Survived winter.... come on Spring

 Cullman, AL

We've had a tough winter.   Once things thawed, we felt hopeful for an early Spring according to Phil the Groundhog, but things changed a bit.

I felt a bit tired.  Sneezing, slight headache.  Then for 3 days my entire body ached.  Leonard then insisted we go to the ER.  By that time I was too tired to argue.   So many people in our church had been sick with the crud... Covid.   Wow!  We bypassed it.  Not so fast.  After a positive test, I started the Paxlovid cure.

Then two days later, Len was really sick.  Another ER visit.  Another stop at CVS for Paxlovid.  I still have good days and others when I am exhausted.    Yesterday Len was really sick.  And that is after feeling great the day before.   Back to ER.   They did x-rays to be sure he didn't have pneumonia.  He doesn't.  So he is on antibiotics.   Feeling a bit better today.

We've been assured that neither of us are contagious. We can expect some discomfort.  So we continue on.

On the upside, the weather in improving.  Daffodils are budding.  

We continue our Boondockers Welcome hosting.  After a slow January we are starting to get busy again.  We have 16 reservations on the books.

Last Friday we felt well enough to go to our Friday night out.  But not well enough to do much dancing. But our friends did:

We had noticed a lot of digging going on all over our property.  What was strange was something dug all around where to septic tank is. 

Just as we suspected:

Mr. Armadillo.   I read that they are actually good for the ground.   They turn it over and their poo is beneficial.   Their presence doesn't bother me.

It is almost 5 years since Biscuit showed up at our door.  We has so enriched our lives.  When he showed up Leonard made it clear.  No dogs in his truck.  No dogs in the house.  No dogs on any furniture.   Biscuit loves riding in the truck.   He is in and out of the house all day, spending every night inside.  As far as on furniture:

Biscuit on the right, Leonard on the left.

Two years ago we installed a tankless hot water heater.  After having a walk-in tub installed we found the 50-gallon tank did not fill the tub with hot water.   The unused tank has been sitting in our basement since.   We decided to divest of it.   I put in on Cullman yard sale sites offering it for free.  I immediately got swamped with responses.   The first person I told could have it asked how old it was.  When I told her it was in the house when we bought it 6 years ago, she said she wanted a new one .... free.  Alrighty then.  

Folks were asking where we were located.  I gave a general area.   One woman said she lived in the area and would really like it.  I checked her profile and saw my friend Stephanic listed as a friend of hers.   So we made arrangements for her husband and his friend to come right over.   

Len disconnected it and the three of them worked hard getting it up the steps from the basement to outside.

I feel really good that the right people got this tank.  They were so appreciative.  We wish them well.

Well, time to go pick of a grocery order so I will close this down right now.

Until next time.