Just one More

To all you northerners: just think of it as inspiration. (spring is coming)

I'm in a funk

I'm not sure if its the weather, the lack of blogging, or the sudden disappearance of my buddies, but I'm in a funk. So what do you do to get rid of the blahs? This is my list from today.

-Did a little "Singing in the Rain" number with my umbrella
-Ran to the gym in the rain
-Complimented the guy on the bike with the umbrella hat
-Made plans with my good friend to catch up. And not just the type of plans that go "oh, we should do that sometime". The type of plans that actually happen. Catching up over beer and cheese curds. So much for that run to the gym. Catching up is so worth it.

Hopefully my funk is mellowed soon...

Spring! Really?

This was our Easter Sunday activity -

a great walk along Lake Superior with a little snow and ice

4/16/09 - my spring flowers would like to bloom but still hidden in the snowbank

Spring has Sprung!!!

The PROOF:

While the Cat is Away

B is on vacation for a week, so I'm a lonely mouse in the house for a bit. I find that when I'm on my own, I either eat cereal every night, or I experiment with new meals. A chance to make food that only I eat, hunker down with some comfort hotdish, or experiment with lonely leftovers in the freezer. I also usually dive into projects and either catch up with friends or hide out as a hermit. This week I'm in hermit mode as I will finally be taking the test that I have hated studying for. LEED I loathe you.

Not a good weekend

Just a normal Easter week end with the family. The fire department, a trip to the emergency room , and a visit from the plummer.

Virtual Quilting BEE

So we are working on this quilt...

Here is the block using the small floral with two borders (gold and floral). And the sashing in-between is creamy. Its ok - I think the floral detracts from the center on the individual blocks.

If we used the dark orange on half of the blocks in place of the bright blue (seeing it in pictures makes me want it to be brighter, so maybe CA and I need to look for something else)...it would give a different "POP" to balance. We would have warm and cool blocks mixed together. I think this solves the issue of getting two dark, which was happening a lot. (as in below)


ps...after looking again, I almost don't want to use that pink in the second picture, and just use really light fabrics besides the orange/blue and center.

GO Beavers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 'Fools!

We barely had snow a few days ago and it's spring!