turn into a planter. I am going to drill some holes in the bottom for drainage but after that I'm at a loss.

I could use some idea's. I could leave it rusty for the rustic look. I can paint it, then maybe paint some flowers on it. I'm just not sure and I thought someone out there might have a better or different idea. 

So put your thinking caps on folks. I open to suggestions. What do you think?

" A Few Pleasantries "

Today is a special one for me. On this very day, 34 years ago, my beautiful baby boy came into this world! I was six days away from my 20th birthday.

I wanted this baby so much. He was all I had dreamed of since I was very young. Frank is a wonderful man. A hard worker. He's been with the same company for 15 years. Or is it 17, my how time flies!

I am very proud to call him my son. And very proud of the life and family that he has made for himself.

Frank doesn't read my blog, at least I don't think he does. You could say he's a bit like his mother in so far that he is always busy working. If not on the job, then at home.

Anyway I still wanted to say that I love him and wish him a Happy Birthday!

I've been amazed at the beauty of the blooms in my yard. I went outside this evening and took a few photos. The colors are beautiful.

And this is what I worked on this morning.

Step 1...

Step 2...

Step 3...

It took me 2 hours and 15 min. I would have liked to use actual weed barrier but had to settle for the newspapers. Which is fine it just doesn't last as long. 

There are a few Easter Lilies in there and some other unidentified flower. I've found quite a few unidentified flowers this year. I planted several perennials around the yard last year before the knee surgery and I didn't bother to record the in my garden journal. So I will have a few surprises this summer!!

We are expecting rain the next couple of days but I am hoping to get some more work done in the yard this weekend. The lawn mower died last week so we get to go lawn mower shopping.

I'm so excited, not!

So how does your garden grow?

Hi Folks...

Wow I just looked at the date of the last time I posted. A little over a month. I knew that it had been awhile but didn't realize that it had been a whole month!

Actually I am really not in the mood to post but thought that I should or I might never come back.

I have been very busy, what with this early spring and beautiful weather that we've had but really that isn't the main reason for me not being here.

All that I can really say is that the dynamic of my immediate family has changed recently. I guess you could say that it is a big change but I don't feel right exposing things right now. And "No" , my Katie ISN'T pregnant!

None the less getting things settled and trying to find some sort of normality with the situation has put us on edge. Decisions had to be made rather quickly and lets face it, do we ever know if we are doing the right thing when we make a decision?

We aren't sure if we made the right decision or not but when it comes down to your gut feeling of what is right and wrong, I guess we felt we did the right thing. Only time will tell.

We are flying on a wing and a prayer right now. My Faith is still quite strong. I do believe this situation is happening for a reason unknown to me as yet.

So for right now I am just telling myself "One Day at a Time."

Prayers from my friends would be most appreciated.

Here's hoping that the next time I come back, we will feel like we are more solid ground. Until then, I'll be seeing you. 

Post Scrip: I apologize for this post being a bit difficult to read. I will work on that when I have time and the time just isn't not right now!!

" Blog Break Alert !!"

Isn't it funny how us Bloggers always alert one another when we're going to take a break? It just goes to show, in my opinion, what a great medium Blogging is. I've met so many wonderful people through Blogging over the past four years. A  few whom I have grown very fond of. You all know who you are!!

Anyway I have been so busy as of late and I don't see it ending within the next week. I went back to my cleaning job today and felt wonderful. I also saw my surgeon after that for a follow up visit. Told her what I did and that I've been riding four miles a day now on my bike. She was very impressed. As am I.

I have been doing so much though with Kate being sick and all. My granddaughter will be here Saturday to spend the night with me and grandpa. My DIL is feeling just horrible and I feel helpless as I know what she is going through.

On top of all of that I forgot that I had work at church to do this week so I ran there in between cleaning and the Dr. appointment. Tomorrow I have to take the dog to the vet, go back to church and run a billion errands. Wow, I'm already tired just thinking about it and the weekend isn't here yet.

I am one BUSY BEE !!

I have some things to take care of next week so I don't know if I'll be able to get to the computer much if at all.

If I am able to, I will visit everyone then.

Until next time, I wish you all a world of happiness.

Love Di ♥

" Well I Finally Did It."

It only took me four years but I finally redid my Blog all by myself!! This is not a big deal to most of you but I've always been a bit nervous about it.

I'm not too sure that I will keep this background. I was just experimenting to see how I'd do. For me this is a major accomplishment. Now that I have familiarized myself a bit with the process, I will probably experiment some more.

Well you learn something new everyday they say. I suppose that's true. Now guess what else I did?

Yesterday I weeded in my backyard. Believe it or not, we've had such a mild winter that the weeds were already taking over my flowerbed. Which already has Hyacinths, Daffodils and Easter Lilies coming up in it.

I do believe this is the first time in the 13 years we've been in this house, that I've weeded in February! That's just crazy! It was sunny and warm though and I had a little chat with God. He's always with me especially when I'm weeding.

It was as a result of the weeding that I found the Hyacinth. Surprise!! So I actually got about one-one thousandth of the yard done yesterday!!

My Daughter-in-Law came home from the hospital today. She's still a bit out of it but my son is taking good care of her and the kids. She is sleeping and recovering as I type this.

My daughter Katie is sick. I'm quite sure she got it from me. I took her to the doctor today. So we are both on Antibiotics now. Poor kid, I know exactly how she feels. I'm taking good care of her though, it's what I do best besides clean!!

Oh I almost forgot, before I sign off here, I rode my bike for four miles today, in 25 minutes! I'm getting closer to my goal of five miles a day, five to six days a week by April. Not bad, not bad at all!!

" Shame On You ABC "

O.K. so we all know that I'm not the most intelligent woman in the world, thank God for spell-check! And I don't really like to discuss politics or religion on my Blog although I have never kept the fact that I am a Christian a secret.

I swear. Curse. I always have. I swear more than my husband or most truckers for that matter. I am trying my best to tone it down but it's sometimes difficult to get rid of lifelong habits. As a matter of fact I am going to put some bad words in this post so if you are at all bothered by this, look away.

Now.

I have been a bitch at times in my life. I have also come across a few, well more than a few, bitches and bastards in my life. With that said I can honestly tell you that as I age and mature

(Yes I am still maturing) I have been trying really, really hard to become a better Christian. 

The more that I read the Bible, the more inner peace I feel.

It's that simple. I'm pretty simple, although my husband may disagree with this statement. With this being said,

I , the woman who tries to avoid controversy on her blog, Have something to say.

I am very disappointed in the title of the new television show   on ABC called "GCB". If you haven't heard of this show because you don't watch as much television as I do because you are more intelligent than I am, "GCB" stands for,

Good Christian Bitches.

I just have to say that I am very disappointed in you ABC.

I believe in freedom of religion. I believe that you can curse if you want when needed. Remember, I'm trying hard to work on this bad habit. I'm not perfect and God knows it.

But, and here it comes, I feel insulted by the title of this show for several reasons. Correct me if I'm wrong here but isn't ABC a parent company of Disney? Or vice versa. Doesn't this mean that they are supposedly a "Family" network?

Isn't the majority of North America Christian? And I'm not sure on this one but I'm guessing that there are a lot of women in their viewing audience. Am I the only one that feels insulted here?  I know, I know, it's all in good fun right?

But it bothers me. It bothers me so much that I will not watch this new show. I won't even give it a try. And I wonder why they haven't developed a show entitled,

"Great Atheist Assholes".

I wonder how that would go over. Or how about,

"Wonderful Muslim Bastards"? Do you think that Atheists or Muslims would stand still for that?

I don't think so. 

ABC, what the hell were you thinking?