A Teeny Tiny Treat...

Time Keeps Ticking By...

"Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely" ~ Kay Lyons

“You may delay, but time will not.” - Benjamin Franklin

"Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” - Jim Rohn

“Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.” - William Shakespeare

Lost time is never found again.” - Benjamin Franklin

Crocheted Baby Girl Set

 Here are a few pictures of my most recent workings....The sweater, hat, and booties all match the baby blanket that I crocheted a while back...

This isn't the best picture, but there is a little flower up on top of the hat, very cute!  The directions didn't make any sense so I ended up making one up...

And here are the little booties...I got these done in such little time!  Took a while to get the lace in them though, lol :o)

I am sending all these things out in early May, so I have a little time to add a few more projects...if I run out of time for anything, that is okay.  There is always birthdays/holidays, right?!  lol :o)

This Year's Project ~ The YARD!

I am really hoping that we accomplish some of the bigger things that need doing around here this year.  Especially the outdoor things!  For example, here is what we can see from the french doors of our home most recently...a HUGE bald spot....

Not only is it a bald spot, but it was also a mound.  We used to have the dog chained here and all the dirt would push toward the center where the end of the chain was...So it created a hill AND a bald spot. 

The tile here shows about how deep we had needed to go to get rid of the mound and make it a more level area...From the tile up it was about 6 to 7 inches to smooth toward the ends.  We had alot of work ahead of us!

In the following picture, you can see the mound leveled out!!   So exciting!  It took *alot* of shovelling and raking.  Neighbor Guy came over and used the landscaping rake to finish it off and put in the stakes.  I was more than thankful for the help!

We were extremely thrilled when we saw that grass was already starting to sprout!!  I can't wait to look out of the doors and actually see GREEN!!

This week we also got the tent up for warmer nights!  We slept in it last night, unfortunately I did not sleep very well.  Tonight will be the last warm night for a few days, so we will sleep out there again....hopefully I will have things set up a little better so the sleep comes more easily...I like sleeping in the tent because we tend to get up earlier, which always makes for a better day.  This fact works a litte better if you actually get some sleep, however.

Other than that, I have put up my laundry lines again and have been hanging all my laundry, nice little breaks during the day.  I have also been working on small parts of the yard and getting some raking and clean up done here and there.  So that is pretty much what I have been up to!  I really do need to return my focus to my brother's tub I need to get sent out....*sigh*  It is suppose to be cooler and FINALLY some rain over the next few days, SO maybe I will finally get some inside projects finished up ;o)

SCF ~ Circles to Squares Baby Afghan (Part 2)

I got everything sewed together and the whole blanket stitched around the Sunday after I posted the pieces to put together, I guess I just have gotten computer lazy, lol :o)  It is bright and sunny out, what can I say?!  Anyway, the blanket it turned out pretty neat :o) 

One thing I need to learn is to have the same amount of slack with the yarn *every* time I go to work on a single project, that part is a bit frustrating...I guess I need to just not touch it when I am feeling too calm OR too uptight, lol :o)

Right now I am behind in my crafting schedule and have been feeling overwhelmed with a few other things.  It is coming together though, so I will rejoice for that!

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My Next Read...

Look what showed up in my mailbox last week!!  I am excited about reading it.  Kelly @ Wisdom Begun is having a little "book club" type event using this book.  She is still getting plans together for it, so if you have the book, go on and join her!  I won't be joining in, only because I can not be held accountable for reading or computer time.  SO I will be going through it at my own pace.

Have you read this book?  What are your thoughts?

SCF ~ Circles to Squares Baby Afghan (Part 1)

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I am currently working on an afghan for my soon to arrive niece!  I am so excited to get to be an auntie, she will be the first!  The pattern I am working on can be found there --->  Circles to Squares Afghan

Instead of the suggested yarn, I used Bernat Baby Coordinates, it is very soft and part of the ply has a shiny look to it.  Very nice!

I needed to make 3 large squares, 5 medium squares, and 16 small squares...I made a few of the smallest, 2 of the medium, and one large and was going to continue that plan at first.  Once I got one large one done, I wanted to hurry and get the other two done as well because they took the longest and I wanted them out of my hair! lol :o)  Here are some pictures of the finished squares...

For whatever reason the color here looks a bit dull in these pictures...

This morning I finished the last two squares, all I had left was the purple round on them.  This picture shows the color a little bit better (although the purple looks too dark, now!), all my squares are done and ready to put together!

I thought I might be able to finish this today before I posted.  BUT then I realized not only do I need to put the squares together, I need to do the edging around the whole blanket as well. SO here is part 1, look for part 2 next week!