Happy Thursday

Wow! I cant believe that it has been 2 weeks since I posted.  Life around the Moon farm has been pretty quiet.  With the bad weather we had we stayed really really close and mostly indoors.  But the weather is a-changing and I am loving it. Cant wait until I am able to get outside and do yard work.  There is a lot waitin' on me. With the freeze we had I can tell that there is lots of pruning back of dead limbs waiting on me.  We had 80's for a couple of days.  Today we even had a good rain that lasted about 10 minutes.  I had just come in from running an errand so glad that I beat it.  Otherwise, I would have looked like a drowned rat.  Went out today and ordered the lift for our van to carry the new power chair.  It came to $500.00 less than we expected so we are thrilled.  It will be in late next week and once in they said a day or 2 to have installed.  The nice thing is they will give me a loaner vechicle so we will have wheels for the time they have the van.  Ken is still using his regular chair in the house.  He likes it better, but it will be so nice to have the power chair so he will be much more mobile when we are out.  I am using the walker more and more.  I have even gone to Walgreens and used the walker to go in then held on to the basket to walk thru the store.  I am even using the walker to go grocery shopping.  Go in on the walker and then use one of their scooters to shop.  OMG- now that is the way to shop - sit, drive and shop.... I really hope that when I go to the Doc on Mar 1 that I get to drop the boot and go to an anke brace.  Now I am just trying to figure out what kinda shoes I am going to wear since my left foot is still twice as fat as the non-injuried foot. Dont want to have to buy 2 diffeent size shoes.   Well, that brings everyone up to date on life in the big W.... Love to all...Ken and Glynda :)

The sun is out!!!

Lily is working on her Valentine cards for her class.  Here she is a stamping machine!

Kitty is working hard as well.Here she is stamping and the next pic shows her assembling the packets.  They are making the mini candy holder like I made for Halloween and Christmas.  One pattern - so many holidays to use it on...gotta love it. 

Can you believe how grown up Madison is...she is now 14....where has the years gone?  She is certainly growing up to be a beautiful young woman.

Here is a pic of Lily's finished candy holders.  When the kiddos open the flap they will find Laffy Taffy (the girls candy of choice request).  Lily had to do 23 and Kitty did 27.Then when they were finished we took the shoe boxes and decorated them - wish I had gotten pictures of them cause they did an awesome job.  They both are so creative.

Wow - the sun is shining....wasn't sure what it was at first!  It is misleading however.  When you go outside you  realize it is still oh so cold.  Its 31 now at noon and will drop again to freezing temp tonite.  Then as usual for Texas 50's tomorrow, 60's on Sun and 70's for next week.  They are even saying that we may see 80's in the following week.  Gotta love it!  All is well here.  I went to the doc on Tues. and was told I could start putting my left foot down and walking on it with aid of the walker.  Yahoo. I was so excited.  I get to finally walk.  I have to make sure I have the boot on when I walk.  The only think I dont like about it is the fact that it makes me uneven - notice I DID NOT say  "unbalanced". (lol)  So I tend to wabble when I walk.  I go back Mar 1 and if all looks good then he will have me stop using the boot and go to an ankle brace and dont know if I will continue to use walker or not.  I plan to keep the wheelchair until Mar 1 cause I need it when I go out - using the walker for a long period of time causes my right leg to cramp up so I am using it more each day to build up my strength.   I am hoping to get out to the shop in the next couple of days - gotta make my own Valentines...... or else I will be buying Hallmark.   Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and a special Valentines.  Love to all.  Ken and Glynda :)

Got Snow?

With the weather bad Miss Kitty was brought in to stay warm and safe.  I go in several times a day for kitty time.  I spend about an hour each time and while with her I read.  I have taken to reading out loud and she apparently really likes it.  She curls up and just purrs and sleeps.  Her paws are making "bread" just as I clicked the picture.  She is enjoying U is for Undertow by Grafton.  She is such a sweetie.

Here are two picks of the front yard taken this morning.  It was such fun to find snow outside this morning.

Our resident road runner was out on the last bits of snow this afternoon sunning himself. 

We woke up this morning to find snow on the ground.  It was not the 3" they were talking about but we probably got 1/2 to 1".  It is now 2pm and most of the snow is gone.  The sun is out but we are still in the low 30's so almost all of the snow is melted.   Dont know what Austin is like, but out here it is oh so very quiet.  And I am lovin' it.  We went over 60 hours of freezing temps.  Should warm up to low 50's tomorrow - yahoo.  A heat wave!  There is talk of a new wave coming in next week - so will have to wait for the weather report this evening to know what to expect next week.  I had cancelled my Dr appt. for Thurs. due to weather and made it for Tues. so am hoping that the weather stays in the 50's or above.  Well that brings you up to date on life in Webberville.  Hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys the superbowl.  Go Steelers!!!!!  All our love, Ken and Glynda :)

BRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Here is Ken's new power chair.  He got it in Arkansas Red....course I am sure he really got it in red to match his scooter...but I like to think he got it to honor my team.  Sure will be nice to have when we are out and about.  Now to order the lift for the back of the van and then we will be set to hit the road.

Now I tell you...this is one fat and fluffy dove.  The wind was fluffing him up.  I watched him while I was washing breakfast dishes and he was perching on the shepard's hook holding the bird feeders.

On Thurs. when I went out to the shop, Miss Kitty was under the shop.  She loves to get under there.  She had found the warm sun shine and she was rolling side to side enjoying the warm earth and sun.  She was so happy momma came out to the shop to work.  She normally comes in and joins me for a while.

Here is a pic of some of the male and female cardinals on the tree that is beside the feeders.  I could not get all the tree from the window.  There were about 15 birds out on it.

OMG.....winter has sure hit us - it is so cold here.  I made sure I had any and all errands done by Tues. so now I do not plan to stick my nose out the door until Sat.  That means the paper and the mail can stay where they are!  It is hard to believe that it has been 2 wks. since I posted.  The days are going by way to fast.  Where did January go?  I did manage to wobble out to the shop last week.  I got as far as the end of the driveway with the wheelchair, then opened the gate and with the aid of my walker got to the shop.  The 15-20 steps took me about 10 minutes to hop along but hey - I made it and got to spend 2 hours out in my shop....total bliss.  Now I wont go out there until the weather warms up.  I was suppose to go to the docs on Thurs. but cancelled until next week.  Dont want to get out in frigid temp.  Mon. I went and applied for Social Security....will start getting my check in May.  Yahoo....  I dont know if I feel old now or just all grown up.  We worked in tandem last nite and got Miss Kitty in.  I got her as far as the back door and then handed her off to Ken so I could get my chair into the house, then I took her back and got her into the spare bedroom.   She has her litter box, bed and food and we plan to keep here there until Sat.  That is when the temp. should get more to normal.  We felt that getting down to the low teens was just to cold for her to be out in, even if she does have a little house to get up in.  I go in several times a day and just love on her..she crawls up in the lap, curls up, purrs and goes to sleep.  She may not be happy about being in the house, but she is being good about it.  No meowing or acting out.  Course Lucy and Ethel have stayed in our bedroom.  Guess that they can smell her and they are not happy.  Just wish that I could get them to accept her...but Ethel and Miss Kitty both want to be alpha kitty. Sat. I had to run into Bastrop to pick up prescriptions for us so Ken went with me.  Our first dual wheelchair outing!  We looked like a convoy!  Ken and I worked together to get his chair in, then I went around and got me in.  After errand we decided to stop for dinner at a Mexican restarunt we like .  After this we were both tired when we got home, but it was nice to have a nite out. Hope everyone is doing well and staying warm.....perfect time to stay in and just snuggle.  All our love - Ken and Glynda