Yesterday's Fun & Today's Dones

Why on Earth would I be so upset that I had left my Memory Card in my laptop, having not put it back into my Camera yesterday?  Because I had went on a Road Trip with my Auntie Gladys to London !! that had been planned for the past few weeks.

Auntie was going to London for an appointment, so I had asked her if she would mind if I would go along with her so I could visit a friend I have had for sometime, however had not met in person.  I was so excited to be meeting someone who I feel I have gotten to know so well through her writing, our emails and a couple of phone calls.

There was naught a bit of disappointment on neither our parts.  I spent a delightful couple hours with my dear, now in person, friend .....

"Carla of My 1/2 Dozen Daily."

~Photo Credit:  Carla's lovely oldest daughter, Morgan~

What could I possibly take along to Carla that she would enjoy?   I could not take any food items as she has food allergies with me not even wanting to begin taking a chance on taking along something she could not enjoy.  I did however take a tin of of Homemade Cookies for the girls, while having given Carla something I know she craves and is addicted to ....

"Carla's "goodies" were given in the form of Fat Quarter materials in some cute prints.  Not necessary, however much to my delight, Carla had gifted me these three books.  I can not wait to get into Real Life Real Miracles.  Carla remembers me speaking to her about the Car Accident I had 2 years ago, thinking it would be a most appropriate book for me to have.  Thanks Carla, you are indeed an Angel on this Earth for your thoughtfulness."

Now would anyone who follows both mine and Carla's blogs like to hear how Carla is in "Real Life", up close and personal?  I found Carla to be sweet, kind, considerate, down to Earth and a very real "up front" person.  Black and White with no grey areas in-between, which is my kind of person!  Carla is also obviously an excellent Mother, as we all know is not always that easy in today's times, as was evidenced by meeting their four children.

Oh Carla's husband? he works very hard to look after his family on a night shift, so of course he was enjoying, hopefully we were quiet enough, himself some sleep.  Maybe I will get to meet up with him another time.

Special thanks to Carla's oldest daughter for taking the two photos for us.  Thanks again, Morgan !!! xx

Special thanks to my Auntie Gladys for taking me along on the trip with her.  I had a wonderful time on the drive there and back, as it was nice to spend some quality time with her.  I do love my Auntie Gladys.  We even enjoyed an amazing lunch together at a little restaurant before we got to the City.  Amazing homemade food and prices that were beyond reasonable !  I am certain this little place will be a stop Auntie will take Uncle to the next time they are through there.

Back to reality here today "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard" .....

More "Crabby Cabbie" business, which seems never ending some days, bed made, dishes done, bathroom cleaned, kitchen floors washed, and Aussies attended to throughout the day.  Here I sit wondering why there is still so much else to do with this vicious web of housework and its tasks it weaves for us.

Rob had picked up some "treats" for our gang Yesterday much to everyone's delight as you can tell ...

"Nylabone meets Buddy, with Me getting a beautiful big "grin" in return.  This made me really *smile* to know how happy our Buddy Boy, especially him showing it like so."

Does anyone remember when the first Day of Spring is??? as I think Old Man Winter is having it out with Mother Nature running her course.

"There were humongous flakes of snow blowing through this morning."

By late afternoon it had all changed ...

"With the Wild Turkeys doing the "Boardwalk" along our drainage ditches in behind our house. Notice the ducks having a little swim in the super big puddle in our first field?"

I took an Easy Peasy route with our Dinner this evening.

"Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts met up with my Homemade Black Bean & Corn Salsa in the Slow Cooker to be later served over a bed of Basmati Rice.  Dessert? that would be Homemade Carrot Cake that my Auntie made for one "Crabby Cabbie" who just happens to be one very spoiled man.  Jeez one call to the Auntie and a week or so later, "voila" he gets whatever he asks for ... what brat I am married to !"

Thanks to Forever Owner, Mike, of our "Checkerboard Aussies" Fabulous Four Bindi, I had my cuteness *fix* today from Windsor.  Take a peek yourself by *clicking* HERE.

Spread the news !!!!

"Pssst ... Have I told you yet I am going to be a daddy and only in about in 2 weeks time???"

That was my "yesterday's fun and today's dones", pretty much all in a "nut shell", "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".

April Fools Right?

~Photo Credit Facebook~

"Yes he did "lie" either that or this was a very bad April Fools Joke."

Rob and I had a very blustery drive, with high winds swaying our vehicle, into Owen Sound this morning as we made our way to our Accountants to pickup our Income Tax for ourselves, my Mother, and The "Crabby Cabbie".  The winds had been very high since early this morning.  It was a very cold outing first thing with the "Checkerboard Aussies" ... brrr.

The trip into Owen Sound had a couple of bonuses as well, one being from my friend, Sharon, who had "just" recently returned from a much warmer Florida State, bringing along some goodies for myself, as well as Burt's Bees Creams for Carla and I.  The second was stopping in at the Dollar Store where I "scored" some Easter Goodies at 3/$1.00, finding out it had been a mistake on the signage when I got to the check-out, but which they honoured the price anyway.

"Sharon had not only gotten us the Burt's Bees cream, she had also picked me up some Hershey's Cinnamon Chips that can only be gotten in the US.  Remember those yummy Mammoth Apple Cinnamon Muffins I had made?  Thanks again, Sharon !  And look at the "score" of Easter goodies  Nice bonus to make the Grandson's Easter bags a wee bit fuller, since I will not be seeing them for another week or two (hopefully)."

By the time we had gotten back home it was 11:30, time to make us some lunch, after the "gang" were first taken care of.  Lunch dishes done up, bed made, a couple phone calls taken care of and then it was off again to do some errands downtown Wiarton.

Gilbert Shoes, Pinkerton's Carquest, RBC, Bennett's Dollar Store, a quick chat with a lovely lady who not only "likes" The "Checkerboard Aussies" posts on Facebook, but who also follows along here too.  Nice to have met you today, Joan, and thank you for the "chat".

After all of that I head over to Gateway Haven for a bit of a visit with my Mother.

"Mom had been enjoying playing Bingo when  I found her with a rather large group of Bingo players.  It was "fun" to sit with her for the last 15 minutes or so before the afternoon Bingo wrapped up for the day."

I measured Mom up for shoes.  Her size hadn't changed, but after discussing what had changed with Marg at Gilbert's Shoes, we both concluded with so much sitting since purchasing her last shoes that she had put on a bit more weight causing her feet to be a little pudgier as well as possible swelling.  We are going to try with the stretching of boot shoes she had to see if that will widen them at the toes a bit more for her.  We are also waiting to see what comes in with the new Clark sandal shipment before deciding on a new purchase.

I arrived home, for the second time today, well after 3:30 pm.  Again it was attend to the "gang", send off some paperwork to the Accountants, address some mail, return a few phone calls that had been left on my machine for me, and before I knew it, it was time to make Dinner.  Thank goodness for leftovers !!!

I have had another severe headache again today, which I am contributing to the change in weather as well as my neck.  The T2's haven't even put a dent in it, but I am still going to have to try another round of them again before my eyeballs come out of my head with pain.  

"Last night it was a cuppa Sleepytime Herbal Tea.  I think I will be trying out another cuppa tonight to see if that relaxes me a bit."

YIKES !!!  Another friend just called me and told me there is a big Snow Squall Warning in effect for tonight.  Oh man, this is not what I wanted to hear, or anyone else I am sure.  Fingers, toes and eyes crossed it doesn't happen.

Would it surprise anyone if I said I have tons of plans again tomorrow?  Oh my head, hopefully I will get over this headache sooner then later, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".