Two frost warnings this past week and rain every day.
Since we learned that cool, rainy weather is good for curing concrete, I guess the weather is fine. Our new basement has cement walls and they are curing.
Really? ...
It's the middle of May and the leaves are still not fully out on the deciduous trees.
This is an oak branch taken today to show the tiny little leaves just starting to emerge.
Something from the kitchen ...
Thanks to the cool temperatures and rain, we're having a good morel season in SW Michigan. These were picked in my back yard.
I am creating...
I have no idea why I stopped knitting when I remet Jay in December of 2012, but I did. It's probably some psychological thing that's not worth thinking about because life is so much better now than it was in my knitting years.
But happy people knit and enjoy it, right? So I'm going to go with a simple pair of socks in Opal Graffiti. The balls are wound.
Even though I don't have much knitting time right now, twice a week I take mom to an exercise class and sit in the waiting room for an hour. Sounds like the perfect place to knit to me.
I am procrastinating ...
Taking Pappy to the vet for his last appointment. It's hard to know the right time when a dog isn't in pain, just very old. Without going into details, there are several good reasons I can't move him into the new house. We will have a last summer together as long as he is healthy enough to snuggle up to me at night.
Seen anything good on Facebook lately? ...
Jay made this attractive and delicious cheese and raspberry bacon sandwich for my lunch yesterday and jokingly said I should take a picture and put it on Facebook. So I did. In just a little over twenty-four hours it got forty comments and twenty-three 'likes'. Guess people were hungry when they spotted it.
Something new for me ...
A gift from my husband. A beautiful, leather passport wallet with RFID/NFC shielding material so it can't be scanned without my knowledge.
My passport is ready to use with new name, new picture, and now a new carry case. All that's missing is time for a trip.
A few plans for the next few days
Sunday is the 19th Annual Louise Lunch, where four generations of women (I'm the second generation) with the middle name Louise get together and celebrate Mother's Day and Heather Louise's birthday.
Monday is another meeting with Kelli at Westport Village to review and make more decisions on the interior of Oak Haven. We will work until we are braindead, about two hours, and then go out to lunch.
Giving thanks for ...
So many things it is difficult to pick. Are you tired of hearing about Jay yet?
Skipping the obvious, I am thankful for Kelli, our building consultant at Westport Village. She quickly picked up on our style and preferences and has made so many helpful suggestions that I can't imagine what our new house would be like without her input. When building a house, the choices are overwhelming. She is pleasant, knowledgeable, and fun to work with and has promised she won't let us do anything ugly or disfunctional. Priceless.
And ...
The bluebird eggs have hatched. I only know that because I see mom and dad poking food in the hole to feed them.
It's too cold to open the nest box, so I don't know if all six eggs resulted in nestlings or not.
We have baby Carolina wrens is a stored carseat in our garage. I thought of you when she started her nest. There's one in there every year but this is the first one that's low enough for me to see into. Four little peeps!
ReplyDeleteI don't comment much but wanted to say that it's great to see you back in the blogging world and also knitting! Happy life is going well for you :)
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