Ginger's Toy

I had a large soft hugable black and white cow. Over a foot long and at least 6" wide. I say had because my cat has fallen in love with it in the last two weeks. She plays with it,sleeps on it and generally just enjoys it. I can't take it away from her. She tried to hide what she was doing at first but all the cat hair gave it away and now she will lay on it and play when I am in the room. She will hit the floppy feet and ears. Now Ginger has a toy bigger than she is.

Plans

I had hope to work on my porch this coming weekend but if we get the rain they are predicting no work will be done. I know we need rain so the weather might win out. My kids have trained me to say "What Ever". Sometimes it is easier to say that and not say what you would like to.

What A Day

My son came up and brought along two of my great grands-Lexie and Robbie. We traveled about 50 miles to a city with lots of places to shop. I was able to get a few things I wanted to buy for quite awhile. I bought two rose bushes. Won't get them planted right away but thats okay. I was going to buy some wood to fix my porch but since there were no measurements and no saw available it was put off. It was a good thing since I said 2 by 4 and I needed 2 by 6s.
I wanted a pair of backless sneakers and I got them today.
We went to McDonalds for lunch. It was something to see and hear as we ate in the play room. The kids had a great time running and climbing all over the place. All these kids shoeless having a ball. You never go there with a headache but you may have one when you leave.We stayed there for quite some time but when we were leaving ,the shoes were put on and jackets put on with no trouble. We had seen a dad trying to get his little one to leave and he had a time of it with this boy around 2.
After we came home the kids and I went to the park. They had so much energy and went up and down on the slide. They were on the swings to. I can't remember the last time I push someone on a swing. When I said it was time to leave they didn't make a fuss.

Memory

Have you ever thought how far back you can remember? How old you were at your earliest memories?
Now I know I have memories back before a lot of you were born-stick around long enough its easy.
But today I even shocked myself. I found a newspaper article about the day my little brother was badly burned by hot tea he pulled down on himself. He was 1. I can remember the scream my mother let out and all the rapid moving and them taking my little brother to the hospital. It was about a month after I turned three. Mother kept that piece of newspaper; dated and put in a little wallet. I wasn't sure when it happened but I remembered it and the scars my brother had. But thanks to my Mom I know when.
Now if I could remember recent things as well.

You Want Billions

You hear and read the billions that are spent and you can't comprehend that figure. Well here is something that puts it in perspective. The yearly estimate budget for one year -
Total receipts $6,650,410,000
Total Expenditures $7,345,655,000 (exclusive of debt retirement)
Net deficit $695,245,000
Debt retirement $200,000,000
Gross deficit $895,245,000
This was in what year? I bet the people didn't like that budget because we were in marked recession in business. Would you care to guess the year.

Old Music Found.

Looked at some records I found upstairs. I found an Al Jolson record. I have a few from the Knickerbocker Male Quartet and others. They were on Silverstone and Columbia records. From the tittle of the songs these were from the time of WW1. I also found a few albums that are a litle more modern. Two by Perry Como, One by Bread, and one by Crosby Stills and Nash. Oh there was even a record with music recorded at Ziegfield Follies. That started my week out.

Wrong Box?

Tonight I opened the wrong box to check what I could throw away. It had very old memories but it still hit me like a ton of bricks. I found the paper from the cemetery for my husband's burial.
There were sympathy cards. I couldn't just put them in the garbage. I had to look at each one and see so many names that I don't remember. They are still in the box; maybe I will be able to shred or throw but not tonight. It amazes me after all these years how this affected me. These were from 1966.
I also found the bill for my son's surgery less than 2 months later to check if he had Cancer.
I had to wait for a week before I got the final results. He was fine. My son was a little over 2 years old.
This certainly was not the best of times for me.
I did find a Christmas Program from 1974 where my son played solo Silent Night on his small organ.
I am not sure how i'll sleep tonight but the good Lord will give me peace I am sure.

MISC.

Hope everyone had a great Easter. I saw some great posts about the meaning of this holiday.
And it didn't have a thing to do with rabbits or colored eggs.
Yesterday I finished going thru my old medications. I opened the bottles-emptied them into plastic bag and took the labels off the bottles or boxes. I had hoped to get rid of them today. My druggist wouldn't take them but said I should take them back home;fill the bag with water and when they are destroyed put them in coffee grounds or kitty litter and put them in the garbage.
They are almost all melted.
I did my wash this morning because it is supposed to be rainy for the next few days. Another job done!
When I came home there in front of my house in an old garden spot was one little crocus in full bloom. Oh the power of one. :)
I went to the store and saw some old friends outside. It was great to see them and chat for awhile. The day has hours to go but it has been such a good day.

Happy Easter

Today He died! BUT on Sunday HE AROSE!! The promise of the Bible was fulfilled and gives hope to all who believe. So I have no problem saying Happy Easter.

When I was working it went from most people working in an office Monday thru Friday to my area where we worked 24/7. The office staff had half a day on Good Friday. Once our area started there was a problem with Easter Sunday holiday pay. A few of us stated if you didn't have Easter Sunday Good Friday didn't mean anything. We won for a little while.

So Happy Easter to you all.