My A-Z theme reveal

AtoZChallenge theme reveal 2024 #atozchallenge

Hey all - I had some time to jump on over here - I wouldn't want you all to forget about me. While I'm here I will plug the A-Z April Challenge. 



I posted my theme reveal here - 

Now for those who are curious and might be interested - it is fun. You post in April - Monday through Sat with Sundays off. The letter A would be posted on April 1, B on April 2 - and so on and so forth. But even better than that, are the neat new blogs you come across.  Good reads = new blog friends and acquaintances. 
The A-Z April prompts are good for me and my 70-year-old brain - plus I enjoy writing. 


This wasn't required - just for those of us who already had a theme and wanted to "reveal it". At last count, there were 66 blogs listed. 

Signing up for the theme reveal does not sign you up for the main April Blogging from A to Z Challenge-- that form will be available from March 25 until April 7. There are different categories of blogs - from Genealogy to Home Decorating, Travel, Personal, Book Reviews, Author writings, Mythology and Folklore, Children's stories, History, Humor, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Animals, Nature and Outdoors, Randon blogging and Miscellaneous. 

Last year 232 bloggers joined in this April challenge. 


Currently, I only have 4 posts scheduled.  Yikes, I'm running behind. But no biggie and definitely no stress or it wouldn't be fun or beneficial. No one is policing me and if I don't get a post out, I'm not going to sweat it. 

I'll be back over here once I have scheduled my April posts. Then I can relax. This was something I really wanted to do this year after putting it off for the last few years. I figured I was 70 and I'm going to do it! 


So, go check out the links - go over and read my theme reveal. And maybe you will decide to join up. 


While I have you all here - Some UPDATES

Nothing is going on. The weather has warmed up nicely but we're supposed to have some more rain next week. I hate to admit this but I'm starting to get sick of the rain. 
After so many years of drought, all we prayed and hoped for was RAIN. And honestly,


 I  am  Grateful - BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 



Hope you all have a Happy St Patrick's Day -  

I caved in and bought a beautiful 5  lb piece of corned beef brisket at the butcher today. We were going to go to the American Legion for their $13 per person plate but I thought, I could spend $20 for a corned beef - cut it in half and freeze it and cook the other half that we can eat off and have sandwiches through the week. My husband really likes his corned beef sandwiches on Swedish rye!  


Take Care
Debby


Taking a SHORT Break

One of my past cats - Mr. Kitty Koo. I sure do miss him. 
A Maine Coon - he was huge and he was talkative. A real character; then again, aren't most cats? 

 

If you tried to read my post from yesterday - and the photos were not showing up...I don't know what the heck was going on. So I just deleted it. Blogger is messing with me again. It's frustrating. 


All is well here - The husband and I are feeling much better - we still get a little fatigued in the evening. I think we might have had a mild COVID simply because we were not able to taste anything and I still can't. I made some cookies yesterday and both my husband and I couldn't even smell them baking. Any birthday celebration will wait till I can taste food again. Just a waste of money, otherwise. 

This week will find me getting back into the swing of life again. 


Taking a short break 


AtoZChallenge theme reveal 2024 #atozchallenge


I won't be around too much posting this month of March here on this blog.  I will be at my other blog, getting the April posts written and set up for the A-Z Challenge. I am going through something - here on this blog. I'm bored. I'm bored writing the same old stuff so I need to just re-group within myself and work on a project. (the other blog) Heck, I bore myself when I am writing lately. I guess I need a short break and after the A-Z; get into a home improvement project. 


I'll still be reading your blogs - just not posting here for a week or so. 

Take Care

Debby







Live Fully


After sitting outside on the patio in the sun, for 2 hours this morning - we decided to take Laydee on a walk at this nature preserve near us. The husband has been under the weather with the nasty head cold he got from me. I'm on the mend with just an occasional need to cough. I figured the sunny day and a good walk would open up the pores and make us feel better - at the very least point us toward a better mood. 







Already into the walk, it became apparent, that it was quite windy with some good-sized gusts. It wasn't that cold - around 60 but those wind gusts just shoot right through me. My left ear started to bother me - and I wasn't wearing a hood or cap to cover my ears. The husband gave me his detachable hood which helped to protect my ear.  I didn't want to turn back. 

Not crowded at all -  just a bunch of us seniors there walking, young mommies with strollers and children. A few runners and dog walkers. A truly wonderful day. It's been so gloomy here and rainy. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny as well so we'll totally take advantage of it. 







This place is 128 acres and has a 6.7-acre lake. There are several creeks that after a rainy season, swell and just make a big old swampy wetland. The geese love it. 







I sat on a bench in the sun. It was nice. 






Plaques on some of the benches

Live Fully is a good goal on any day. 






I just noticed the power lines. Bummer. 

This watershed is nice with exposed trails winding through natural grass, blue oak, and valley oak. Benches and interpretive signs educating about vernal pools and oak woodlands are located throughout the trail system.

Came back home - had nachos for lunch and I laid down (without sleeping) and the husband took a nap. I do feel much better. My head seems clearer.
I put some chicken breasts in the crock pot for dinner - this morning with some chopped canned tomatoes, onions, green and red bell peppers - garlic, basil, and paprika (I hardly ever measure anything except when I bake) I'm starting to smell it and I approve!


Enjoy the rest of your day!




Lets do some updates

Source: Friends of Redding Eagles

During our last wind storm, a stick blew into the nest and cracked an egg, so now there are only 2 eggs. It's always upsetting when that happens - for the Liberty and Guardian, they just trust.  







The almond tree is looking beautiful. My husband would take photos and text them to me while I was sick. 







I wasn't able to spend much time with Ed and Harry - my husband pretty much doing it all. They were always waiting for him at the front door and then following him around. 



Updates


I'm feeling about 44% better. The rest of me is slightly nauseous at times - still in a brain fog and coughing but not like before. I'm not sleeping all the time like I was.  I'm taking the rest of the week off from all group activities. At least I am seeing improvement. 

The husband has been coughing - and sneezing since yesterday. 

Navy and his wife are on their way back - in fact, they should be home anytime now. 

I noticed that the Google sign-in is different. I checked it out and apparently, they have been rolling out the new look over the last couple of months with all of it now done as of March 4. It's really not that big of a change. I only noticed because the print seemed bigger. 

Another change that is coming. I heard that Dollar Tree is raising their prices AGAIN. They will be all over the place in prices. Seems they are having an identity crisis and want to be more like Dollar General. They are installing price scanners in the store. 

It's been raining a lot - what more can I say about that? Snow in the mountains = more water for California. 



Good News -

The husband did our taxes and we are getting back $151 from the State of California and $841 from the Feds.  We're pleased. 



Thanks for all the Birthday wishes. 



As soon as I publish this, I will probably remember something else, only to forget it again. I am wrestling with a bad mood - As for my birthday, I'm over it. I'm thinking, that maybe this was a glimpse of what the next decade is going to look like.  (okay I'm wrestling with negative thinking, too) I get this way when I have been sick for longer than a couple of days, I tend to go through a mini depression. 








Lastly, today would have been my sister's 65th birthday. Her name was Donna. I miss her terribly even though in our adult years, we grew apart thanks to our mother's meddling. We were just finding our way back to each other, when she dropped dead, unexpectedly at the age of 56. She would have never liked being 65 or even older. Most of her friends were Nina's friends. She had no old friends that were her age or older. I always felt "less than" when around her because I was getting older and she refused. 

She loved life her way - she loved the men - and the men loved her. She was married four times and I believe this one would have made it.  

I had always wished we would grow old together and it was a great disappointment when she passed. Because of her age denial, she refused to get medical attention - she followed a lot of remedies. 

I always knew she was a drinker. Every time we talked on the phone, she was drunk. She took our mother's suicide very hard and every anniversary, she would call me, drunk and crying, and big sister had to make everything okay. It was after she passed that we learned she died of cirrhosis of the liver. Her daughter said, she believed she knew something was wrong and just wanted to forget about it. She tended to live in a fantasy world. 

Oh, how I wish things could have been different. 

Now I am the only one left from my birth family. 

Donna, I miss you and I loved you. Why?