February, It’s goodbye and so long to you….

“You can send me pretty flowers
You can send me valentines
Send me letters every day but it won't pay
Bend to my desires nothing else will do
It's goodbye and so long to you.”

A verse from one of my favorite songs composed and performed by Mac Wiseman.

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Goodbye February, you have not been a very friendly month.  You followed January which was even worse.  March is set to roar like a lion with much snow and frigid temps.  But you all can not get me down because it is only 19 days till spring.

I finished the Susan Wiggs chronicle on my Nook.  It was 835 pages which took me parts of 3 days to read.  She is an excellent writer.  I have read several of her books and she is normally not a historical romance writer.  835 pages is enough romance for me.  I am ready now for a good old murder mystery.  I need to check Amazon because I think John Sandford has a new book coming out this month.

My niece is coming for lunch so I need to quit thinking about snow storms and bitter cold and zero temps and get busy.

Have a peaceful weekend.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

A bright sunshiny….

bitter cold morning with the temp only to reach 8 – 10 degrees today.  I am thoroughly disgusted with the polar vortex.  He can pack his bags any time and go live with Murphy.  We are predicted to have snow starting Friday evening and lasting till Monday afternoon with a significant  accumulation and then the below zero temps to follow.  The countdown till Spring is 20 days and the countdown till DST is 9 days.

I was up at 6 this morning  for a trip to the hospital for labs.  I picked up my daughter and we went to Bob Evans for breakfast afterwards.  Then a stop at food depot to stock up on needed items for the snow storm headed our way.

I really liked my new nephrologist that I saw yesterday.  Very nice and thorough, thus my having to have labs done today.  I was delighted when he told me that he had telephone conferences with my nephrologist at Champaign.  I loved that doctor in Champaign,  If you have read any of my blogs from years ago you would know that I always described Dr. Sehy  http://www.christieclinic.com/primary-care-and-specialties/doctor/204/sehy-j.-timothy/ as the most handsome doctor that I have ever had.  I have this thing about doctors, I either love them or I tolerate them.  Two of them have a god complex but most of them are nice.  I have a specialist for everything which can be good or bad whichever way you look at it. 

And now I am out of the mood to do anything.  I have been busy getting caught up on the books I have on my Nook.  I think when I have read everything I have loaded on there that I am going to buy a Kindle Fire as I like dealing with Amazon much better than Barnes and Noble.

I have been reading the Calhoun Chronicles bundle.  “Award-winning New York Times bestseller and consummate storyteller Susan Wiggs brings you three enthralling historical romances about unconventional women and the men who learn to love them. Included in this bundle are The Charm School, The Horsemaster's Daughter and Halfway to Heaven.”

Photo and description from Amazon.com

Be warm!  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Updates and…

the countdown till spring which stands now at 21 days.  It is cloudy and 0 degrees this morning to reach 12 degrees by afternoon.  It is 10 days till DST begins on March 9th.

Marc was released from the hospital on Monday with no definite diagnosis.  Thank you for all kind thoughts and prayers.

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Work is still being done at the apartment complex down the street from me that was damaged during the tornado,  I think the roof is pretty well done now and they are working inside.

The date of the tornado 17 November 2013.

Catty corner across the street from me.  They have cleaned up the mess and patched up the roof but no major repair done yet  They are living in the house,

and next door to the house catty corner across the street from me.  The mess has been cleaned up.  This is the house that had the lit Christmas tree in the yard the months of November and December.  Around the corner from these houses are several houses that were damaged like this.  Our winter has been so bitter cold and snowy that no repair work has been done to these houses. 

Definition of catty corner: 

cat·er-cor·nered (kăt′ər-kôr′nərd, kăt′ē-) also cat·er-cor·ner (-nər) or cat·ty-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·ner (kăt′ē-) or kit·ty-cor·nered or kit·ty-cor·ner (kĭt′ē-)

adj.

Diagonal.

adv.

In a diagonal position.

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I have been a bit depressed now and I have recalled these sights to help me remember just how very fortunate I am.  Thank you God!!

I am off to a doctor visit this afternoon.  I hope you all have a good day.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

 

A trace of snow…

and bright sunshine this  chilly Tuesday morning in central Illinois.    The countdown till Spring marches on at 22 days!  My Boston friend Paul asked why I wasn’t counting down the days till daylight savings time.  Daylight savings time begins on Sunday March 9th which is 11 days from now,  The reason I didn’t mention this before is because I don’t like DST.  I wish that the time would stay one way or the other.  Stop by Paul’s blog if you have a minute.  He always has wonderful photos of the Boston area.

Yesterday was busy for me.  I ran a lot of errands which included  having new windshield wiper blades put on my car.  The ice and snow this winter had ruined them.  I couldn’t believe how expensive they were.  The guy at Auto Zone came out in the bitter cold and had them on in about 2 minutes.

I talked to my brother near ST. Louis yesterday.  If all goes well he and his wife will come in a couple of months  and pick me up. We will drive to West Virginia to visit my sister and brother in law and all of her family there.  I haven’t seen my sister since 2010.  To say I am so happy at the thought is no exaggeration.

I need to motivate myself to clean today but the want to is definitely not there.  I was much more motivated in my own home, but, I can’t stand clutter so I try and keep this place as if it was my own.  It is time for me to sign another lease.  Before I moved here I looked at a lot of houses online trying to decide whether to rent or buy.  It is rather late now to make that decision.  A super windfall from somewhere would help me make up my mind.  LOL  Rae and I have talked about that and we can’t think of anyway that will ever happen short of a miracle.  But hey, my life has been filled with miracles the last 4 years.  I am living proof.

Time to get off this computer and do some visiting with you all.  Then a bit of cleaning and checking the fridge to see what is for lunch.

Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth