Say It Isn't So!

Tomorrow afternoon we can have snow flurries! This isn't funny any more or nice or pretty. The weather is holding us hostage to its whims. I know it's the signs of the times, but I don't have to like it, and I don't! We could have 1-3 inches...

I cooked some brownies today to take to Karen's. She and Ken are driving to Nashville to pick up their daughter and her husband and three kids at the air port. I thought they would like some brownies for tonight or tomorrow. Frank was disturbed that I was taking the brownies away and I told him I would bake another batch. I did and used apple sauce instead of the 2/3rd cup of oil. The apple sauce was a bit runny and the brownies turned out to be gummy brownies! The insides of the brownies are the consistency of gummy worms! Maybe Frank will eat them. I don't need to plus I don't like gummy brownies. The apple sauce had high fructose corn syrup in it and I usually get the unsweetened variety.

I signed all of my Valentines to the grandchildren and put a stick of gum in each card for a little treat. Since I'm going over to Trudy's on Valentines Day, I'll have to mail the cards so they'll get there before Monday.

Dr Appointment in Huntsville

Huntsville is the going place. I have two doctors there and one in Athens and I saw Dr Sharp today. While I was in H'ville, I went to Michael's to see about getting a Valentine stamp. They had nothing so I then went to Hobby Lobby and they didn't have anything that I wanted. I stopped at Walmart and the only thing they had was a pack of Valentine cards (6) for $5.00 and that was too much. Oh, Hobby Lobby had a box of cards but they were theme cards and they weren't what I had in mind. While coming home to Athens, I stopped at the Dollar General and they had individual cards for 50 cents a card and they were nice. I got one extra just in case I had messed up in my mental calculations of the number of boy and girl grandchildren I have. I didn't want to send the two girls in one family the same card. Life gets complicated, doesn't it? I'll have to keep an eye out for a nice Valentine stamp for next year.

It was cloudy and rainy today and a cold front is moving in. We could get some snow flurries very early in the AM but nothing will stick. I think this winter will be a bummer and March will be fierce and troubled and will hate giving way to Spring. But Spring must come surely as did Winter did and my hair gets grayer as the seasons go by.

Nothing To Do

I was bored out of my gourd today. I didn't have anything to do. I could have gone to the PO today but it will wait 'til Monday. Same way for the pharmacy. I need to vacuum the floors but maybe I'll sweep instead.

Frank has felt so bad with head and neck pain that he's just stayed in his bedroom. He would have been some company for me but he just couldn't manage it today.

Yesterday evening on the way home, we stopped at KFC and got a bucket of chicken. It was yummy and a nice treat from the regular food. We had left-overs for lunch today and have enough meat to have some chicken for tonight.

No...Yes...Huntsville!

After lunch, the vintage Honda was ready and I called Karen and she came over to ride with me and drive my car home while I drove the '90 Accord home. They fixed the muffler and the car was very quiet and there were no vibrations from the dashboard! Now both cars are in tip top condition, the engines anyway.

Played some hymns today while I was waiting to hear about the car. Tomorrow, being Saturday, I will practice some of the songs we will be singing Sunday. We may be back in  our Athens Ward in April! It's not so bad going to Decatur but it will really be good staying home.

Frank's hip and leg are bothering him so much that it's hard for him to walk. We had to go get a blood test this afternoon. I think he stands too much, but that's the only way he can get things done since he can't sit.

Huntsville Again Today

I had to drive the old Honda to H'ville so the car place could check it out and see why it sounded like a hot rod. I got my car and brought it home. I called Karen to ask her if she could go with me to pick up the  car tomorrow and she said we were in for freezing rain and sleet tomorrow! We haven't listened to the forecast today and didn't know anything about the weather. We looked on the ipod and sure enough, there's freezing rain forecast for all day! Surely Spring will come this year. I'm tired of this bad weather. Other parts of the country are really getting hit hard with the ice and the snow, but we live in the sunny South! We may not get the car tomorrow.

Mary Kate called this afternoon to say that Cricket was lost! They had looked for her but couldn't find her. She is old and can't see and hear well and just wandered off. Sophia had some friends over and they all helped look for her and one of Fia's friends walked past two bob wire fences and when he started to go back, he found her in a gully caught in a thorn bush. She was quite dirty but was found! She wouldn't have survived during the night when it dropped below freezing. Our prayers were answered.

Huntsville Again

I didn't go to exercise today for I knew the auto shop would call and say I could come and pick up the '90 Accord in the morning. But no. It wasn't until after lunch that we got the call. I made a bank deposit and then went to H'ville. I left my car, the '06 Honda, for them to tune up. According to the maintenance record, it hadn't been serviced in 6 years. I guess the oil had been changed, hopefully, but there was no record of anything else having been done to it. It was driving well. The check engine light would come on for a few weeks and then go off, but I wasn't worried about that. Anyway...I got the '90 Accord and drove it home. What a different car it was! We knew we needed a new muffler, but it wasn't that loud! And the entire dashboard vibrated at various rpm's! It sounded like a stock car that some kid had fixed up. Frank called the shop and Donny said he would look at it when I came up to pick up my car. hopefully some of the things can be fixed.

Our neighbor, Brenda brought a loaf of white bread she had baked and some fruit. The bread was a sour dough recipe she had made. She said it might be a bit under cooked, but it was good. Frank thought it had some perfume in it. He must have tasted the sour dough! Brenda and Bobby are such good neighbors. They look after us. All the neighbors on the road are good neighbors.

What Day Is It?

I went back to bed this morning for a short snooze and woke up thinking it was Saturday! It's only Tuesday and I was already confused! I got dressed and went for groceries. I took my umbrella in with me and put it in a cart but it didn't roll good so I got a new one but forgot to get my umbrella. It was raining some when I came out of the store but I had no umbrella. I didn't realize what had happened to it until I was on the road.

I found two blouses on sale for $5.00 each and I got two. They are a thin floral with a round neck. I had to sew up the scoup under the tie because it went too low. I like them and they are comfortable. I took some pull overs out of my closet and put them in a drawer. I don't have enough drawer space-if I did, I wouldn't have so much stuff in my closet.

The middle of the country is getting some very cold and snowy weather. It's missing us and we're just getting rain.

Egypt is in turmoil with riots in the streets. The people want their President Mubarak to leave and after several days of people in the streets, he finally said he would step down. If bad leaders fill in the vacancy, Israel will be surrounded by people who want to destroy her. Time is getting short for sure.