Happy Easter everyone!

Boy...Easter sure did sneak up on me this year!! No special plans this year...quiet day, in fact.

Well - I got cleaned up for the big inspection - but nobody came! One time, long ago, that happened to us with a birthday party....What a weird feeling that was!! This time it was no problem, however....I actually dragged the vacuum cleaner out and used it!!!! I also made the bed. I told our assistant manager that I had made the bed for the inspection and she laughed!

Last Sunday, Marcia came down and we went to the store(s) and bought stuff to plant in and to plant. Came home and she did all the work...and now I have a window box with pansies, a couple of pots with geraniums and a big pot with a trellis and sweet pea seeds.....I can hardly wait for the sweet peas to come up...they smell so great!

On Wednesday it was Steve's birthday....and Thursday it was Jocelyn's birthday...Those birthdays surely do come up quickly... Wednesday was the volunteer appreciation dinner at the hospital...it was really nice...A full dinner this year featuring salmon AND chicken breast smothered in a good mushroom sauce...I love going to those affairs...keeps me stoked to go another year! LOL

Thursday was bingo in the social room...once again I won - along with 2 other people..I got a whole $1.25!!

Yesterday Dian and Marcia picked me up and we went to the airport to pick up Brooke and Grayson back from visiting Jocelyn in Germany....It was so good to see them again. Grayson is - sort of - walking now. He scoots around on this knees, it's like the bottom of his legs hasn't figured it out yet so cute! She finds out if it a boy or a girl she is carrying....tomorrow. Needless to say, we are all on pins and needles to learn who he/she will be!!

Had a nice surprise visit from an old Sweet Adeline friend yesterday as well...She lives in an assisted living place only a few blocks away. It was nice to visit with her..hopefully we'll do it again soon...

Guess that is it for today...have a good one, everyone!

Try Again...

I wrote a big long post yesterday and couldn't get it to publish...so will try again.

I seem to have trouble with remembering that I have a limited amount of cupboard space and that I am responsible for only one human and one dog....I seem to go overboard every time I go to the grocery store. Fritz has enough treats to last him the rest of his life...and I seem to have enough food to last me the whole month at least.

I must learn that when I go to Sam's Club to get my pills, I should not take a cart in with me...I really didn't overload the cart - but I did get a lot of stuff - including doggie treats...When I came out of the store the rain was coming down in sheets...and I still needed to get my nails done. So I did that with hair dripping and the back of my jacket soaked. I was really pooped when that was done I decided to forgo the Safeway trip until another day. Two days later I went to Safeway...coupons in hand..and while I did not buy out the entire store, I realized when I got home that I could probably set up a grocery store in my apartment!! When will I learn???? My kids always remind me that I don't need all this stuff....but I guess old habits are hard to break!

On Wednesday, the 6Th, I went \on another casino junket. This time it was a sort of private bus which we caught somewhere up in the Highlands....It was hosted by a woman and her husband - they charged us $5 each to ride and away we went.....down to the Red Wind casino near Olympia. The gambling gods were not with me this trip. however. But...I brought the same money I brought two trips ago so I guess it was about time to loose it, huh! They had stuff for us on the bus...a hard boiled egg, a small bottle of water, some cookies and candy, and an Easter basket to put it in. The bad part of the day (aside from not winning) was that I had to be up and at-em and in the lobby at 7:30 ....AM!...I had forgotten that there was such a thing...Dian offered to call me at 6 so I would be up in time to do all my morning stuff...mainly take Fritz out, read the paper and eat breakfast...so it all worked out. Got home around 4:30...so it was a loooong day!

I had Fritz groomed last week and he once again looks like a little toy puppy....can you believe he will be 11 years old in June? He is spry like a puppy though...and a love!

Guess that's all for now....lets hope the publishing gizmo works this time...Love to you all!