Sunday, April 17, 2022

Sunday, April 17, 2022

Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2009. Mattie received this cute bunny hat for Easter from Team Mattie. As you can see Mattie was not in a photo kind of mood. None the less, he did put the hat on his head, let me snap the photo, but without showing his eyes. One would think that being home between cancer treatments would be great. For us it was never great! Mattie was typically not feeling well and was contending with depression, anxiety, and trauma. This was challenging to balance alone, without a team of healthcare providers to lend support. Which was most likely why Mattie never batted an eyelash when he knew he had to return to the hospital. I believe he was comfortable at the hospital and it provided him mental and emotional stimulation and support that home just couldn't do. 

Quote of the day: All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. ~ Winston Churchill

It was another busy morning. Typically my parents like fruit and cereal for breakfast, but today I changed it up. I made hard boiled eggs. Specifically because I wanted to do an egg taste test. We bought farm fresh eggs yesterday at the local farmer's market. I compared them with store bought eggs this morning. Frankly none of us could taste the difference. The only thing I noticed was a difference in color and texture, with the farm fresh eggs having a more tender and soft yolk. 

I jumped from one task after the other today, and I should mention I have a winner of a migraine as well. It was so bad that I felt dizzy and nauseous this morning and went down to the kitchen at 6:30am to get my rescue medication. Fortunately I am used to working through this pain, otherwise my household would come to a standstill.

While working at the computer today to finalize the Foundation's April newsletter, I had a cat companion.... Miss Indie. 

 

Meanwhile Peter has been transforming our backyard. He has been working very hard at weeding, mulching, digging trenches so water doesn't collect, and of course planting and creating these wonderful flower pot compositions. 

I bought three tomato plants at the farmer's market yesterday. I am hoping we have some luck with them. 

Pops of color are being planted. 

The previous owner of the house left us a few lovely flower pots. He also left us a lot of junk which we had to get rid of, but that is another conversation. Peter planted a lavender plant into this blue pot, and when it starts to bloom, it should look lovely. Did you know bugs do not like lavender? It is nature's natural insecticide!