Garden Happiness

I have been enjoying a much needed Saturday at home. I woke up and looked out my den window to see a BEAUTIFUL row of Okra blooms and grabbed the camera to try to capture them. The flower on an okra plant is one of the most gorgeous blooms that I have ever seen and to have a row of them to greet my eyes this morning was a true gift from nature. I continued my walk around the yard and found butterflies feeding on the lantana by the light post and the start to the blooms on the Confederate rose bush. The picture I took was of two blooms side by side - it looks like a full chiffon skirt. BEAUTIFUL. Scott has been reworking the garden a bit and we have planted collards and onion sets. While out there I decided to go ahead and pick the remaining green tomatoes to make some relish. I also am sharing a couple pictures taken earlier in the month of our sweet potato harvest and our two spoiled wretches - I mean cats (Nick and Tesla).

Too Pretty a Day to be stuck at work...

UGH! I've got to go into work at 12:30 and all I really want to do is stay home. I could sit out in the yard and stitch - it's about the only place I can see to thread a needle anymore. The weather is just perfect for outdoor stitching too. I'm sorting through my projects in the Dining Room and am boxing some stuff up to take to His House for donation. Perhaps Scott could run it over there today and get us a receipt for taxes.

A fun Day at Home

Well most of it was here at home. I competed and mailed out 2 mini-quilts as well got another quilted and will have it ready to mail by the weekend and then I will have just one left to make, quilt and mail. I also mailed a box of "scraps" to a fellow blog keeper as she has a limited income but a crafting spirit. And I sent a fun package to the Spartanburg family - YEAH HALLOWEEN!

I also picked up my prescriptions at CVS and took Amelia for a ride over to the store when Lenora locked her keys in the office. Amelia LOVES riding "shot gun"; it's like she has a doggy grin ear to ear. If it wasn't for the seat alarm going off occasionally I'd let her ride up there all the time.

First thing I did this morning was to clean the den and re-arranged the furniture a bit. Which the cats did NOT approve of at all. But decided it will be all right as long as I'm home more to lay on.

The day I would like to have....

Sit here and listen to the rain fall all morning; perhaps read a book or magazine. Pet the cats. Work on Christmas presents for about 2 hours. Perhaps take a walk and then a nap in the afternoon if the rain lets up if not continue on indoor projects. Clean this front room up and get it pretty again instead of cluttered up with projects and junk. Take things to His House for donation. Just be a "home body" all day!

It's a good day for homemade soup and freshly baked rolls!

The Start to a new week

Wow... it's all ready day one of a new week and a new month has begun. I have ever so much to do at work and want so badly to have more time for family and friends. There really are not enough hours in a day.

One more night shift

I'm never working this many nights in one week again. It is absolutely killing me and I'm not able to get any of my office work done at all which is not good.

Greg just left for the Fort for his weekend drill. He is worried because they are testing his PT skills and he hasn't been exercising as much as he needs to. Hopefully it will go better than he thinks.

Scott had an interview yesterday and was told he was over qualified and they wouldn't hire him because he would just leave when something better came along. Their loss!

I have a cough this morning and am hoping and praying it's not the crud thats going around. My sister Robin and her daughter, Gwen have the flu and are home sick with it. So many bad cooties going around. And so many children hacking and coughing and sneezing with no instruction from parents to cover their faces.

Hiding Out

I have my phone turned off today and I'm going to leave it that way. I NEED a full day with NO WORK!
I have those little quilts to get finished and in the mail today and I have several other projects in the works. But for right now I'm sitting here with my first cup of coffee with several windows open so that I can listen to the birds starting their day. When we are on our land the animals will be about all we hear in the morning- no rail sounds, no planes taking off and no highway traffic noise either. My heart aches to be on the land.

The cats are content now that they have had their breakfast. I will feed Amelia in a little while and perhaps take her to the River Walk. We have been putting a tablespoon of olive oil on her food and it is helping her skin so much. She is soft again and her hair is growing back from the flea allergies. I will definitely be making a trip back to the vet for Comfortis tablets for fleas. Amelia feels so much better and is looking like my "puppy" again even with her premature gray. It just proves she is my dog.