Finished!

Back in October--yes, October I bought all of this stuff in order to make a wreath for our teeny tiny room which we call "the sitting room." It is lavender and I thought this garland and baubles would make a great wreath for the door. I think all total I spent under $5.00 for the garland (2 strands), baubles (2 sets), and a metal hoop plus a coupon. It took a bit, but I got it done and then the holidays came and went and the wreath hung out in the sewing room.

Spring break arrived and I

finally got back to it! I found

some sheer lavender ribbon

in my stash for a bow and a

hanger. Got the bow glued on

but not I need to hang it on

the door. Right now it is

laying on the daybed that we

have in the teeny tiny room.

So, with National Crafting Month ending tomorrow - I

can at least say that the wreath

is complete! I am still working

on the baby blankets. They will

be finished soon.

What have you been crafting this

month??

Enjoy your weekend! We will be

having summer where the weather

is concerned. Too early for me!!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Storms vs Sun

This morning we had a small

percentage of rain.

I took these beautiful pics with

my phone as I left our neighbor-

hood to go to work.

I'm sure I irritated my fellow

drivers but I could not resist

not taking these.

One minute it was cloudy and

sprinkling and then the sun

would peek out, the next

minute it was cloudy again.

The first four were taken in

the neighborhood and the

last one was taken on a busier

street, just as the light had

turned green.

Weather is soooooo interesting!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Fun, Fun, Fun

I have had some fun things happen to me lately. On Tuesday, I found a bouquet of Daffodils on my desk at school. One of my coworkers brought them in for us. What a nice surprise. They are so pretty!

I won a Giveaway over at

buttercupcountsherblessings.

blogspot.com

Carol sent me this wonderful

book with really neat ideas

for creating family treasures.

Fun gifts for birthdays, showers,

anniversaries etc. She also sent a

recipe book filled with A LOT of

YUMMY ideas.

Thanks Carol!!!!!

Debbie at ouroldhomestead.

blogspot.com gave me an

award! Thank you!!!!

Debbie and her husband

live and enjoy a slower,

simplier way of life in

Minnesota.

It is the Liebster Award.

Liebster is a German word

meaning beloved or dearest

but can also mean favorite.

This award is given to a

talented and/or loved bloggers

who have less than 200 followers.

This is a means to create new

connections and bring attention

to these blogs.

Acceptance of the award means:

1) Acknowledge and thank the

blogger who nominated you.

2) Add award to your blog.

3) Pass to others.

Here are my nominees:

1--Elizabeth at Gossamer Wings.

She is a talented seamstress with

a delightful Esty shop. She can

create the most yummy looking

recipes and enjoys her family.

2--Carol at Around the House.

She loves her family and pets,

is a fellow Kansan and enjoys

creating beautiful cards and

scrapbook pages.

3--AnnMarie at Candlelight

Cottage.

AnneMarie has one of THE

most restful blogs I have ever

been to! It is so peaceful to

visit and find out what is

going on in the cottage.

You will find these wonderful

blogs on my sidebar. Please

take some time to visit them.

All of the ladies are wonderful!

So is Debbie.

Thanks for staying with me on

this post--it was long but I had

stuff to share with you. :)

Blogger is messing with this

post--tried to switch colors

but to no avail!

~Keep on Dreaming~

A New Season

My bunny friend wants to say: Happy Spring !

Enjoy your first

day of Spring!

TTFN as Tigger

says.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Spring Fling 4

image: Google

Well, folks here it is

my "review" of The

Lorax.

As you know: this is an

adaptation of the Dr.

Seuss story. It is about

Ted and a forest creature

who shares a message of

hope.

Ted lives in a plastic town

with his Mom and his

Grammy and wants to

change the way things

are. Ted also has a crush

on Audrey and sets out

on an adventure to win

her affection and make the

changes he wants.

CAST:

Danny DeVito-Lorax

Betty White-Grammy

Zac Efron-Ted

Taylor Swift-Audrey

Ed Helms-Once-ler

Rating:

PG for brief mild language

(which I must have missed)

Movie Length:

1 hr 35 min.

We both enjoyed this story

and would recommend it--

Especially if you are looking

for something fun and light.

No heavy duty thinking

needed!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Wearing 'O The Green

May the luck of the

Irish be with everyone

TODAY!

Enjoy the fun and stay

safe too. :)

BUT....don't be

believing any

BLARNEY told

to you by them

Leprechauns!

**Turn on my

music for a little

Celtic/Irish fun.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Spring Fling Part 3

image: Google We are jumping to tomorrow first--We are going to see "The Lorax" for our movie date. Nothing overly serious for us! We are going to enjoy ourselves!

image:Google

This will be included too!

Nothing like movie popcorn

for lunch! How fun will this

be??? :) :)

Mr. Ken took today and

tomorrow off. We goofed

off most of the day but did

get the deck cleaned off.

There were some renagde

leaves, dust and tree

stuff to sweep up. While

the Mr. took a nap in the

afternoon I cut out fabric

squares for a baby blanket

I am making for one of the

teachers at school. (Show

and Tell) at a later date.

Now I just have to put it

together and start on the

other one I am making for

one of my former parents.

I also drove myself nuts

trying to keep up with my

NCAA bracket!

Tomorrow will be slower

BUT I will be watching my

Tigers at 3:40 ct!!!!

Break sure has gone fast!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Spring Fling Part 2

Spring break is flying here.

Things are getting done and

the house is being aired out.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

We have had spectacular

weather so it has been nice

to have the windows up and

the doors open.

Today I worked in the sewing

room, finding surfaces and

getting rid of things I no

longer use. I have also done

some mending. Hoping to

finish in there tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow,

Mr. Ken will be home and

Friday too! We have a movie

date scheduled for Friday.

Probably a matinee. Yea!

Looking to get outside and

work in the yard also.

It will be nice to have him

home for a few days.

NCAA tourney begins

tomorrow--will be watching

my Tigers on Friday too.

Bring on the B-ball!!!

Enjoy YOUR break if you

have one. See you soon.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Spring Fling

Monday and Tuesday fun: It is SPRING BREAK week! Things are a changing with the upcoming season! Out with the red place mats and in the the spring green ones. Some green and white candles that replace the large pink one that was there. (Forgot a pic) Mr. squirrel thinks the flowerpot that I "borrowed" has food in it for him-in reality it has bird food in it. He seems to be enjoying himself don't you think?

Things are beginning to

bloom. I love it when the

little yellow flowers pop

out. You know Spring is

on the way.

A festive flag for the outside.

Some goodies purchased with

"free money." Walgreen's

discontinued their rewards

card in January. I cashed my

bonus points in and got a little

free money to play with. A gum

stash, nail polish-Wet and Wild

"Through the Grapevine" and

pretty notepads.

On another note-Last Saturday,

I went to one of my fave stores-

Fabric Recycles. A lovely woman

Paige owns this store, the concept

is recycle and reuse fabric, ribbons,

yarn, patterns, buttons, craft tools,

sewing machines and on and on.

Paige will offer a cash or in store

credit offer to those who brings

items into her store.

It is fun store because the inventory

changes regularly.

Back to Saturday--patterns were

.75 a piece! What a variety--I went

looking for "vintage patterns"

to frame for the sewing room but

ended up buying ones that I

could use for specific things in

each and at .75 how could I

lose?

This is what I purchased:

4 patterns at .75. They are

in the white envelopes.

1 cross stitch pattern.

1 apron pattern

1 skein of yarn-I AM

going to learn how to

crochet one way or

the other!

That's what I have been

up to on my Spring Break.

~Keep on Dreaming~

We Are THE Champions !!!

image: Google

The Mizzouri Tigers are

The Big 12 Conference

CHAMPS! Yea! WooHoo!

They beat the Baylor Bears

90-75. A hard fought win

but a win it was.

Now on to THE BIG DANCE!

I love me some TIGERS. :)

~Keep on Dreaming~

What a Difference a Year Makes

Mr. Ken is celebrating TODAY!

It has been 1 YEAR today that he

started his new job! Last March

he drove downtown thinking that

he was going to be fulling out

paperwork for the job and THEN

after filling out all of his papers,

they put him to work right there

right on the spot!

Ken is a very detail oriented guy

and takes pride in his work. These

characteristics have paid off many,

many times over the last year.

He has received sooooo many

compliments from those that he

has assisted.

Nine months into the job he was

promoted! EXCITING!!! (Couldn't

find a post on this, thought I had

said something) Not everyone gets

promoted that fast. I am very proud

of Mr. Ken as you know and we are

seeing some light at the end of a this

long 3 year tunnel we have been

living.

I know a lot of people are struggling

with job loss and I pray that things

change for you soon. This has been

one of THE hardest things we have

had to endure but life goes on and

we just keeping pushing right along.

Congratulations to you Ken! You

are GREAT!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Doesn't Look a Day Over...

Guess who turned 100 today? Yes, you are correct it is the Oreo! They debut in 1912 and have sold over 362 million. This makes them one of the best selling cookies of the 20th century. New varieties have been introduced over the years: **1975--Double Stuf were introduced. **1987--Fudge Covered Oreos were introduced. **1991--Halloween Oreos were introduced. **1995--Christmas Oreos were introduced. I'll bet that the Spring Oreos will be or are already in the stores. Are you an Oreo fan? Are you a dipper, a popper or one who pops them open and licks the creme filling out of the center? I am a fan of the Vanilla Oreo with creme filling as opposed to the Chocolate ones. ~Keep on Dreaming~

Let's Get Crafting!

March is National Craft

Month. In the spirit of

crafting, I thought I

would show you some

bracelets that I have made.

The red one and the pearl

one were made last summer

and the purple one was made

to go with my outfit that I wore

to my high school reunion last

year.

You will need Memory Wire,

needle nose pliers, beads and

charms (optional).

The wire coils and uncoils-

hence the name Memory

Wire but I used "markers"

to help keep the wire from

coiling into inself, they

helped keep the wire

seperated while putting the

beads on.

I decided how many coils I

wanted for each bracelet

and snipped the wire. You will

see that the red one has more

coils than the purple one. The

pearl one is in between both of

them.

Begin by making a small loop at

one end of the wire-you can add

a charm here if you want. The

loop keeps the beads on the wire.

Then begin putting your beads on.

You can make a pattern or just

put them on randomly. When

you get to the end make another

loop, add a charm and you are

finished.

***Make sure that your loops are

fully closed so that your charms

and beads DON'T fall off.

Enjoy! These bracelets are great

for those of us who like to wear

multiple bracelets at one time.

they also make super gifts!!!!

Let me know what you are crafting!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Happy Birthday!

Today is Dr. Seuss' Birthday! Happy Birthday to YOU!!

Some of MY favorite Seuss

books are:

**One Fish, Two Fish, Red

Fish, Blue Fish

**Cat In The Hat

**Hop On Pop

**Ten Apples Up On Top

**Green Eggs and Ham

Here are more:

**Horton Hears A Who

**If I Ran the Zoo

**The Foot Book

**Mr. Brown Can Moo,

Can You?

**The Lorax

Check on this website:

www.theloraxmovie.comY

You can see a trailer for the

new movie out today and

there are other fun things

to do there.

Take some time to reread

a Seuss book this weekend

and ENJOY the land of

Seuss!

~Keep on Dreaming~