Holly’s Happenings

WOW, I swear this week flew by faster than any week of my life! It’s so strange to think that it’s been over a week since I received the phone call about my nephew’s death, it feels like it was just yesterday that the call came! For the most part, it’s been a pretty good week, no major drama or problems came up.

I’ve been very tired, but I just wrote it off to stress and a touch of depression. That could have played a part in it, but I can’t help but wonder if it had to do with the fact that I came down with one heck of a bug yesterday! About mid day I just started feeling YUCK, by dinner time I was running back and forth between my desk, the bathroom and the recliner. I haven’t been that sick in quite a long time! Thankfully at one point I remembered that I had an old prescription for some anti nausea medication from when I used to get severe migraines. It took me a few minutes to find it (it ended up being in a box in the pantry that has stuff from one of the kitchen cabinets from the old house in it), but within an hour of taking it the nausea and other related conditions pretty much cleared up, and it also made me tired, so I was able to get a pretty good nights sleep too.

I woke up feeling quite a bit better this morning. My stomach still feels a little off, but I don’t have any nausea yet. I do, however, still have a few stomach pains going on. If I start feeling nauseous again I’ll take the meds I took last night.

Not too much going on today, I have a little bit of work to take care of, a load or two of laundry to do, and a few phone calls to make, so I should be able to pretty much take it easy today, which is a good thing! My son just called from school and he wants to go to the football game with his friends tonight. It’s so nice to see him getting out and doing things with friends! It’s funny though, he absolutely HATES football….LOL! So, that’s what’s going on with me, how are things going with you? Hope you had a good week!

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!

It’s FINALLY Friday!!! WHOOHOO!!! And after yesterday, I’m TOTALLY ready for it to be the weekend!!! Sorry I haven’t been around much, I started not feeling too well late Wednesday evening and by yesterday morning I was JUNK! I spent the bulk of yesterday resting then gave up and went to bed after making dinner last night around 7:00 or so.

I’m feeling better this morning, but have a fairly major headache. It doesn’t feel like one that’s going to transform into a migraine, thankfully, but it’s definitely a pretty bad headache! I’m hoping I can kick it fairly quickly because I have a MAJORLY busy day ahead of me today! My sister and brother in law are going to be here bright and early tomorrow morning to help hang the kitchen cabinets we got from them last weekend. I’m so excited because the one thing that this kitchen is lacking on is cabinet space! We got two 36 inch uppers, one 30 inch upper, one 30 inch lower and a 6 foot tall pantry cabinet. Then next weekend we’re going to buy a 6 foot counter top and mount it on some pedestal legs and mount that to the wall under the upper cabinets that we’re putting up this weekend. All in all it’s going to add some significant storage area to the kitchen, which we’ve needed since we moved in here last fall!

The weather this weekend is going to be WONDERFUL for the first time since shortly after we moved in here in October! They’re calling for temps in the low 60’s and sunshine! So my other plans for this weekend are to start getting some of the work done on the yard and flower beds. Nothing has been done to them in over 2 years and to say that the outside of the house is a MESS is a complete understatement! It’s probably going to take the bulk of the spring, summer and early fall to get things in order around here! We also need to start working on this driveway and get some major gravel brought in to try to get the serious mud problem under control!

So, the next few days are going to be EXTREMELY busy! I plan on taking some before pictures of the kitchen today, then I’ll take some after ones once we get it finished off with the counter next weekend. I’m also going to head outdoors and take some before pictures so that once we start making progress out there I can share the pictures and show you the difference!

OK, gotta get these kids moving and ready for school. Have a GREAT day!

I often share with you the many things I see when I look out the windows here. If anything, the view for the past several months has been VERY consistent, and this morning definitely isn’t an exception…LOL! Before you look at the pictures, please keep in mind that the temp here yesterday was in the upper 40’s. ENJOY!

Isn’t that just the prettiest sight you’ve ever seen in your life? (Notice the sarcasm there? LOL) Yes ladies and gents, we got even MORE snow over night, four to six inches to be exact. We’re bordering closer to the six inch side here, but from what I understand it’s less in town.

If anyone out there knows how to get in touch with Mother Nature, could you PLEASE tell her that if it doesn’t stop snowing SOON, I may end up going off the deep end like Jack Nicholson did in The Shining….LOL! And if there is anyone out there with several dump trucks that would like to come haul this away for me, I’ll let you have it for free ;o)

Good morning everyone! TGIF and Happy Good Friday to those that celebrate it! In true NW Ohio fashion, spring is starting on an ugly weather note this weekend. The weathermen have changed their minds 3 times over the past two days about the storm that is heading our way. Initially they were saying that our area was going to get hit with about 6 inches of snow. Then they changed it from 6 inches to right around two inches. This morning all local stations are now saying we’ll get anywhere from 5 to 9 inches of snow. I’m so ready for the snow just to be GONE, as in FOREVER! Yes, I know that I always have the option of moving somewhere that it doesn’t snow, but I’m not ready to do that right now!

What I am ready for is getting things taken care of outside! We moved into this house in October and didn’t have the time to take care of things outside before winter reared it’s ugly head! We didn’t even have time to rake up all the leaves and debris that were in the lawn, but considering that we’re surrounded by acres and acres of woods, I doubt we’d have ever truly gotten the leaves taken care of..LOL! So to say that the yard is a mess it a complete understatement! On top of that we need to fix and expand the deck that is outside of the sliding glass door. It’s totally unstable, one of the corner support beams broke, and it’s way too small for my liking. We’ve built two decks before, so I know that putting one up here won’t be a major task. I just want a deck big enough that I can set a nice patio furniture on. And speaking of patio sets, I found some GORGEOUS teak patio furniture that would look so nice and fit right in with our wooded surroundings!

But with the way our winter weather went, I have the feeling it’s going to be quite a while before I’m going to be able to rake and clean the yard, let alone worry about building the new deck. It’s not even April yet and we almost always get smacked with at least one heavy snow storm in the first half of April. can you say UGH!

Yes, it’s FRIDAY!!!!! Do you know where your week went?? LOL To me it seems like this week went by WAY too fast! And with the way the weekend is looking, I have a feeling that will also go by very quickly!

Today isn’t going to be too busy of a day for me! Mostly house stuff to get done, once again I have an enormous amount of socks to sort and fold, UGH! I swear, I would pay someone to do this job for me…LOL! I would rather stand at the sink for 24 hours a day washing dishes than sort and fold socks! I also need to get my filing cabinet moved to make room for the puppy! From what I am understanding, we’re going to go get her this evening. We still haven’t chosen a name for her, it’s just not something that you can do without first spending some time with a dog, ya know?

I do have to run into town at some point before the hubby gets home from work. He was not too pleased with me last night when he found out that I didn’t go yesterday and get the permanent plates for the van. Since the temporary tag is expired it can’t be driven, and I won’t drive his truck because it’s just a HUGE pain, and he’s not been too happy about not being able to drive the Honda for work. The cost of gas is getting totally out of hand and his truck uses WAY more gas to go back and forth to work than my Honda does. So I have no choice but to go today and get my plates. I’ll also have to pick up some sort of puppy bed while I’m in town as well.

The only other thing that I have to do is be to brat gurls school by 4:00 to pick her up from track practice! I’m so proud of her with how she’s doing with this. I know that she was totally disappointed about not making the basketball team and she really wants to participate in sports. I think track is a good choice for her, but from my own experience with running track in high school, I know that it is DIFFICULT! When I have gotten to school to pick her up the past couple of days they have still been out and running and I’ve seen big improvements in her. Yesterday she was actually running rather than just jogging or walking. The coach really pushes them, but I’ve explained to her the reason why he does that, and I think she understands a little more. I also had a card and a few things she needs for track when I picked her up yesterday. The card was one of those “You can do it” cards, just letting her know that I had faith in her ability to do this and that I knew it was going to be hard for her, but for her to just do her best!! I think that made her feel better too!

So, that’s my day. Nothing spectacular, just the normal, mundane mom stuff…LOL! But I like it when things are “normal”, it’s much less stressful! What are YOU up to today?