APRIL ALREADY

Rainbow and Hummingbird feeder

Hummingbird feeder on the front porch

It has been about a month since I wrote anything.  My life is not that exciting but I thought I better put something on.  On the left is a rainbow that I was able to take a picture of.  It was raining at our house but in the downtown area there was a very pretty rainbow. It was much prettier than the picture shows.  I bought the Humming Bird feeder at Walmart that you can see in the picture with the rainbow.  There is a pair of Hummingbirds that are constantly sipping from it.

The Hummingbird feeder on the front porch is a glass feeder that I bought at the Home and Garden show that was in Sequim the first part of March.  The lady who had the booth makes a lot of different kinds of Hummingbird feeders with bottles. Donna filled it and Leif hung it up.  A Hummingbird checked it out but the next day the wind was blowing hard that all the syrup blew out.  We are going to have to figure out a way to protect if from the wind.  I suppose we could bring it downstairs because the feeder down here is a little better protected from the wind.  I really like it on the front porch because it looks so nice.




Now, I will do my complaining.  I am on T-Mobile with my cell phone (which is my only phone).  I have never had quite as good a service as Donna and Leif who have Verizon but it has been working fairly well until about two weeks ago.  Now when anyone calls the call will not go through the first time.  If they call back a second time it usually goes through.  Everyone says there is a message like out of the area or not available.  It rings and the person who is calling can hear me say hello and then the phone hangs up.  They can't even leave a message.  So for part of two days I have been talking to T-Mobile and they have been trying to solve the problem. They couldn't find anything wrong on my end.  Then they thought it might be my Simm card so they overnighted me a new Simm card and it did the same thing.  They decided it might be my phone so they were willing to send me free of charge a comparable phone but I decided I just wanted to buy the new Samsung Galaxy S 5 that just came out.  My new phone should be here Tuesday.  If that does not work I am going to be very unhappy.  T-Mobile will have to let me out of my contract and I will just go to Verizon.  I have to have phone service I can depend on because I am home alone a lot. I am so excited about the new phone I ordered.  I sure hope it solves my problem.  I don't know it any of you have had a chance to check in on that phone but it is the latest and has so many great features.  I know I don't need anything that fancy but I am so fascinated by all the new technology that is coming out all the time.
Donna ordered that same phone and hers came yesterday. There are only two colors.  She got white and I got black.  I can hardly wait for mine to come.

NOW FOR HAPPY NEWS--

I think most everyone knows that I have been dealing with bouts of Bronchitis and that I have Asthma.  My neighbor and Donna and I used to walk up our steep hill for months but when I started getting sick it was about all I could to climb the stairs
    Yesterday Donna and Marge, our neighbor, and I walked down the hill away to a jewelry open house that one of the girls from Church was having.  Of course, going back, was up hill all the way.  I had to stop a few times but I made it all the way back.  My breathing was OK but I was having trouble with my knee yesterday.  Finally Arthritis is settling in. (Oh, the joys of aging)  I was so happy I was able to make it.
     Marge and I have been walking almost everyday since they got back from Arizona.  (Our neighbors are Snow Birds).  The hill by our house is quite steep.  I used to walk it all the time with no problem.  Anyway, since Marge got back I have been trying to walk a little further every time.  Since I had that walk yesterday and made it up the hill, I thought I would see how far I could make it today.  I did make it clear to the top and around the loop at the top.  I got a little tired but my breathing was fine.  Marge and I stopped a few times. Marge was a little worried about me but I said I have to push myself even if I do get tired.
    
I am really proud of myself that I made it all the way.

I love looking at Facebook and I enjoy reading the blogs from family members.  It is so great to watch the little ones growing.