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I walked out into my yard yesterday and overnight plants that were green the day before have burst into bloom.  I love my garden this time of year!  Peonies, forget-me-nots, hawthorne trees, snowballs, roses, irises, and poppies… all in bloom.

The rain poured on and off all day yesterday, which was wonderful for all those flowers.  I must be part flower because I love a good, hard rain, too.  But I am crossing my fingers that it clears up in time for the 6th grade BBQ that I’m in charge of today.  100 kids and a BBQ at the park isn’t quite the same if the rain, rain, rain is coming down, down, down…

My kids have just a few more days of school and they are out for the summer.  They can hardly wait.  While I love having my kids home, I am not ready for them to be out of school this year.   Next year, my oldest goes to middle school.  I was looking at old photos of him the other day, and he is growing up so fast.  Just a few weeks ago, we stood back to back in our bare feet, and he stood taller than me.

I’ve had a very busy month this May.  And am looking forward to finishing up this next week, along with my obligations.

I was weeding in my garden last Saturday and saw the my rhubarb was looking ready.  When I’ve got a moment…or two, I can’t wait to make a rhubarb pie.

Be sure to check back tomorrow, I have a wonderful giveaway, that I’m so excited about.  I’ll also share I quote that I ran across, while working on a project.  I’ve shared the quote before, long ago, but I love it.  It was such a good reminder to me that, even when I am busy, I have much to be grateful for.

I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home…. I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.

~Nancie J. Carmody

I’ve know I’ve been missing for the past few days.

Life’s been getting the better of me.  Partly it’s because I’ve been busy…

My two good friends and I are cooking for a teacher dinner this afternoon for the teachers at our school.

Today’s menu is good old comfort food… spiral ham, potato casserole, affectionately (or not) called Funeral Potatoes around here, green salad, homemade rolls… and homemade apple cake with caramel sauce and whipped cream.  I’m planning on sharing the recipes for the potatoes, if you can get over the name ; ), and cake.

I’ve been canning and trying to cook up as much of my garden as possible…

I’ve got works in progress to keep me sane and happy.  I love Sandy Klop and her not too frilly florals.  These fabrics are for an apron for a friend.

I’ve also been trying to deep clean, one little drawer at a time.  Isn’t it amazing how fast things can get messy?  I just just cleaned out a drawer, like yesterday, and it’s a mess again.  OK, so maybe it was 6 or 9 months or a year ago… but still.  I don’t know the author of this quote, but it pretty well sums up how it goes:

“Keeping house is like stringing beads with no knot in the end of the thread.”

Mostly I’ve been dealing with stress, that I won’t get into.  But these struggles of the past months have had a good affect on me too.  I wake up every morning with so much gratitude in my heart- gratitude for the things in life that can’t be bought, or taken away by hardship or the whims of fate.