My Seasonal Exchange Arrived

I received my SE today from Lisa D. It is so sweet and I am going to display it on my Grandmother's treadle sewing machine. It is located in my entry way and it is a perfect place to display my stitching goodies that I receive from others. Some of my Easter items will stay until the middle of June. They are spring and our spring has sprung with lots of rain and tornadoes. Hopefully it will just settle on rain. It looks like we will have inside recess all next week.

Lisa stitched "Spring Basket" on 28 ct. Evenweave, natural color. I love the soft colors. When I am doing exchanges I am concentrating so hard on getting mine done and in the mail I forget that I am going to get one also. That is always a pleasant surprise.

My DH and I are cleaning the house this morning. It goes so much faster when we both tackle it but I had to stop and post my picture. The pups are helping. They go smell where we have swept. Perhaps we have taken one of their special fuzzies that float along the floor. Once again, thank you Lisa.

Happy Mother's Day

We had a houseful on Sunday and it was marvelous. I love cooking for my family and it brings memories of when the children were young. I cleaned with the great help from my DH and then we shopped that evening and I ranted and fumed because Wal-Mart was out of everything. I came home and cooked and we had eleven family members for lunch. We laughed, I played with the grandchildren, we planned for the summer, and I can tell my summer is not going to be long enough. There will not be any wasted days.

I have started on my scissors keeper which is due on June 1. I'm going to use the pattern Sweet Heart from Joyeux Noel. I love it and I think it would make a lovely scissor holder. Now get to work.

This is teacher appreciation week at our school and we get to wear jeans everyday except Friday which is Mass. We have 11 days left of school and the children are wound for sound. Good thing I teach music, we move, we sing, and we play instruments. Our activity today with the faculty and children was a great game of deck tennis. We had 5 rounds and I had to play 2 of them. We had great fun and the children beat us soundly. Oh well, there is next year.

Tried to watch Syriana this evening. TOO VIOLENT FOR ME. So I came in read blogs and decided to visit for a while. We had storms this evening and they were too close for comfort.

Enjoy your week and I will be back for another visit soon.

Pictures of my sent exchanges

Here are pictures of my completed and sent LKE and my Seasonal Exchange. I enjoyed working on them. The little blue bird caught my eye and I loved it. I love the colors in the LK kit and I love the little scissors. I like miniature items like little screwdrivers, etc. It doesn't take much to please me.

We are headed on on short day trip and are taking the babies with us. They love to travel. They become nervous wrecks until we get them loaded.

Have a great weekend and an even better next week. It is our Spanish Festival next week and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade are doing a Mexican Dance for the school.

Happy Friday

Today at school we had our Spanish Mass. Since I am the music teacher I am involved with the mass. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

I have sent my Seasonal Exchange today. It has a ways to go so I hope it makes it safe and sound.

Enjoy your day. Peace.

Great Giveaway

Edgar on Blacksheep Bit of the Web has a great giveaway. You must comment by 3:00PST on Friday, May 7th. He will draw 3 names for his 3 year blogaversary on Sunday the 9th. Hope we all win. Spread the news.

And The Winner Is...............

Yippee! We have a winner for my Tax Day Drawing. We paid some and we got some back. The refund was bigger than the paying so it worked out just fine.

Carissa is our winner. We will be mailing the package to you in the next couple of days. Congratulations. Here are Molly and Marty sticking their heads in the basket to draw a name. I must confess, there were 2 doggie treats in the basket and Molly got both of them.

I want to thank all of you that read my blog and entered your name. This has been so much fun that I am going to do another one very soon. It will not be as big but it will be worth your time and effort to comment on the blog.

We have been busy at our house. My husband is putting up soffit around our home. While he was working last week he was cleaning out and pulled a big snake on top of his head. Fortunately he had a hat on but he was standing on a ladder. He doesn't know how he stayed on it during that exciting adventure. We are preparing to completely gut my bathroom and put in everything new. I picked out the tile and I have my sink that was hand painted with all kinds of flowers. When we are finished I will take pictures and share with you.

My spring musical was a huge success and I am glad it is over. Of course today we are already planning for next year. When you teach it never stops. I am thankful I have this opportunity to work with children. I truly enjoy it and feel like it is my ministry.

I am almost finished with my LK exchange and I'm working on my Seasonal Exchange. There are not enough hours in the day. Until next time.

Will Announce on Monday

I have had my spring musical this week at our school so I am dead tired. I will have Molly and Marty draw this weekend and I will announce the winner of my Tax Day Drawing. I am excited about your response. I will have to have another drawing soon. Thank heavens it is Friday.