Ready for May Flowers!

We have been having some beautiful weather after all the rain.  I attended graduation at Missouri Valley College on Saturday afternoon, got my first sunburn, and said goodbye to my favorite college student, Gabriel, after meeting his family from Brazil.  His mother brought some gifts which I'll get photos of and share next week.  After graduation, I stopped at DQ for a treat and then on to a green house to get some flowers.  Saturday evening was spent working on planting.

I Must Be Getting Old

We stayed in a hotel in Rolla this weekend.  I used to love staying in a hotel, but am finding that I no longer sleep well, or truly enjoy the experience.  I just like sleeping in my own bed.  I must get getting old!  My complaints about the hotel this weekend were that there were teenagers shouting in the hallway late in the evening.  Apparently a bus load of travelers had come in late since they couldn't reach their intended destination due to the flooding.  

I was also in a comfy king-sized bed with the hubs, but found I missed Cici!  (can't believe I actually admitted I missed her).  Then, I had difficulty in the shower in the morning.  The water would not go down the drain.  I was checking to make sure it was open and found a huge wad of hair trapped in it.  Well, I clean the hair out of the drain in the shower at home, but I wasn't too thrilled about having to do it in a motel room.  Being in one of my "just can't let well-enough alone" moods, I finished my shower, got ready for the day, and then took the lovely wad of hair on a sheet of paper and laid it on the front desk in front of other customers.  We were given a small discount for the room.  Not sure we'll go back there again.

Back in February, I stayed overnight at the retreat center in Brunswick and have always loved staying there, but didn't sleep well this time.  I think I just couldn't get the temperature adjusted to my liking.  Anyway, I must be getting old since I just prefer my own bed.  We'll see what happens on Mother's Day weekend when we stay at my parents' house.  

We were in Rolla to attend Sarah's final concert on Sunday afternoon.  Here she is with 2 of her friends.  They brought her flowers after the concert.  It was a wonderful concert, very well programmed with lots of interesting selections.

It was a rainy weekend as well.  We were fortunate to make it back north before they closed 63 highway.  It was already closed south of Rolla and I-44 was closed on both sides of Rolla.  We brought home a load of stuff from her room.  I don't know where we are going to put all this stuff over the summer............and I washed everything she sent home.  It needed it.  I thought college boys would be really bad, but these girls aren't any too clean.

P.S.

Just so you know, Cici has not been forgotten.  I even made her some new toys (trying to keep her entertained and out of trouble).

You can see that I put lots of money into this...........old toilet paper tubes inside of an empty kleenix box.  Every morning before I leave, I hide some of her treasures (catnip mice, jingle balls, cat treats) in the different tubes, and she has to work to get them out.  I also took an empty water bottle and cut 3 holes in it and put a few treats in it.  She has to roll it around to get the treats out to eat.  Does this work?  Well, she does enjoy it, but I still have to re-thread Tucker (301) every time I go upstairs to sew.  I'm thinking that only time and maturity will solve this problem, but it is fun watching her play with her toys!
Christi

How does your garden grow?

Well, the hubs finished planting corn, so finally had time to help till the garden.  It could actually use some rain.

Doesn't look too bad.  Lettuce, onions, peas, and potatoes are up.  I'm thinking we'll have lettuce to eat in a week.  And, he planted sweet corn today............used the tractor and planter and put it in the edge of the cornfield right behind the garden.  IF nothing happens to it (like racoons, deer, hail, getting sprayed with chemicals), we will have more than enough sweet corn.

Oopsie!

Here it is, TUESDAY, and I didn't get my blog done on Monday!  How did that happen????  I guess I'm going to blame it on the new kittens that were born Sunday night.  I spent a good deal of time yesterday (when I wasn't doing the things I HAD to do) just sitting by the box watching them.  There are 6 beautiful babies!  

Thoughts from the Sewing Room

I spent some time in the sewing room this week.  The Hubs fixed the table we purchased at the flea market so that Tucker fits into it.

This is a great table, lots of room to spread stuff out.  And if I need to, I can lift Tucker out, replace the board and have a large surface to cut on.  As you can see Tucker is working on my little red nine patches.  I would really like to get these rows sewn together.  However, you can't tell it from this photo, but I will have to re-thread Tucker since the thread somehow has been chewed in half!  Don't know who could be responsible for that.

I didn't even MAKE her sit in the corner............she just KNOWS!

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Well, DD headed back to school yesterday after spring break.  I think she was a little lost during the week with no set schedule.  She helped me lay out the batting and backing for my En Provence quilt which is finally ready to go to the quilter...........2724 pieces!  These really aren't my colors, so I'm hoping that the time the quilt spends with the quilter will make me like it better.........absence makes the heart grow fonder!  Hopefully!