Pet Peeves

1.   People who are mean to children and animals.

2.   People who are inconsiderate and rude.

3.   People without manners.  This could be a long list.  But let me just condense this to some guidelines:  say "please", say "thank you!" - the lack of this one really upsets me.  Say "excuse me", and for Heaven's sake respond when someone talks to you!

4.   Robocalls.

5.   People who don't take care of their property and let their house and yard look like they've been abandoned.

6.   People who don't use their turn signals or who drive too close, and who ignore the yield and stop  signs.

7.   Trucks on the road when I am.  And yes, I know they have a job to do and are important.  I have my reasons.

8.   Younger people who think and act like older people don't have any importance or worth.  You could learn a lot.  How do you think they got to be old?????

9.   Networks that cancel our favorite shows.

10.  People in too big of a hurry.  Slow down.  Relax.  It won't kill you to put down your phone and acknowledge someone.

This could go on and on, but I'll stop here.  You get the drift.

Stay safe and have a good day.  Thank you!

Good News!

BeyB is officially a Senior!  And accepted into the nursing classes for her Senior year in addition to her regular classes.  She's happy and excited.  And she's going to be busy!

Bikini has several quilts in the Atlanta Quilt show and she got an honorable mention ribbon for one!  And has sold one at the consignment sale there.  Here's the ribbon winner:

Stay safe!

We May Need Naps

Golfer had a colonoscopy this morning.  As we all know, the prep is the worst of it.  The second round of liquid prep started at 3:30 a.m. and he stayed up.  I dozed a little off and on after that.  The good news is the doctor did not find anything he had to work on and no new issues.  Golfer is good for five years before the next one.  Since he's not supposed to do anything except rest for the remainder of the day, that is what we're doing.

We did stop at Starbucks on the way home and I went in to get coffee for us and a breakfast sandwich for him.  It was too early for lunch then.

It's a sunny, hot and humid day here.  The grass is green, the hydrangeas are blooming in multi colors, the lilies are about to bloom.  Life is good.  We just heard from the garden center.  They are finally coming next week to replace the dying azalea they planted for us last Fall.  I had asked them to bring another one to plant out front by the driveway to replace the one that did not survive the Winter, too.  I told the lady to just send us the bill.  She said they will bring both Encore azaleas next week and won't charge us for the second one since it took so long for them to get the dead one replaced.  I was surprised and thanked her!

We have had our cordless house phones for quite a few years and it seems they are suddenly dying off.  A few weeks ago one of them started beeping and the battery was dead.  We always keep them on the chargers, so I checked it out and the charger definitely did not work.  So I moved them around and put another one in that spot.  Yesterday we discovered another did the same thing.  We've ordered new phones.

Better go see if Golfer is napping.  He's in his recliner in front of the TV.  :)

Stay safe!

Happy Birthday, Nurse J!

Love you!  xo

Pretty Flowers

Our friend, Elaine, has a gorgeous flower arrangement at her front door in Myrtle Beach.  She also has a lovely yard and many, many  beautiful flowers outside.  I asked where she got the arrangement and she took me to the store.  These are not just the usual silk flowers.  They look and feel like real flowers.  The only thing missing is the scent!  Elaine helped me pick out the right blooms to make an arrangement.

It took me a while to find just the right "vase" for a large arrangement.  But I finally did and I got ready to be artistic.   I had fun!  I think they look good.

And while I was at it, I made a small arrangement for the kitchen table.

I have told the furry kids to leave everything alone and not to touch.  We'll see how that works out.

Stay safe!

My Eyes! My Eyes! What Is That Bright Light??

Hurray!  We've had some sun!  And some outside activity!

I finally got Kirk to the car wash and he is all nice and clean inside and out.  Then I tackled some yard clean-up.  Got a bag full of stuff I picked up, pulled up, trimmed off, etc.  It looks better  now, and I am happier.  Golfer did the rest of the yard work today, mowing, trimming, and edging, and also cleaned the garage floor.  My next project out there will be to scrub the porch and do the windows.

But not today.  Today was furry kid nail trimming and combing and brushing.  As usual I got three of the four done.  :)   Will do Cecil soon.  Then there was vacuuming and meal prep and clean-up, and a trip to the "Y".  And some flower arranging.  Look for more on that later.

Having the sun out brings memories of the beach.  So here's me on our balcony in Garden City, SC.

Stay safe!

Wet and Soggy

Well.  We are certainly making up for all the beautiful beach vacation weather we had last week.  It has been raining off and on all week here.  Sometimes we've had heavy rain with thunder and lightening.  Everything is wet and soggy.  I need some sun.

Other than the yard work which we haven't even been able to start,  we're caught up after being away.  When we can get outside to do some work, there are weeds, tall grass, some trimming, and some window washing to do.  Oh, and Kirk (the MDX) still needs a good cleaning.

Because of the rain, there has been no golf this week.  Golfer has been busy though, we went and bought a new computer.  After the Best Buy/Lenovo fiasco, we went to a local company, Cyber Exchange.  It's owned by a woman who employs very nice, smart, rather geeky young men.  The ones we dealt with were long on patience and took the time to explain things and answer questions.  They build the computers there and we could have had one custom built for us, but there was one there we liked so we got it.  Golfer has been busy all week getting it set up and loading all our favorite things on it.  The printer works just fine now.  And because Golfer set things up to work wirelessly we can now print from our laptops and phones, too!

Nurse J has a work trip to Arizona coming up.  BeyB has an orientation for the nursing classes she will start her Senior year.  Congratulations, BeyB!   She has exams next week.  Cutie Girl is as busy as ever.  She's started giving the cutest hugs!

Bikini is getting ready for a big quilt show.  She has three of her quilts accepted for judging.  Good luck!  We know all her quilts are beautiful.  Boxer and Bloomer have been to swim camp this week.  Everyone is busy.

That's about it around here.  Stay safe!