Since I have the boys living with me these are my new "best friends" I doubled the size of my pantry space too.I do the cooking, dishes and laundry and they do the floors. Since nearly all the floors in my house are tile, that is a job.Since the accident neither of them are working, hopefully they can soon.

This is the right side of my desk. Recognize anyone there?

But Mom you got up- this is what happens when I get up from my chair. I guess because it is warm

more out door scenes

This is Thursday March 12 although you would have thought yesterday was Friday the 13th.First of all it was cold and rainy, not a day that I wanted to move out of the house, however I had an appointment at the Chiropractors at 11:00. Everyone was concerned for me driving. Little did we know what would happen. It wasn't me that had an accident! Ben and his friend decided to go to the corner store for some gator aid. They were just on Harrison Road when a car slowed to turn in front of them. She was about 50 feet in front of them, they had slowed to allow her time to turn, when a woman in a small truck probably going 55 mph rear ended them pushing them into the car ahead of them. Both boys hit their heads on the back window breaking it out. She was taken to the emergency room via ambulance and the boys came home. When I returned I insisted they go to the ER and be checked out. Nothing was broken, but both were visibly shaken and today are very stiff and hurting. God is so good. Had they been in Ben's car they most likely would have been badly injured or killed.And now today I had an appointment with my orthopedic doc for a one year checkup and had my shoulder injected as I have been having some difficulty with it. So goes life here at the Brutout household.Never a dull moment with the 3 pets, and 3 guys living here( Levi, Ben and their friend Levi. Confusing with 2 Levi's in the house,) No funny looking pictures with this addition.

If you know me very well
There is one thing you might tell
I am a poet, writer of poems.
On subjects like family and homes
I like to write about holidays too
Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter it's true.
So I'm including one here to see
There really is a poet in me.


Easter
by Nancy Brutout

Easter is one of the Spring Holidays
And is celebrated in many different ways
Some with colored eggs and candy
Others with new clothes that are dandy
Christians rejoice on that day
We celebrate our risen Lord
Who though he died on the cross
Came to life again, as foretold in His Word
Colored eggs and chocolate bunnies are okay
If you really know why we celebrate the day.

One of my favorite things to do is to read and I have been scheduling time every day to do just that. So far this year I have read 51 books of various sizes and interests. I have 6 bookshelves but only 4 hold the over 1000 books that I own( two hold -you guessed it- bears!)

I also have some new "guests" in my yard. Several red hens and a rooster. Today they rewarded us with 10 eggs. I feed them table scraps and Susan feeds them their regular food.

I have this one birdfeeder in the back yard and two on my front porch. Rhodie likes bird food too.

One morning this week I had neighbors drop in for breakfast. Susan brought some of the goats to help clear the yard and get some special greens.

Spring is definately here.There are signs of it everywhere. The yard is covered with little wild blooms, clover, wild daffodils. The woods also have blooms. I have a redbud tree and a dogwood tree blooming now.Ben has tilled the same amount of garden space for us as last year, and Susan has planted potatoes, beets, carrots, and leaks so far.