Ten On Tuesday..... The Bunny Report Edition

1) The bunny has been here.  As in Easter... not Energizer....although I could probably really use a visit from him too plus he's pink so that totally works.  Apparently I was a good girl because the husband bunny brought me some wonderful Fannie May goodies like a FUDGE egg and Mint Meltaways, and remember the cutest bunny ever, the bashful beige bunny?  Well he has a pink friend who now lives with me.  Very smart husband... um bunny. 

2) And just so you don't worry that the husband was neglected.... he was gifted with Fannie May chocolate bunnies, and peanut butter, pixie, and Trinidad eggs.  He was well cared for.  As always.

3) And here you have proof that our sweet little great nephew Elliot was happy to receive the "small bashful beige bunny" as his new friend.  I mean how cute is he holding him? 

4) We had a very nice Resurrection Sunday!  We didn't make sunrise service, but had a wonderful very full church service that included some wonderful music, duets, and an awesome drama at the end.  We then had a relaxing dinner at Springmill Lodge and got to have some family time for the rest of the day.  Beautiful weather too.  Springmill Park was lovely.  Made me think a big Easter cookout would have been pretty great too! ha.  Do people do cookouts for Easter? 

5) OK so after all of our binge watching of the Walking Dead, and then catching up just in time for the season finale... we may now be having withdrawal.  Do we really have to wait till like um October?  Cause perhaps we should have rationed seasons 1-5 a bit to avoid the lull.... I did hear there is a companion series coming for the summer?  Hopefully that will be a good thing. 

6) The replacement bike fork arrived today!  This should mean that my bike will look like a bike soon, a very pretty pink bike.... and not just a pile of parts in the dinning room. 

7) Been doing lots of googling and pinterest browsing about Bible Journaling, Watercolors, and Art Journaling.  The browsing lead me to this blog yesterday and I am in LOVE with her artwork!  She does amazing lettering and I love her art too!  She is also a stamp carver!!  A girl after my own heart.  I think I pinned half her blog yesterday and I totally know what I want to carve for my first stamp too after seeing one of hers!  She has some classes linked which I plan to check out and she has stamp designs with Technique Tuesday!  I think I want to be like her when I grow up....

8)Worked on my planner some on Saturday while my husband was working on running TV and DVD wires in the walls to hide them from hanging down behind the TV.  Did a little watercolor painting of a tulip and my Resurrection Sunday banner and added lots of fun and pretty washi tapes!  Are washi tapes not like the coolest thing? 

9) Have you watched Amy Tangerine's latest Design on Time video?  Check it out here!  She makes me want to use all my stamps and paints and sewing the minute I get done watching one of her videos.  She has a way of showing how fun and simple it can be when we don't stress about perfection and just have FUN... what a concept for Monogirl.

10) Date night was great this week!  We had carryout pizza and pasta from town....not to be confused with the big city.  We watched Amazing Race both old and new.  We watched a movie called Interstellar.  Which was good... until it wasn't.  ha!  It reminded me of how I felt about The Abyss.  Remember that one? Good story, action, very interesting, until the way they pull it all togehter turns out to be this giant alien thing lifting them all up out of the water.  Really?  Interstellar's whole 4th/5th dimension thing felt a lot like that. Overall a good story though I guess.  Plus didn't I mention it was date night and we exchanged Easter gifts then, and no bad moods, movies, or attitudes are allowed on date night. It's sacred.  But you knew that right? 

And to close.... two more very cute pictures of our new little nephew.  Is he not the cutest? 

Awwwwww... I mean how do you not love the bow tie?  Blessings!

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful today for this work in progress.  We are finally getting our shelves up.  Are they in the living room?  No.  Dinning room? Um no... They are in both.  We decided the longest wall, which both rooms share, would be the best spot and so far... I am thinking we were right!  We had them all in place and then we both decided we weren't liking that top shelf on the right.... it wasn't working with the rest like a team... so it got moved... which also mean the wall got repaired and is waiting for some paint this evening.  I am also thankful for a husband who knows how to do all this stuff and he does it well and is generally happy about it.  Have I mentioned what a great husband I have?  Just checking.  As you can see we tried out a few of the things we intend to go on the shelves... and yep.  Loving those too!  I have plans for lots more things to join these few. 

 

What else is there to be thankful for today?  How about.....

Sloppy Joes... its what's for dinner! Does anyone know who is Joe and why was he sloppy? 

the forsythia bush is blooming.

Happy Mail. 

Sleeping in on rainy gray days

My pretty pink laptop.  I like my smart phone.  I like my tablet.... but when it comes to emailing, because I like to be able to type on a keyboard, or even browsing... still prefer the laptop. 

The Fannie May package that just arrived... addressed to my husband.  That could mean good things for Monogirl for Easter.  Fannie May is easy to find in the Chicago area where we are from.  Here in SW Indiana?  Um not so much.  Pretty much have to go to Indy I think.

We got this quilt hung in our bedroom this week!  yay!  This is a baby quilt my Mamaw made for me when I was yes... a baby.  It's got pink!  Wasn't she smart?  It's old... which yes would imply Monogirl is old... a fact that was recently made quite clear to me when  picking a song for worship leading that was not all that old to me, but after thinking it thru.... that the copyright was 1983.... I realized that meant it was um 32 years old.  That part was thought thru after discovering that the worship team people had not heard of it and some of them.... who are adults with children.... had not yet been born in 1983... Oh my.  When did Monogirl get old?  Anyway.... old or not... tattered and greatly used... LOVE this quilt and love it on my wall. 

My IRCA judging books arrived... and that means I received 4, signed by the author, books to keep!  I have until Mid May to read 4 books.... do ya think I can handle that assignment? I can't tell you which books I have until the judging is done.... so tune in later for details. 

Getting to play with my watercolor paints this past weekend.  I was totally fighting complete anxiety attacks and stress about worship leading (among other things) and a little escape to my craft room and playing with paint and markers was the perfect soother.  I hand lettered this in my planner and then painted it with watercolors.  Very Fun.  Need to be doing more of that!

A fresh pink pedicure and getting to wear flip flops this week!  Although in old people Monogirl's day they were called thongs.... And yes, I am aware that means a whole other thing these days...

More people joining in on the Handmade 4Him Operation Christmas Child project at church!  Love it!!

My new bike arrived.  My husband was going to put it together until he discovered the front fork was bent.... why am I thankful?  The company took care of the problem wonderfully and a new front fork is on its way to us with very little hassle!   I love it when quality companies stand behind their stuff! 

As long as we are talking about the bike... LOOK how cute it is.  Thankful for that!

beautiful spring days this week

Cuties!  Love those things... sad that they tend to disappear in April and not reappear till November.  Better stock up now!

finishing this book today.  SO good.  Her book A Fall of Marigolds is also excellent. 

That I am 2 books ahead of schedule for my goal of 110 books this year!

....and that it's early in the day still so after getting a start on the sloppy joes there will still be time to play with paints and markers and scrap supplies...

Until next time... blessings!