Don't Worry, Be Happy

 

          OMG, do I ever do this. I really do not mean to, but I complain. Often, I am venting; no point in keeping it bottled up, but then again, there is. Keeping the negative thoughts inside will keep others viewing you as a negative person. I do not consider myself to be a negative person; I am just sarcastic, LOL.  I see something stupid, and I comment on it. I do try and stop my mouth, but sometimes the stupidity is too much to keep bottled inside, LOL.

          A brand new week and a new month to play with now. I had hopes of going peach picking today, but the torrential rain messed that up. No desire to go traipsing around in the mud for fruit, LOL. I can get peaches at the store and not ruin my shoes. Plus, I would probably get more peaches than I could eat, LOL kids would go crazy picking and then I would have to figure out what to do with them LOL I do not know how to make jam LOL wish I did though.

          Jeepers, my Grammarly extension is going crazy. Apparently, it thinks my writing is all messed up, LOL. So far, it says I have 28 mistakes in this post. Hopefully, my daughter is better at writing than I am; she has her state writing test this week. I cannot believe she is getting so close to being out of high school. She is growing up too fast. Okay, the writing suggestions are fixed. Now, I am off to do my criminal justice and peace studies assignments. 

Proceed With Caution

 

          So, we went to the vet yesterday to get these two furbabies their vaccinations. Both are very mild-mannered but hate going in the car.  They did not enjoy the trip. They were well behaved though, even when surrounded by lots of dogs much bigger than them. It was our turn to check in and the lady came to us with a muzzle??? Out of all the huge dogs there she wanted to put a muzzle on my little chihuahua LOL. I am talking about the small one in the picture. She barely weighs over 10 lbs LOL apparently somebody put CAUTION in her chart. No idea why, she has not been without me when I take her in and she never has bit anybody except for my ex-husband LOL They were all afraid of this shivering little baby. There was a pitbull, a shepherd, a mastiff, and a great dane there, but it was my tiny chihuahua that terrified them. I could not believe it LOL the vet and tech were brave though and did not put the muzzle on. My little baby did not even try to nip or growl at them. She just stayed calm and shaking while they gave her the shots and oral vaccines. Caution??? She was perfect angel. Moral of the story "make up your own mind about something, don't take other's views as truth".

Spring Has Sprung

 

          Happy first day of Spring 2025!!! Though it has felt like Spring already here in Florida for a bit now, LOL. The weather has been nice, and my trees are getting so full of leaves in the backyard. Today, it is super windy and sunny—perfect for Spring. I just wish I could be out enjoying it, but alas, it is off to work with me tonight.

          Hopefully, work goes smoothly. It seems so many violent acts against nurses are being reported these days, that it is getting a bit scary to go to work. We even have the police and security rounding on our floor every couple of hours, ensuring we are safe. All I know is I already have my hiding spot picked out and if anybody even slightly is threatening, then I am walking away. No job is worth my life.

          Ack, that was too depressing for a Spring post LOL. I like Spring and getting my yard blooming. I have a couple of big pots I want to plant some flowers in. I mowed the backyard on Tuesday so it looks good. I really would like to figure out what veggies I can grow but with the challenging summer heat. This year no theme parks for us. Too much construction going on with them. We will wait until it is all done to go back. Until then, we will just enjoy stuff around Florida LOL that is if I can get motivated enough to drive and get my kids in the car LOL we are such homebodies.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

 

     "May you have all the happiness

And luck that life can hold
And at the end of all your rainbows
May you find a pot of gold.

May the roof over your head
always be strong
May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you’re dead!"

          Top of the morning to ya LOL it is a high holiday around my house today. My kids and I are Irish so we love celebrating St. Patrick's Day. We all have on our glorious green outfits and the animals have as well, though they aren't too happy about it LOL. 

          I will of course be making corned beef and cabbage with potatoes and Irish soda bread LOL. We have the living room all decked out in green and gold. Shamrocks are everywhere LOL. I consider myself very lucky to do this with my kids. They love being Irish. We have our family tree dated back to the 1600's in Ireland. It is very cool to know that we have such a rich history.

What a Weekend

 

          Oh my goodness, what a weekend. I was the victim of one and then almost two crimes. First one I almost experienced was this creepy guy approaching me in his car in the parking lot as I was heading into work. It was literally about forty feet from the ER entrance. This sketchy looking guy kept trying to get me to help him into the ER. He was not old or feeble looking. He looked in his 30's and healthy. He kept saying he was having a heart attack. Well he was conscious, alert, and there was nothing I could do for him in the parking lot, so I directed him to drive over to the ER entrance. He kept insisting he could not do that. No reason I could see that he couldn't. So I just said sorry, reiterated go to ER, and I went into work. I did stop at security desk to tell them to go check on the guy, but he had already disappeared. Not a chance am I going to get myself in a situation where I could be kidnapped. When I first started working at this hospital a nurse was kidnapped in the parking lot. I am not going to let that happen to me.

          The second crime was somebody hacked into my Walmart/Capital One credit card and ordered $490.78 worth of stuff. Only reason I noticed it so quickly was I tried to use my Walmart app and I couldn't get in. So I checked credit card site online and saw the crazy charge and immediately called both Capital One and Walmart to file a fraud alert. Both companies were great. They both said they would not charge me for the amount. So I am not out the money, but I do have the hassle of closing the accounts and having to get all new cards. My son noticed the amount was $10 short of the thresh hold to it being an actual crime the police would investigate. Whoever did it most likely was checking to see if it would get noticed before trying something bigger.  I am so thankful I was out of coffee creamer because that it what led me to wanting to place order and discovering it so fast. God was watching out for me big time this weekend :)

Happy Mardi Gras 2025

 

          Mardi Gras 2025 is off to a strange start in New Orleans. Apparently very windy and stormy there so parades started early this morning. Which is good because so many people traveled there and the krewes spent so much time creating their floats, it would have been a shame to cancel it. I found me a site that lets me watch live parade coverage LOL the people in the crowds are hilarious when they get on camera. 

          As for here, I have the ingredients to make jambalaya today and that is about it LOL I so want King Cake but that would waste all my points. Might have to get creative with something sweet.

Gorgeous weather outside right now but storms are coming per my weather bug app. As long as I don't have to go out in it, I love storms LOL.

March Mayhem Begins

 

          March Mayhem has begun. Lots of fun stuff for March. Tomorrow it is already Mardi Gras, so I have to make some jambalaya as requested by my son LOL and then I have my Honeybees’ birthday on Wednesday. My puppy girl is turning seven years old already. Friday is another friend’s birthday. Saint Patrick’s Day is on the 17^th, then the first day of spring is on the 20th, and finally, my niece’s birthday is on the 23^rd.

          I have already decorated inside for St. Patrick’s LOL, my tree is all green and gold with leprechaun gnomes all over it. With all the green around, we have discovered our shy kitty likes green. She normally is very skittish, but when she is on anything green she lets us cuddle and pet her. So weird LOL so the green blanket on the couch will be staying.

          Brrrrr why is it that when I get up I am all warm and toasty and it feels great to open the patio door and windows so I can listen to the birds, but once I sit here I get chilly and have to put a shawl on LOL. Oh well, it is still my favorite time of the day. Okay, now it is time to get this day moving along. I have school and grocery shopping to do LOL, not wanting to do either.