Valentine Mission

 Took a batch my woven paper Danish heart ♥️ baskets with me to the clinic today,  planning to give them as valentines to every person who helped me in any way..  

Eye opening, I was about 5 short. 

One clinic visit and by the time you are greeted,  check in,  xray, checkin again,  assistant to MD, MD, make next appointment, volunteer who says goodbye, etc....a person has contact with a lot of staff. 

All front line workers & I am grateful.

I got big smiles as I gave them their Valentine. Made me smile too.

Mission accomplished. ♥️

Happy ♥️ Day

I got this very fun greeting in the mail this week.

Loveland, Colorado

The Sweetheart City.

The envelope had this fun stamp mark.

And a cool postmark too.

Everybody loves to get mail.

SuperBowl

 Barley is cheering for The Bengals. 

Cousins.

Everybody loves mail

 I got a very nice thank you note in the mail today. Great nephew Ivan made my day. 

What a fun surprise.

♥️♥️

As long as I'm showing off, I might as well add this text from my niece. 

It is nice to know that the kids like the birthday Danish hearts that I send. 

Life is good. 

♥️♥️

Pretty kitty

Right after Betty White passed on, I started seeing ads for tee-shirts commemorating her love of animals.  I fell for the marketing & ordered a shirt. Offered as an add-on 'deal' was a fine tooth brush for cats,  I suckered in on that as well. 

When my package arrived I was disappointed to find that the sizing on the shirt is WAY off on the small side. Boo.  But the design is cute.  

I'm noodling on what I can do with the shirt.

I love this, not only because of Betty White,
but also because it fits for my 'other mother' Betty R.

The rest of the purchase turned out to be a big hit. 

Much to my surprise!

Barley loves the brush, especially around her face & neck.

She really gets into it. 

I think she likes getting pretty.

You just never know,

with cats.

Road trip

 I have been sticking close to home with only a few exceptions.  Today I drove over to Luck to visit with my friend Bruce. He needed a little help with his cell phone.  It was nice to have a chat with him.  Our friend Deb stopped in too, I had not seen her since before covid.

I drove past the construction of the ice palace.

The palace will be ready for next weekend's Luck Winter Carnival.

I also stopped at SIL Lois's house to drop off a small birthday gift.  It worked out great for me as neice Angie was there with her son Owen.  We had a nice chat and I got to see a more grown up 'Mocha' kitty. 

She's beautiful but quick to claw and bite!  

Hopefully she will grow out of some of those bad habits.

It was nice to see everyone,  & I was home safely in time to watch The Olympics.

First cousins, once removed

 

Nancy & Jerry Rydberg, Roger Rydberg, Wanda, Glenn Johansen, Richard & Dorothy Rydberg

My cousin Richard organized us to all meet at the El Paso Bar & Grill for a late lunch.  We had a fun visit and a yummy lunch.  It was a nice sunny day, but only 2° when we left for home.

This bar has a real character as the proprietor.  

This sign was on the front door.

You just don't see that everywhere. 

I'm looking forward to the next time we gather up with my first cousins, once removed.  

Their Mom was a sister to my Mom's mother.