SBS

 I like the peace and stillness of early morning when I’m up alone and Mike is still in bed. I like how I can hear every little noise- the tick of the wall clock, the gentle wind against the house siding, a bird chirp. I like the peace of sipping my coffee, opening the blinds, reading my social media, Apple News stories, my mostly all spam emails. In general I’ve always been a morning person. It probably comes from years of farm chores and hard work. I see that as a good thing. 

I’m still not done with the big bright multicolored crocheted blanket I’m making. I have part of a colored yarn skein and another whole one to use then I’m going to edge and fill with my plain base army green. I hope it doesn’t end up looking like a crazy nightmare. I like sitting in the comfie chair in the sunroom crocheting with Bitzi on my lap watching all the squirrels and birds at the feeder on the edge of the patio. I have a feeder tray with seeds and nuts on a hanging chain with extension hooks that puts it fairly low to the ground. The squirrels easily jump in, swing a few times, gather up food and jump out and return in a couple minutes to repeat. 

The weather has been warmer the last few days so all of the snow has melted. The walking trails back by the forest preserve wetlands are now safe and free from ice. Bitzi and I dearly love our walking trails. 

My brother-in-law Pete had his kidney transplant last week and is doing well. He had been waiting and preparing for years to get it. My sister is scheduled to have surgery to install a pacemaker in a few weeks. They have had so much medical stuff the last few years! 

Today I’m going to walk, clean up the front porch and back patio, go to Aldi for supplies, scrub my bathroom and crochet. 

My Echo heart test last week turned out okay (for me). It was a low normal and unchanged from a couple years ago. I had a heart attack three years ago, so need to check on things every year or so.