I forgot to mention that I finally saw one - a snake last Sunday afternoon. I let Butler out after I got home from church and there it was, lying as peaceful as can be on the sidewalk in the backyard getting some sun - until I walked over to it and yelled at it. It was a baby snake and it slithered off to its hole. Yippee.
I have no idea what happened to my neck mid-week but for two days I could barely turn to the left. The first morning it was bothering me while I was in the shower I heard and felt a pop in my neck and it kind of loosened up so thought that was good - nope. I don't know what popped but while I can finally turn my neck to the left almost as far as I can turn to the right (with only a little bit of pain) the middle of my left shoulder is still pretty tender.
Last night I ran errands so I wouldn't have to do them today and I was on a mission for a garden hose. I had seen one in a catalog that was "curly" that would straighten out when you stretched it but would curl back on itself so it was easy to keep it orderly. Mike basically left the hose laying all over the back patio - he wouldn't roll it up and unfortunately I followed that example last year. I thought this type of hose might be easy to take care of. Dad also found a flat hose in an easy holder that you could roll it up - at Menard's. I had already bought the curly hose from WalMart yesterday but checked out the flat hose at Menard's thinking if I liked it better I'd return the other hose. The only way I can describe the flat hose was remember the old "See and Say" toy that was a round plastic thing that you turned the thing in the middle to something and you pulled the string so it would "talk"? Google it if you don't get what I'm saying. The holder for the flat hose was like that and had a 10' leader hose you connected to the middle of the thing. The part of the hose you connected to the faucet was where the hose extended from. So you would take your 10' leader hose and the plastic case the flat hose stayed in and drag that behind you all over the yard with the other end of the hose coming out the other side of the plastic thing to extend the hose from the faucet. I'm like who designed this stupid thing - I don't want to drag all this behind me.
Then last night on the WE channel (260 on DirecTV?) I found the Friday night Fraiser marathon! I laughed and laughed and laughed. That was one of the few shows that was truly funny. One episode Niles thought he wanted to be a father so he carried a 10 pound bag of flour around with him as his "baby". The "baby" ended up burnt and had bandaids on it and more.
Mom and Dad were up Wednesday and we talked about a new project I have - the enclosed front porch. It's time to spruce it up which means scraping off the old paint, painting, putting some type of cheap carpet down and more. Dad is getting kind of excited to help me with it. I think we're going to go with an exterior paint that has paint and primer all in one. Not quite sure what we'll do on the windowsills were that old tile is breaking up but we'll think of something.
Had a surprise in the mail today - a cooling bandana for Butler from Drs. Foster and Smith. I know I get spacey sometimes but I knew I hadn't ordered it and had no clue as to who had. My cousin emailed me saying she forgot to let me know that Nicki and Olav (her dogs) ordered it for Butler so he wouldn't get too hot upstairs. I told her Butler appreciated it.
It was suppose to be sunny today and it was for a short time then the sun hid and it got chilly but I decided I HAD to tackle the front yard at least. I mowed - and struggled with raising the wheels of the lawn mower up a notch. I actually bagged the lawn where the new sod was laid last summer since that grass was so long. I sprayed and sprayed the cracks in the drive and places in the planters to kill weeds. And ended up tossing grass seed in some bare spots - and figured that was enough for one day and I was cold so came inside. I'll save the cow pasture for another day.
I'm looking forward to our Easter service at church tomorrow. The little kids will be participating again - one group singing, another group reading scripture (maybe I'll be able to snap a photo or two with my phone). There will be Easter lillies decorating the platform and more. I asked if we would be having a sunrise service at Easter Lake (when the weather is nice we baptize there) but evidently the campers didn't appreciate it last year when the sunrise service was held (or something). Bummer. I remember the one time Dad has a sunrise service at Red Rock and it was really nice - and peaceful.
I hope everyone has a very wonderful Easter!
