Hi, Dianne!  :)  We did have a nice weekend.  Didn't do that much but did move furniture, etc., in the den and Don loves the new look.  He's happy.  Our neighbors with the new pool, had company on Sunday and played music, which was our style.  :)  Relaxing so we sat on the patio and enjoyed ourselves, too.  Rowdy and Diane are so happy with their pool.  I don't want one...not pool person since being in my early teens.  Happy to hear you had a nice cookout at Caroline's.  Since she wasn't up for too much, and the girls helped out, all went smoothly.  I can't imagine Randy doing as well as Lizzy.  He's not been around too much activity.  Things would have turned out better for him if it hadn't been for the pit bulls that lived with Jay and Yolanda across the street.  When their daughter lived with them, they escaped quite a bit and had attacks in front of our house a couple of times.  We protected our Randy...so no walks for him in the neighborhood.  :(  Enjoy your nice weather today.  It will be windy but don't expect anything too bad.  Brush fires have been happening further out from our location, though.  Today we'll mail a birthday card to Don's sister, Sandy.  She turns 81 on June 13th.  She still lives in Lewis Center, Ohio, outside of Columbus.  She's been a great sister-in-law!  The rose bush is still blooming, but it does still look a bit pathetic.  LOL  Take care!  xxx

Hello Dianne, well, I've been feeling kind-of relaxed since leaving the hedgehog rescue, but I've also got lots of other things to worry about at the moment, hey ho! We're having a heatwave here - a week of temps up to 30 degrees (which is 90 for you), which is very hot for the UK in May. I love it though! We got up early yesterday morning and went out looking for cuckoos. We heard lots, which was wonderful! Didn't see any though.
How amazing that your ducks have had 13 and 10 ducklings! Have they all survived so far? They must be such an adorable sight. I hope your weather has warmed up now and your garden is looking lovely. Ours is looking beautiful, and Mark has just planted runner beans as well as the tomatoes, lettuce and garlic that are already growing. Yum!
Best wishes to you. xx

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Hi, Dianne!  I'm so glad to hear that Caroline is going to be ok.  So nice of you to help out with meals and the twins!  :)  How nice of you!  Don's sister just had some minor surgery for a uterine problem.  Results came back good.  I feel sorry for those having problems like that.  When I was 27....had an over (chocolate ovary) removed...then a few months later, total hysterectomy.  So glad I was able to have children before all that happened.  Endometriosis.  On hormones until 52 years of age.  And here it is I'm 75 now and still kickin'!  Hope you're having a good weekend.  It's 92 degrees here in Pahrump.  Going out now to water the rose bush.  Luckily it's still blooming...and today the Barrel Cactus bloomed again...and more blooms to come.  Take care & love your feel-good posts.  Makes my day!  xxx

Hi Dianne Thank you for Stopping by!xoxo
All's well here! I mailed your seeds today, you should get them soon! You're going to laugh at all the stickers I put on the envelope! Lol That's something I started doing when my parents moved to Arizona whenever I sent them anything & they got a kick out of it! Did I tell you my sister just passed away? My little brother did too now I'm the only one left in my family! :(
It's been raining up a storm here & it's not done yet either! I guess you're getting it too!
Sending lots of love & hugs to you!xoxoxoxo

Hi Dianne!xoxo
Hope you are well!
I'm still unpacking!
The weather is warmer today!
Sending you lots of love & hugs!xoxo
PS: I still have your seeds I was going to send them in a Christmas card but I didn't have the time to send any cards so I will send them very soon!

Hello Dianne, I hope you're well. I have to tell you that sadly I have given up working at the hedgehog rescue centre. It was too much responsibility and quite stressful, and I wasn't really enjoying the medical side of it in the end. But I'm hoping I can stay in touch with the hoggies and the people there (who are lovely) by volunteering now and then. So that's quite a relief, although I'll miss them all. And meanwhile I need to get another job, aargghh! Not panicking yet, but it won't take long if I don't get some promising leads soon...
So that's my news. Hope all's well with you. xx

Hi, Dianne!  Chris sent me a Mother's Day gift.  He also sent me a message saying he's working and everything has been going well.  I only want him to be ok.  I'm really happy to have some communication with him again.  On another subject, counted approximately 16 buds on the rose bush!  :)  So this evening, put some miracle grow on her.  :)  Busy day with changing Don's bed, running the sweeper throughout the house, etc.  By the weekend we'll have 98 degree days.  OMG!  They are here now!  Hope you have a nice Thursday.  Give Lizzy a hug from us and Randy has been pretty good lately.  :)  xxx

Hi, Dianne!  Happy to hear you're doing well...Lizzy, too.  It will warm up soon for you.  We've had a different Spring this year.  High's in the 90's for a few days, and that doesn't usually happen until May or June.  The tree out front is mixed up but we are starting to see some progress with leafing....but very little still.  The rose bush has lots of buds now, but still encouraging it to grow.  :)  I did take pictures of the buds and will try to post them.  We have an appointment at the doctor's office over the mountain and to Summerlin.  We will check to see if that is our appointment if we get no confirmation online.  We weren't given an appt. card and don't trust my memory.  Ha ha!  Might get out front today to check on the Lantana, to keep it off the sidewalk and get the spent cactus blooms off the prickly pears.  I'm making a small wooden house for the 250th celebration of America.  I put a hand made flag on the front of the house and a medallion of "1776-2026" on the back of the house.  Just for something fun to do instead of a jigsaw.  It's good the twins are busy pet sitting and having some savings/spending money at their age.  I used to babysit when young ... mostly to

P.S.  The walk-in appt. wasn't until 2:30...so we decided to make an online appt.  ;)