My flowers didn't freeze. And my plans

Midland, Michigan
April 13, 2024 8:44am CST
I'll have three pics of flowers showing once it loads. I made a collage after removing the background of weeds surrounding them. But I might have to crop it if it won't load. I've learned to post the discussion first and then go back and upload the image. The top left and the lower right are hyacinths. Somehow I got bulbs with three colors growing together. I don't know if I did that or it came that way. The yellow one is daffodils. I also have tulips that look like they may bloom in another week or so. I'm planning on getting a bunch of cleaning done today. I need to wash some floors and clean my bathroom. Maybe I'll even do some business bookkeeping and start another journal. Now that it's getting warmer I hope to start walking more. Since I've not walked long distances for quite a while I'll start with shorter walks. I did walk while grocery shopping yesterday but that was while holding into a cart. This week we didn't go to Detroit. I cleaned windows Monday morning and my sister, T, and I went to her storage to sort thru some boxes. Wed we did the same thing along with yesterday, Fri. We've emptied a lot of boxes taking some things to give away, some for recycling and some for garbage and keeping the rest. Now we have room to bring back the last load from, M's place in the basement in Detroit. We'll be going on Thursday if it doesn't rain When we go back in a couple of weeks we'll begin to pack up her breakables from her china cabinets. We've not decided yet whether we'll try to hire some service to load my brother's trailer, if they'll even do that. And then see if a service will carry the heavy furniture up to her condo here in town.
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@rebelann (111578)
• El Paso, Texas
13 Apr
A good friend of mine lives close to Detroit as well, she's been telling me about rain and snow in her area. I'm really glad your flowers are doing well.
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• Midland, Michigan
15 Apr
I'm glad my flowers made it also especially since I didn't cover them up.
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@snowy22315 (172021)
• United States
13 Apr
Lovely flowers..I got some kind of flower bomb thing from DT. Interested in trying it out and see if it really works.
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• Midland, Michigan
15 Apr
Flower bomb or bulb? I don't know what a flower bomb is.
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@shaggin (71672)
• United States
15 Apr
I hope you are able to get a lot of cleaning done. That was nice if you to help your sister sort through so much stuff. The flowers you shared are so beautiful! How neat the three different colors are all in the same spot. Looks so pretty!!.
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@LadyDuck (461938)
• Switzerland
13 Apr
I love hyacinths, the flowers have already gone, I think it's warmer here. I think you should hire someone, moving heavy stuff would be a problem.
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@LadyDuck (461938)
• Switzerland
15 Apr
@MarshaMusselman Very good way of thinking, heavy stuff can be very dangerous.
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• Midland, Michigan
15 Apr
I'm not lifting anything that's heavy. Not even boxes. I also don't want any of my family messing up their backs from carrying furniture up her stairs.
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@JudyEv (328120)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
Sounds like you're making progress with your sister's belongings.
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• Midland, Michigan
15 Apr
We think we are. She will still have a low of her things to use in the new place. She has several lace type curtains that may be the wrong size for the windows in the new place but we're keeping them just in case they will work. We're hoping we can help keep her new place more organized. I'm hoping that one day she'll be willing to part with things like clothes and jewelry that she has an over abundance of. For instance she has about seven jewelry boxes all overflowing. When she taught school she may have worn quite a few different pieces but I doubt she'll wear everything in the next few years. She also has about ten bins in her room in a rack filled with clothes and a large free standing wardrobe filled up too. Along with her closet.
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• Midland, Michigan
17 Apr
@JudyEv I still have to go through my closets and eliminate things, but that will have to wait until I get things cleared off an extra bed in my computer room. My daughter might want it for one of her kids. I would love to get it out of the room.
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@grenery8 (3817)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
13 Apr
you did great with the photo and i like daffodils. i hope moving service can give your sibling a hand
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• Midland, Michigan
15 Apr
I hope we find a service that will load and unload also.
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@grenery8 (3817)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
16 Apr
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@DianneN (247205)
• United States
28 Apr
Some of my flowers didn’t come up. So disappointed.