An April Fool

So today the WWW is on tenterhooks. We're all (or most of us) terrified to even check our e-mail accounts, much less open them! I've received those "you've received a card from a friend" but unless the friend's name is clearly spelled out (and correctly) I have never opened them, simply sent them into the e-mail hell known as Deletion World. Or, the WWWDW...in the meantime, I intend to enjoy the witticisms that you send me, and if I see my sisters' names and they don't include a last name, well, you know where they're going. Okay, so much for the conficker worm...no, that's not a misspelling, it's the closest they could come and still rate it as G for General Audiences.

Now, as for my Giveaway...I'm happy to say that Brenda, of Country Romance from the Heart was my draw winner. I'll be sending her an E-mail (that I hope she won't misconstrue as the Conficker Worm) to let her know and have her send me her address. I'm so happy for Brenda!

Yesterday Mac and I went to do some Spring shopping at Lowe's and WalMart's. We shop in Hartsville (which is in Darlington County, SC) because they're the closest to us and we're never disappointed when we get there. We're in the market for a Chipper/Shredder. We have so many trees that have to be thinned and we need so much mulch that it seems wasteful to burn our limbs yet buy chipped up limbs for our gardens. We didn't find one yesterday, but are hopeful that when we order online, it will come to our store. In the meantime, I picked up a couple of Collumbines and African Daisies to add to the front beds. I can only hope that more frost doesn't hit. But if it does, I've been saving gallon sized milk jugs to use to protect any tender plants. I can put them safely over the plants, caps on, then remove them easily when the threat is past. If it's still a bit dicey when the sun comes out, just pop off the cap and let the jug vent and not build up to much heat to harm the plant. Today we'll be planting out and watching over our shoulders for the rain that's moving in.

We've had some major illness in our family this past week, my Brother-in-Law Jack has had open heart surgery and that is just the beginning of his ordeal for next few months. My cousin Jerry has been in a bad way for several weeks, had pneumonia, coded (actually died) and is now just coming out of something called "ICU Psychosis" in that he has been in ICU so long that his mind simply shut down, memories and all. He's doing much better this week and his memory has pretty much returned. So, while I ask that you include my family in your prayers, I also ask that you petition God for all in our nation who are undergoing trials and tribulations that are beyond their kin. What with bank failures and floods, home losses and job woes, we need that prayer more than ever!

So again, Brenda congratulations on being my winner...I'll be e-mailing you pal, so don't send me off into WorldWideWebDeletionHell! I'll need that address!!! I think you, above all, are going to be one happy girl!