There is a lot of green popping up around our house this Spring.
Last year’s plants are still going strong.
We started lots of little seeds.
For this year’s garden, I’m trying to grow more plants from seed.
The little seedlings are growing fast. I think it is time to move the green beans outdoors.
Agnes planted the Zinnia’s, she was so excited to see the sprouts.
I have some Roma Tomato starts. I hope I’ll get to make homemade salsa out of them this Summer.
This weekend was fun, and busy. We had Dylan’s birthday party with all of the family and friends from school on Saturday. The house was packed with noisy kiddos, but they all had a blast. The weather was pretty nice, so the boy’s were able to go out and play a bit.
After the party we hung out in the front yard throwing the football and a frisbee. I made a big dinner for everyone, and we hung out until late in the evening.
The kids were exhausted on Sunday, so we stayed close to home.
Today the boys are busy at school, and the house is once again quiet. There is rain on the way, and the Miss and I are still sleepy from the weekend.
I think I’ll take it easy today, and enjoy the quiet while I’ve got it.
Tis the season, the yard sales are popping up here and there. We shopped one a few weeks ago, and I found some pretty cool finds.
I grabbed a Bundt Pan from the 70’s in it’s original packaging for just $3.00, it is awesome, and harvest gold. I also picked up a little bill organizer for a mere $.50.
It isn’t Pyrex, but this little Daisy dish was too cute to pass up.
I also found a little picture of squirrels to add to my collection. Agnes is obsessed with the squirrels in our neighborhood. She is always trying to catch one of them.
After the yard sale, we decided to head over to the Treasure Hunt. It was packed with antique shopping customers.
I grabbed this little recipe box. It is adorable, on the cookie cookbook shelf.
I lucked out and found an itty bitty Pyrex dish too. It was within my budget too, so that is always great.
The city wide yard sale is next month, and I can’t wait to get out there and hunt for bargains.
March was one of those months where I was constantly playing catch-up. It’s now April, and I’m still not caught up on it all. I was sick with migraines a lot in March, and I just wasn’t in the kitchen as much as I should have been.
I also wanted to spend most of my time at the craft table, so that didn’t help my kitchen motivation too much either.
I do have several photos to share, when I finally got off my butt, and got back to cooking.
That my friends is six pounds of panko, and a new book too. I hope this lasts me a bit.
I’ve been taking coffee with me when I go pick up the boys. This cup went along on a migraine day.
I made a few batches of cookies.
I made a big batch of Pepperoni Pizza Rolls. Some were for the boy’s lunch, and some were headed to the freezer. I’m stocking the freezer for our vacation this month, and these rolls freeze well.
I made a no-bake Cherry Cheesecake. I love cheesecake, but my family just isn’t a fan. This one was easy to make, and super tasty too. I’m making a blueberry-lemon one for Easter.
I can’t resist picking up a Pineapple whenever I see them at the store.
For the first day of Spring, we had a yummy, light dinner. That also called for a Cherry Jell-O Cake.
Whenever anyone in our family has a birthday, I always let them pick the meal. In March, it was Dylan’s. In true Southeast Kansas tradition, Dylan picked Fried Chicken and Spaghetti.
He also wanted a chocolate cake made from scratch, with extra icing.
The chocolate cake was crazy good!
A few days after Dylan’s birthday, I came down with a ridiculous migraine, that made me sick for days.
I still didn’t feel like eating much, but it was Shamrock Shake month after all.
When I finally felt better, I made a Cinnamon Cake for my hubby to say thanks for helping me out when I was feeling awful.
My family loves this cake. I ended up making two of them in two days. I can’t complain though, I love baking desserts for my darlings.
I have three pretty big crochet works in progress now. Unfortunately, none of them are quite finished.
First up is a king size blanket for our bed.
I think I started this project last spring/early Summer, and I was hoping to have it done by the Winter.
Winter has come and gone, and it still isn’t finished…
Up next is a new afghan for Agnes. We stocked up on yarn in January, and she picked out her favorite colors.
This granny-row blanket is quick to crochet, and it is about 3/4’s finished.
I’ll keep crocheting on it until I run out of pretty yarn.
Lastly I’m making a solid-color granny-square throw.
I picked out lots of different colors of yarn, and started making 7 round granny-squares.
This is a fun project to crochet. I can crochet a granny-square here and there, when I have a few minutes.
I crocheted one hundred squares, and started hand-stitching them together.
I got about half-way through the blanket, and that’s when the big kitty became obsessed with it.
He loves to nap in my sewing chair… It is a very sunny spot in the house.
He also likes to nap directly on my project, even when I’m sitting there sewing on it.
He is too cute though, I don’t want to move him. That granny-square blanket is definitely his!