Holly’s Happenings

I just looked at my calendar and realized that Mothers Day is a little more than three weeks away. It wasn’t until I became a mother myself that I honestly realized how special Mothers Day really was! Over the years I’ve given my mother many wonderful gifts and cards to let her know how much she means to me, but this year, I’d like to do something really special for her!

A few years before my father passed away, he had purchased a ring for mom that had birthstones of all three of us kids on it. You could tell from her reaction that it wasn’t the ring that she would have chosen, but she wore that ring religiously for many years.

Mom is a little older now and the years have caused her knuckles to get larger because of arthritis. She doesn’t wear the ring my father gave her anymore because of this. So I was thinking that a new mother’s ring that could fit her finger would make an excellent Mothers Day gift this year, especially one like this:

I think she would really love the modern style of the ring and I really like the fact that the style allows for the name of each child to be engraved by their birthstone!

Whatever I end up doing for my mom this year for Mothers Day, I know that in her eyes it’s more about the thought put behind it than anything else. I have no doubt my mother knows how much I love her and how much she means to me and that I’m proud that I call her mom! And as a mother myself, I can only hope that my children grow up feeling as loved as I did by my mother! Even though I was not her biological child, there has never been a single moment of my life where she has made me think that I was anything but her own daughter!

Mom, if you read this, I LOVE YOU! Thank you for being a wonderful mother!

I’ve worn glasses for all of my adult life, I’ve accepted that it’s part of life, and for the most part it doesn’t bother me. About four years ago I let the eye doctor talk me into getting bifocals, which turned out to be a nightmare. I’m not sure if it was because of the style of the frames and location of the bifocals, but I absolutely could not wear them without getting major headaches! They tried to adjust the location of the bifocals two different times, but it just didn’t help. At that point, I resorted to wearing my prescription glasses for everything but reading and computer work, and that worked out well.

But lately it’s been getting more and more evident that that isn’t going to continue to work out. At this house my computer is set up in the family room, as is my husbands. It’s a decent sized room, probably 18 foot by 18 foot, and besides our desks it also holds a recliner, the dogs couch, the wood burner and a large entertainment center with a 36 inch TV.

My desk sits directly across the room from the TV and I’ve found that if I wear my glasses so that I can actually see the TV well, I cannot do work on my computer at the same time because my glasses make the print on my monitor very small and blurry. But when I take my glasses off so that I can see what’s on my monitor clearly, I then can’t read anything that’s on the TV screen…LOL!

My husband says I need to invest in a good pair of magnifier reading glasses, which he’s probably right. But then I’ll have to go back and forth between the reading glasses and my prescription glasses depending on what it is I want to be able to see. I’m thinking it’s time for me to save up my money and look into getting LASIK surgery because this is just annoying!

Good morning everyone! It’s Friday and it is going to be a GLORIOUS day here in NW Ohio! According to the weatherman, we are going to have a high temp near 77 degrees today! That will be the warmest day we’ve had since October 22, almost 6 months ago!

I have the window open this morning and am loving listening to all the birds and wildlife outside! I think one of my favorite things about spring is being able to open up the windows and hear the birds talking in the mornings, it’s such a pretty sound! I’ve also seen some new birds at my feeders this morning, but they’ve been too quick and I haven’t been able to get a picture of them yet. But I’m going to keep trying and hopefully will be able to get at least one picture of them today! My little chipmunk has been visiting this morning as well! I can see that I’m going to have to get a bag of peanuts in the shells to keep around for this little guy. He’s been picking up all the seeds that the birds knock off the feeders and seems to be happy with that, but since I cater to my birds and the occasional squirrel, I might as well cater to my little chipmunk friends as well!

Not sure what is on deck for today. I’ve got a couple of loads of laundry that need to be done and I really need to get my floors mopped as well. The area around my desk and bookshelf could use some organizing, it’s getting a little out of hand again. Other than that, I’ll have to see what the hubby has in mind. He is off work today and gets a 3 day weekend for the first time in several weeks, so I’m sure he’s going to want to enjoy the weather a little bit if he can!