Whiplash

 Looking at the title of my post you might think I've gone and fallen again, or had a car accident. Nope, everything is fine.  It's this crazy weather that has us going from freezing, snowing, warm, sunny, cloudy, rainy, cold again..blah, blah, blah. 

As always the crocus as to be first in line with some Spring color.

Following a close second are the daffodils.  These are the tiny ones and my bigger ones are up and ready to bloom.

Hello my favorites...lilac buds!

The grass is growing slowly and getting greener too!  But then Saturday comes along last weekend:

Cold and snowy...pretty but it makes my head spin! What happened to our 60de temps? One cannot be greedy.  This is March and up north it can snow until May if it wants too!  

I have faith that this mighty oak tree will get leaves again.  In fact, all this snow has disappeared already. However, tomorrow this is our forecast...RAIN, ICE, SNOW, 70DE TEMPS....Wait? What?

How can it snow if it's going to be 70 degrees?  I guess we'll find out! That being said, I decided to take a quick trip to Chicago tomorrow until Monday.  Jack's hanging at home so it's just Annabelle and me and the open road.  I was going to be working but my health assessment that involved drug testing won't be ready until next week.  I'm OK with that and will enjoy visiting with my sister and her pup, Hope.  I hope Hope and Annabelle get along!  So this weather whiplash will continue I'm sure.  

This poor Robin is wondering if she took the wrong road...

Looks like she's having a bit of whiplash too!  Hey, I know a good Chiropractor!

Tasks

I feel a bit behind in posting.  I try to post something at least once a week.  I'll use the excuse that I've been doing a few tasks these past weeks. Last week seemed to be full of them!  I had started some Spring cleaning.  Jack and I emptied our foyer closet out and got rid of old coats and items we didn't want or need.  We even found a few things that we seemed to have inherited. 

Like a violin.  Neither Jack nor I ever have played a violin.  As far as Jack remembers neither did anyone in his family.  However, this was from his parent's house when we cleaned it out after they passed away. It needs new strings and a new bow and probably other things so it's on the list to go to the music store to find out if it's worth having it fixed.  Some other tasks included rug cleaning, burning leaves and wood from the yard cleanup.  Cleaning out the garage. We've tackled one area and will head to the next soon. It's on the list!  I got the taxes sent in, and Annabelle's evaluation to be admitted to Doggy Day Care.   I had to fill out 6 pages of questions about her and make sure all her shots were up to date including a flu shot and booster! I kid you not. I think it was easier to get my kids in college than to be admitted to Doggy Day Care.  Why do I need day care?  I think I mentioned possibly going back to work?  Well, I said yes to this task.  It involved 12 pages of paperwork, a background check, a health assessment (drug screening) and I'm suppose to get a laser eye exam.  I'm not doing the eye thing.  I have to do orientation on March 28th.  As soon as my drug screening and all comes back OK, I can actually start back to work. It's only a PRN position in surgery.  That means I'll work if they need help and if I can't do it that day I can say nope, sorry.  No weekends, call, or holidays.  Also no benefits but that's OK.  I'll just take the paycheck!  So I feel like all I've done is fill out forms.  Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things at the hospital. I've been out of there for a year and a half and lots can change in that time. Fingers crossed!  Thursday was St. Patrick's Day and our little town did a super job of celebrating it!  They turned the town creek green:

They got new banners for spring and also for St. Patty's Day and put balloons on all the light posts.

They played Irish music over the loud speakers in town all day long.  They had a parade around 5pm that anyone could join in on.  All the restaurants had specials with food and drink.  It was so fun to watch everyone just enjoying the day and celebrating.  It didn't hurt that our temps were 70de and sunny!

As you can tell, a fun time was had by all!  Friday night had Jack and I going to a surprise retirement party for one of our doctors that I worked with for almost all my career.  Dr. Yoder was an ortho doc and beloved by the community.  I enjoyed working with him and was so happy to go and wish him well.

My BFF, Donna, came with Jack and me and we had a fun evening.

 Doctor Yoder is in the peach colored shirt.  He's surrounded by many of the Physicians I worked with over my 41yr career.  It's like looking at my childhood friends all grown up!  This week had many other tasks to complete...like making 50 bee cookies for our ladies group at Church:

Don't ever let anyone know you have a bee cookie cutter if they are having a "Bee" themed event!  So I'm ending here as my final task for the day is getting ready for bed! I hope you have a wonderful Sunday and have a day of rest for any tasks you may be involved with! Night all!  P.S..A big shout out to my sister Midge because today is her birthday! Happy Birthday sis! Love you!

Lions And Lambs

Why March always gets the designation of coming in like a lion or lamb and exiting the same way is a mystery to me. I guess I'll have to google it and find out where that started although I'm betting a few of my smart blog buddies know the answer.  So keeping with the theme, March came in like a lamb.  We'd had plenty of lion like weather so I'm glad Mother Natures gave us a gift.  And boy what a gift we got this weekend!  70 degrees and sunshine!  Saturday was one of those gorgeous days you would love to keep forever.  After running our usual Saturday errands I had the pleasure of walks with Annabelle, a drive in the country to deliver some food for a friend who was having some health issues, and more outdoor time.

Annabelle sat outside with me enjoying the warm sun while I sat and read a book.  One day the grass will be green again!

Our next door neighbor's horse, Temp, was also sunbathing!

I even had my first outdoor meal for this season.  A quick light lunch and reading the paper.  It's the little things that make a good day!  Later Jack and I worked for a couple of hours in the garage cleaning out a cupboard and getting rid of a ton of   "stuff".  Even that was fun because it was so pleasant outside.  Today was just as lovely although we did get rain in the middle of the early hours.  I had to take Miss Annabelle out and we both got drenched!  Oh well, waking up later to blue skies and sun was good!  After Church and lunch I took the dog for a walk in the cemetery and she's been enjoying the outdoors much more than when it was snowing and cold.   I know we're in for more of snow and cold this week but I have my memories of yesterday and today to keep me warm!  

The last rays of the day coming in through the dining room window.  Thanks Mother Nature!