Another Monday!

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It has been another pretty day…a bit chillier than yesterday.  Yesterday we actually reached the mid 80's!  It felt quite warm if you spent much time outside.  The car was really hot when I got in to drive home after church.  I rolled down windows and opened the moon roof to let the heat out to help out the AC cool it down inside.  Now…today…wasn't much interested in AC when driving around!  

I did get out around noon today to go get my hair cut.  Then the rest of the day I spent inside until prayer meeting this evening,  I needed to do some cooking…the refrigerator was pretty bare. I had in my menu plans in my head planned to make soup today.  After yesterday's quite warm temperatures, I wasn't so sure that was such a good time.  But overnight the temperatures turned around and started coming down.  So my soup making went on as planned and the warmth of it at lunch was much appreciated! I made New England Clam Chowder…quite good!  It is a favorite of mine…perhaps due to my Massachusetts' roots?

Today I received my needlework order part of which was a birthday gift from a friend.  Needlework mail equals happy mail!  I have had fun looking at what I got and making plans for getting underway with some of it right away even though I am in the midst of other needlework projects…always fun to start something new!  I have put a few Xs in for one of the pieces…another rabbit piece to add to my Spring decorations.  Over the weekend I got underway with another Christmas ornament that I will ge gifting this coming Christmas.  I have lots of skeins of floss out and about in the room as I have been checking to see if I have all the colors needed for these upcoming pieces that I have the urge to stitch!  

I plan to stitch some more this evening.  I have plenty to choose from.  I got some pretty linen to stitch on in this order as well as some cross stitch patterns and a small amount of embroidery floss.  I plan to read a little, too, as I began a new book over the weekend.  At the moment my reading has taken a back seat to my stitching.  I tend to do that…focus on one hobby or another for a time neglecting others and then switch back again.  Plenty to keep me busy and hopefully out of trouble.  No way to be bored when you have as many interests as I have! 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Sunday Favorite: 57 Years Ago

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Almost Summerlike!

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It's amazing how we can go from snow on Monday to 80s today!  It felt rather warm when I retrieved my mail today.  That was my only venture outside today, as I had plenty to keep me busy inside!  

Tonight I have shared a photo of some of the stitching that I have accomplished so far this year for me to keep.  I don't post a lot of my stitching because I do quite a bit to give away…the ornaments that I stitch for example.  The first thing that I finished for me this year is the little Redwork sampler. I started and finished it in January.  It is what the stitching world calls a blessing sampler.  You start it on January 1st, and if you complete it by the end of January then your stitching for the year is supposed to be blessed.  I’m not so much about what I see sort of as a superstition, as I am about just having the fun of joining the stitching community and attempting to finish a sampler in a month!  You will note that this sampler is very small…I chose what I was pretty sure I could complete in a short time! The bunny piece will join my other Spring stitches that are scattered around the house at this time of the year,  I just completed Miss Liberty this afternoon.  I am trying to stitch several patriotic smalls this year in honor of our countries 250th birthday.  She will join my other patriotic decorations after I enjoy my Spring decorations for another month!  I will be making all three of these into small pillows to place here and there around the house. Now I need to get back to stitching Christmas ornaments that I will give as gifts this year.  I have sort of taken a break from ornaments for a bit.  I plan to start another ornament this evening and work on it today and tomorrow.  Then come Monday, I may be in the mood for another small (or two!) for me, as I am awaiting an order with a couple more small patriotic designs.  That order is supposed to come Monday.  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Welcome Spring!

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And, Spring arrived bringing along with it a beautiful day! I noticed first thing as I headed off for the store that the leaves are now springing out on the trees…soon we will see that spring-green color from the Crayola Crayon box when we look up into the canopy that trees make over our heads.

I made a trip to Kroger and restocked my larder.  I got them all put away and then had my lunch.  The rest of the afternoon was spent doing a little of this and a little of that and a lot of nothing!  I have stitched…continuing on with my patriotic piece.  I’m starting to see the finish line.  I’m on the last part of it. Going to start stitching again as soon as I finish in the kitchen.

Cheryl and I had a fun phone visit this afternoon.  While we talked, Cheryl sent me photos of her Spring decorations and I sent photos of mine and then we talked about them with each other…a fun long distance visit between TN and AZ!  A good portion of the decorations I have Cheryl gave me.  

Speaking of long distance visits, tomorrow is my monthly Cottey College Bookclub Zoom meeting. I  always look forward to that visit with Cottey alums who have become my friends even though we live far apart and are from different classes.  Some I have met in person…others just via the Zoom meetings.  We have done this for several years now so we are getting to know each other quite well.  Of course, there is one who comes to the meetings who I have known since we were in Sunday School together as very young children. We continued on to going to first grade through high school together and then proceeded to head off to college together.  Not too many can say that about a friend! 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Last Day of Winter

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Today was a beautiful day to end winter!  I stayed pretty busy today.  I did things around the house picking things up and putting things away.  I did some of that both upstairs and down.  I got a call mid morning that my taxes were completed and that I could come in and sign papers, etc. So I made a short trip downtown and did the required.  So that task is done for this year.  This afternoon I decided to do some cleaning in the kitchen.  I cleaned the microwave and then wiped down the lower cabinets and drawers and the stove front on that side of the kitchen. I had been "meaning to" clean the microwave and just never seemed to get around to it…just thought of it each time I used it but didn't think of it when I wasn't using it!  So that task is done for a short while.  I guess tomorrow I need to make at least a quick trip to the grocery store for a couple of items…still don't need a lot.  But I have been trying to add to the list what I do need to get.  And, I guess I should think of one recipe to get ingredients for.  I have done a little reading and a little stitching.  I plan to do more stitching this evening while I watch Matlock and Elsbeth.

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Things Still Hopping Around Here

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The bunnies continued to hop around till they found their spot for the Spring.  I was finished before lunchtime.  I have continued to stitch on my patriotic piece and am making good progress towards finishing it…but still quite a few stitches to go.  The Spring decorating meant doing some dusting…so I am a little cleaner around here.  

I discovered a TV series that is streaming of a book series that I have read.  It's "okay," but I think that I enjoyed reading it more.  It is interesting to see who the producers, etc. cast as characters.  Not exactly how I had pictured them in my mind!  It isn't quite as "mild" as I usually watch…both language and violence.  I don't approve of the language…and, don't remember it being as bad as this in the book…but, then, in the book I can skip "those words!" 

Late this afternoon, I put together a TexMex casserole.  Well, two casseroles…one for the freezer and one for me to eat now. It is pretty good.  I believe it will be better tomorrow when the flavors meld together. I've cleaned up the kitchen and am now ready to settle into my chair for the night.  I hope to make more progress on my stitching, but…I didn't take a nap today so there is a good chance I will doze off…needle in hand!  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Bunnies, Lambs & Chicks…Oh, My!

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Things have been hopping around here today…the bunnies and their friends all congregated on the dining room table so I could direct them to their special place somewhere in the house!  I decided that St. Patrick's Day was the day to decorate for Spring.  Donna and I decided that we wouldn't work in the library today so I decided that today was the day to, at least start some Spring decorating.  The dining room table still has bunnies, eggs, etc. that need to be placed…somewhere. I haven't put any Spring in the living room yet…tomorrow is another day!

I started a new book today.  I did some online shopping…I was gifted a gift certificate at a stitching online store.  So I had fun picking and choosing…now to wait for it to arrive in my mailbox! I used different lenses, settings, etc. trying to get familiar with what I want to use on my Alaskan cruise.  I’ve done some stitching. I’m working on a patriotic piece that I will make into a small pillow to use this summer to decorate the house with reminders of the US's 250th birthday.

It was quite a chilly day.  The wind went right through me when I took the garbage out and got my mail…did both those in one trip to not have to be out any more than I had to!  Brrrrrrrrr!  This must be one of our winters…maybe Red bud winter…not sure.

To be continued! Be safe! be well! Be cautious!