Easter Decorations are up

Random Wednesday

My job closed down until the first part of May. Now I am back at home trying to fill my hours while trying to avoid going out to much so I can stay healthy. So in an effort to stay healthy I baked sweets.  That's some weird style of oxymoron.I made peanut butter and chocolate chip. They turned out great. Me and a couple of my girl friends are getting together Friday to bake cookies, have homemade pizza bread and just hang on for girl time. We are 4 days into a 40 day shut down and already bored to tears. Looking forward to Friday.

This popped up in my FB memories the other day. This is a vintage Glasbake loaf pan. I've had it 5 years. It is the only Glasbake piece I have. I had others but sold them when I decided I didn't like the pattern on them. But this is one of my favorites. 

I want to do this. It looks cheap and easy. I have 24 pairs of flip flops so I would say I really NEED to do this.

Check out the cut back pack from Walmart. It was $8.88. It is folded up in to a little attached pouch which later becomes an inside pocket when you unfold it to full size like this. I am loving it. 

 

We are right in the middle of some crazy stuff going on right now. TP being stock piled, stores running out of Double Stuff Oreos, businesses closing temporarily. I normally make these little button trees at Christmas. I have some really springy colored buttons and may make up a few of these and call them the Tree of Hope.  

I saw this the other day right after I got laid off after just being back to work 2 weeks after the winter lay off. It is very appropriate.

Hope you have had a great day. I am late in posting so it's been a crazy night. 

Happy 21st Birthday , Garret.

Happy 21st Birthday to my first grandchild. He will forever hold a special place in my heart. Here are just a few of my favorite pictures over the years.

Happy birthday. I love you.

Sunday's songs

Spring is getting ready to spring...

The trees are starting to get buds. This is my dogwood tree. I can't wait to see if bloom again. One of my favorite trees. 

This is my tree that has green leaves in spring. I say it that way because it is some species I don't know. But it does have a bird nest in it this year. There was a house finch out here the  other day and I am hoping it is one of those. They have a beautiful color of muted red on their head.

And of course the dandelions are already ready for spring. 

Not much longer. 

Friday's Finds

I saw the cutest thing at an antique store the other day. It is a measuring cup set. As much as I bake I am not sure why I didn't buy it. It was so adorable. 

Then I saw this at Hobby Lobby. Just $3.99 with 40% off. It DID come home with me. As a matter of fact I bought two of them for an Easter display I am going to do.

I belong to a Facebook group about Gifting other Women in our county. We make a wish list on Amazon and share it in the group and people just gift whoever they want. I have sent a couple of gifts so far and got this one in the mail the other day. I was super excited. It was the #1 thing on my list that I wanted. You know me and Steampunk. I am crazy about it.

I found this for $5 at Dollar General. I have a picture with a metal bike and flowers hanging in my house. So I bought this for the doorway to match it. 

I saw this idea on Pinterest and love it. I have some old keys. Now just to find some old bottles.

Another one of those dumb moments on my part. I fell in love with these clocks. They match perfectly with the decor in my living room. All three colors would work and I couldn't decide which one I wanted. So I figured I would go back in a few day and get it. I did and they were sold out. Why do I do this all the time!

Saw this cute rooster at Dollar General for just $5 but didn't know if I liked it well enough to buy it. Still thinking this one over.

Well that is it for my Friday finds today. Have a great weekend.

Knitting Challenge

I love to knit....

My struggle is with finishing a project. I like things I can sit and do in a couple of evenings, not something that will take a long time. So I finally found something I can make in one evening.....coasters! I bought some yarn and got my needles and decided to give it a whirl.

In less than two hours I had this completed. I have decided to fill in the gaps between the fringe and make it fuller. But I was tired the night I completed it and just wanted to get some fringe on it.

It's the perfect size and didn't take me long to do. I may not fringe them all because that was a little time consuming. But at least I completed a knitting project for the first time in almost 20 years.

Now to make a visit to the yarn store!