The Oldests Strainer In The World

This strainer has been in my sink for years and years. One of the kids didn't like it and would always put it on the floor, out of the sink. It may be ugly. It may be old, but it works and I haven't found another one to replace it, so it stays!

Trudy and dad have worked all morning to get my pictures into the computer and then to find them to put them onto my blog. Whew! What a complicated mess. I still don't know how to do it. Trudy wrote it all down for me, but I don't know if I'll be able to do it by myself. I hope so, then my blog will be more interesting.

Hello Madison

Dad had a Dr. appointment to 10:45 AM in Madison. We took County Line Rd. instead on Huges Rd. and having to back track to Lanier. It's quicker that way, less traffic too. We got back home around 1:30 PM. The weather was warm but the breeze was a bit cool.

Gertie is not happy in his container. He would be wild if I took him out. He'll be so glad to get back in his cage. Maybe this month's confinement will go quickly for the both of us.

Trudy and the kids are coming over this afternoon and will spend the night. They have hair appointments tomorrow so they won't be here too long. Trudy's going to show me some things about my blog, I think.

A Day Of Rest

Yes, I did take an after-breakfast-nap today. I figured I might need the extra rest after my 4 mile walk yesterday at the H'ville Botanical Gardens. It was worth it. When the weather gets hot and muggy later on in the summer, I'll remember the delightful and delicious, cool and breezy, bright and beautiful spring weather we had at our visit to the Garden.

I hauled a small plastic table outside and sat on it and weeded between the rocks that surround the butterfly bush next to the porch. I had a big floppy hat on but the breeze kept blowing it off. I'm sure I'm a redneck now!

I was down on myself and my card making so I sent an e-mail to my Stampin' Up demonstrator, Mary Rager. She is so nice. She sent me a long understanding e-mail and an address to a card making site. All the cards I saw on the site are so rich and (can't spell the word I want to use!) mature and mine are child- like in comparison . I haven't found my style yet.

Garden Day

Karen got here at 9:00 AM and we go into my chariot and rode to Huntspatch. We went to the pain clinic to get dad's prescriptions and then to Magabits to get a card that tells dad how to set up his radio, and then to Hobby Lobby. I bought a Christmas stamp, some colored paper, 4 glitter gel pens, some ribbon and a template to make cards and envelopes. The templates will go back for I don't need them. After that we went to the Gardens. The electricity was off so we couldn't pay to get in but we got a map and went in anyway. We paid on the way out. We must have walked 4 miles! The weather was warm and breezy and we saw lots of blooming plants and trees. We walked and walked and walked and walked. We sat down on the benches and ate our sandwiches, talked and rested and then got up and walked again! I did get lots of pictures and we saw a Dogwood tree that was 100 years old. It was blooming and very tall and beautiful!

While I was gone, dad fixed a perch for Gert that is close to the floor of his container. He had rather perch on something than sit flatfooted. I thought I was doing good by trying to get him out, but he tries of fly or something, maybe he's just loosing his balance, but Dr. Jan said to keep him quiet so his leg can heal. Six weeks of this and Gert and I both will be batty!

I getting where I don't want to make cards anymore. I don't think I want to quit but I don't feel very creative. I'm getting down on myself.

Gert Is Home

I left the house about 2:00PM to go get Gert. His left leg was fractured. It'll take a month to six weeks to heal. I got a large, 30" clear plastic container with a lid to put him in. He needs to be relatively still. If he was in his cage, he could climb and perhaps fall and injure his leg again, so that's why he's in the plastic container. Dad drilled lots of air holes in the top. Its 8:00 PM now and the other two birds are covered up and Gert has a dark blue sheet wrapped around his container. He had some pain medication, like birdie Advil. I'm to put it on something he will eat, like a piece of bread or some peanut butter, but he really likes the small, round Nutra Berries we give the birds as a treat so he'll get his "Advil" dropped on that.

Earlier this morning Pauline Falconbury and I went Visiting Teaching. We were scheduled to see two sisters, but then the other two called and said we could come by. So all we lack is one, Susan Harris. She was just added to our route and she works. Pauline said she could run over and see her. I didn't get any blessings for I was there in body only. It was like I had just gotten up and hadn't had time to wake up before I was going fast-like-a-train! I got home about 12:30 PM and after I fed dad, I was off again to go get Gert.

Tomorrow Karen and I are going to the Botanical Gardens. I e-mailed her that I had to get dad's prescriptions and be home in time to get them filled. I asked her if she wanted to go on another day but she wrote back no, we were real women and we could do it all! She's coming over at 9:00 AM and I'll drive while she sleeps (so she said)! Hobby Lobby is having a 40% off sale so we'll have to stop by there. I have no idea what I'll buy, maybe some pens. It's hard not to buy something when there's a sale and you're going to be in H'ville anyway.....It's a sickness, I believe. I was getting down on my style of card making, and I was afraid I was loosing interest. But I still want to make cards, I just need some new ideas. Mary Rager, my Stampin' Up demonstrator, sent me a card using some of the same stamps I have, to give me some ideas. Plus she sent me a small catalog. If you buy one of a set of preselected stamp sets, you get a jumbo wheel that coordinates with the stamp set, free. I was thinking about getting a wheel, so I guess this will be the time.

Dad is working on his laptop. I asked him if he was glad he got it and he said yes. He is such a good person-kind and thoughtful and I glad to have his as my eternal companion.

Monday, Monday

I left at 9:30 AM to take Gert to Hartselle to the vet. I got there and explained what happened to him and asked that he be put into an incubator. Warmth helps birds get better. It's 7:15 PM now and we haven't heard from Dr. Jan. If Gert is in an incubator, he'll be okay.

I covered up the flowers again tonight. I hope the sheet protects the plants. I'll be glad when the chance of frost is gone. Tomorrow Pauline and I will go Visiting Teaching. We'll get to see Jan Laytham and Rachel Bathauer. Then we'll have three more to see.

Sunday All day

I had already had post named "Sunday" so I changed it to be different! Yes, it's been Sunday all day. I wore my new skirt today. The one I had to take up the waist band on and is ankle length and has a "swishy" feel. It was cool enough for a sweater so I didn't wear my new sandals. It's funny-there are more women and girls that go bare legged to church. It was custom to always wear stockings on Sunday. In the summer, I'll wear sandals and bare feet and legs. My dresses are usually long enough so not much bare leg is showing and I have some spray-on makeup I use to hide the spider veins in my legs. It was also custom to wear high heels to church, but when I got arthritis in my ankle, I couldn't wear heels so had to wear flat shoes. It seems that after I started to wear flats, more women started to wear them too. Maybe I'm flattering myself to think I started something! Ho-ho!

Last night I covered my new flowers with a sheet because it was going to be cold. Tonight they are covered too. I'll keep covering them until the weather radio says the weather will be warm enough in the wee hours of the morning so there'll be no danger of frost. It was hard to plant the little flowers. I don't want them harmed!

Sat., my bird Gert took a shower with me. After I dried him off with the hair dryer, I took him back to his cage. He was eager to get back to his cage and he fell off my finger and onto the floor. I didn't think too much about it because he seemed alright. Tonight (Sun) I noticed him limping when I got him out of his cage. He was definitely favoring his left foot or leg. I guess I'll take him to Hartselle to the vet. I hope he only bruised his foot or leg and didn't break it. Poor Gertie. I should have watched him better.