Today was IN BLOOM...it was so beautiful to see!

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Two pieces of news today - first of all, it's my baby brother's birthday.  He is 44 now.  FORTY-FOUR!  The baby of the family, is that even possible?  That means next year, the baby of us Schmidt kids is gonna be forty-five - I don't even want to think about that!  It's sad enough to think about how old I am, but when I start thinking about how old my younger siblings are, especially the youngEST, my head might explode.  So let's go on to better news:
Most of the trees are now blooming!!  They were not blooming yesterday, but they are today.  The Bradford Pears, Dogwoods, the Weeping Cherrys as well as regular Cherry trees and many other trees whose names escape me.  Ron and I so enjoyed our drive to church this morning!  Our heads twisted and turned to look here and there as we drove, and it was just beautiful everywhere!

Today, of course, was/is Palm Sunday, and today's church service was a lot more (if you know what I mean).  A lot of the time, it can just seem to be a long, boring service but, I think because of our recent troubles, I am taking all of the spiritual stuff/happenings so much more to heart.  I'm not sure why, but whatever it is, it's inside me, and I am soaking all of it in so much more than usual.  I think that this must be good for me, that I really needed this - needed to open my 'eyes' to see more - and to have this peace, this solemnity, this serenity, inside me right now to help me through this.

After church, we went down to Amelia for our lunch.  Ron went over to WalMart first to put gasoline in his truck - and it was a dime a gallon cheaper than Bethel! - then we went to Campbell's Barn to eat.  He, as usual, got his fried chicken.  I dithered over my decision and finally settled on chicken, too, even though we have leftovers for supper tonight, but I just got 2 drumsticks for my meal, along with mashed potatoes (no gravy) and green beans as my sides.  I did put butter on my potatoes, I'm sure you're not surprised, and it was a very good lunch.

We were going to either walk or go bike riding when we got home, but we didn't.  We played mini-golf, then Ron worked on lawn mowers and cars and I played on the pute.  Then he went for a ride on his motorcycle, came back and worked on different things.  That man is nuts, I'm telling you!  When he came back in, we played mini-golf again, ate our supper (that I had been re-heating on the stove, in a cast-iron skillet) of leftovers.  They were just as good today as they were last night, newly made!  Oh, I will definitely make that dish again!

Ron went to bed and I got on the pute again, to fill in my MFP and to write my blog, and here I am.
It has been such a beautiful day.  It's such a shame that it's coming to an end.  Nice, relaxing, beautiful days like this don't come along very often and you just don't want to let go of them!  I don't, anyway...

I was 375 calories short for the day on MFP - as a matter of fact, I was short in all categories but carbs and protein, and that hasn't happened for a while.  Yes, MFP hollered at me, but I feel very satisfied with the food I ate today, and I feel very full.  Of course, that could be the popcorn & milk snack I had at 10, but it could be all the good food I had today, too!  I was surprised that it all didn't equal more calories, but I'm happy that it didn't.

Happy Homemaker Day tomorrow.  Bert & Teresa Day on Tuesday.  Walking with Lois on Wednesday.  Heart Doctor appointment on Thursday, which is also Holy Thursday.  Friday is Good Friday (and I'm sure it will rain - God & the angels cry on Good Friday), then I might have a day of rest of Saturday, then Sunday is blessed Easter Sunday and a day of fun for our family, starting with church for me and Ron, then the rest of the family comes here to see what the Easter Bunny brought us all, and so forth and so on.  Can I be tired already?