Monday, Monday!!

Some folks just do not like vegetables of any kind, don't understand that as I am a veggie eater from way back.   There is nothing like a really good salad or a plate filled with delicious vegetables cooked just right.   You can have the meat, I'll take the vegies every time.

Climbing stairs is so much fun....go for it.

Well, once again the updates, whatever they are called, has botched up the pictures.  I will have to get one of the girls to come over and check things out again.    Whenever there is an update I can anticipate a problem.    Wish I could post a notice that tells the experts to leave my computer as is, we are both to old to fool around the back end of the computer.  I just want to put it on, do my thing, and change only the furniture in a room.  Changes, sometimes we just don't need them.   We just need quality not quantity.    I want my pictures back.

 

It is Monday all over again.   I hope each of you had a wonderful Valentine day.    As I told you, our plan was to go to the Airport Buffet but I got a call to be ready earlier there was a change of plans.   Off we went, riding along the highway, riding and riding to where?  No one is telling me.   Soon familiar sights came and we were in the town of Poulsbo  where the tiny Sheila restaurant is , where they have a dish of oatmeal to die for and I am not an oatmeal lover.   BUT, the doors were closed and a notice they were closing;  sad, as it was a great restaurant , small but very good.   We got in the car and started up the road and kept driving until we got to the Casino. . . the girls had planned that all the time...a surprise for me and they do have a buffet so off we went and filled our plates with scrumptious choices including my biscuits and gravy.    The girls went on to Bainbridge Island and left me to play awhile.   The only thing is they didn't tell me and I didn't bring any gaming dollars so I didn't get to play very much.   I was a nickel shy of being able to put twenty five cents in the machine to get my free five dollar play money.   I did  not see a familiar face so I couldn't borrow a nickel.   I looked at the faces but none seem friendly , all seem bent on playing their own machine.   Soon the girls came and rescued me and I did get to play before we left.  I paid my dues and we rode back home.    Two beautiful valentine daughters with a lovely surprise for me...how lucky I am.

 

Son John called and caught us at the restaurant.   Hearing his voice brought a big smile to our faces. ..how we miss seeing him.    Son Michael  loved our early morning call which woke him up . . smile. . . a method to our madness ;  if we are up , everyone should be up.   Jock called and sounded so good.   If we were close by we would have taken him out for his favorite omelet.  He promised to come and visit .   Erin sent Valentine greetings from Hawaii  and is hoping to come visit in May.  So our Valentines are all accounted for family wise.    By the way, thank you for the valentine greetings on the computer.  How much I enjoy the messages and the verbal hugs.

 

So your new week is off to a good start.   You have the forty days of lent to get over and a new and bright Easter Sunday to look forward to.    The weather will change, spring will spring and so will our spirits after a long hard winter for some.   So the secret is to look forward . . . never behind.    get busy making plans for your future.    But  in the meantime you have to use your seconds of TODAY, don't waste them.    Be good, be kind, be gentle.   Use soft touch, soothing words and brighten the world with your smile.    Open up those arms and pass out a few bear hugs today.    As the old adage goes. . . 'if you cannot say anything good;  don't say anything at all......remember being gentle means being strong.   Hugs to all.