Blue Monday

And just like weekends being short, next we have Monday in our face again. Yet, I am thankful for my job and my husband's. We have our home and can take care of our pets. That may sound silly but all of our pets are rescue animals. They have been hungry and some have been abused. It's important to us to provide a certain stability for them.
I worry that people are starting to forget the last few years. Forgetting that a large group of people are still with out jobs, homes, etc. How will this unstable time affect the kids growing up in it now? The ones going without proper food, watching their parents struggle, and not having the security of a home. I can only pray that it makes them stronger. Sorry, I guess it truly is a "blue" Monday.

This is my big girl Ruby from Hurricane Ike. She came with Lil Bit and was scared of men. She appeared to have been mistreated by men and is still shy in certain situations. She had been with us 2 years before Jack. She is a sweet animal but didn't know how to play. We tried and she just didn't seem to understand. And then came Jack.

This picture is when he first arrived and was around 4-6 weeks old. That abrasion you see has a duplicate on the other side. The vet guessed that he may have been thrown from a car. On top of that he had mange, worms, and ear mites. He was given a 60% chance. I'm happy to tell you that he is fine, attitude and all, and has taught Ruby to play, a little. Can you imagine tossing a baby or puppy out the window, "for fun"?
Our girls take care of Jack while we are at work. I'll introduce you to Lucky and Daisy in another post. They are our other rescue dogs that my Dad has graciously allowed to live at his house.

Love Sundays

Another Sunday. I love my weekends so much but they go by so fast. It was cool with lots of sunshine today.

This is the current blanket I'm working on. String blocks came from mom's house but don't think they were her's. I can usually tell by the fabrics used but most of these I don't recognize. The family women did share fabrics so I see a few I remember from my childhood.

I recently went thru all my projects and found I had 7 afghans started. It's not that I can't stayed focused, I just get bored quickly. So I discovered that by working on several (usually many more) I can keep going along. My goal is to complete a few before I start anything else.

Hubby is so proud of this picture.He can fill his big soup pot from the new 8" sink and new faucet. A leak in the old faucet started us on the journey of a kitchen re-do earlier than we planned.

I'm loving the black cabinets. Bottoms will be black and the uppers will remain white.

Hopefully a picture of the complete kitchen will be up here soon. Still, lots of painting, getting rid of stuff, and re-organizing.

Beautiful Day

No the sun did not shine and it was cold, but it wasn't raining and I got to mow the ugly weeds down.




The poor garden looks horrible. But another cabbage is almost ready. We pulled some spinach, picked some collards, and pulled enough turnips to fill a 5 gallon bucket. Rick's tired of canning them, and we don't want to put them in the freezer so I'll try drying them tomorrow. I have a dehydrator but the oven route sounds faster so I'll give that a try.



My little orange tree survived the drought. We cut back the blackberry vines today. I kept waiting for really cold weather and when we got a little I couldn't get to the garden to do it. We hope it dries up soon so we can get our spring garden in soon.
Well, time to get busy again. I'm working on some stuffed turtles and birds. I'll try to do pictures tomorrow. I have my usual array of blankets and afghans not completed that I am trying to make myself complete. I need to get more disciplined. Yeah, like I see that happening any time soon.