Author Archives: Pauline

We headed up to Canada Wednesday to visit D in the hospital.  He is doing well as expected.  There was an issue with his meds that made his brain swell and made him lose feeling in his left side.  He is back home with his family.

We actually had a decent drive there and back.  The best that we ever had on hitting Seattle.  We worked hard to avoid the rush hours.  It was weird that we were stop by the US side on when we were leaving.  Used to only one stop, the country that you were entering, in this case Canada.  We only had to do 1 stop on the way in, US side.  The only thing that I can think of, which doesn’t apply to CA, is the US trying to stop the flow of cash & weapons from leaving because the 2 main questions was if we were carrying weapons and if we had more then 1k in cash.  I do think getting the passports made it so much more easier on getting into both countries.  They just scanned the electronic chip, asked a few questions and let us threw.

It has been raining all day, which with it being spring, drives me batty since I want to be outside.  I have spring fever.  Of course, I was already restless, because I want to pick up more flowers and plant them, but can’t do it all at once.  I have figured out what I want pot wise.  I want one big traditional rose bush in a big colorful pot, one smaller rose bush, and 1 more very colorful annuals potted and one perennial.  Then I want about 4 flower boxes to hang on the deck, just for annuals.  Overall, I prefer perennials, but for those, I can change out with something brightly different each spring.

Purple Annuals

We did get some more work done outside.  We decided to rock up the rest of the front patch.  It will help to bring out the color of the flowers.

I loved the colors of this one

Right after we got done with it.

I can’t wait for the flowers to really take hold and start getting bigger and fuller.  They will really pop.

The rain brings out the colors of the river rock.

We got some fuchsias.  We hung one in back on the deck and one on the bedroom balcony.  They attract hummingbirds and I love the colors.

Bright pink & white fuchsias on the balcony.

Bright pink purple fuchsias on the deck.

We really need to get a new grill.  The other one is so worn that it is hard to control the flames.

I have discovered that I’m addicted to twitter and facebook, not so much in posting myself.  But in following news/political organizations/personalities, it fits my news surfing addiction.  =)  Which I don’t need any help in……..lol

I did get our fed taxes filed and paid, need to mail off our state once it is accepted electronically.  Then I need to send off our quarterly taxes….yuck.  And I did get our books taken care of.  But overall, felt totally lazy today.  I need to get to all my messages tomorrow and start on payroll prep (yes, it is that time again….feels like I just did it…..icks)