Thank you and a Winner

I would like to THANK all of you 

who donated to the American Cancer Society

on my behalf and helped me reach my goal of $800.  

Every time someone bought a raffle ticket

for the weave-it afghan I made, 

I hoped they would win.

But there can only be one winner

and here is the winning ticket.

And the holder of the winning ticket is

Winnie!!

 She is a local friend.

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU!

It meant a lot! : )

Have a blessed Sunday.

Happyone

 

Delightful

I had planned on walking my connect the path route but found my legs took me over to the lake so I walked around the lake. : )  The weather was perfect for walking.  It was 58 degrees, the sun was shining brightly, there was a breeze and the air was crisp and cool.  The word delightful comes to mind.
There were a lot of people there again but not nearly as many as yesterday.
Lots of geese and birds and a few rabbits were spotted around the lake as well, but I didn't see any deer and I didn't see the heron either.

It was pretty quiet this morning and a joy to be outside walking.  What a blessing it is to be able to walk in this beautiful park and along the paths.
I found a lucky penny and walked 6 miles.

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I made it outside this morning and planted those petunias I bought the other day.  I planted some in my little front garden and a few on the side and then some in the pot out on the deck around the coleus plant.  I put some hanging petunias in a pot and hung them out back too.  The last plant I planted was a Calibrachoa, which I never heard of, in old copper kettle and put in on the little table on the deck.  It is an annual and likes full sun.  It will have little yellow flowers.

The last thing I did was trim up the shrubs out front. I like to keep them small. Though I don't HAVE to do anything outside because the landscape is included in the condo fees but it is nice to get out there to do a little work when the mood hits me. It was a delightfully sunny day and I enjoyed a couple of hours outside in my little garden with the plants. 

It was also a delightful day (there's that word again) for hanging the wash out on the line.  The sheets got washed and another load too.  There is just something about laundry blowing in the breeze that always makes me smile. 

Just have some of the laundry to fold and put away yet (already put the clean sheets on the bed) and then my work is done for the day. 

I hope you had a delightful day.
Happyone

I have found that if you love life,

life will love you back.

~Arthur Rubinstein

A nice sunny day

The rain is gone and this morning and it was sunny, 62 degrees and a bit on the muggy side.  I walked around the lake and stuck to the paved path all the way around because I thought it would be muddy and wet in the woods because of all the rain.
The parking lot was full and there were so many people running, walking, and biking.  I don't think I've ever seen so many people at the lake so early in the morning.  It seemed like there should have been an event of some kind going on.  I guess a nice day after all the rain, everyone just happened to get out this morning.
I think most of the wildlife went into hiding because of all the people.  Didn't see much except for a few rabbits and they hopped back in the undergrowth as soon as I got near them.  A bit too many people for my liking!  But it was great to have a nice sunny day for walking. : )
I walked 6 miles.

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I finally got around to buying a flat of petunias at Walmart.  Now I just have to plant them.  I'll probably do that tomorrow.

I made a short shopping list of 20 items and went to the commissary this morning.  I got every thing I needed and got to go to the express lane with my 20 items.  No lines and I was in and out pretty quick.  As most of you know I love strawberry sandwiches and the strawberries were looking mighty good today so I had one for lunch again.

Have a little work to do around the house this afternoon yet and then I'm going to make a zucchini casserole for supper tonight.  Check out the recipe HERE. 

A happy Wednesday to you.
Happyone

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower,

and draws all good things toward you.

~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

A rainy walk

The rain was pouring down when I left this morning!  So off I went wearing my rain pants and carrying my umbrella.  It was a warm 64 degrees and it was actually kind of nice walking in the rain. A very pleasing sound listening to the rain through the trees and on my umbrella.

I walked my connect the path route and walking along one of the path I came across this box turtle making his way through the water.  I got a close shot of the turtle and posted it on my photo blog if you care to take a look.  Poor thing looked a bit overwhelmed in the water so I helped him over the the side out of the water.

 On another path I heard a rustling in the woods and one, two, three, four, five deer came out of the woods and crossed over to the other side just a little ways from me.
Crossing over one of the footbridges I stopped here to watch the water flow along.  This is usually not more than a trickle. By this time the rain had stopped and you can see my umbrella closed up there leaning on the rail.

I had the sidewalks and paths pretty much to myself because of the rain and only saw two other people out walking.  So many people just don't know what they're missing when they don't walk because it is raining.  Its another world out there! : )
I walked 6.4 miles.

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Yesterday we had to restock our ice cream supply.  Looking over all the flavors I spotted a new one that I'd never seen before.  I love Junior Mints and ice cream so I thought wow, this will be my new favorite. 

But it wasn't quite as good as I thought it would be.  It was good but not good enough to replace chocolate chip mint!

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I left for my Tuesday knitting group about 9:45.  We were meeting back inside at the mill because of the weather.
Driving there I had to pull over two different times for emergency vehicles - a fire truck and then later an ambulance.  I always say a little prayer for these people as they pass by.
I've seen herons over by the lake many, many times but today one flew low just over the tops of the cars driving down the road.  That was really cool.
There were 11 of us at knitting this morning and I worked making some weave-it squares.  One of the women, Joan showed up with a loom and I gave her a lesson on making weave-it squares.  Though she didn't think she was doing that well, I think she did great for just learning.  I had to remind her that I've been making these squares since I was a kid!  I'm sure she will be finishing her own projects in no time. : )

Home for lunch and then I had some routine house stuff to get done.  Hopefully I'll have some time later to get some reading done.  I do enjoy that late afternoon reading time.

Hope you have found your bit of happiness for the day.
Happyone

Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect.

It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.

~Unknown

The work continues.....

We took off up to our land again early Friday morning.  What a difference just a week made.  All the leaves on the trees have finally come out and everything was lush green and beautiful.  Of course so did all the weeds and undergrowth pop out too.
Both Friday and Saturday were both beautiful sunny days in the 60's and just perfect for working and having fun.

The first thing, Ken put up the ladder/stairs

 and the trap door.

While he was doing that I weed wacked around the building area and part of the driveway.
There were some small trees that were getting in the way of the building so we cut a few of them down. Some of the trees Ken just used the tractor to pull out.  But this one was too big for that so he put a rope around the tree

and I drove the tracker up the hill until the rope was taunt so the tree would fall where we wanted it to.

Then with the chain saw, Ken cut the tree and down it came right where we wanted it to.

If your reading this Dad, I forgot to tell you yesterday that Kenny is still using the chain saw you gave us years ago.  It's still working just fine! : )

We finished putting the top trusses in place and I think that is where we finished Friday.  The two working days have kind of blended into one for me.  We worked till about 6:30, then got changed, and cleaned up as best we could and went to Brenda's for pizza.
We spent the night once again sleeping in the truck.

All the trusses got put up this weekend.  Can you spot me in-between the trusses up there?  I'm going around hammering on metal fasteners on every truss.  I did the top trusses too. I liked doing that because it was a job I could do without any help. : )

 The last two trusses went up on the lower back.

Next work time we should be able to get the roof sheathed and the little bump out done on the right side near the front.

One of the last things we did was hang up my wind chimes.

We worked until 6:00 and then went into town to Perkins and had supper and then headed back home.  We feel like we made good progress this week!
It was so nice to have had two beautiful weather days for working. AND I was NEVER cold!!! : )
The first thing I did when I got home was to take a nice shower!!  

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Had a short walk of 3.5 miles Sunday morning before I had to get ready for church. I called my mom to wish her a Happy Mother's Day while walking.
Every Mother's Day at church there are plants for all the mothers to pick out and take home.  I picked out this Coleus and planted in a pot on the deck.

I hope I don't kill it.  The strawberry plants I planted last week aren't looking too good and I think they will be dead very soon.

My son and daughter both called me after church to wish me a Happy Mother's Day.   I don't often talk to both of them on the same day! : )

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So now it is Monday.  I walked around the lake this morning.  It was a warm 62 degrees but it wasn't long after I started out that it started raining.  Sure glad I took along my umbrella today.  Since it was a Monday and a rainy one there were hardly any people around the lake.
I must have counted a dozen red winged black birds.  A rabbit ran across the path in front of me and I saw two other baby rabbits later on.  The white egret was there as well as the heron.
The geese family was down on the grass near the water.  I walked down to get a picture of them and they all hopped in the water and took off.  

It nice being out and walking even though it was raining. 
I walked 6.2 miles.

I'm planning on being home all day.  Not sure what I'll be doing yet.  I do know that I'll be around later visiting blogs.  I have a lot of them to catch up on having been away from the computer for the last three days.

A happy Monday to you.
Happyone

Happy people plan actions,

the don't plan results.

~ Dennis Wholey