A Productive day

  Today I spent some time in my sewing room.  Some of you know that it has been a very long time since I have been in that room to do any type of crafting, but a friend of mine had shared about some embroideries she was working on and the bug bit me.  I started getting some things prepared for stitching and I managed to get some hand stitching done.  I can't show you what I have made with that yet as it is going to a friend who reads my blog.  :)
   I am planning to visit with my granddaughters soon and thought "I haven't made anything in so long", so I was looking through my patterns and found a matching adult/child apron pattern.  I decided I would look through my stash and see what I could come up with.  This is the finished product and I hope she will enjoy using it when she plays with her little kitchen set or when she helps her Momma do some baking.

I also took a picture of the rose bush that is in full bloom outside my dining room window.  It also just happens to be under our bedroom window. I can look out every morning and enjoy the beautiful sight.  Of course I always have to clip a few to bring in for the table.  This is the most fragrant rose I have ever smelled.

That's all for now.
Until next time!

Thrift shop goodies

So ds and I head out to the thrift store in search of a used vhs player for my dad.
Of course there are always other things to look at while there.
We were fortunate to find a player and hoping it works for a while.
I also found a sweet little vase that I thought would look pretty with daffodils or tulips in it.
What do you think?

We are having a beautiful day here today.  The temps are in the mid 60's and by Sunday our high will be in the 70's.  I am most definitely looking forward to that.    Wishing you all an enjoyable Spring day!

Until next time may God bless you and keep you.                                                                                  

                                          

My flowers are blooming

       I didn't realize how much I enjoyed sunshine until we didn't have any for awhile.
So to take advantage of the sun and the cool breeze we are having I put a load of wash in to hang out later.  Hopefully I will have the sun long enough to get a few loads on the line.

    I took a couple of pictures of my flowers blooming inside and outside.
The daffodils seem to have taken over this little spot just on the edge of the woods.  It just so happens that they are growing where we buried our beloved Ruby, our first Boston terror.  ;-)  But we loved every bit of her terror and now we talk about the stories she brought into our lives.  It has been a long time since she passed but we keep her alive still in our memories of her.
I was happy to see all these flowers covering her.

My violets have finally come into bloom. These were once one and they split into two so I re-potted them. But the smaller of the two doesn't seem to be doing well.  I don't know if I will be able to save it but at least it has a couple of blooms on it.   The glass bottles were a gift from my son on my birthday this year.  I had planned to fill them with bath salts but they look nice on the widow sill so I will           probably just leave them there.                                                                                                      

          I have enjoyed our little visit so until next time may God bless you and keep you.

Spring things

I just love Spring.  This season and Autumn are my favorites I think. Not too hot, not too cold.
And I love all the colors that come with these two seasons.
 Today I thought I share a little of my Spring decor.  I love that I can decorate my Mom's hutch. The fact that it was her's means a lot to me.

I can remember where it was in our house when I was growing up and it just seems like a dear old friend.

Of course Spring puts me on the path to ridding the house of the dust and cobwebs that try to hide from me when I do my cleaning during the winter months. But in the Spring the windows can be opened to let in the clean, fresh air.  I suffer from allergies so my two favorite season do hinder a bit.
So this morning I decided to bring some of the pretties from outside in to brighten things up.

My daughter gave me the table cover embroidered with violets for my birthday a couple of months ago.
And of course I have to have something with ladybugs on it!  :)

I hope you have enjoyed my little visit today.  It is a quick one I know but today is a busy for me here.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time,have a great day!

The winner of my Spring giveaway

The winner of the Spring Fling Giveaway is......

Mary Beth @ smallcityscenes.  

I'll be emailing you for your address Mary Beth.   Hope you enjoy your package of Spring!

Decided after getting Mary Beth's things together to do a second drawing for another package.
The winner of that one is Nancy Jo.    I will be emailing you both.

Thank you to everyone else who joined in the fun, I wish I could send each of you something to celebrate the new season.    

Until next time!

Spring Giveaway

My poor, poor blog has been so neglected of late.   I always aim to do better but life gets in the way and I seem to fall short.

To celebrate Spring which seems to be so long in coming to my house, I am going to have a Spring Fling giveaway.  This will be a quick one and end on the 17th so I can get the package out to the winner by the 1st day of Spring on the 20th!

 To give you a hint as to what will be included in the package. If you like to read or to do hand embroidery then you won't be disappointed! I have also added a few other things to brighten up your Spring.  

If you'd like to be included just leave me a comment and I will put your name in the hat.

Hope you all are enjoying the warmer weather soon!

Until next time!

Moving on

   I am not so faithful to this blog as I had once hoped I would be.
But, being my blog I guess it is my decision how often to write or not.

   Priorities, these are the things we put in a special order in our lives.  My priorities have changed considerably over the past year or so.

When I was young my priorities included  my husband and my children and my household.
As I get older, there is something I don't like about that word,  my priorities have changed.
My children have grown, I got a job and then left said job in the name of priorities.  For this season of life my priorities are different now.  I have grandchildren now but they are not as far up the list as I'd like them.

I have been thinking a lot about the things I want to do but don't.  I need to use the technology I have to further my priorities instead of letting it be a priority.  I need to get back to doing the things I love and spending time with those I want to make a priority in my life.  I am learning all along the way and I am grateful for the journey.  I am thankful for the things God is using in my journey to teach me what I need and don't need in my life.

As I have had opportunity to spend time with my sister over the past year while she was battling cancer, I learned so much about myself. I hope I can take that knowledge and use it to become the woman God wants me to be.  

I hope to make blogging a priority somewhere along the line but I won't promise anything.

Until next time!