Daily Ooos: Tuesady, April 20

[faerywings]

I am so excited, today is going to be a good day! I am taking Caitlyn for her second dose which means in two weeks, the family will all be fully vaccinated. What a relief! The other good news is that it is supposed to be sunny and warm and I am going to start prepping my planters. It is happening!

I was able to get about 90% of my work done yesterday which was honestly unsatisfying. It felt like I was still spinning my wheels. It didn't help that after I got all of the tax papers printed and signed by the kids that Caitlyn got a corrected tax form in the mail and now I have to do it all over again. But hey-- it will save her a few bucks on what she owes.
Since I did a decent job getting the stuff off of my list, I did go outside for a while to clear out another area of the yard. I was digging up a dandelion root and when I pushed the trowel in, I saw some of the dirt moving around on the blade. It wasn't dirt, it was a toad! I put him back where he was and scooped some of the dirt around him. I am so glad that I didn't hurt him.
We have a pileated woodpecker that lives in the woods right behind us. He (I guess she??) was pecking away at a log and I saw a smaller bird hopping around near her. I looked more closely and it looks like she has two babies. They flew off a bit and yep, I could see the white tail feathers underneath, and soon after, the little ones were pecking away at the log. It cracks me up how fast and far they can throw the wood chips after they break them off. OTOH-- I am not sure how happy I am going to be when all of them are pecking away and the windows are open.
@scrap-genie or anyone else, do you know if woodpeckers will stay close to each other after they mature?
I tried to get some video of the birds by hanging out of the bathroom window but I am not sure if they came out at all.

The other "fun" thing I did what prepping milkweed seeds that Scott had harvested for me last year. If you haven't seen them out of the pods, they are surrounded by a soft, silky fluff. That goes airborne. Everywhere. Including getting stuck in your eyelashes. LOL! As I was separating the seeds from the fluff, I was wiping the fluff onto a wet napkin so it would stick to it. It worked a bit but there is still fluff flying around the house today. It reminded me of Catzilla when she would shed, she had that super-soft undercoat that would go up my nose, into my eyes. (I miss her, she was a good cat when she wasn't trying to smother me in my sleep). It will be worth it if I can get the seeds to grow and bring some monarchs to the garden.

So that is about it here- Spring is "springing" and you all know how that makes me feel.
HAGD!!

 

[faerywings]

Kay- I hope that you are able to enjoy the weather this week. We have another cold front coming in tomorrow. Be careful spraying the weeds so you don't get a lungful.
You have family photos from 1902? Whoa! That is so cool! I have some of my mom's family from the 1940s and scans of my grandparents' wedding photos which would be from the 30s. To go back that far to the turn of the century is incredible.
Have a wonderful time with your sister and niece! I hope there is lots of laughter!

@taxed4ever Oh no!!!!!!!! What a mess... I can't imagine spilling that much water let alone wine. (That loss is heartbreaking enough on its own ) I hope that the insurance claim goes through quickly. Your Gray must have been so upset even if it was a freak accident. I hope it didn't splash onto your newly painted cabinets.
hahaha!! He isn't allowed to use his phone at work but I do hope that he can keep his mind from wandering to the mystery buttons. He said that he was able to hike a bit while he was over there which is a plus.

@Cherylndesigns Great news about SIL! And your hair is beautiful- it looks so shiny and healthy.
Enjoy the weather!

@felis What a fun challenge that looks to be!! I am so happy for you that you are starting it and am looking forward to seeing your photos. Do you have specific patterns picked out yet?
I hope that the work issues get better soon.

Hugs!

 

[nancyr]

good morning - whew yesterday was so busy. I rode my bike (OMgosh I love it), went grocery shopping and put the stuff away, then walked Luther, then cooked dinner, then listened to an Anna Aspnes class and then watched hockey. I usually try to do only a few things each day so needless to say I slept like a log. Yesterday was not too chilly down here and no rain and a few breaks of sun. Today should be low 70s Yea! My youngest texted and I get to go visit wedding venues with them. I got to do that with my oldest. I love it when the bride includes the mom of the groom. I am getting through my photos and it is slow but I am glad that I am getting it done.

@faerywings Chris enjoy the weather today! It seems like it will be one of the best this spring. Our leaves are mostly out. The birds are chirping. You are so lucky to have a pileated woodpecker. We see them very rarely in our woods. My DH said the deer are out but no fawn yet or they are well hidden.

@taxed4ever Trudy OMgosh I am so sorry about the spilt wine. That is just the horrible. I am sure he feels so bad even though it was an accident. Good luck with the insurance company.

@BrightEyes Kay have a great time with the visitors! As Chris said you are so lucky to have photos from 1902. What a treasure and your family has to be so happy that you have taken such care to keep them safe and that you know who is in the photos.

@Cherylndesigns Cheryl your hair is gorgeous!

@felis felis saw the photos on IG. So cute. Sorry about the rain. Have fun with your challenge.

Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... It is another sunny day and we have not had any rain for quite some time now. I had to get out in the backyard and water all of the plants out there. They were really looking like the were dying of thirst. I need to be more diligent about keeping them watered! Yesterday was spent trying to contact our insurance broker, who never answered the phone I left several messages and of course never heard a word back from them. So today I will put in a phone call to the Insurance company themselves and see if I have better luck. I would like to get the ball rolling on this before the floors get really bad and start to smell and lift. They are still very sticky too, even after mopping them at least a dozen times now. Ugh!! I will go do my laps this morning and that is about all I have planned for the day.

@faerywings - How wonderful that you are finally getting the nice weather! The toad would have made me scream LOL. When I was helping Heather plant some flowers in front of her house a few years ago, my hand trowel dug up a great big toad! Poor thing I screamed and flung the trowel and toad over my head!! LOL. I don't think it was hurt, but it scared the you know what out of me!! We don't have big toads in our gardens out here on the west coast, thankfully!! (I know I am a scaredy cat!). The prepping of the Milkweed seeds sounds like way too much work to me, but I do hope that they produce some lovely flowers for your garden and butterflies too!

@felis - Love your projects that you are working on they are all so cute! Hope you have fun with the challenge! Don't forget to get your work done too LOL.

@nancyr - Did you ride your bike to the grocery store? Or did you have too many groceries to get, so you had to take the car? I really miss riding a bike everywhere. We rode bikes a lot when we lived in Outlook, Saskatchewan. It was nice because it was pretty flat there and not much in the way of hills to climb LOL. Not much traffic either, the little town only had one four way flashing light LOL.

@Cherylndesigns - You do have a lovely head of hair! I bet it felt so good to have it washed, conditioned and cut!

Ok I better get busy and get on the phone again, wish me better luck today please! Have a good day everyone!

 

[bcgal00]

I'm quickly saying hi today. I have lots of work, have some CT stuff to do and need to go out to get a few dog onsies (never heard of that until this week lol) for Jen (Bella is getting spayed today). Wearing the onsie means she won't have to wear a dog cone as she heals. Remi will be able to wear them when it's her turn to get spayed in a few months.

It's a gorgeous day and I'll be out for a walk later with the dogs. I ordered a bungie double leash so hope that this is easier than holding 2 leashes (it should be).

@faerywings I know you asked me something but now I forget (old age ha ha) so will have to check again later what you asked me yesterday. That will be wonderful if you get the Monarchs to come this year. We don't really get any butterflies around our house. Wish we did.

@taxed4ever sure hope you get the floors replaced soon. How frustrating.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Boy am I making it by the skin of my teeth. What a busy, busy day. We spent a good chunk of the day at the license bureau (2 of them) - we've tried 3 times (this was the 3rd time) to get our Oklahoma driver's licenses so we could then get our car tags. Every time, we didn't have something we needed. It's been frustrating and we were dreading going today. Boy, they want everything but the kitchen sink. They wanted our original birth certificates (as if). They really needed a copy of THE ORIGINAL that our parents' signed. UGH. We had certified copies (with the raised seals) and that wasn't good enough. We've been playing this game for a few months now. We've ALL had problems getting these our licenses and tags and you have to go two separate places to get them. Anyway, we FINALLY got everything done today. We felt like we'd given birth. We were so relieved that we had to stop at Nancy's and get a lemon pie. ROTF When we got our tags, I put out the Bat Signal that we did it!! Of all the states we've lived in, we've never had these problems!

Then, the gang all decided they were coming up for dinner so we barely had time to catch our breaths. I told them it was pot luck - they'd have to raid the fridge. We had enough meatloaf left over for Roger to have a sandwich and Chuck threw some pasta dish together. This bunch will eat anything - cereal if that's all there is. LOL

Well, it's cold again - it was snowing today. We had to bring the ferns in and the tomato plants - it's supposed to get down below freezing. Two days ago, we were all wearing shorts.

Trudy @taxed4ever thank you so much! It's very long even with what she cut off and yes, it felt delightful! It's been a long time - over 3 years. Did I miss something? You mentioned mopping up the floor and the insurance guy? I hope you haven't had a flood! Never mind, I just read what happened!! Oh my!! What a mess and wine to boot!! Hopefully, you got ahold of your insurance guy by now.

Nancy @nancyr thank you so much!! Nobody can believe how long my hair is! I know I told you all that I declared, 3 years ago, that I was just going to let it grow and I have. Hope you had a wonderful bike ride today. How nice that you have places to ride to. That's one thing we don't have - just rutty roads.

I just realized that I'm reading the messages backward. Oh well - it's been one of those days. Where's that walking backwards emoji???

Chris @faerywings thank you so much for the compliment on my hair. The only thing I can attribute it to is #1 good hair genes, but just as importantly I've taken 10,000 mg of Biotin every day for years. I swear by that. Even the hairdresser couldn't believe how healthy it was (for not having anything done to it professionally for 3 years. She really only needed to trim it up a bit and she kind of blended in my bangs. I didn't really care about sitting there an extra 30 minutes while she blew it out straight, but she wanted to see how it looked straight. I usually let it go curly.

You're so cute - I can just see you loving that toad and watching the birds. You just love all creatures, don't you. When we lived in Florida, we had a pet frog that adopted up. He actually adopted one of my plants. He was so cute and we named him Bart. Yay for Cait getting her vac! We get our second ones Thursday.

Felis @felis, I missed what your challenge is going to be. I need to go out on the board and look around. I LOVE the adorable gold fish that you put on your store on IG. SO cute!

Sorry I was so late jumping on here tonight. I had loads of CT stuff to promote too and I'm not done yet. It'll be another 1 AM night for me.

Hugs and I'll be on here earlier tomorrow.