Spring & Easter

While strolling through a store we'd not been in before, I kept smelling and hearing chirping. Eventually we discovered the source:

They had two big water troughs with chicks for sale. It was fun to watch them interact, sleep and climb on top of each other. We opted to leave them all at the store even though we found them fairly cute. If you are interested, I'm sure they are a better deal now that Easter is over.

For Christmas, Amanda gave me cute homemade serving plates/dishes for a couple holidays. I "patiently" waited for Easter to arrive so I could pull this one out and fill it with goodies:

It was a fun addition to the few other decorations I have.

A while ago, I saw this picture and the tutorial and thought, that looks easy enough:

Originally found here



 

I blew up balloons, purchased some yarn, and got the other supplies to make these. I thought I would start with three of them to figure it out first and see if I needed to do any adjustments. Two were with yarn and one with embroidery floss. I made sure to let them dry for a couple days so that I wouldn't have that problem, however, when I popped the balloons something didn't seem to work quite right:

 

They just shrivelled up and lost their egg shape.

 

 

At least I had one work...but those aren't very good odds...and they look nothing like the tutorial. Whoops. Maybe next year I'll try again but this time I suppose I'd better do it exactly how they suggest rather than using what I have and following the suggestions of others.

 

 

"I Had to Laugh..."

"I had to laugh" is a phrase my dad frequently uses to start a story so I thought I'd borrow it. :)

A few weeks ago I was in a thrift store. I can't remember exactly what I was shopping for but on this particular day I decided to stop in and browse. As I strolled through the aisles, I found myself in the book section. The order of these books seems somewhat appropriate:

Yes, sometimes the Idiot's Guide to Dating does need to include The Idiot's Guide to Organizing your Life.  As a result, you might even change your Body for Life, and then hopefully you Flourish regardless of the relationship. An employee must have been bored while shelving books.

The end of February Dan's beloved Uncle Harold passed away (more details on that in another post). On our way back from the funeral, we made a pit stop and this sign had me giggling out loud each time I looked at it:

A very cleaver "marketing" icon. I think I need to find (or recreate) this to post in a guest bathroom followed with the comment, "Relax, you made it just in time." Ha ha ha ha...

Shall I Consult Vegas First?

style with cents: ***** G.I.V.E.A.W.A.Y. ***** (Ends 4.1.13 at 10pm ...: It’s on again. This is going down. No. It’s not an April Fool’s joke … don’t let the end date to qualify scare you. ;) Ask Shelly or Chris...

So far my odds look really good...hopeing that doesn't change!

Hair-Still a Topic of Conversation

Last month my sister posted about it being Dr. Seuss week and some of the fun things my niece's class was doing to celebrate. For "Wacky Wednesday" my niece did her hair like this (with help from her super, fabulous, and creative mom):

That evening I was in the store (Wal*Mart to be exact) and saw a woman with her hair like this:

You can't see it super well but she has green and purple stripes in her hair.

Don't know if she did her hair especially for "Wacky Wednesday" or not but I hope so....

Hoping The Dust Settles Quickly

This was left on our door Friday:

It was our 2nd business day in a row without water. Luckily we were warned and able to prepare and make sure we had water enough to last us until it came back on. Another blessing is that the water didn't go off right at 9:00 and came on before 1:30 as we were warned.

The reason the water's been sporadic relates to this image right outside our complex:

The city is thrilled to announce the hard work of our tax dollars to redo some piping under the road. This particular day we had a flagger right outside our driveway and we couldn't go in our out without their ok. The project is supposed to be finished sometime this summer...it's going to be a long  and inconvenient spring and summer...

When the Cat's Away...

I made myself a 1/2 batch of caramel popcorn one night while Dan was at work:

I did leave some for him to enjoy when he got home, though I have to admit that wasn't my initial plan.