Lorihadams-- hi guys...been busy!

[keljonma]

I also plan to rework the worm bin. It has been a year and the worms need to be divided and I need to start a new bin and get the compost out! That is also something that I will probably do this weekend. I'll post the instructions on how we did the worm bin later. It is really easy and if you haven't ever done one then you should definitely try it.

I think in addition to putting the information in your journal, it would make a great separate thread. If I remember correctly, Sylvie is a worm farmer too; and I am sure there are others. I don't do this, but would be interested in reading what others do.

I also want to go to a great store from my college days, Motley's Emporium, and look for tea cups for my bird garden. It is a great old store that is like a flea market with old tools, furniture, dishes, toys, hardware, books, cooking utensils, pots and pans, bottles, everything! They even have an old working woodstove in the middle of the store for heat! It is great and you can find some really neat stuff for cheap.

I went to Longwood College in Farmville, Va and it is a great little town. Everything closes at 5pm and you can walk almost everywhere. Downtown has cobblestone streets and I have to say, it has gotten built up quite a bit in the 12 years since I graduated. It has since become a "university" and the student population has doubled. The dorm I lived in all 4 years had radiators for heat and no air conditioning. A lot of the old buildings have been torn down since my days but there is still a lot of charm about the town. A huge furniture store is there, Greenfronts, and lots of little antique shops, mom and pop stores, a small bakery, a little 10 seat diner, and an amish furniture store. I only live 30 minutes from there now and there is even going to be a chicken swap there next month! I miss it but at least I am close enough to visit whenever I want.

I love small quaint college towns. I think their destruction is sad.

 

[lorihadams]

That's a great idea Kel, I will probably start a separate thread. I haven't messed with it today, I need to see what kind of worm count I have and make a new bin if need be.

Got my beans planted today and we got some frames put over the raised beds where I planted the rest of my seeds yesterday. They are calling for thunderstorms this weekend and I didn't want my transplants to get beaten to death.

Hubby is leaving with the kids this evening and I can have some time to myself to get some stuff done. I have a bunch of toys that I want to clean out of the attic and take to a secondhand shop to sell. Much easier when the kids aren't here. I also want to sew some things and work on the worm bin and maybe hit goodwill or Motley's to look for tea cups.

 

[lorihadams]

I am a free woman! After the kids left with Daddy for the weekend I got up in the attic and did some spring cleaning. The back seat is full of stuff that will go to the secondhand store for, hopefully, a big fat check and the trunk is full of stuff that is going to Goodwill. I also got down my fabric stash that I had packed away while I didn't have a sewing machine. So happy! I have already made a tote bag out of an odd pillowcase!(posted a pic on trash to treasure) I have sheets that match it and I plan to make some more stuff out of them as well. It is just nice to be able to go through all that forgotten fabric and notions and see what I can create!

I wanted to share a pic of my kids "stylin' and profilin' " when we got ready to go to the birthday party last weekend. It was so funny, I told them to strike a pose and Tyler looks at Maddie and imitates her perfectly!

 

[2dream]

Nice to have some time to yourself occasionally. You sound like you used your time to work.

Great pic of the kids - they are both so cute and that pose is right on. Give Tyler a high five for his imitation.

 

[lorihadams]

She would not leave the house without her "puuhpul glossys"

Ty is really good at impressions, you should see him do a wildebeest!

 

[keljonma]

She would not leave the house without her "puuhpul glossys"

Ty is really good at impressions, you should see him do a wildebeest!

Hey, I don't blame her! I WANT a pair!

Great pic!

 

[lorihadams]

Saturday

Got $50 for the toys at the secondhand store this morning and then donated everything they wouldn't take to Goodwill. Shopped a bit and then went home and got busy sewing:

Gonna make a few more tomorrow morning for Mother's Day gifts. I'm looking through my quilt blocks to find one for my mom, granny is getting John Deere, and I don't know yet what I'm gonna do for MILs. I have enjoyed my day alone. It was so humid here today. In the 80s and we had some showers this evening but at least it didn't rain out the race tonight. My BF and her husband are at the track camping with some friends. They go every year, camp out in the parking lot in their camper with some of their racing/camper buddies, and watch the race on the tv. Crazy!

Got a phone call from my son this afternoon, he was very excited and had to call me to tell me that he and Daddy had caught a lizard! He loves creepy crawlies, bless his heart, he was sooooooo excited! Too cute.

 

[lorihadams]

I HAVE HAD IT!!!! I am sitting here reading posts and a tick crawls across the screen. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

 

[elwood]

I feel your pain. Our dogs have been bringing them in. They are thick this year that is for sure.

 

[lorihadams]

Can you keep guineas in the house???