Spring has finally sprung!

Springtime---what it means to me!

Cleaning out closets and drawers...washing the Winter things and packing them away....

Scrubbing windows and curtains to let the sunshine in and get rid of the cobwebs....

I made a trip to our local Deseret Industries, which resales used things.

I dropped off our load at the back door, then drove around to the front and went it... I found this wonderful selection of patterns for 50 cents each, and only one had been cut!

Spring is also time to start being outdoors...

The flowering bulbs are beginning to bloom across the front porch But as you can see in the top right of the photo...I still have the snow shovel up on the porch!
My Grandson loves to say Hello to the neighbors chickens and goats.

I love Spring!

Quiltathon Day

I am going to join in the Quiltathon day scheduled for today thru Judy at Patchwork Times. I plan to work on my MIL birthday quilt that is very overdue. It is a signature/quote quilt from all her children and grandchildren. It took me longer than expected to get all the quotes and well-wishes from everyone. I need to put the borders on and quilt it.

We are all going crazy with Spring fever here. Even the cats! Big kitty was in the window gazing over her kingdom....little kitty decided to see if she could pull Big Kitty by the tail. It took 3 attempts, and they both came tumbling down. Lots of hissing and spitting, then a fight up on my bed, then nuetral corners of the bed for the rest of the day. Big Kitty's name is actually Minou, who this blog is named after. I tried to use my real name, Suzanne, but it was taken, so I used Minou instead!

I took care of Dad on Sunday. Each of us kid take a Sunday each month to go to Church and have lunch with him. I got thinking this weekend and realized that my Mom has been gone for 7 years this month. I can't believe the time has gone so quickly! I have had 2 children married and have become a granma myself in those 7 years.

Update:I got the 2nd of three borders cut and pieced. I had originally planned just two borders, but then realized it wasn't going to work. I wish I could have had more time on it....oh well, there's always tomorrow!

Sunny, cold Sunday

My hubby did some outdoors clean up yesterday when it was about 50 degrees...then it snowed a few inches last night. I am very ready for Spring! I want to see bulbs bursting out of the wet ground into beautiful blooms...I want to wear just one long sleeve shirt and not layers....I want to walk the dogs without spending more time dressing to go out compared to being outdoors.

I spent a quiet day indoors today (missed Church) because of a bad cold. I watched a video, worked on this blog layout (still not completely happy with it) and slept a few times.

I realized that I made many "lists" on this blog and got thinking about my life and my lists. I am always making lists. I have lists for the family, grocery shopping, quilt meeting (I'm one of the program planners for 2008), doctor visits, calls to make, birthday cards to send out....lists, lists, lists! Am I accomplishing anything with these to-do papers? Most of the time....yes.

Looking forward to this week, my "list" includes-driving to school, babysitting so a friend can go to the Temple, E's baby shower, sewing/quilting, cleaning, cooking, book club and a dentist visit for me. I am also going to send out postcards for the "wish you were here" exchange, plus one for postcrossing.com.

Have a very productive week, with or without a list!

Suzanne

Saturday is a special day!

I still remember singing the song "Saturday is a special day" when I was a kid. Okay, I sing it as an adult too!

"Saturday is a special day,
It's the day we get ready for Sunday;
We clean the house and we shop at the store,
so we won't have to work until Monday;
We brush our clothes and we shine our shoes,
And we call it our"get-the-work-done" day;
Then we trim our nails and we shampoo our hair,
so we can be ready for Sunday!"

Music by Chester W Hill
Lyrics by Rita S Robinson


Saturday's are always so busy, trying to get ready for the Sabbath and the upcoming week.

Hubby did tons of laundry and some Spring clean up outside (if Spring ever comes). Meanwhile, I ran errands: gave out the rest of the invites for E's baby shower, meet E at BabysRUs for some supplies, filled up the gas tank (pump shock!) and purchased the quilting/stipling foot for my new Viking Sapphrie 830 (sewing machine). We've had a hard time finding cloth diapers (my eco-friendly daughter!) that are good/thick/useful....I may have to make some-yuck!

I also got a new postcard from Australia-Kookaburra Bird card for my bird card exchange on sawp-bots.com. I mailed out 5 pc's for the "people" card exchange-used up my Minerva Teichert painting cards of pioneer women.

I use to blog alot on a weight lose site for about a year.....didn't lose much weight, but figured out alot of things/situations that had been bothering me with some relationships and situations.

Looking forward to a productive week of sewing/quilting and the upcoming baby shower. I can't believe E is going to be a mommy! My baby is having a baby in just a few weeks! She is sticking out pretty good and I think she is ready to have that baby in her arms and out of her body. I remember those feelings, even if it was a billion years ago.......