Beautiful May Day

Today was a great day to be outside. Some new pics of some of my planters ... I found the buckets for the fence in the shed, I have not put those out in years and I wonder why cause they are so darn cute! Lets hope the flowers like the new home. This is the cutest froggie planter that I bought for my mom for Mothers Day ... hmm he sure looks cute on my chair!

My day started with a nice breakfast at Panera with a friend, then the dreaded grocery store, but then the rest of the day just messing around in the dirt. I also managed to get to my parents to do all their planting for them too. I really do love to do it and know it makes my mom smile....Dad not so much since he has to do all the watering! Anyway I took a few more pics of my things ... I hope that you had a nice day with whatever you acomplished. Til next time, have a blessful day. Tomorrow brings for me the finishing touches to some new things I am working on and getting ready for the fair I am in .... wish me luck!

~~Bobbie

Finally May is here!

Well after a long week of some dreary weather we had a sunny coolish kinda day. Perfect for the boys to play their baseball game, which they won and do some more planting. I am happy to have my planters done so hopefully they will be in some prime blooming in the next week or so. I am usually pretty happy at this time of the season because everything looks so fresh and well, by the time primetime summer rolls around my flowers look pretty sad no matter how much water and food I may give to them, but I try. I am also busy with getting some of my projects done and will be posting some new things in the coming days. I have some nice pantry boxes with the Americana theme coming and some grungy jars with sweet annie also some wood trays with antique labels. For now I am content with my painting and will be back to sewing soon.... you know Fall comes just as quick as the spring/summer and it will be time for those pumpkins. Well hope your Saturday was productive as well as relaxing! Have a blessful Sunday!
~~Bobbie

Dreary Wednesday

Today is not so nice .... clouds clouds clouds. But I have to stay motivated and get some new things added to the store and such. Time to start to get some Americana in the house too ... tierd of the bunnies, they need to go away, except for the grungy bunny which is my favorite this year. Hobby Lobby had some nice pieces to add to the outdoors and they are on sale this week! I certainly know how to add to this economy. I still have some planting to do in some of my containers also ... hopefully when the sun is shinning tomorrow I will finish that up. My lawn though has a abundance of dandelions, which I treated in the early spring but guess they prevailed. My hubby has a big project to do for the boys, a trampoline is going in the yard. He just loves to put those kinda "toys" together for the kids....LOL. Keeps him busy, and the kids can't wait, and the neighborhood for that matter. Back to painting, gotta finish those projects! Have a good rest of your day!
~~Bobbie

Spring is Bloomin'

Finally! Some new blooms are here. I am happy to have been out playing in the dirt the past couple of days. It is a relaxing feeling that I get for some reason. I am though a bit sore today! I started to plant some geraniums and pansies and a couple others, but this year I am taking it easy with the purchasing of so many varieties...I will enjoy what I have...and see what will come back for me this year. I do love my hanging baskets and maybe room just for one more! We will see as the months come along. It is a bit windy here guess that is what is bringing in the warmer weather for us.

Well, Zach had his Medieval days today and hubby and I went to the school to check out all the kids and their hard work on their booths. Zach was a woodworker, and teamed up with a classmate and they both did well. It is such a feeling to see your child grow up and accomplish so much ... and just have fun. I tell you the technology and resources these kids have available to them today is just so amazing to us. Both my husband and I were perochial schooled and it just wasn't this way back in the day! Anyway just wanted to share my day and hope that you are having a nice one also!

~~Bobbie

Time for a new recipe ...

Okay I am tierd of cooking the same thing so for tonight I am trying a new one out from a fellow blogger .... Amish oven fried chicken, super easy to put together, smells yummy in the oven...hope the picky family will eat it tonight! Zach came home with two projects to complete for tomorrow ... of course he is the one left to do it from his team ... find that hard to believe but I don't want him to get a bad grade so guess I will be up for awhile doing it with him! I guess this is where my creativity comes in handy. One of the projects is constructing a catapult and the other is his booth for the medieval period he is studying, he is a woodworker. He completes the chapter with a trip to Medieval Times on friday with the class which he is looking forward to. Wish me luck on it getting complete tonight! I love these nights of craming! Guess that is what a mom is all about ...LOL. Have a wonderful rest of your day wherever you may be! The sun will be shining tomorrow so I hope to be outdoors a bit ... I have a new rose bush to plant!
~~Bobbie

Happy Monday!

We are starting off with a bit of rain and a threat of light snow is in the forecast tomorrow! Yuck! I bought the most beautiful hanging geranium at home depot on friday and I want it to stay out ... and not have to go into hiding! I thought I was done with the icky weather! Fridays forecast is near 80 degrees! We are all going to be sick! Anyway the boys played their first game on Saturday and they lost :(. Wednesday is the next one so hopefully a win! :)! I listened to my favorite Monday morning show and received some info to sign up on artfire ... it is another place similiar to Etsy ... but free! (up to 10 items) ... we will see how that works out! It is a very cool site to check out! I am off to the store today, need some capris for the hopeful weather by the end of the week! I hope all who are reading this has a nice day!

~~Bobbie

What a day at the Cubs game!

Well the cubbies did not win the game ... but the sun eventually came out and turned into a great spring day ... the boys enjoyed it ... Adam received a ball from a fellow fan and he was greatful ... what a nice guy to do this for him! He knew that Adam was trying for the whole game to get Fukodome to toss one up to him and he did not, so a stranger went and bought a ball and gave it to Adam! There are still wonderful people all around that do such nice things ... big or small ... so needless to say it was a highlight .... Zach got his Sandburg t-shirt jersey and is wearing it today to school & loves it, I think for Zach he appreciated being taken out of school early to go to a baseball game! ... we all had a great family day together....

Today brings me a outpatient doctors appt. with my Dad, hope all goes well, then the boys have practice before their opening game on Saturday ... yep baseball season is here for the Horan family.

I am going to be working on Americana once again, getting ready for the craft show and some new postings on my site and Etsy ... hopefully I can accomlish this today!

Have a great day wherever you may be! The sun is shining, birds are singing so it will be a nice day for me!

Blessings!

~~~Bobbie