Rainy Spring Day

I was going to do some more working in the yard today.  But it is rainy.  Yesterday was warm and sunny, beautiful!  Moved 3 rather large azaleas with DH help.  Despite his bad back.  HOpe they survive.  Not planning to work outside, but the weather dictated I get outside!  Also was frustrated about a couple of minor things with my DH.  Felt good to take it out with a shovel and digging some holes!

Did my first organized hike/walk with a hiking group I joined.  I am SO GLAD I DID!  Loved the women, there were 4 of us.  Loved the potential.  They walk a lot and go out to eat, day trips to the city to go to Trader Joe's and Costco, even travel.  We hiked a 6 miles on the pavement.  Not hard for them, but was a challenge for me.  Much of it was up pretty steep incline.  I had over 18k steps that day!  Sunday.

My birthday was Saturday.  I did hot yoga in am, then took a nap.  Put my favorite top on and waited for the possibilities.  My good friend was supposed to drive down, but she told me Thursday had to postpone one week.  My other good friend, local.  Was out of town.  Did DH or in laws have plans to take me out for my birthday...evidently not!  To be fair, I do carry a pretty busy schedule and did not indicate to DH that I wanted to go out for dinner.  So, I improvised and opened a can of soup.  Viola.

But seriously I have had some minor annoyances that have interfered with my serenity that I will blog about soon.  I also plan to blog at my 6 month of retirement milestone.  Just perfect timing with some of my thoughts of doubt lately...stay tunes.  Nothing serious.

I continue to worry about some family members and good friends with serious problems.  Mine - not so much.  One of the ones I continue to worry about is my DH.  He has persisten anemia that is worrying me.  I will just keep putting it in God's hands.

What about you all?  Anything you want to talk about?  My neck and back and moved into my shoulder and now my lower back.  Geez.  I am going to check out our small town chiro tomorrow.

See you all later!

Birthday Flowers

Forgot to post a picture of my flowers I got from DH Friday for my birthday.  I had a great day.  We had a nice seafood dinner at a restaurant I had aa gift car for.  Then, Sat went out with 6 girlfriends to celebrate couple of our birthdays in March.  DH and I wanted to use our gift cards we got for Valentine's Day for massage, but they were booked solid, so we are going to try for this Sat.

I thought we were going to go to RH this weekend, but we aren't.  Our master bath is torn up by contractor redoing shower and floor - DH also used this opportunity to replace both master and guest toilet.  So, we gained another weekend to do stuff in the city.  I will work on freshening up some trim paint and more deep cleaning/packing.  We hope to get our massages too!  I told DH after this move is finished, we are going to have an entire spa day!

Friday I am going to get my brows tweezed professionally for a wedding I have next week in Texas.  I am driving my Aunt and Uncle.  DH staying home.  It will be a nice break. 

The weather finally really pretty today.  Will be high of 70's!  I hope you have a great day where you are.  Last night helped DGM with her bookkeeping.  I have such a hard time with it.  Should be easy, but is such a mental block for me.  So, she is good for another few weeks.

My Love Hate Relationship with March

I was born in March, so was my mom and my DGM (dad's mom).  It always meant just a peak at spring, after the long winter.  I grew up in the Midwest.  I lived away from the Midwest for 13 years.  I came back 18 years ago.  I still hate winter.  Or maybe I hate trying to get around outside when the weather is icy or snowy. 

The hate part comes from losing my mom in March 1991.  She turned 48 just 4 days prior to her death.  And my late husband SCG died in March 1993.  He was only 32.  Now I have a dear friend, S, who died at 47 in 2014...on March 7.  So yesterday and today I think of her.  I am sure i will write more on S.  I miss her so much.  There are some things i need to unpack there with that.  I will write about that later. 

Tues was dedicated to my DGM.  She turned 99.  After working late, i went over and took her  some fancy cupcakes.  She loved them.  I saved 2 for DH too.  Last year I found this cupcake store when I looked for a special treat to take her for her 98th bday.  She was in the hospital last year.  Almost died.  It was quite a spring last year.

My cousin N who has cancer sent me a frantic text tues to come help her, that her work was screwing around with her.  I had to text her and tell her I could not leave work.  I really need all my hours, things are a bit hectic with time and expenses right now, getting some work done on RH to move in and work on CH to get it sold.  I felt bad on one hand, but sort of annoyed on the other because when I called and texted later, she did not respond.  I have to just focus on my lane and let her follow her journey. 

Anyway.  Sometimes the best thing we can do when we feel like we can barely take care of ourselves is to reach out and "do" for another.  Be an ear for someone else, help someone with something, give someone a ride...maybe even just a text or a call...smile at a stranger.  But get out of our own head!

Last night I went to a hot yoga class...first one since our other instructor left in Nov.  It was good.  I slept very well.  Gonna try to go again tonight.  I don't do 2 in a row a lot.  So, might be a bit challenging.  I would rather walk outside tonight, but is still a bit cool and gets dark too soon.  But the clocks change Sat!

I just read this quote on "the Garden of Pensiveness":  "To strengthen the muscles of your heart, the best exercise is lifting someone else's spirit whenever you can."
   -Dodinsky