April 10

It's another sunny day here, but with a chilly wind. When I went for my walk this afternoon I saw these cheerful daffodils were blooming. The property they are on was owned by an elderly man who passed away a few years ago. He loved to work outside and spent a lot of time working on the wooded area next to his home. He made trails through the woods and planted lots of bulbs and different bushes. He would be happy to see that his daffodils are still blooming!

April 9

What a beautiful day we had today! The sun shone all day and the temperature made it to the mid 50's! I had to work a long day today and had to satisfy myself with just looking out at the nice weather.
The birds were busy today too. This picture was taken out of one of the residents windows. This bird feeder was a flurry of activity and for a while was swinging a bit because so many birds were coming and going. It's fun to see the many types of birds that stop by for a meal!

April 8

This is our cat, Cleo. She was sleeping in her little bed and I thought the pattern of the bed looked kind of neat next to her fur.

April 7

This is a picture of a building that is in downtown Grand Rapids, which is about 20 miles from our home. It's a renovated warehouse which now holds 4 floors of different attractions; restaurants, a comedy club, a dinner theatre and live music. The name of this building is The B.O.B., which stands for big old building. We ate there once and it was fun because of the choice of restaurants, but what I really enjoyed was looking at the architecture. It's a neat old building!

April 6

I did a little fabric shopping today. We redid our kitchen and finished it last fall. It looks great except I've never done anything about window treatments. I do have blinds up but want some valances on top. I haven't been able to find anything in the right colors that's already made so I'm going to try and make some. I bought material and a pattern so we'll see how they turn out!
The fabric I bought isn't in this picture - I just liked the way this rack looked.

April 5

This has been my weekend to work. Sometimes I wish I didn't have to work weekends. I hate missing church and it makes it hard to get away, but there are good things about working the weekend too. It is almost always much calmer. There are fewer people around - no management or office staff. Somehow it seems that the residents are calmer too. This allows us to spend more time with them. This aide and resident were sitting together and when I asked if I could take their picture, this is the pose I got. Don't you think that's sweet? It's some of these residents that make me love my job!

April 4

Our daughter Heather has been working on re-doing her bedroom. New paint and new bedding was easy. She also wanted a few new pieces of furniture, but being a poor college student she doesn't have a lot of money. Dad to the rescue! My hubby is really quite a talented woodworker and has a separate building devoted to all his tools with space to build. He built her a ladder bookcase and this cute little nightstand. Heather is happy and Dad enjoyed doing it!

April 3

Not a lovely picture, I know. There is a point to it though!
We had to bring Andy to the airport bright and early. We left our house at 3:15 am this morning. It was raining like crazy, so not a great drive. We said our good bye's and headed for home. I drove home so Bob could try and nap in the car as he had to go to work. I was at a light,waiting to turn left when I realized that the truck that was coming from the crossroad was going to hit me. There were no other cars on the road so I started backing up, but he still ended up bumping into the front of our van. He said his brakes locked up. However - and this is the point of the picture - there was no damage. Thankfully he hit the bumper and not the side of the car! We then headed home with no further incidents. Andy had an hour delay, but made his connection and is now safely in Colorado!

April 2

Heather, Andy, Laura, Aaron
It's time for Andy to leave again. We had our married daughter and her husband here for supper and to enjoy one more evening together. We had a fun evening and tomorrow will start early. We have to leave the house at 3:15 to get Andy to the airport. He's off to Colorado, which is an easier place to send him off to than Korea! It sure was great to have him here for a while!

April 1

Bob's Mom and step dad had supper with us tonight and spent a little time with Andy. They spend the winter in Florida and came back early so they could see him before he leaves. Do you see the look on Andy's face? That says "Mom, do you really have to take another picture?"