out like a lamb

well, i would hardly say that march went out like a lamb this year. most of this past week has been chilly and rainy. april showers have taken over much of the first 5 days of april this year. we did have a sunny, partly warm day saturday but now there's about an inch of snow on the ground and it is still coming down.

saturday i drove home with penny in tow to go to the local quilt show with my mom. i picked up a few cute fabrics while there. the 2 on the left go together well and the one on the right is for another set of fabrics i already have in the project drawer. it was interesting to see the quilts but my mom and i had the same thoughts "are we really quilters? do our quilts look like that?" (and not in the positive way) although there were a few beautiful, inspirational quilts there, most were just odd as i guess quilts are...

i was away from home so i didn't think i'd get in any sewing or crafting this weekend but was inspired enough at the quilt show (and at the cracker barrel) to go back and raid my mom's scrap bin and find some fabrics to make this perfect little checkers set. it will be wonderful for our backpacking adventures this summer; we will only have to sacrifice a few oz. of food to fit this in our packs.

my crafting time should have been spent working on my hat (only 3.5 weeks left to finish) but it was sitting in my empty house and i was keeping myself busy with the checkers. this week i will have to pack it up temporarily for house guests next weekend. during the week i need to work on finishing up my easter book so i can stick it in the mail in hopes of it arriving to it's recipients soon after easter (i will do another blog on that when it's done). so by the time i get back to my hat there will only be a couple weeks left to finish. i think i've convinced brett to finish the ceiling fix (started in september) in mid-april so i will work on my hat that weekend.

sunday we went to my grandma & grandpa's to have our easter dinner, came home to do grocery shopping, hair cut, and clean up the house....

i'm also trying to find time to learn how to use my camera that i got for christmas and may need to make a "resolution" to spend at least 30 minutes a week reading the camera book. now i'm off to read my library book until bedtime and then it's back to the weekly grid of work, working out and working up the energy to do all the things i want to do.