Weekend Happenings......

 Louis Dean is as happy as he can be when he has a project to do!

And he always has something he's working on!

I don't know what he's doing here but he does and that makes both of us happy.

I've been sorting through my recipe boxes and whittled four boxes down to one!

Recipes from dear friends from years ago remain treasures for me.

Louis Dean is enjoying his Alexa and I can hear him talking to her quite often.

Louis Dean is loving this new relationship with Alexa!

Thank you, Amber and Mike!

Spring is bursting out all over here in North Texas.

I saw this beauty on my way to Walgreens.

I finallyfinished the dining room on Friday!

I decided to go with a spring garden theme this year.

The lace gives it a romantic vibe, as well.

My next dinner party will not be until late May or early June, but I shall enjoy seeing the table setting until then. I usually change things out to sunflowers in June.

I'm calling this room done!

Saturday we celebrated the life of Lily Paul Painter.

She was a Proverbs 31 Woman if ever there was one and she blessed so many in her liftime, including me. She was Nita's first mother in law and made such a difference in her life.

When I said Lily had changed Nita's life to her daughter and my friend, Joni, she looked at me and said, "And Nita changed our life."

And so she did.

Nita and Lily in 2018

Lily was born on March 25, 1925 and left for her home in heaven on March 17, 2025.

She was just a few short days from 100th birthday.

I love that Christians can celebrate their loved ones moving on to the next life.

We both grieve and rejoice at the same time.

Didn't Louis Dean dress up nice???

He dressed hinself and did it well!

He's lost so much weight he had to punch new holes in his belt!

He and Deanie were so happy to see each other!

They bonded for life back in 2012 after the Bell quads were born and they drove back to the DFW  area and have been fast friends ever since.

We all gathered at Joni's home after the service and enjoyed visiting with everyone.

My nieces, nephew and his granddaughter, and my grand nieces, and so many friends and my siblings, 

Louis Dean and Joni.....

Louis Dean is so much fun and he did good!!

He is a social butterfly!

It's been a good Sunday here.

We watched Fellowship Church online and then Louis Deanworked on the fence gate while I did routine housework. And what it is that actually?

Putting out medicine for LD, feeding, watering and doing litter duty for the cats.

First thing was putting Samantha and Tabitha in the guest room before opening any door to the outside.

Tabitha has been getting out more and more and I' thinking of confining them during the days and letting them roam the house at night.

Empty the dishwasher, make meals, doing some gardening and washing the stone path with bleach, sweeping them with a broom and spraying with the water hose.

I could work all day long and never get to the end of the work I need to do.

I did start on the sewinng room and some of the Christmas is down.

Tomorrow I will finish up the job and start redecorating for spring.

I already know I will be using a Honey Bee theme!

Speaking of bees....I am excited that when we go down to the ranch soon ...Sherry and I will be opening the apiary and inspecting our hives in anticipation of splitting some of our hives.

We have continued to have bees but have not harvested in a few years.

Plans are afoot for the coming weekend and I am beyond excited to get down there and join Dean and Sherry in more of their adventures!