Spring!

Tomorrow is the first day of spring to some people. I am beyond excited about that idea, but the truth is I adhere to meteorological dates for spring and summer and astronomical dates for fall and winter. You can easily see which seasons I like most with this view of the starting dates. 

I had hoped I would have that "little" heron all stitched by this day. That didn't happen. Here's my progress.

He is going to be a winner when I finish his tail feathers. I did get his beautiful neck and head all done. There is also an over one dragonfly started over to the left. All of it is a distraction to those grays of the tail feathers. I have no explanation as to why they are so hard other than I am off a little bit and am not frogging it. I am going to plow forward and the grays all run together so I have to do little bits of it at a time. 

Hence, I am not giving it a timeline to be finished anymore. I want to enjoy it and it not be a chore. What will be will be!!!

I have so many other things I want to stitch on, so no rules for me. I am too old for all those rules.

The past few weeks have been tough and busy so no blogging has taken place. I lost my friend, Kim. Her funeral was this week and that just took all my emotions to write with it out the door. I still can't even write a tribute to her. 

We have cleared Danny's house and are just waiting on the cleaning people to do their thing and then we list it. It is hard to get anyone to do anything these days. I think Jeff and I have determined we have checked almost all things off the list except those of the house and then closing out the bank account. I got his taxes ready to send to his accountant this week and everything has been donated, sold, or turned off. I think that is incredible that most has been done in less than a month. Danny gets credit for having his house in order so to speak. 

I am still working on trying to get mine more in order. I have been brutal in this round of getting rid of stuff. I think the Goodwill people must wonder. It feels really good to get rid of things. It has taken me a long time to get there.

The one thing I did keep of Danny's was his stereo that had a turntable. I put it downstairs where we had one that I took to donation. I have had the most fun going down and listening to my old 45s mostly and some albums. Tucker enjoyed the old stories where it dings to turn the page. I did keep about a dozen books to read. I will pass them on as I read them though.

Jeff and I are going to take off a few days at the beginning of this week to go to the Auburn house. It is spring break in our school district. Lindsay and her family have traveled to visit with Tyler's family, so I have the first part of the week with no kiddos. Paul Allen and Katie are getting the baby room ready. Things are starting to look cute in there too.

I haven't much to say other than I have just been busy. 

Palmer and I have fun days together. He is army crawling everywhere. He is so close with the full on knee crawling. I had to take the walker away from him because he was too fast with it and he is like a bull in a china shop with it. He is quite a bit more rambunctious than Tucker was. He loves stroller rides and I love getting out with him.

When we return from Auburn I hope to spend the end of the week getting some outdoor chores done. I am ready to see everything in full bloom. The azaleas popped out a bit too early this year and got bit by the cold spell that dipped down too far south. They won't have a banner year in my neighborhood, but everything else is budding and looking like they are daring anymore cold weather to stick its nose in down here.

This "no rules" girl is signing off for a few days.