Keeping our spirits up :) shopping, calls, and blossoming into spring :) Thank you angel friends :)

Happy Thursday! :) We're having a nice peaceful day at home :) We're thinking of you all, our dear angel friends :) we're all hanging out today :) we enjoyed some phone calls with friends, some nice time here on DS, and are gearing up for a super fun baking friday adventure, shopping on saturday, and i look forward to celebrating my birthday with everyone on sunday :) Thank you angel friends, for your wonderfully comforting, and uplifting support, encouragement, and for helping keep our spirits uplifted :) we're with you all, and so very thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We're all in this together <3 Lots of birds singing outside here :) We love those sweet nature tunes :) We're making the most of each day, and love hearing about your days :) be safe, wishing everyone good health, and comfort :) We're looking forward to sharing in many more times with you and your family's :) my mom, dad, Holly and i had a spontaneous trip to the dollar tree today :) we were able to stock up on some more items, essentials, for our home :) tomorrow's baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's almost time to bake! bake! bake! :)

Hi angel friends! :) Big warm group comforting friendship hug :) Happy 1st day of Spring :) Spring season is arriving :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, and having a nice day :) We're blossoming into the spring season :) it's amazing, how spring has arrived :) they said, it could reach 68 degrees here tomorrow :) We've been talking about gardening, and how we can't wait to begin planting some seeds, growing vegetables, fruits, and flowers :) in another week or two, we're gonna get some seedlings started, here in our living room, and getting our garden areas ready for some spring gardening adventures :) we have lots of garden dreams, and garden goals too, to grow lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and many sunny happy flowers that will be blossoming all throughout the season :) the signs of spring, are all around :) our lilac bushes are getting ready to grow new leaves, and the trees are too :) there's lots of wonderful peace, and hope, within nature, and we can't wait to begin the chapters of a brand new gardening season journey to share in with everyone :) it's gonna be so nice, and a very special peaceful joy :)

it's a peaceful day here at home :) we've been hanging out today, reflecting back upon the recent days, and current times. it was so nice, having Jenn and the kids, and Alyssa and the kids visit yesterday :) our schools here in our city, are doing a wonderful thing :) they are putting together these very nice, foods bags :) they call the bags, "grab and go" for kids, of the community, and their family's :) Jenn and family,and Alyssa and family went and got some of the bags :) its a very generous, and heart-felt things our communities, and many communities are doing right now, to band together, keeping strong together, and helping out the communtiies :) it's truly amazing, the wonderful spirit of togetherness :) We feel very thankful, and appreciative of eachother, family, friends, and our communities that are working extra hard right now, to help out, to help keep everyone's lives as normal as can be, and days as routine can be :) We're all in this together :) Our local hospital, backus hospital, is opening drive-thru testing. 

The Current times, have brought lots of changes, emotions, feelings. my dad and Lisa, did get some work time at domino's yesterday. :) Lisa got some work time at burger king today, which is really good :) we're rallying around my brother Charlie. the linens factory in the industrial shop that he works at, closed, and workers were layed off. my brother along with his co-workers, filed for unemployment. they are very hopeful, that once the linen factory opens, they will be able to get their jobs back. There's stories all around, touching the hearts, and lives of others. thank you angel friends, for sharing with us, all of the news, and going on's, in your lives, states, countries, and communities. DS is an amazing outlet, and life line for so many of us, who have made and grown such wonderful friendships over the years :) it's very comforting, and uplifting knowing you all are here for us, and we love knowing, that you all know, we'll always be here for you all too :) Holly is so proud, she included a special heart-felt message and note in my journal yesterday :) i told her, she's always welcome include a note/message pics in my journal :)

We're keeping in good spirits :) it was fun throwing the football outside yesterday, playing catch with Hunter and Mikey :) We're so glad also, we got a chance to go to the post office to get some notes/letters out to friends :) i look forward to continuing to write as the week goes on :) my family,Holly, friends, planning a birthday party for me on sunday here at our house :) i'm going to have a DS birthday party, opening up my wonderful birthday mail, and we gonna have foods, cake, and will be writing all about my birthday, and will take lots of pics to share :) you all will be with us in spirit, our dear angel friends :) i have my special birthday deliveries here next to me :) it's so nice, and very sweet :) we know during these times, there's so many things going on, with the news, coronavirus, and the world is very different right now. We're keeping strong with everyone, hopeful, and keeping our spirits up :) Thank you angel friends, for being here for us :) Big group comforting caring friendship hug :) Holly is very happy her message/note touched everyone's hearts :) Thank you angel friends :) Continue to take good care, keep safe, update us anytime, you can :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :)

my mom, dad, Holly, and i had a spontaneous shopping trip to the dollar tree this afternoon :) With the news going on, we feel a good sense of comfort, stocking up on some items, foods, essentials, for our home :) we were very careful, when we went out to shop :) at the dollar tree, we bought some gallons of water, water bottles, electrolytes drink, we also stocked up on top ramen noodles :) the noodles are selling out everywhere, my mom and Lisa went to 6 stores yesterday, and found them for $1 each at the 7-11 down the road. we were so happy to see our dollar tree stocked up on the noodles :) We bought 5 packages of them :) we also bought some cans of sweet potatoes, and more :) our dollar tree put a sign up, that they're closing at 8pm now. it sounds a bit later than usual. :) we were so thankful to be able to stock up on some more items, foods, water, and essentials for our home :) our dollar tree was stocked fairly well, some items they were running low on, but overall, they stocked up on more :) Our shopping experience went very smoothly, and we all used hand sanitizer when we were out of the store :)

We're having a nice peaceful day :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, and are in good health :) We're taking good care, eating well, having water, teas, and our iced coffees :) it was so nice, having some phone calls today, enjoying some time here on DS, writing to friends :) we're keeping updated on the latest news. Holly and i are going to watch some youtube videos tonight :) Tomorrow's baking friday :) We look forward to baking some goodies :) we love sharing our adventures :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for being here for us, and for your very special friendships :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) we love you all, and deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring comforting sunny sunflower friendship hug :) We look forward to sharing in, many more peaceful times, with family, friends, nature, and the spirit of the spring season :) 

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a nice peaceful day :) We're all doing well, keeping strong, enjoying simple joys, the best we can, in the current times, keeping in good health, taking good care :) we got some items at the dollar tree :) we look forward to baking goodies tomorrow, and my upcoming birthday :) thinking of you, our dear friend :) 

my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, and having a nice day" :) awww! :) we love you all very much, our sweet dear angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a good day :) we're with you all, our dear friends :) wishing us all the best of good health, comfort, peace, and bright days and times ahead :) we cherish and treasure your very special friendships :)

Hi angel friends :) i'd love to re-share some nature pictures :)There's lots of flowers to look forward to seeing blossom soon :) i also would love to re-share some nature pictures :) nature brings a wonderful comfort, and peace :) we look forward to many more super fun adventures in nature, as spring season blossoms :)

woodpecker :)