May 2013

It's May!  The weather is still slightly schizophrenic... cold one day, sunny and 80 the next day.  But it is Wisconsin, and if we are anything it is flexible.

I haven't taken many pictures lately.  Maybe one or two of Gwennie... so I just picked a random picture to upload.  This is a picture Mary Kay took when she was on her Alaskan cruise.  Pretty view.  But I bet the water is COLD.

One of my friends and her family has already gone water skiing and knee boarding.  She said it was fun!  She is probably a little crazy, but then she is my friend.

I completed my first class toward being certified as a rural librarian.  I am happy to report that I passed Basic Library Management!  I am taking the summer off .... and I will start another class this fall.

Other things I have been doing to keep busy include quilting and reading.  I have made a couple of quilts (small) this winter and I have read a ton of books!  I think I am becoming more and more like Grandma Hatton... if only Mark would let me sleep late!

This is a picture of the table runner I made.  I gave it to Paula, so now it is adorning her coffee table.
I made two baby quilts... one is at the quilter's and the other is just waiting for a back.
We moved my sewing room upstairs and I am enjoying having it up there instead of going down to the basement.

My challenge is to get the upstairs back to normal from our painting and new carpeting, and see if I can't do something with the basement.  It's just that there are so many good books, quilt patterns and other fun things to do, and so little time! And to be honest I have been having a hard time with motivation.  I am hoping the warm weather will give me the pushes (shoves, whatever) I need.

April ... Waiting for Spring

The long winter brought out some creative urges.

Decopage flower pot I made for Romemakers Flower Pot Challenge

Table Runner is now quilted!

Winter or should I say Spring Storm knocked down quite a few branches from our Pine Tree out front

Waiting for Spring!

Quilt Retreat in Sparta
Love watching these gals create!

Lynette hard at work!

Nature is getting creative too!  This is the orchid plant I won at Bunco

One of several limes on the Lime Tree Chris sent 

Gwennie was the first one in the lake this year

She didn't stay in too long.... water is cold!

Mark got out and did yard work as soon as the snow disappeared

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Gwennie, Mark and I are hopeful that Spring will make an appearance this year.  I did wash my winter coat, but I still haven't gotten out my shorts and other spring clothes.  I don't want to jinx it!

Looking forward to warm weather and sunshine... hope I don't have to leave WI to find it.