DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Saturday, April 11, 2026

March Goals Update and April Goals, 2026

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....

I feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I was....

I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....

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And since I have a very busy life, like most of us do, it may take me awhile to return your comments but I promise I will....

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In my last post, I shared my Family Easter Celebration...

Click HERE if you missed that post!!

I want to Thank Marsha, over at Marsha in the Middle, for choosing my Blog post, Easter/Spring Front Porch and Rethinking Storage, as one of her features from last week's Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot Link Party!!

Marsha says she always wonders where I store everything!!

Thanks so much, Marsha!!

Please stop by and link up to the great party!!

And now for a few Personal Notes...

For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....

On THURSDAYS, I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...

I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....

On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...

Well, here it is Saturday so what have I been up to???

On Wednesday, April 8th, I attended the Young at Heart Senior Social Club meeting and lunch at my church....

I am President of the Club....

We served pizza from a local Eatery, Leggio's for lunch, which I plated and kept warm on our Parish's warming table........

Some members requested white pizza as they are not able to eat the red....

Cupcakes for our monthly Birthdays, which was our secretary Lucy!!

Lucy and member Ellie, who also recently lost her husband........

I brought grapes and another member brought a chocolate cake...

We had a great turnout as we realize that not everyone can make every meeting....

We had 3 more new members sign up so we are now up to 35 members!!

Our guest speaker for this meeting was Greeta Prasad, who teaches yoga at the local YMCA..

She is amazing at 83 years young!!

She gave a demonstration on chair yoga and spoke about the importance of keeping moving as we age....

She also graciously brought some traditional Indian pastries for us to enjoy which were delicious!!

I can say that we all have a wonderful time and look forward to having Mrs. Prasad again as she graciously consented to come back....

Last year, I joined a group of Bloggers who were setting Quarterly and Monthly Goals......

My Goals are more of a To Do List for each Season....

And I do so love my To Do Lists....

This year, I have decided to only do Monthly Goals.....

So how did I do with my March Goals???

MARCH GOALS

March was definitely a working month for me...

Pack up Winter/Heart Month Decorations in Living Room...YES!!

Clean the Living Room, change the linens over from Winter to Spring/Summer...YES!!

Change the drapes and curtains over from Winter to Spring/Summer in the Living Room ..YES!!

Decorate the Living Room for Easter....YES!!

Pack up Heart Month decor and clean the Dining Room.... YES!!!

Decorate the Dining Room for Easter...YES!!

Pack up the Winter decor in the Kitchen....YES!

Clean and decorate the Kitchen for Easter.....YES!

Pack away the Valentine's Decor and the Snow Buddies from the Powder Room...YES!

Clean and return the Powder Room back to the normal decor....YES!!

Pack up the Winter decor from the Den.....NOPE!

Clean and return the Den back to it's normal Americana decor...NOPE!

Postponed until April...

Change Nelson Crest, my Victorian Doll House, over to Easter from Winter decor....YES!

Decorate the front porch for Easter/Spring.....YES!

Find a landscaper to weed and mulch the front yard slope...NOPE!

I did have a landscaper come and give free quotes for me and several neighbors and they all came in at over $600!!

Too much for all of us, needless to say...

Working on a solution for that one....postponed til April...

Social Goals

Help out with the monthly Breakfast at my church ....YES!...I forgot to take pictures...

Attend a play, Fiddler on the Roof, at the local High School with the Young at Heart Senior Social Club on March 8th.......YES!!

Plan and conduct March meeting of the Young at Heart Senior Social Club on March 11th.....YES!!

Attend a Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins Hockey game with my son on March 13th......YES!!!

Eye Dr. appointment on March 17th which was postponed due to the January snowstorm.....YES!!

I kept my frames which I love and only got new lenses...

Celebrate my DIL Danielle's Birthday with our usual pizza party....YES!

Go to the Home and Garden Show at the Arena by my house on March 21st ...YES!!

I bought an air plant!

Help out with the Easter Egg Hunt that my parish's Community Group is partnering with the borough to put on for the children on March 22nd.......YES!

Take the car in for an oil change and inspection on the 23rd.....YES!!.

Attend Living Stations at church on March 27th... NOPE! Had a terrific sinus headache that evening...

All in all, I think I did pretty darn good with my March goals!!

APRIL GOALS

April is again quite a working month for me...

Untarp everything in the back Patio, clean and set up the patio for Summer

Clean up the back yard and put Preen down...

Order Mulch for the back yard and put it down

Get out all the garden art for the back yard....

Clean out the garden shed to make room for storing my childhood sled

Pack up the Winter decor and Saint Patrick's Day decor from the Den.....

Clean and return the Den back to it's normal Americana decor...

Pack away Christmas in the Sitting Room and re-decorate it in a garden theme

Pack away Christmas in the upstairs Hall way and return it to normal

Pack away Christmas in the upstairs Bathroom and return it to normal

Pack away Christmas in the bedroom

Start to re-organize the Craft Room

Pack away Christmas in the Craft Room

Social Goals

Host Easter Dinner for my family...

Attend and host the April Young at Heart Senior Social club meeting on April 8th

Help out with the monthly Sunday breakfast at Church on April 12th

Host my nieces for a lasagna dinner

Attend a mass for my late husband Joe, marking the 2 year anniversary of his passing

Attend Lunch Out at Leggio's, a local eatery, with members of the YAH Senior Social Club

Attend the performance of Romeo and Juliet by the Wilkes Barre Area Wolfpack players on April 26th

I am happy to say that I have already accomplished some of these Goals for April and I look forward to sharing them with you in future posts....

PLEASE FORGIVE ME...

I am way behind in my return visits and comments because as you can see, March and now April has been really busy for me....

Along with dealing with the anniversary of my Mother's passing and the upcoming 2 year anniversary of my husband Joe's passing....

I hope you will stop by to visit again on MONDAY for my next post!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

And try to find JOY in every single day!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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