The Beast went to bed early tonight after he realized that we turn our clocks AHEAD an hour tonight (or at 2am Sunday, depending on when you read this). He has a special church get-together Sunday and it requires him to leave the house around 7:30am. He does NOT do mornings well and needs to get up early so he can wake up before he gets dressed, especially for a church function. That requires dress pants, dress shirt, tie and a sport jacket. Let's not forget the dress socks and shoes, either.
He's having a really tough time getting his shoes on these days. I usually end up having to help him with that, even his sneakers now. It's like he's stiffening up more on his left side (the one that was paralyzed after his strokes) so he can't reach them. We tried using a shoe horn, including one with a long handle but that didn't do it. For whatever reason, he can't get the right angle to make them work for him. Oh well. I don't mind. It gets him out of the house for a while.
I went over to Cee's today (finally) and we just sat and talked about things like Spring cleaning and family. We had a few laughs (we always do) and then the Beast called to have me stop at the store on my way home. We just needed some bread, mayo and some soda. He plans on packing a lunch to take with him since there's no kitchen at the place they are gathering so it's either try to find a restaurant nearby during their *lunch break* or bring your own lunch with you.
I made some ham salad when I got home which is always one of his favorites so he can make up a sandwich for his lunch, bag some potato chips and he'll have a couple sodas to take with him. IF I wake up as early as HE gets up (none of the clocks are turned back yet....I'll do it when I wake), I'll add either an orange (peeled for him) or a cored and sliced apple. It all depends on how I feel. I don't peel the apple because he likes it with the skin left on. I'm just as glad since I hate peeling an apple so damn early in the morning anyway.....LOL. It's bad enough when I decided to make a pie and HAVE to do it.
I am going to be doing a bit of Spring cleaning in my computer room. I need to wash my window, clean up my fan, vacuum behind my desk...and the rest of the room, too, of course! I want to try to straighten out the closet in here so I can put some things in there to get them out of the way but still be accessible. Not sure how THAT is going to go but I have to try. I forget what's on the floor in there and don't want to go look at the moment.
We found out something I thought was interesting to know about the chickens. It wasn't very windy today and, although it was overcast, the chickens came outside and were pecking around and exercising their wings. It started to rain...and gentle one...at first...but the chickens weren't the least bit bothered by the rain. That is, until the rain got heavier....then they all fled inside. It was another rush for the doggie door and, of course, several chickens tried to go in at the same time another chicken was trying to. Result? The two bodies blocked the door and the chickens behind them got upset and pecked their behinds to separate them. They finally figured out they had to go in one at a time....took them long enough!
The rain never did get to be a hard rain and it tapered off to nothing so we left the doggie door open. But, when we didn't see any chickens outside for the couple hours until the Beast went to finally close it for the night, he found them all settled in for bed! He laughed and said they must have heard about losing an hour tonight so they are going to sleep early! Funny guy!
I decided to go ahead and do my wash tonight so I wouldn't have to worry about it tomorrow when I am doing my cleaning. But then I thought about my summer clothes and realized that I was going to have to think about washing them.....soon, I hope. With all the weird weather, you just can't be sure of anything so I figured I could wait and see what happens over the next week or so.
The Alberta peach tree has started to blossom! That shocked me because it usually doesn't do that until April. It's all the warm weather we've been having that has the trees all confused. My dogwood trees have buds that look like they are going to bloom soon. Dammit! The earlier they bloom, the sooner the blossoms will be gone. They only last about six weeks. I love seeing the dogwood outside my computer room when it's in bloom. The other one is across the yard so I have to be on the deck to see it. That's the red one. Funny, but when the bees cross-pollinate them, some of the blossoms on my white dogwood are pink!
Time to get this posted so I can go to bed. It's late and I am tired. Love you all. Be happy everyone. Dance like no one is watching. Love with all your heart. Love given is not wasted and comes back in many different ways. ***Hugs***
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