Bring on the green!

Driving home today, I was amazed at how green our neighborhood is becoming. I don't know why I didn't notice it before -our lawn has been mowed once already this year, so surely things have been growing for a while. I just planted two new plants in our perennial/flower garden out front (just some sun-tolerant decorative grasses - not too exciting), and Matt has filled both raised beds in back with tomatoes & peppers, which he started from seed. I have a few herbs (cilantro, basil) and some more plants (mostly flowers) also started from seeds under the grow light in peat pots. I'm hopeful those will be strong enough to move outdoors by this weekend. I need to pick up a few more deer-resistant annuals (it's amazing the difference a little thyme and lavender made to the perennials last year).


Growing up, it was as likely as not to have a huge snowstorm on Easter -- I surely don't miss that now that I live in Texas! Sure, August can be nasty hot, but overall, it's not that bad -- and beautiful spring days like this make up for it!

My creative outlet

I woke up this morning and said to myself: "You need to accomplish something creative today." I have quilts-in-progress all over our guest room, but none was speaking to me. So, inspired by my aunt Colleen (who gave me a cool purse that has been receiving compliments all week), I made myself this:





It's a tissue holder for Puffs Pocket Packs.

I'm sure some of you are running scared right now. :) No, I have no intentions of making crocheted covers for our toilet paper holders or anything odd like that. I just wanted a quick and creative sewing project and this fit the bill. It's roughly based on a tutorial I found here.

Colleen made me another one, but it only holds the small size tissues - and I had the bigger packs at home. I messed up the directions (cut the fabric too big) but I think it still turned out pretty well.

I think I'll put it into my purse tonight before we go out to see U23D - me for the third time!

Shower Photos

I only took a few photos during the shower in MN, but you can find them at our new flickr page.