I had been expecting Oscar to behave by the time he was a year old so I was pretty disappointed in December, 2022 when he turned one and was still wild and crazy as ever. Several of you told me . . nope, wait til he's two or even three. I wasn't sure I would make it that long but almost the day he turned 2, he suddenly seemed grown up and mature. Leave something out that he can shred and he will ...
The April Fool’s Project
This project is proving to be the perfect April Fool's Project and the joke is on me. Thanks, Denise, for coming up with this idea. My interpretation of this challenge was that we'd choose a project we love but, except for doing something really crazy, we would never let ourselves start on this project. I think what Denise was really thinking . . and you know we can finish each other's sentences ...
Snow!
This morning we awoke to a winder winderland. The weather had been so "it's going to snow a lot/it isn't going to snow much at all Sunday". We have a great weatherman and he kept apologizing for the back and forth on the forecast. At first, he said we were going to get 3 - 5" but the front could move north or south. A few days later, the forecast changed and we were in the 1-3" area and the heavy ...
This I Know Progress
Last night I think I made some good progress on This I Know. Except for just a few things - a small star motif above the peacock's tail, a small motif between the house and the tree, the bird's beak and the bird's eye, the left side and the church are finished. Today and tomorrow, I hope to finish the blue star next to the church, stitch the tree on the right side of the church and all ...
Witch Hazel
A couple of years ago we planted two Witch Hazel plants in the back yard. I wanted them for medicinal reasons and they are good native plants. They've done great but I never knew they bloomed. Someone mentioned in one of the native plant groups that their witch hazel was blooming so I went out yesterday to check ours and yes, it's blooming and it smells amazing. I have a feeling since we've ...
Sweet Potatoes
Last year's garden produced enough sweet potatoes to hopefully get us through until this year's crop is ready. We've eaten so many sweet potatoes and still have probably four months before the new ones will be ready. But, we're officially out of purple sweet potatoes and only have a few white sweet potatoes left. The rest are just every day orange sweet potatoes. Vince likes the purple ones the ...