Beautiful Easter Day!

Last night while I was inside doing nothing Kevin and Renea were putting up the fence around the garden.  It is a lot taller than he normally puts up.  Hopefully, this will help keep the deer out.

Today I took the day off from outside work.  My legs have been hurting, and I thought that maybe I had been on my feet too much.  So, today I cut all of the material for my projects.  Then Renea called as asked if I would like to go out for supper with them.  They were going to the Mandarin House in Opelika.  Now everyone knows that I do not eat Asian food.  However, Renea called and they said they fix chicken fingers and French fries for their friends that do not eat Asian food.  I said yes, and went with them.  It was very good.  They liked their food, and I liked mine.  After dinner I came home, watched a little television, then went to bed.

Sunday morning I got up bright and early so I could go to 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick’s.  The church was packed.  I didn’t realize they had so many parishioners.  It was a beautiful Mass.  Father even had all the children come up front with their Easter baskets so he could bless them.  (I had never seen that done before.)  After Mass they had an Easter egg hunt for all the kids.

When I arrived home from church Renea had brought her mother home from the nursing home for Easter dinner.  A little later Stephanie and Ryan joined us.  Then Bruce, Jennifer and their family arrived.  Renea and Kevin had an Easter egg hunt for all the “kids.”  They had a great time.  We had an awesome dinner.  After dinner Renea took her mother back to the nursing home.  (She is doing much better and will probably come home on Thursday.)  Stephanie and Ryan left, and the rest of the kids went swimming.  Kevin even joined them (after all he is a big kid).  The rest of us sat on the patio and watched them.  We made it an early evening because some of the group had to go to work the next day, and the kids had to go back to school.  It was a great day.

Monday I spent most of the day at the Honda dealer getting my oil changed and all the other things they had to do when the odometer gets over 38,000 miles.  I was there for five hours and left a thousand dollars poorer.  They did find a birds nest next in one of the covers under the car.  It was huge.  They asked me if I wanted to take it home with me, but I said no!  I wish I had taken a picture of it.  I was so surprised at their finding it that I never thought to take a picture.  I spent my time there reading a book.  In fact, I read the whole book.

Didn’t do much after arriving home.  Just didn’t feel like it. Penny was glad to see me.  I have decided she doesn’t like being left alone. So we snuggled for a while. Made both of us feel better.  I watched DWTS in the evening and then went to bed.  Tomorrow is going to be a busy day.

And, yes, today has been a busy day.  I did all my morning chores, which I have been rather lax in doing lately.  I did my laundry.  I also put together and sewed four placemats for me.  Since I have never made them before, and I am making four of them for Brian and Tracy, I thought I better practice first.  Didn’t do too bad for my first time.

Didn’t do any yard work today.  It was too hot.  I did go out and water all the new plants and trees.  That was it!