Backing up to Mother's day

 Since I haven't talked about how I spent my Mother's day, I'll do that now. On the actual day I spent most of it home alone because we did everything the day before. Amanda did come over and visit for a while though.

First on Saturday was breakfast with Amanda at Bob Evans.

We were all done and almost ready to leave when Amanda reminded me to take a picture of our food so this is the leftover we had boxed up to take home. First hers, then mine.

Afterwards we made stops at Michaels, Kohls, Dollar Tree, Lowes and Sams Club.

Later that afternoon I got a text from my son asking if I wanted to meet them for ice cream. I forgot to take pictures there but I got a picture of the pretty pop up card and mug they gave me. I also got an Amazon gift card.  I should have taken a pic of the ice cream I got though. It was a chocolate raspberry and so incredibly delicious.

I also got a really pretty card from Wade's youngest son. He's so incredibly thoughtful.

Out in the yard

 These pictures were all taken on May 5th. Everything is looking so good.

This is the lilac that Amanda gave me last year.

I thought I would try something different with my peonies this year. The blooms are always heavy and droop down, especially after it rains. I took an old tomato cage and put it upside down over the plant to help everything stand up straight. Hopefully this works.

Reminding myself and jumping through hoops

 I recently had to put gas in my vehicle. In order to save a little extra money I purchased a gas card that gives you 10 cents off per gallon when you use it. I filled my tank and there was still additional money left on the card. I wanted to leave it in the car but didn't want to leave it in plain sight. I tucked it under the visor but thought I'll forget it's there. So I took a picture and now the reminder will be on my phone.

This didn't last though. While driving, I forgot about the card being there and pulled down the visor. I did this more than once so now the card is in the cup holder.

I may have mentioned before that one of the requirements for unemployment is that I apply to at least 3 jobs per week. This isn't always easy but I eventually find three. Recently I drew the line when they made me jump through hoops during the application process.

First it asked me to verify my email address

Next it asked for a password

Then it informed me that passwords had to be 14 characters long

I finally gave up after I created a password that was that long and I got this message

passwords cannot have 3 consecutive numbers or alphabet characters in a row ascending or descending. 

Week 48 drawings

 We're getting closer to a whole years worth of drawings. Here we are at week #48