Rainy day

It's been raining for 2 days and nights. The rain brought the farming to an abrupt halt. Sure is good to see things getting green after such a long winter.
With yellow of the jonquils shining so brightly in spite of the dark cloudy day, who can be grouchy? Donya and Don.. that is who !!
As soon as the weather will permit, we will have to hustle to get the weeds pulled.. while the ground is still soft by not mushy. Those pesky stinging nettles decided to move in with the flowers again this year. I must find that recipe for cooking them. They are such good greens to eat first thing in the spring, as they are a blood cleanser. Get all that winter clutter out of your system. They are only good for eating when they are very young. Let them get mature and they will get you instead of you getting them!
Fred left his goat wagon parked in the front yard. I like the way it looks there, perhaps I will have him leave it there. It looks good in the snow or when the grass is green. The Devonia swap meet is a couple weeks away. Wonder if Don and Fred will be unhappy if I come home with a goat to hitch to that wagon. heh heh heh

Happy Birthday to me !!!

Yesterday was my birthday. My dear friends, Sally and Marilyn, surprised me with a lovely bouquet of a dozen roses... a plaque that could be used as a garden stone as well.. and a couple pairs of corduroy jeans. Wow! Thank you gals.
I waited till the morning of my birthday to open the gift Rhonda sent... A lovely box with compartments full of scrap booking and card making supplies AND an album. Donya added some cherry items, a bird feeder with a blue bird to hang it from with the saying 'life is just a bowl of cherries', and a new night gown covered in cherries AND a new case for my camera, with cherries.

I can't show you the special (favorite of mine) lemon cookies Fred and Michelle brought over. yum !!

As much as I love the gifts, and the kind thoughts that go with them, it is a reminder of having used up another year and not really feeling like I have made it count.

I ended the day with bed and breakfast guests from near Fargo ND.. on their way to Missouri for a college reunion.

It was a fun day .. life is good.

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter !!

I almost missed Easter. I was working on a job in the sewing part of the shop, that needed to be shipped as soon as possible. I finally finished the project, got it packaged, and headed for Clear Lake(that is the closest Fedex terminal) Saturday morning. They closed at noon, so had little time to spare. The shipping bill came to $35 for the 2 parcels, and let me tell you, they were heavy as well as large boxes. They are on their way to Parker Colorado. I've not met the client, we use the phone and e-mail.

Donya had Saturday off, so went with me. We decided to make a day of 'shopping' and visited the thrift stores in Mason City. I found a nice straw hat and Donya found books. We picked up texture at the lumber yeard, for Don to finish the room project (will he ever get it done?!!) and then shopped at our favorite grocery store, Aldi. We like that store for their real German Chocolate candy. The kind that melts in your hand.. and oh so smooth. yum!!
Aldi had only 1 'Chocolate fire egg' left. We snatched it along with some packages of truffle eggs and headed for home. The fire egg was wrapped ever so pretty, it was a shame to open it. After taking off the outer wrap, there was the shape of an egg wrapped in foil and sealed with a pretty sticker on each side. When you broke one seal the other seal acted as a hinge. It was filled with German chocolates. Some with nuts but all were truffles.. my favorite. I'm sorry we forgot to take a photo before we all dived in on those chocolates. And just look at the thickness of the chocolate egg!! REAL chocolate, no wax in it.

We had chili for Easter dinner, and our wonderful egg. Donya and I spent the rest of Easter at the scrap book shop getting our cards finished for card club (due tomorrow), Michelle decided to work with a scrapbook client for the afternoon, and Fred and Don spent the whole day moving things around with their tractors. (You know how everything gets put on a dining table instead of being put away? The guys do that to our yard.. and that is a lot of stuff when your yard is 5 acres.) The snow is gone, so their clutter really shows.

We were blessed with a lovely sunny Easter day, with a breeze that turned into WIND and a temperature of 58 degrees.