Green and Orange

Well, I finally finished this purse, that I've been working on for a few months off and on (mostly off). I spent a whole lotta time just letting it lay there on my work table. But, now she is done! And I swore I would never make another purse like this again...it was just too 'much.' Too much piping, too much interfacing, too much thinking... I think that last one is the crux of the problem.

I suppose these feeling shall fade as time goes on, and I may consider another version of this bag...but I kinda doubt it right now!

But I do like how it looks. I love all the pockets I put in it, and I love the colors. But mostly, I love that it's done.

Happy Mother's Day

A happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. I'm not a mom (except to this sweet fella)...

but I had a great mom who was my best friend until the day she went to be with the Lord. And I am ever thankful to Him for giving me a mom like her. It's an extraordinarily marvelous blessing to have only sweet, sweet memories of her.

I love you, Mom! (...I think she heard me :)

May Days

May has been a whirlwind month around here! First there were these....

Then there was this...

You'd think we found a money tree in the back yard! Alas, no. We'd been planning on buying the kayaks for over a year and spent last summer paddling in an inflatable kayak we'd had for several years. It got us out on the water and we got around fine in it, but it can't compare to these babies!

The car was definitely not "in the immediate plan," but my car (which I'd had for 12 years, and loved that entire time) decided it was worn out (read- needed new power train and a/c repairs that were more than the value of the car). So, even though the plan had been to hang on to my old car about 3 more years, it didn't work out that way.

Of course, after the sticker shock of a car payment once again, we're in love with it! And it gets better gas mileage that my old one. And it's loaded with stuff I've never had in a car:

CD player

MP3 capability

power windows, locks, mirrors

all kinds of dashboard readouts, like gas mileage, outside temp, etc.

and...get this...remote start

For someone who's pretty plain in her living...I feel very decadent in this car! I didn't even know about the remote start until after we bought it, and I thought "I'll never use that." But now I'm thinking on a hot Arkansas day, start that puppy up and let it be cooling down before I ever get in it...yessir!