Garage Sale Finds

This weekend is our local city-wide yard sale. How I hope the weather holds out for the weekend. I like riding around and looking for finds.

This season we’ve only been to one yard sale. There just haven’t been too many of them popping up. I think it has just been too cold and rainy.

We did find a pretty cool deal…

Agnes spotted this big basket, and I thought it looked like a great place to store yarn. It was just five cents too, so we had to get it. It looks cute on the craft table, and the yarn is a bit tidier.

We’ll see how this weekend goes. I’m keeping my eye out for more yarn and vintage Pyrex.

A Little Bit Of Spring

We’ve been visiting the local nurseries, and we’ve got lots of ideas for the house and garden.We have a few new plants around the house too.

 

Time to get out there and work on some new garden spaces.

Lazy Days

Wednesday marked just one single month left in the school year. In some ways I am ready for the lazy days of Summer, in other ways I am in no way ready for it. The littlest ones tend to fight when they have too much time together, and my oldest tends to get bored easily.

If it were up to Thade we would spend every Summer day in Kansas City. I don’t think that is too possible, but maybe we can plan for a road trip or two up there this Summer. I would love to take Dylan and Agnes to the Zoo in Springfield too. They haven’t been before, and I know they would love it.

The kids are also crazy eaters at the moment. I’m having trouble keeping the house stocked, and keeping up with their snacking tummies. I can’t imagine just how bad the damage will be on the grocery budget this Summer.

I would like to get some projects done this Summer too. We have a lot of outdoor projects to tackle, and so many indoors that I need to finish. It would be nice to get them done once and for all.

I am looking forward to having a daily schedule gone for a bit. I hope the kids will sleep in, and relax a bit. I need to keep myself on track when it comes to housework though. I tend to slack a bit during the lazy days of Summer.

Guess I had better get ready for it…

 

 

 

 

The Foyer Throw All Finished

I’ve been decorating the foyer/den bit by bit. The room has changed from an office, to an art room for the kids, to a cozy den, and a craft space for me. It was one of those rooms that we never really used, now we are in it all of the time.

I’ve been collecting pictures, and plants, painting here and there, but it still needed something. I like the furniture in the room, but it could use a colorful throw to snuggle up under.

I got to work…

I made several granny squares, and set my pattern.

I used two colors for one square, and three for another. I repeated the pattern over, and over. I single-crocheted around the squares before I stitched them together.

Forty squares made, and I really liked the look of the throw.

Time to make some more, so many more…

One hundred granny squares later, and the throw was Agnes sized.

I kept going though, so everyone could use the throw.

I added on a few more rows.

I crocheted many more granny squares too.

I put the finishing touches on stacks and stacks of squares.

Finally I had enough made, and it was time to stitch them together.

All finished, now Agnes can hug it!

I ended up making one hundred and fifty squares, and it was the prefect size throw. I think it took me about three weeks to complete the project, but it was well worth it. The throw looks cheery and sunny in the foyer, and I’ve got the granny square pattern down too. Now to complete another project, or two.

Early Mornings, Late Nights

Well the Miss was doing well at sleeping through the night, and waking up right on time. Lately though, she has been waking up at 5:30 a.m., and staying up way too late. She also doesn’t want to sleep in her room, and she let’s us all hear about it via screaming tantrum. She doesn’t nap either. I think it is just the age that she is at, but it is exhausting.

This mommy needs a bit of a break, and maybe just one night of sleep.