Spring Fever?

Not much going on in my crafting life this month. DH's parents are moving here so that we can finally begin to help take care of them. My FIL is 93 and my MIL is 87! We have been driving to where they lived (about 2 hours away) almost every weekend to help get this move accomplished. My DS and DGS came last weekend, but I didn't get ANY photos of the good time we had, because my camera batteries were dead!! ARRRRRRGH!!! Mainly, on Saturday, we went with a moving van and brought back a lot of furniture, then on Sunday, the boys all just fished, and had a relaxing good time. DGS entertained us with a "fishing story" by telling us he caught a "baby alligator" while no one was looking, and "tossed it back" before anyone saw it! :)
Only 7 years old & already telling "fishing stories" about the "one that got away"!!


One item I did manage to find time to sew this month was this "doggie bandana", modeled here by our dog, Asia. I like the fact that the collar slides through it and it is reversable. I see lots of "doggie fashion bandanas" in Asia's immediate future!








The photos above are of our back deck and a small flower bed in front of our house just after a recent hail storm hit our house. As you can see by looking at all the "green" amoung the hail, the trees around the house were beat up pretty good and all of my beautiful Iris that was blooming is gone. The hail ranged from pea to golf ball size and lasted about 10 minutes, no kidding!! My car windshield was cracked in several places on the driver's side, so I will be getting a new one soon!


I am "filling" my post with photos and chatter since it has been so long since I posted, but here is a pan of Cinnamon Brownies (before I added the icing to them) that I made for DH to take to work with him today. They are having "food day" at work, so DH requested these favorites of his, recipe here. I would have had a photo of the "finished product", but DH whisked them out the door and was off to work before I could take another photo!

I'm Seeing Double!

The twins (boys) arrived at 12:45pm today! They are healthy and doing well, as is DD. My two newest buddies are beautiful! Am I a proud Granny or what!?

*Edited to add a photo:*

WARNING! Crochet content!

It started out looking like this:

And ended up looking like this: My new hot-pad in Bernat Cottontots "Very Berry" colored yarn. The pattern can be found here for free.

And I picked up the beauty below at a yard sale......... cheap! So cheap I'm almost ashamed to tell you that I got it for $2.00!!!

We've been invited to an Easter Brunch tomorrow by my little brother and his wife, then in the afternoon/evening to an Easter party at our niece's house. That should be plenty of partying for a while! :) Here's hope that everyone has a nice Easter!

Pressure!

DD called last night and told me the twins might be coming sooner than expected! Her Doctor is hoping DD can carry them at least ONE more week before having to deliver them. Sheesh, nothing like a little PRESSURE to get me working to finish the UFO nursery items!

Thrifting

DD and her DH are moving to a new house this week. Their living room area is all tile. DD was wanting a nice area rug to warm up the space and tie it together.

That is where MY story begins! DH and I happened upon a yard sale in Arlington, TX, yesterday. I spotted this rug and asked what they would take. $10.00, people!!!! It was only a couple of months old, very clean, and had been originally purchased for $300.00!!! Major score! Then the lady holding the yard sale told me she had purchased the lamps (above) to go with the rug! $10.00 for the pair! Another score! (As DH would be happy to tell you, I have a "thing" for lamps and chairs!). Of course, after she saw the photos, DD was happy I found them for her!

I have been a "thrifter" since I started dating my DH at 15 years old. His Mom always took me with her every weekend to the garage sales around town. We both passed the love of thrifting on to my kids! It IS a treasure hunt, after all!

Seeing Double!

No, this isn't a repeat of an earlier post! A co-worker came up to me yesterday and told me that she had checked out my blog and wanted to ask if I could make both of her daughters a "Princess" pillowcase like one she had seen in one of my earlier posts. I whipped them up this morning before work. I hope the two little "princesses" enjoy them!

**Edited to add: I found my fabric at Wal-Mart for $3.97 a yard. I also believe I have seen it at Jo-Ann Fabrics.**

Not much goin' on!

Here is a photo of me and dh at South Padre Island, Texas last weekend. We went to see dd and her dh. I haven't been doing much of any type of crafting this last couple of weeks. I worked on baby bumper pads and the dust ruffle (no photos) and have just come to a screeching halt on the crafting after that!! I have been reading a lot more, too. Just finished "The Six Sacred Stones" by Matthew Reilly from the Library (action-thriller, but don't bother!! I'm glad it was a free read) and "The Buried Pyramid" by Jane LindsKold that I got from www.paperbackswap.com (a somewhat Sci-Fi Archeology type fiction, but I liked it!). I also supplimented those with various "mindless" paperback mysteries from the Library. I hope to get back in the crafting groove soon!