Some Flooding.....

   YUCK.... this is the water in our basement. The piggy backed pumps were both running. This was like a flash flood. We went to town for lunch, gone an hour or so, came home to this.

We put our submersible pump with the other two and that took the water out fast. So I will be spraying down the floors and running some fans. I'll spray with a bleach mixture.  This is part of our yard in front that is low...the neighbor's whole front yard seems to be low. This is one more reason , I want to move back to town.
 Hope you are not  having to deal with flooding. Or snow, good grief. Praying for the storm victims.   Tomorrow will be better hopefully. xo

Birthday Sister...

It's my sister's birthday.....she's getting older .   .LOL. Sad part, I am older. Dang.  I will always have a special relationship with Pam. She and I worked together for 30 years. Not always side by side, but at the same G.M. factories. We have sat on the radio lines by each other before.  We transferred to Fisher Body, when we were laid off one year. She says that's the year I learned to cuss.  :):) Yes, I know, it was a hard habit to break and once in a while slips out. We went from putting small parts  into  radio boards ,  to lifting car parts.  Big difference. Hot and heavy work. We spent a year there, and got called back to our plant in Kokomo.  For a 4 foot 11 inch woman, she's a hard worker. So Happy Birthday to my sister, my pal. xo

Plans? What Plans????

This is the table I had planned on painting yesterday. You see where I painted it white, then stenciled ivy on top. Well I truly wanted to just paint the top , over the ivy. I never got around to it. Too much wind and too many interruptions.
 The fellow Ted  has made  political signs for,  called, then came by with more posters.  This is around lunch time.  I fixed lunch, cleaned up after. Then Ted wants a hair cut, which I gave him. . It seemed I could never get back to that table . I finally said forget it till it was not windy... So my big plans of painting that table have been tabled. :):)
  If it doesn't rain, maybe some yard work.  Hope your day is good. xo

Today, Spring Cleaning....

The spring cleaning I am talking about , will be outside. I want to get the porch set up.  Get our chairs out and the table top painted. I have a pretty shade of green this year. I painted things white two years ago and stamped ivy on them . This year, I want something different. That is a fun thing about painting, you do not have to buy new. I have even been thinking about painting the rug I use out there....cause you know darn good and well, that I never got around to buying a new one on sale. LOL   I'll get some new photos today also.  Have  a great April Fool's Day.  :):)

What A Beautiful Day....

  Today is so pretty and so was yesterday.  60 some degrees. Now this is Spring. Finally. It was a long time coming. It's suppose to be cooler later this week...But I am loving this.
  This is the cupola that Ted made this winter and put up in March. We had bought the weather vane a couple years ago. A  man  was selling  the weather vanes, at the covered bridge festival in Parke County. He had a huge assortment of things to choose from. If I lived near the water I would have chosen a ship or whale. So I asked Ted , which one he liked, of all the choices. He said , "Oh I like the golfer."  Are you kidding me !!!! Then I rephrased my question.  Which one of these "roosters or horses" do you like?  LOL  That is how we ended up with the trotting horse.
 That gizmo to the right of the cupola, is Ted's hill-billy antenna. Now folks this thing works. You get on line and look for directions to make it. It is called a digital antenna. It picks up about 30 stations. Ted watches some woodworking shows while in the shop.
  Hope your day is sunny and bright. xo

Be Gone...

 This is what happened yesterday afternoon....the snow melted. Hooray. I knew it could not last it was just too warm. Today is to be 60 degree, oh boy. I may rake around in the yard. Cut back things in the flower beds. You can see our grass is looking greener.

This is what it was like while it was snowing yesterday morning.  We did get an inch of snow. The weatherman actually said the name of our town on the news this morning.LOL  If I had not shoveled our driveway , you would not know it had snowed. But by shoveling there's wee piles of snow  still along our drive.:):)
  My daughter told me that her Spring break will be the week of April 7th-through the 11th. So gee I'll have to start sorting through my closets and bagging up some things. We usually make a drop off at the good will stores when Angie's on break.  You know the truth is if I could wear everything in my closets, I'd never need to shop again in my life time. Well...unless I would  ever  get to go to Paris.  xo

It's An S Word....

  It ain't spring either.....its' SNOW.....ding-dang if it isn't snowing this morning. Enough that the ground is covered.  I will be sweeping the porch. Tomorrow is to be in the 60's. LOL Ted is saying out loud, "where is spring ?"
He is wanting to play some golf.  There have been years where he's played golf into November, then start again in Jan.  Not the past two winter/spring seasons. He'll have to wait a bit more.
  I think my daughter  will be on Spring break this coming week.  We usually try to do something fun. Shopping then having lunch out. I am looking forward to having time with her. When we went to the play on the 16th, we really never had much time to visit.  Angie has a great sense of humor and we always have good laughs together.
  Hope all of you are enjoying your weekend. xo