March happy mail

 It's time for another happy mail card. Here's the one I sent out for March

And here is the inside

A Saturday doctors appointment

 Have you ever heard of such a thing? The cardiologists office does Saturday appointments but only to do echocardiograms. It was a shame they had to work last Saturday because it was a beautiful morning. The temp was 72 when I got there.

After I sat down there were some Amish people that walked in.

On the drive there I had to stop for men working on the electric lines.

Not sure I would like this job. Being all the way up there in that little bucket would be a little scary.

Look up.

 I could never get tired of looking up at the sky. It's always changing and it's always amazing. Well maybe not so much when it's gray and cloudy but I love a blue sky.

Last Friday.

 Our weather is finally getting better. That doesn't mean we are out of the woods yet but it's been a nice change. Last Friday I think it reached the 60s. When I got home and let Gibbs out I took a walk around the yard.

The lilac has buds on it.

The daffodils have popped up through the ground

And there's bud on the tree in the back yard. I didn't look at the one in the front

Appointment day

 Wednesday March 4th started out with a foggy drive to work.

I left early that day because I had my first appointment with the cardiologist. Took a few pictures while I was in the waiting room

This guy kept me company

The appointment was set because of a few issues I'm having so that they can rule things out. While there they did an EKG which was fine, she said my heart and carotid sounded fine. They set up threee more appointments one for an echocardiogram, one for a stress test and the third for a follow up. 

It's a happy day

 I've been holding the news until Amanda said I could write about it. Her and her husband got a house. Not only did they get a house but it's just up the street from me. My daughter is my neighbor. Hooray!!!!

Today is her closing so it's the perfect day to post about this. I don't have a ton of pictures just a few that I took off the realtors website.

This is the front of the house. I asked if she was going to keep that pompas grass and she said NO. She already has plans for what she'll plant there.

This is the side of the house. I'm kind of jealous that she has a garage.

She also has this awesome sun room on the front of the house. I would love this.

A blast from the past

 Going back to 2015 just look at how cute Gibbs was

When I went back to 2010 I found Gibbs's predecessor Duke. Unfortunately they were shaggy Duke pictures.

Here's one of him after he'd been to the groomer. This little guy was my soul dog. I loved him to pieces. Unfortunately I only had 7 years with him

Will it ever end?

At the end of last week we had a couple days that were 50 or close to it. Then on Sunday March 1st, I woke up to this.

I can't say what the rest of the week will bring since I'm writing this on March 1st but the forecast is calling for lots of rain. 

Of course I had to take a picture of the tree in my back yard. This may be the most photographed tree ever.

Then I asked my messages app to redo the photo without the buildings, just the tree looking lonely and isolated.

Drawings year 2 week 38

 

Shopping day

 Last Saturday I went out to run some errands. First was Walmart for a few basics. Then I drove to Ohio to fill my tank. Lastly was a stop at Orlando Brothers Golden Dawn in Ohio.

It's a smaller grocery store but I needed some burger and going to the store where I used to work at, their meat case has been terrible. So much for being excited about them opening and being able to get meat there. One of the girls I used to work with at my old job is now a manager at this store but she wasn't there when I went in. 

I snapped this picture across the street because I like the looks of that one building. I'm pretty sure it's a church but I'm not sure what denomination.

Craft round up

 I never did show the diamond painting coaster once it was finished. This was a cheap Dollar Tree kit.

In an effort to use up some of my yarn stash I thought I would pull out the crochet hooks. It's another thing that I can work on at work. I'm going to make a shrug and I've got 4 different yarns that I'm going to use. It's been a long time since I've crocheted and my foundation chain turned out to be a little tight. I'm not going to rip it out though since this is only for me.

Finally, I was scrolling through Facebook and saw something that I might try. I saved the picture so we'll see if I ever do it. I thought these were so adorable. There were no directions just the picture but It should be easy enough to figure out.

A week ago yesterday

 You may recall me saying the other day that we were expected to get another snow storm but it was only calling for 3-5 inches. Well this was my ride to work on Monday morning.

We did get a little bit of snow but it wasn't bad. It was a little foggy but not so bad that you couldn't see. 

I have to say that Penndot does a really good job of keeping the roads cleared.

AI fun

 I was recently playing with the remix feature in my messages app on my phone. I send a text to myself with any pictures I do in there

I took a selfie and then asked it to give me a new hair style and a makeover. It gave me this.

OMW I can't believe how old I look. Any way, I didn't like the short hair so I asked it to give me a new hair style that was chin length and a makeover. It gave me this.

This one is actually pretty close to the hair cut I normally get. Then I asked it to go wild, go crazy and give me a makeover. It gave me this.

This one was just frightening. I asked it to give me a makeover that wouldn't scare little children and senior citizens and it gave me this

My final one was to ask it to give me a glamour shot and this is what I got.

Drawings year 2 week 37

Welcome March. This is one of my favorite months. Maybe because my birthday is this month. I think I shall celebrate the entire month. 

I'm one short this week. I went to do the drawing on Monday and discovered that I had never done one for Sunday.

More diamond art and a pin loom

 A long time ago I bought a diamond art kit. It had several trees that I completed and then there was this goofy looking moon thing. I didn't like it but it was something to do at work.

I still haven't figured out the pin loom but I confess I haven't tried very hard either. I've been working on other things. I think it was Jean who asked if I could show a picture of the loom and maybe someone would have some helpful tips.

Most of the videos I've found show a 3 pin loom where there are sets of 3 pins together. None of them showed this particular loom. I might figure it out eventually.