The Bostons at home

Mike and I rented a car (since all of ours are junky) and made the grueling drive up to DC to visit the Bostons one last time before they move to their new assignment in GA. The big news--Bert is pregnant! And we found out later it's a GIRL! After 5 grandsons, my first granddaughter. We are all just over the moon. The boys are excited to get a baby sister. Baby is due early January. Bert and the boys will be visiting here at the end of July on their way to Augusta. I'll go with them so I can corral the boys while she does a walk through on the rental house and sign the papers. The boys are actually starting the school the following week. Never a dull moment with that crew. Things around here are pretty quiet. It's too hot to go out and do anything. We've had a lot of wildlife visiting us lately. Besides the usual birds (lots of different birds), squirrels, deer and rabbits...we now have a racoon and a couple of stray cats. And we feed them all. I love that I am surrounded by NATURE. It's wonderful.

2025 Spring Fling

I worked in the office last Week, Wednesday and Thursday. The out of state people flew/drove in for the company wide Spring festival. It was a lot of fun. Since almost everyone works from home now, it was nice to get together and see people I never get to see anymore.

Ladies who lunch

I was able to sneak away from the computer for a few minutes to have lunch with some friends from church. We met at the Belted Goat at Fearrington Village. The weather was mild and lovely, so we were able to eat outside. I had an excellent salad with roasted brussel spouts, sweet potatoes, dates and an interesting dressing. They are all such nice people. I would have liked to have hung out a bit longer, but duty calls. Back to the grind.

Early

He's still able to get outside under his own power. He's a little wobbly on those old arthritic knees, but he's a trooper. He's 14 now. An old man, but still full of love and life. ADDENDUM: We said goodbye to Early on April 22. The Vet from Lap of Love came to the house. Early went peacefully to sleep in his favorite bed with me and Mike at his side. It was SO hard. We sure do miss that guy. He was such a sweet dog. But we had 13 really good years with him; a long time for a big dog.

Second snow of the season

The weatherman was correct this time. Snow started about 11am. WRAL says it will snow all night. My weather app says it will stop this evening. We'll see. It is SO beautiful. I love a good snowfall. I put out extra birdseed this morning so that the birds could fill up before the storm. They've been at it most of the day. Then I looked out my window a few minutes ago and saw a big hawk sitting on the ground. When he flew off, I saw he had caught a little bird. Oh well, they need to eat too. It's the circle of life. I sent Mal after some soy milk, Hershey's chocolate syrup and whip cream before the weather got too bad. We can enjoy a nice cup of hot chocolate while we watch the snow come down. As long as the power stays on, we will have a wonderful evening watching TV. Currently we are binging "Doc Martin". Great show. I still have to "work" but things are pretty quiet at the moment. Life is good.

Grandboys

Crochet Christmas Ornaments

I found an easy crochet pattern for little sweater ornaments and got busy making a bunch of them. I made some for Bert's family and she sent a picture. I also made the snowflake. We won't be putting up a tree this year. We dragged the tree out of the shed, but couldn't find the base, so at this late date we decided to give up. Oh well, better luck next year.