First Day of Spring

Today is the first day of spring and we are ready. It was pretty warm and sunny here today. It was snowing in New York this morning when I was watching the Today Show while getting ready for work. The low here tonight will be in the 20's - Brrrr, but, it is suppose to be in the 60's and no rain for the weekend. Dave and I plan on getting out in the yard and beginning our spring clean up. This sure beats the weather here a few weeks ago.

This was our first snow in quite awhile - I loved it.

Heading Home From St. Louis - continued

Milton West Virginia is a cute little town west of Charleston. I usually stop at a shop "The Willow Tree" in this town. This time I noticed another Primitive shop sign and we headed in that direction - sure glad we did. This shop has been in business for 4 years, but recently opened a house next door that is decorated to the in country/primitive decor. It was really hard to decide what I wanted to bring home - so many choices! I will share my goodies later.

Entry to the house.

This lighted grape vine was over a dining room table - very different.

I didn't get a very good picture of this, but the tree limbs were in a crock and had mini lights - a little pricey, so I bought some of the tiny lights and plan on getting my limbs from the woods behind our house and make an arrangement in a container I already have.

Love these roosters!

Tree decorated with little white tin cups.

This is an upside down bucket lamp - so cute and would be easy to make.

I purchased a few towels, I really like this bowl and pitcher arrangement.

Cute trunk! I may have to do something like this in my trunk that is currently upstairs.

Cute sewing room.

You can decorate a tree with anything.

I need to make an Easter wreath.

Time to stop shopping and get home!

I love driving to St. Louis - every state is beautiful. Flying only takes 2 hours - driving 12 - but much more enjoyable in the car.

The weather was very good this trip. No ice, snow or rain and the temperature was very nice.

Almost home - I miss the Melniczenko family already.

Memories of our little Cooper

Our 11 year old Cooper had been sick since our trip to St. Louis for Christmas. The Doctor said he had a brain tumor. For the last two weeks of his life he had no function in his little legs. We miss him so much. Here are a few pictures of our little guy. We had Cooper cremated as we did Tasha, and Cooper's ashes will be buried in our back yard next to Tasha.

Bandit and Cooper. It does help having Bandit with us - but he misses Coop too.

Cooper and Bandit - so good with the kids. Cooper never tried to bite any of the kids.

This is how Cooper was for the last week.

Hiding in my closet.

We miss you Cooper. We will see you on the other side of the rainbow -- with Tasha.

Eating Out

Dave and I like to support our local restaurants - to mention just a few: The Rose Cafe (where we went for dessert on Valentines Day), Brocks Barbecue, Klara's Kitchen....Recently a Vietnamese restaurant opened. We have been a couple of times. I loved everything I have ordered, Dave not so much. The restaurant is TB.B.Q Vietnamese Cuisine.

The tea is very good.

Dave loves his coffee.

Vietnamese Coffee - Cafe Sua Nongoa

Beef Ball Soup - Sup Bovien.

Grilled Shrimp and Pork Roll.

Grilled Pork Chop with Broken Rice - very good, I will order this again.

Yeah! Snow!

The weekend that we were at Kari and Lance's, staying with the kids while they were on a trip to Vegas, I came home on Sunday because I had to go to work on Monday morning. There was a forecast for inclement weather but around here we have not had a snow storm in along time and the bad weather is usually all around us, but we got it this time; I think we got about 8 to 10 inches and there was a halt in everything. My company was closed - a first for me. The schools were closed, so Dave was snowed in with the Grandkids and I was home - alone. I got a lot done. I made a pot of spaghetti soup and home made bread, which I enjoyed and Dave had it for dinner the next night. I got a few pictures - it was very pretty with the snow falling in the evening, a few flurries in the morning and the temperature was below freezing all day, so everything was at a stand still... things were better Tuesday morning, the schools were closed and my company was on delayed opening but we all got there around 10:00 am.

That's a Cardinal at the bird feeder.

Discovery

I just discovered that Lion Brand Yarns offers a Crochet - Along from their website. I have purchased a lot of yarn and patterns from Lion Brand over the years. They offer a lot of patterns, many that are free, such as the Unsquared Afghan I posted about previously. This is their current project, really cute. But, their previous item really caught my eye. The "Cable Luxe Tunic" - picture is on my side bar. Isn't it cute? - WOW - a lot of cables! I really want to make this.

Lion Brand's current project: "Moderne Jacket".