To Brighten Up a Cloudy, Rainy, Corona Kinda Monday!!!!

Need I say More??

I didn't think so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Corona Virus Days of 2020...

I've been hesitating to write this post because, quite frankly, I'm still in constant anticipation and constant angst with what is happening in our world right now.  But yesterday, my kids asked why I hadn't written about it yet.  In our diary.  Because this ol' blog has become the yearly book of memories for us all...a place to be able to come to when someone needs to remember what we did on such and such a day.  A place to celebrate events in all of our lives and chuckle about  them.  Hopefully, a place where my grandchildren will come one day to read all about their growing up years with their cousins and aunts and uncles and their grandparents....
We've been prepared for a day like this.  How..you ask??  My husband is a very smart man and his main goal in life is to protect his family.  He has researched and studied long and hard, ever since the days of Y2K, on how to protect your loved ones in times of crisis.  Of course, when it actually happens, there is still that feeling of panic.  But for the most part, because of him teaching us his ways,  our family is calm.  All have stocked up for a few weeks and all are taking precautions to keeping one another safe and healthy.  My sons are calm.  My daughter in laws are amazing with their abilities to pick right up where the schools let off last week.  They have all made schedules that began yesterday for study, exercise, rest and a lil bit of fun!  They have become teachers in their own right in that they've not hesitated to do exactly what needs to be done for my grandchildren in such times of  anxiety.  Makes me so proud.

They've gone on nature walks.  Fished in the pond.  Done science experiments.  Had a Dr. Seuss dress up day and cooked green eggs and ham.....

in the woods

walks with Dad

finding things that are green for St. Paddy's Day

at home science experiments

fishing at the pond

Dr. Seuss Day

daily schedules

lesson plan on Ireland and St. Patrick

And a field trip today to get THESE!!!!!

CHICKENS!!

Chick-O and Duck!!

(Lane wanted a duck so he named his chick Duck!!)

So, as you can see......these kids will continue to "learn" whether its in the school house or their very own house!!

Poppy is surviving and thriving!  Not sure how I can be SO IN LOVE with her in just 3 weeks, but I am!  

with her cousin, Lulu, and Gypsy who didn't get in the pic cuz we couldn't get her still long enough!!!!

The following picture says a thousand words.  My friend's daughter made it back in from Germany last Friday. so she's in house quarantine.  My friend's husband and the girl's dad is a physician at our local hospital.  He's in house quarantine as well.  From each other.

This is how they were able to have a somewhat personable conversation one afternoon....

I've been spending some time in the bunk house (which we convert into a greenhouse in the winter) getting some of my plants out and trimming the dead stuff off.  And that is like the very best therapy for me!!

In this time of uncertainty, we must stay strong and stay together.  Even if from a distance.  What's weird is that I've never thought of myself as the "older crowd" even tho my age says it's so.

Until now.

The aches and pains are bad enough but now I'm in the high risk range for this virus.  And it's scary.

I put all of my faith in God.  We know He has a plan for all and we have to be strong enough to wait for that plan to play out.

Will paranoia help?  No.

Will patience help?  Not with the virus, but it sure will help us to get thru these trying times.

We must pray and we must be patient.  We must think of others when making decisions about living our everyday lives.  We must be smart.

Just as the azalea bush in my yard is born again with blooms in spring,

we must have faith that everything will be ok in our world and this time of 

not knowing will soon come to an end.

I pray for us all.

AMY'S SPECIAL DAY!!!!!

Yesterday, March 8, was our Amy's Happy Happy Birthday!!!

 She had a whole week of celebrating to do!!!  Her husband, which would be my son!, took her to Hot Springs for the weeken stay at the very same cabin where he proposed to her!!!!!!  WHA????  Now just how cool is that?  (my sons never cease to amaze me!)
So, they had a relaxing few days by the lake ...

while their little girls had a pretty fun weekend at their cousin's new house!!!

Then they had a crawfish dinner in the backyard with their good buddies!!

And next weekend, we get to do it all over again (crawfish boil) when all my kiddos will be in town!!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DAUGHTER IN LAW, BEST MOM TO OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS, EVEN BETTER WIFE TO OUR SON AND "FRIEND" TO ALL OF US!!!!!

Specially to her sister in laws!

Cutest couple EVER!!!!!

POPPY PEARL = PERFECTION!!!

SHE'S HERE!!!!!  POPPY PEARL IS HOME!!

I was supposed to pick her up last Thursday, 3 hrs away, but I've been down with the cold and cough all last week. (no, not corona....all corona I want is the beer!)  Cap'n had an appt and couldn't drive me over so we had to wait until Friday to go get her.  OH MY....when they brought that baby into the office, I almost died.  Died, I tell ya!!!!!!

And we were so happy to finally be in the car for the ride home..

Now, we're just empty nesters with a new baby!!  She's 8 weeks old, born on December 29,2019

She is a ball of fluff and a just a tad bit rambunctious, but when she's sleepy....such a little snuggler!

On her first full day with us, we went out to the deer camp for Cap'n to do a lil work. Never too young to learn about that place.....she will love playing in the wide open spaces with her her puppy cousins!  And she also decided that this is a pretty cool way to ride with mom in the car...

Altho, tomorrow, on her first trip to the Vet, she'll be riding in her carrier.  Really am going to try and "train" this one better than I didn't "train" Sophiejane!!

She had her first 4 wheeler ride down to the garden today to watch Cap'n plant some pretty cool foods for spring and summer!  that post will come next!

Put her first "jewelry" on her this morning cuz dontcha know?  A girl's gotta be fancy and she may as well learn early!

I think the hole in my heart from losing Sophiejane is already starting to close and FILL up with love for ms. poppy pearl!!

WHERE O WHERE IS POPPY?

(she matches all the pillows on my couch!!!)

“My little dog – a heartbeat at my feet.” – ...