Just another ordinary day

We're enjoying our life.  Are you?  Life is what you make it and we've found a peaceful routine here.  For the most part we hang around the house and it pleases me.  

A cold front came through and our mid 80's went away...it's ok, because our AC is being worked on.  

Jim and I rarely get up at the same time.  Matter of fact it probably happens only a handful of times a year.  Today was no different.  I think I was eating breakfast when he finally came down for his coffee.  Not sure how it came up but I mentioned brunch.  We've hit a couple restaurants that offer Sunday Brunch and I remembered today is Sunday!  If you're retired sometimes remembering what day of the week it is can be fun.  Jim likes the typical breakfast of eggs etc while I do not, so going out for breakfast appealed to him and he found a place in Boerne, Brantley's Bistro.  Good choice!  I had coffee and sweet potato pancakes, Jim had the house bloody Mary and avocado toast.  His drink came with celery, bacon, pickled okra and pepperonci.  The toast was loaded with mashed avocado along with crab and cherry tomatoes  on one slice and bacon with one egg on the other slice.  He ate every bite so I know it was good.  We also tried their french fries with homemade ketchup.  Quite yummy!

We headed to a Barnes and Nobles to see what was new, read some magazines and for me, browse the cookbooks.  The drive home on Blanco Road, then Spring Branch Road we saw oodles and oodles of bluebonnets!

  
This is a single stalk, when massed together over several feet they're quite lovely.  It's the state flower of Texas and is part of the lupine family

The hummers are here!  I think one of them is a black chinned.  Not sure if they're local or just passing through.  Ruby Throats are local.  So far just one at a time so no aerial fights

Handmade cards because:

No one displays an email on the mantle

or shows off a tweet on the fridge

or saves a Facebook post in a box of treasure

I've previously posted my cards on the Paper Craft Page.  Just click on the link and you can see my previous work. 

For the year of 2019 I've challenged myself to 500 cards think I can do it?

31 March 2019 87 cards

These four cards are from an old Paper Pumpkin it, Stampin' Up!  All I had to do was stamp the hello and glue everything together

This set of cards uses paper from Paper Source and they do not photograph well.  The color is peach!

All is right in our world

Spring, Construction and Some Cards for Your Perusal

Spring is beginning to show her face.  Over the past week or so we've seen the American Goldfinch getting yellower.  Some trees are budding out and getting more colorful everyday.  How do I know?  We keep driving past or walking past the same trees as we visit the doctor offices.  I think I've seen Bluebonnets but I'm sure they'll be incorporated into the highway and not dug up and transplanted

We've seen a lot of changes along  Highway 281.  From the 1406 loop north of San Antonio to where we are is being expanded.  I find it amazing how quickly a treed section of the highway can be stripped of vegetation and the next day and industrial chipper/shredder comes along and makes mountains of mulch.  The next day they load it all into a big 18 wheeler.  It would be interesting to see what they do with all the rocks.  Do they become part of the new roadbed?  Are they crushed?  Do they haul them away?  Inquiring minds want to know!

We are in waiting mode.  Diagnosis made, scans taken care of and we don't know when surgery will happen.  We're also waiting for a call about Jim's Cpap machine.  Apparently Jim quits breathing while asleep and thus it makes him tired!

I'm now taking medications for Type 2 Diabetes (Metformin) and my cholesterol (Atorvastatin Calcium).  I also get to take a glucose reading every two days.  Today I actually feel human.  With all the diving back and forth the last two weeks we've both gotten worn out.  So adjusting to medications didn't help.  I'm also trying to get back to my plant based diet so I can drop these meds.

Handmade cards because:

No one displays an email on the mantle

or shows off a tweet on the fridge

or saves a Facebook post in a box of treasure

I've previously posted my cards on the Paper Craft Page.  Just click on the link and you can see my previous work. 

For the year of 2019 I've challenged myself to 500 cards think I can do it?

27 February 2019 63 cards 

Most of the supplies used on these tropical cards are from Stampin' Up!  Pink isn't a favorite color of mine but these are Spring like

These are different.  The rectangle of striped paper is called Franken Paper.  Basically you take scraps of paper that are then glued to a strip.  In this case a twelve inch strip was used and then I cut it into three panels.  The other papers are from Paper Source  and didn't photograph well, it's more peach than orange.  I used a Stampin' Up! embossing folder for more texture

We had a lovely early dinner with Sara Jane and Jerry yesterday.  We met them and Jerry's sister Marlene and her husband Bob at La Hacienda.  Good food along with laughter and conversations that didn't just contain medical problems!  

Since we intend to stay in this area my blog will be more of my crafting.  Of course I'll let everyone know of our day to day life...and I'm sure once we get Jim mended we'll cruise the Hill Country! So stay tuned!

All is getting better in our world