"Blankets, coffee, and rain — nature’s lullaby." 🍵☔

Ok, who stole March? 
Dang, this month has zoomed on by.

March went out with a bang, kind of.
We've had rumbles of thunder off and on, and it's rained all day.
Sometimes very heavily.

"A blog: Oversharing, venting, and sarcastic budget therapy☕️🖋️"

This has been a rainy Sunday. 
Not an all-day rain, but off and on showers—enough to keep indoors.

I braved the rain. 
The she-shed usually stays dry, so I escaped out there. 
I have spring fever, and I was sick of looking at the bedroom. 
As I've said, the kids bring so much chaos, I don't really enjoy being in the living room. 
Although this was one of the better weekends, I think they were still worn out from their vacation.

"Flea market magic: not about buying, just about being together. #WeekendJoy"

Raven's van is gone finally, Pull-A-Part came, took it away.
He was absolutely mad about that!
“Heron has two cars, why can't I?”
I told him that Heron still drove his truck, when he needed to take trash to the dump or carry something that wouldn't fit in his car.
It's still being used.

♥♥♫♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸ ¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪♫•*¨*

"Jury duty summons: because apparently, my name came up in the courtroom lottery. ⚖️🤔 #WhyMe"

We did get to town, got our groceries in.
Walmart was not as busy, and crowded today, the kids were back in school.

We went to a few more places than usual: the thrift store, and everyone has discovered our little hidden gem, you couldn't get around in it today.

“My level of patience depends on how much coffee I’ve had.”

I've not been able to access my blog all day, I get a security warning.
I've tried different browsers, same message.
I'm fairly sure it is a Blogger problem, but just in case, I uninstalled, reinstalled, and then system restored Firefox.
I've been told Firefox is ancient, and I shouldn't use it, but I go with the familiar.
That had no effect, so Blogger is screwing things up.

When the wind decides to rearrange the neighborhood 🌪️ Hold on tight!

The wind has whipped and howled all day, so we've mostly stayed indoors.

Badger had her therapist appointment today, she and Cowboy had to go to that, but mostly, after that, we did not brave that wind.

The wind did die down finally tonight, she and I went out so she could do some star photography.

"When the ground trembles from the blasting below, it's a stark reminder that the earth isn't as solid as it seems—living above a mine means living with uncertainty."

I woke up and hit the ground running.

After the usual morning routine of pill taking, and restroom going, I headed down to the RV to liberate the cats.
I was worried to death we'd let one out last night.
At 12:35 am, I was checking to be sure the RV door was shut before I went to sleep.
All of a sudden, the RV catio lit up as bright as day.

If it’s not my mess, why is it on my to-do list?

Cowboy came home from morning services, said that Finis's wife came to church with her new boyfriend in tow. 
He said he felt like just walking out-but that would have probably made too big of a scene. 
Finis's former partner-I'll say former, although they're still legally married-hasn't been to that church since before father-in-law died. 

All dressed up in sweats and nowhere to go

Raven left the house at 9:42 am, and didn't get back until 2:15 pm.
They went to a cousin's birthday party.

Cowboy napped until 1 pm, then went out, worked in the yard.
He's got his truck full of junk to haul off to the landfill Monday.
The yard still looks like a dump, though.

"Not all of marriage is hearts and flowers; some days it’s a master class in patience (and not strangling your spouse). 😂💍"

"Spring’s out here whispering ‘soon’ while winter’s yelling ‘NOT TODAY.’ 🌬️❄️🌷☀️"

If you've lived in Tennessee for any amount of time, you know the calendar flipping over to spring means absolutely nothing.
Tennessee, she's a temperamental witch.

We still have several little winters to get through, we could see snow until the first of May.

Vernal Equinox-Spring

"Winter bows out, spring blooms in—welcome back, warmth and wandering walks!" 👟😎

Just being honest — I’m not okay today.

Needless to say, I've been quite depressed today.
Badger is having one of her days, she's stayed in her room.
So, I've stayed in my room.
I just want to bury my head in the sand, and mope.

Wishing you the luck of the Irish, today and always!

 

Every step up this hill makes me wish I lived somewhere so flat, pancakes would be jealous. 🥞💨

Cowboy was up, and had us on the road at 9:46 am. That's nothing short of a miracle for the man.

We pulled back in our drive at 12:12 pm. That was good timing, as we had to get our groceries at Walmart. We brought breakfast home from Bojangles—and they are so very slow. We got Cowboy's baccer, grabbed coffee from Dunkins—and the man who says he hates cold coffee snitched a sip, made a face, and told me he didn't see how I drank that nasty stuff. Look, I didn't tell him to keep sneaking sips of my coffee. It's either too sugary or too bitter, yet he keeps snitching sips.

Two pets, two flawless takedowns, and two hapless humans—guess who’s running the show? 🐾🐶🐱

The time change has all of us sleeping late, although if you think about it, we're really just still waking up at our normal time.
You wake up at 10 am-it's really just 9 am.

Our mornings aren't exciting, not that our evenings are either.

"Lost an hour, gained a time warp. Is it just me, or is time running its own marathon? 🕰️✨ #DaylightSavings #TimeFlies"

The trees are trying to kill me, man, I've been sneezing all day.
My eyes are all weepy, and blurry, and itchy.
I take an antihistamine for my hives, you'd think that would do something.
Apparently, it does not.

Comin' out of hibernation

Raven got home at 10:44 am, Cowboy and Badger were still asleep.

I was awake because Heron came up at 8:40 am to shower, and tell me he was heading to the girlfriend's overnight.

Raven said that he'd bought a new car, and he needed his dad to go with him back up to M. to pick up his old van.

Coffee tastes best when the world is quiet on a Sunday morning

It was 1 am when Heron got home, I waited until he was ready to go back to his RV to go to sleep.
He had been sweet-talking his dog, and I wanted to be sure where she was spending the night.
It was 1:20 am when they headed to the RV, and I drifted off to sleep sometime between then and 2 am.
I think the last time I glanced at the clock, it was like 1:50 am.

Proof that I have a high pain tolerance

It was an enjoyable Saturday.
We slept late, Cowboy woke up-ate breakfast-and went back to sleep in his recliner.

We did absolutely nothing all day, and it felt good.

Badger cooked a good dinner, usually we just don't cook on the weekends.
Too much drama involved.

“I love when the house is quiet, the coffee is hot, and I can hear myself think.”

I have the house mostly childproofed, and ready for the littles.
If they come down, I'm ready-if they don't, I'm still ready.

Raven said he had to go to the courthouse first, something about signing more divorce papers.
Then he'll go to the other parent's house to take care of the six littles over the weekend.

"My wallet is lighter, but my fridge is happy 🥳🛒

Cowboy got home at 2 am, he actually went to bed pretty soon after he came in.
A lot of times, he'll sit in the kitchen having coffee and a snack, with his Facebook videos.
I guess he needs time to unwind.
Not tonight, though.

"The day's rhythm is set by the ceaseless howl of the March wind."

This has been an incredibly windy day.
The wind begin to really howl around midnight, and it's not stopped all day.
I'll admit, I slept really well listening to its lullaby, it was pretty soothing.
I did worry, though, about it picking up Heron's RV, and tossing it over.
It got pretty high at some points.
Luckily, either it wasn't as high as I imagined, or his RV is well anchored down.

Life is a repetitive melody without any variation

I truly have nothing.

I finished the laundry, although it's sitting happily on the couch waiting to be put up.
We're not naked, and there are plenty of towels, so I'm in no hurry.

Living in a fishbowl: Small town life where everyone knows your story.🐟📖

I was very glad to wake up to a clean house, thanks to Badger.
That was one less thing for me to have to do.

I had to make a quick trip to the post office, I never mail anything these days, so I don't keep stamps around.
I got my stamp, and my card mailed off.

"When the tummy bug takes the house by storm. 🤮🌪️ Stay strong, kiddos!"

We headed to M. to get the boots, Peacock said he'd meet us up there.
Heron promised him a coffee.

Cowboy got his boots, and we went on to the Mall.
Peacock met us at the store, and he kept rushing us through.

Turns out, he needed to get back home to his trees.