First signs of Spring

Scott and I walked around our front yard this morning finding all the flowers and new leaf buds that are coming out. I was pointing out things I want to move up to the property before we put the house on the market next Spring. We really need to do all moving before the heat of Summer arrives; like before the end of May. After we've moved what we want to keep we will fill the beds we've decided will remain with azalea bushes and just let the grass take over the beds that have never really developed well here. LOTS to do but today and tomorrow I want to play hookie from all work and chores and enjoy growing a full year older.

WIDE AWAKE

Well that was an interesting way to wake up this morning... my title came up half Hindi. I've turned the transliteration back off. It sounded like a good way to share my blog farther but I need to be able to read back over it myself and I can't read Hindi - pretty caricatures though.

I woke up thinking about Cycle Counts and I believe I reported short so I will need to email or call in my boo boo this morning. I think I forgot the items in the stockroom... UGH! I even counted them but I don't believe I added them to the ones I counted on the sales floor. I was in a rush to get them in but thats no excuse and they have to have accurate counts at corporate to know what to send us next. But it seems we count the same things every month... strange.

I work today and then I'm OFF tomorrow! Yeah! and then I'll work Thursday and then MY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND will start! I'm looking forward to the Craft show Friday! I'm not sure about the Scots/Irish Festival as we've been talking about our endless Den project and how it REALLY needs to come to an end. So we may work on that Saturday instead. We've got sanding to do on sheet-rock and then we have to prime and paint walls. Next will be ripping out the kitchen and ordering new cabinets. Or we may finish the laundry room so I can move all my cleaning supplies out there in the cabinets we are planning to install. We have a LOT of projects in the works around here - maybe we should sit tight at home and get them done!

Weekend planning

Next weekend is my birthday weekend....
Friday the Spring Craft Festival at the state fair grounds
Saturday - the Scot/Irish Festival in Anderson, SC
I think I can talk Scott into it as Saturday night there is to be "whiskey" tasting. Perhaps we will meet other McAuley's there.
If we stay over in Anderson perhaps Sunday we could visit a waterfall or two.
Sounds like a wonderful birthday to me!

Busy Night

Last night I bussed a LOT of tables just to get people into eat so that they were not getting upset over the wait. I had Ginger in Retail so it worked out OK. Hopefully tonight I won't have to be doing that again. I'm exhausted!

Sounds like coffee is ready! YEAH! YUM!

I feel like I could be coming down with something but am hoping and praying that I am NOT! I took a Tylenol Flu last night as I had most of the symptoms listed on the box and boy did I sleep like a log. Kinda achy from that this morning. Luckily I don't have to be to work until 2 so perhaps it will have worn off by then and I won't feel do drug out.

We have English peas up in the garden and tons of garlic! A couple of the beds need reworking as the frames have disintegrated. All the beds really need to be amended with some peat moss and compost. And perhaps some lime and manure. We will need to plant squash and soon. If we don't plant it before the squash borer's arrival we won't get any for ourselves as they will riddle the plants and the fruits. We should have started tomatoes as well and peppers. Perhaps next weekend we can do that while I am off for my birthday. Friday Scott is taking off work and we are going to piddle the day away together; I'd like to go to the Carolina Spring Classic Craft Festival at the State Fair grounds. I'm not sure what else we will do but we will be together and thats what really matters.

Care Bear Quilt

These are the fabrics that I bought the other day at Hancock Fabrics to make a baby quilt for Lenora. They've all been pre-washed and now just need ironing and cutting into squares, rectangles and triangles. I have a pattern in mind all ready; I just need to draw it out on graph paper. I'll start on sewing it Wednesday when I am off. I've got to switch my schedule around a bit so that I can attend the shower on the 30th. I also bought yarn to crochet a hoodie for her. I got the pattern off http://www.jo-ann.com

We're back from the WALKIE!

Scott is definitely Amelia's favorite. What's ironic is we got her for me just before I started working at Jo-Ann's to give me a walking buddy and someone to keep me company when Scott was at work or out of town. Then I got that job and she became his pal when I was at work.

Let's go WALKIE!

Amelia is ready! All we have to say is, " Let's go for a walkie!" and she's all yeeps and running toward the door to get her leash on.