A Day in my Life - April

It's April!  I must admit that I'm glad to see it.  March was not a nice month in Michigan; so much wind and too much snow for me along with rain and tornadoes.  North of us, they are dealing with the effects of a terrible ice storm that has people still without electricity a week after the storm. There are so many trees down it looks like a hurricane went through. So, in comparison to that, I shouldn't complain about our weather.  I am looking forward to it warming up and the spring flowers blooming!
Here's how the first day of April went for me.

As usual, I started my day with a walk on the treadmill.

After getting ready for the day, I had yogurt and fruit for breakfast and spent some time reading my daily portion of The Bible in One Year by John MacArthur.  This day had a portion of Deuteronomy, Psalms, Proverbs and Luke.  I'm enjoying reading through the Bible this way.

I had lots of cleaning tasks I wanted to get done this morning.

I started by putting sheets in the wash.

Then I cleaned the main bathroom and the tub.

I wiped down the stove and microwave.

and then I cleaned the refrigerator.

These are a few of my favorite cleaning products.  (Not getting paid for this, just passing it on in case you could use it). The Pink Stuff works well on the stove top and counters.  I have a Stainless Steel refrigerator, stove and dishwasher, and this Stainless Steel cleansor and polisher wipes off so easily, leaving no fingerprints or smudges behind!

When this was done, so was the laundry and then it was time for a lunch break.

After lunch I tried something I'd read about.  I found instructions to use your air dryer to dehydrate bananas.  It looked simple but it really wasn't.  You were supposed to flip them halfway through but they got really sticky. When they were done, they were just ok.  It's not something I'm doing again.  But, you don't know unless you try, right?

I spent some time in the afternoon working on these.  Three older men (91, 92, and 94) from the community made 2,700 of these little cars for our Samaritans purse, Christmas boxes for kids. This is the same thing we braid the jump ropes for that I've mentioned in the past.
These cars are oiled to protect the wood, and each car needs to be put in a zip-loc bag so it can go into the Christmas box.  A bunch of us brought home containers with 200 cars in to start packaging them.

Aren't they cute?  Some little kids will be thrilled to get them.
I got 100 of them bagged before I had to stop.

I left the house around 3 pm to pick up an old friend from the office I worked at.  The Director of Nursing there is retiring and they were having a retirement party for her at 4.
I had a great time seeing some of the doctors and a bunch of the nurses I used to work with.  I was talking so much that I forgot to take any pictures!

I got back home around 6.  Bob and I had leftover chili for supper.

After supper, he had me come outside to see these miniature daffodils which just started blooming!

We had a quiet, relaxing evening.  We watched a show that's new to us called The Repair Shop.  My friend Terri from Your Friend from Florida, told me about it.  It's a British show where people bring in things that are treasures to them because of their sentimental value, and the people from the shop fix them.  It's such a heartwarming show and watching it just makes you feel good.  It was a good way to end a good day!