Down on the Farm

Hello everyone from Kooskia!! It has been a very good week so far. We have baby lambs that are absolutely adorable. We are still waiting for four goats and one more sheep to have their babies. The weather has been really good. The first two days was snow and rain, but it has since cleared and is in the low 50's (which for a So Cal woman is too cold!!) It has been really relaxing and very peaceful!!! (Your shocked aren't you?) My nieces and nephews are very grown up and self motivated. I am merely the supervisor and chef. It is an easy job. Tonight we are going into town to a clogging class. Then we have pretty much an open schedule until Leigh and Brian get back on Sunday. Steve and Caitie should be here by then too!! I am very excited to have everyone coming. Megan has decided she will come up on Monday!! It will be a very fun week. I have attached some pics from down on the farm. Love to all!!

Sorry for the absence. The weekend was good although we didn't get to see Ceinwen after all. We were very disappointed! The men went to the fishing show and Caitie and I ended up at Target!!! Target is always fun.. we didn't buy a lot, but we had fun shopping. We got a lot of gardening done. The weather was beautiful and the garden definetly looks like spring. I am loving the warm weather. I know I have to brace for the change. Idaho had snow today. It's hard to believe I will be in the snow on Saturday. I sure hope my plants get watered here while I am gone for two weeks. I am excited to get to our house. It's been way too long. I really love that house, my mountain cottage!!! I have posted some pictures of the garden and of my basil on the window sill!!! So fun!

I must admitted it... I have become a blog junkie. I haven't posted anything in awhile because I have been searching the blog world. It is absolutely amazing the creative people that you can find in the blog world. I have found some fantastic blogs. I would really like to join one of the swaps, but I am not sure how it is done. I will have to keep looking into it. On other news: we survived our tax meeting. Now we just have to wait for the dreaded phone call. I had lunch with Megan today and we went to Woof & Warp. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a very high end fabric store. They had some beautiful fabrics, but their prices were very high. So I didn't buy anything.. thank goodness with all the fabric I already have lined up for projects. Tonight I have to start getting the house ready for Ceinwens visit.... HOORAY!! No pics today, but will update some more thrift treasures soon!!!

Yay!! Its finally done and framed. I finished the crewel picture Mom had started and had it framed. Hooray for Michaels 50% off sale! It looks very cute in the dining room. I also got a new footstool at an Estate Sale that my friend Gary was working the door. I also got two new pieces of Beswick... very cute but not really a bargain. Now onto the next project. I have to wait until I feel better. It is so nice outside today, sunny but not hot! My flowers and fruit trees are all blooming and budding. I am still getting cherry tomatoes off of my plants. My apple tree is very confused. It has apples and blossoms on it. So Cal weather has really confused it. Today I woke up with a head cold, so I have been dragging around here all day. Hopefully I will wake up tomorrow feeling as good as new. I have to, TAX appt next week... YUCK

It has been a very busy week!! I went to VEGAS Baby! with Megan, Randi, Lacy, Nicki and Ruby. It was very fun! We did sightseeing, gambling and eating... what could be better? I got home on Wednesday. Now that I am home, I am trying to get caught up on everything. Yesterday was aerobics, housecleaning and then water aerobics. Today, I made pumpkin bread with the gift mix that our neighbors gave us, sooooo good! Then Nick and I went thrift store and antique shopping. Bought some new toys for Ceiny, a pampered chef bread pan, and a surprise for my youngest nephews!!! A great day shopping with very little money spent. Picked up Caitie after a difficult week with difficult campers. Then spent an hour blog stocking people. All in all a great day!!! Hope to put up more pics soon!!!

Sorry for the delay in posting. I spent a couple of days in Bako with Ceiny (and Joe, Jillian, and Caitie of course!). She is totally cute and very fun! She is talking nonstop! I have posted a couple of pics of her. I also posted a picture of the top I finished. It definitely is for Emma, very small. I also finished a crewel picture my Mom started. It took forever to finish, but I love it. I will try to get it framed and take a new pic. Time to start a new project....

Two years.. I cant believe it's been two years. In some ways it feels like just yesterday. I miss her soooo much.

I miss her phone calls, her laugh, her sarcasm, her advice and most of all her love. I love you Mom!!!