Friday Fill-Ins are sponsored by my cousin Janet. Come on and join the fun!

And…here we go!

1. I love to plant a big garden and grow lots of fresh vegetables.

2. A wink and a smile.

3. It’s how you make my world rock. Just by being in it.

4. Chocolate will make me fat, you don’t have to tell me!

5. Well, would you look at that.

6. They’re back, spring peepers.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to some sleep. I’m getting up early for the wedding and I know I will be tired, tomorrow my plans include laundry and housework and Sunday, I want to clean out some closets!

1. What is something that bothers you if it is not done perfectly?

Having my bed made. I like my bed sheets and blanket laid smooth and tucked in properly.

When I had my retinal detachment, Hubby made the bed and he “tried”, but the sheets were not smooth and it drove me nuts! I did appreciate the attempt though.

I wear hats every winter to stay warm and dry!

Joanne took another trip home with her therapists to see what moderation’s need to be made in the house to accommodate her. Joanne’s Dad has been working hard and so there is actually very little to be done. They are hoping that by the end of the month she will be released and then will have out patient therapy. When I think of how Joanne began her year, I am so thankful that she will soon be home with her girls and her husband once again!

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• In just a week it will be Hubby’s birthday! Okay, what I want to know is how the last year has flown by us so fast? It seems just a year ago I was making Hubby his favorite dinner and toasting to his continued health, and here we are a year later and I have to think of what on earth to make to out do myself? Perhaps I will just go to the old stand-bye, Lobsters. It’s easy, and it’s not only a meal, but a gift that says I love you!
• Hubby and I watched “Jesus Christ Superstar” last night. Somehow he had missed seeing that, all those years ago. Of course I was a teenager and really in to it, so as I typed on the computer I sang all the songs!
• I will be making Pea Soup today. I saved our Ham Bone and we had a fair amount of meat left, so Pea Soup it is. I love it with carrots, celery and a little potato in it.
• How many of you will be watching the “Royal Wedding” on Friday? I plan to get up and watch the coverage, and I have planned an English tea for Hubby and I later in the morning (when he gets up) to celebrate.
• I remember watching Princess Diana, and thinking how very nervous I would be. We were close in age and I know she must have been a nervous wreck, with so many people watching her. I still feel sad when I think of how she died.
• One of my Green-House windows got all cracked. Hubby calls it crazing. I call it broken. In any case, the workers came today to take the measurements to repair it.
• The rest of the week is supposed to be warm. I sure hope so. I want Spring to finally arrive!

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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On Saturday, i thought I was going to get a lot done. I brought down all the laundry, changed the sheets, etc, but somehow lost momentum and ended the day feeling lazy and quiet. I made a meatloaf and Hubby’s favorite mashed potatoes and then we sat down and enjoyed two episodes of “From Lark Rise to Candleford”, before I fell asleep.

I woke on Sunday to the gloom and rain of the day. I made coffee, strong and hot, and then settled in to read the newspaper. Eventually Hubby got up and the day began. The sun came out, it warmed up and turned into quite a lovely day.

Now, I’d thought that Sunday would be the lazy day, but today I actually had a lot of energy and I wrote three letters (by hand, which is not easy for my slightly arthritic fingers)  and paid bills. I also fulfilled Anneliese’s greatest wish of the day…I took her on a one mile walk. She was very good and we had a really great time, except when she saw that one squirrel, she just wanted it so badly! Thankfully she was on a leash so, all was well.

Hubby and I also worked cleaning out the formal dining room. In a house this big your formal rooms often equal rooms that you sort of dump “store” things in. Today we not only worked to organize, but we dusted and cleaned as well.

Friday I made a great new recipe for a slow cooked pork roast. I’ll share it tomorrow. All I can say is..EASY &…YUM!!!

Have a great Monday everyone!

I was putting together this post when I realized that I have written 2515 posts as of today! I’ve done this in 6 years with over 101,838 comments! I have posted every day, with the exception of when I had emergency surgery, and shared the good, the bad, and the wonderful with you all. I started on May 11, with all of two readers. My sister and my cousin. I wrote a short post about my darling Shubi. At that time she was the center of my life, and Greta and Fritz were her little ones. It was a short post because I knew nothing about blogging, but it is there.

So why am I bringing it up now? I suppose because it kind of blew my mind that I have been doing this so long and have written so much! I never knew I had so much to say!

My family, however, would tell you that I have never had trouble talking.

When I was very young and married for the first time, living on my own with my new husband, I had been away from home for a long time. One weekend I managed a trip back to see my grandparents and parents, and I arrived at tea time.

As we sat at the dining room table sipping tea and munching cookies, I was telling them about my adventures as a newlywed, and at one point (after about half an hour) I stopped to sip my cold tea and my grandmother laughed!

“What did I say?” I asked.

“Nothing, and everything” she said “The table sure has been quiet since you left! We’ve missed your chattering!”

Grandma is probably laughing up there in Heaven. I finally have my place where I can chatter, about something or nothing at all.

Nice to have a little place in this world I can call mine!

And…here we go!

1. For me, it was love at first sight when my daughters were born. Truth be told I loved them from the moment I knew they were in there!

2. I just bought my Easter Ham at my local supermarket.

3. Behind the sound of the wind in the trees, I heard the first Loon of the season.

4. Paint beautiful pictures is something I always wanted to do.

5. When it was over, my life was never to be the same.

6. Even when I lived in a country where I did not speak the language well, I never felt alone.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to a fire in the hearth, as we are trying to use up this seasons wood, tomorrow my plans include a nice walk around the neighborhood and watching From Lark Rise to Candleford and Sunday, I want to work in my office. Now that Hubby is done with our taxes I want to put things away!

1. Would you rather talk to everyone at a crowded party for a short time or have a significant conversation with two people?

We were just at a party this past weekend. I had two or three nice conversations, but then there wasn’t time for more, so I guess I am the significant conversation type of person.

2. What objects do you remember from your parent’s living room?

Hubby and I were talking about this the other day. I was telling him about the big old TV we had and the remote control they had. ME! Back in the day, there were no remote controls. You wanted the TV on, you had to turn it on by hand! You want to change the channel? Yep, by hand! So, I use to hover/sit right down in front, so that I could pop up and change the channel.

3. Do you hog the bed? Steal the covers? Snore?

Well, yes. But then, I have three dackels who pin me down in bed and I really do need the space. I’m not sure if I snore, perhaps when I have a cold. I am not a blanket hog. I have oversized blankets so that everyone gets their covers!

4. Speaking of Easter dinner….what is your favorite way to cook/eat lamb? Or does just the thought of that make you squeamish? If you’re not cooking lamb what will be your entree du jour on Easter Sunday?

I love Gyros. But not the ones here in the states. The ones made overseas, on a spit, where they slice off the meat as they need it.

They serve it up with Tzatziki sauce! Yum! Unfortunately here in the USA, the department of health, says it’s unsanitary to cook this way. (Sillyness!) So, I always have Gyros when I am overseas.

Easter will find us cooking a ham and possibly either a chicken or turkey. I will use a brown sugar glaze on the ham, and the turkey/chicken, will be cooked by roasting it ala Julia Child. One of my guests does not like lamb, and another potential guest does not eat ham, so…. I never mind, leftovers are wonderful!

5. Let’s throw some politics into this week’s mix-oooohhh…Do you know the whereabouts of your birth certificate and when was the last time you had to produce it to prove you’re you?

Guess what? Yes! Not only did I need to have it to get married, both times. I also needed it to show the Airlines who I was, in order to be allowed to fly with Hubby when he was still a pilot! Then when we moved back to New Hampshire, I needed it again to get my drivers license! Two years ago the Department of Homeland Security asked for all documents to show who I was again. So I have a file with my birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc in it. Also, if I go to the town I was born in, they also have a way of producing a legal copy for me, as it is filed there!

See, I could run for President!

6. As a child, how did people describe you?

Pretty, bright, talented, gregarious, blond. Here I am, in a community theater production of “The Sound of Music”. I played Gretel.

7. What do you complain about the most?

Hubby not watching my dackels close enough. He will take them out and then a little while later he comes back inside looking for them! It makes me crazy!

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Joanne is doing great. Each and every day finds her working very hard in rehab. We all continue to pray for her recovery, and it is amazing what miracles can be worked!

Joanne will go home this weekend for a visit. She is so excited to go to her house, see her kitties, her things and spend time with her husband and kids.

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This weekend I plan to start my seedlings for the garden. We’ve bought some seeds already, but I need to finish buying those, as well as the potting soil.

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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Oh what a busy weekend it was. A wonderfully, busy, weekend!

On Friday we drove north to Waterville Valley, where I skied again for $1.00. It was also my last day of skiing for this year!. I have to say that these were the BEST conditions I have skied on in YEARS!

I was confident enough to ski the diamond trails! Yay, me!!!

So, the skiing was on Friday. On Saturday we dressed up and went to a wonderful dinner party honoring our friends, getting married!

It was a great party and the food was wonderful! In fact there was a grape salad recipe that I simply must get!

On Sunday I drove to my daughter’s home to visit with her, shop a little and have a bite of lunch. After losing her two older cats a couple of months ago to illness, Mandy has adopted two pound babies. They are hilarious! The all black one is Bear and the black and white one is Echo.

Mandy’s Kitties from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.