The Good and The Bad

The Bad: Both cars were out of commission and had to be hospitalized this week. Worse, Dale's tooth became very bad and had to have an immediate root canal. He was just going to have the dentist pull it, but he wouldn't work on it until after Dale had been taking antibiotics for a certain length of time. The pain got so bad that we had to find a different dentist that would work on it NOW! Poor fella was feeling so bad most of this week that he didn't want food or his computer...and that says a lot. Finally, today he is starting to perk up.

The Good: Pauline's birthday party was real nice. Our visit with Jeff's family was real nice, too. The kids sure were having fun with the present we gave Derek for his birthday. One part was a tape measure for his tool box. They went around measuring everything--and I do mean everything--furniture, each other, us, tongues...

We've been getting some rain so things are starting to grow and blossom. The snow peas are popping through quickly now. Spent a bit of time outdoors yesterday weeding around the peas, garlic and rhubarb. Good therapy for a stressful week!


Today I attended a tea in honor of volunteers at the nursing home. Each of us received a gift bag with a garden theme. I put the hummingbird feeder out as soon as I arrived home. Now we have one for the patio area :-) We had put our old one out yesterday because Dale thought he'd seen a hummer by the window above the flowers.