Midweek post

 A blog post on a Wednesday? That is just crazy. 

Well, being that it's the start of a new month, and I actually had some chatter to share, I figured it was as good of a time as any to write my thoughts down. 

Now what were they? ... 

Ha! I crack myself up. 

We are still in the phase of what I'm going to call "Quiet times" at work and at home. I've been taking advantage of the quiet times and catching up on a few work things that have been on the back burner for a while.  I went to the office today and it was like a ghost town there.  Then I remembered that it's holy week and people are either taking time off, or are out and about doing holy things. 

On the home front we've been dealing with cooler temperatures. Again. Currently it is 27 degrees Fahrenheit. Supposedly we are in for another storm.  Last I saw it was supposed to be a mixture of snow and ice. Who knows what we will wake up to tomorrow. 

Can this *please* be the last snow weather event? Please? 

Just about any time that the weather is decent I'm out in the greenhouse.  I'm starting to worry I might be starting some things too early. But, really, I think I'm thinking that because the weather keeps going cool on me. 

Last night I decided it was time to make the second patriotic-themed project bag. 

I love that I've figured out how to properly use a zipper foot. 

And this style of project bag is so great. 

I still need to figure out measurements for making a larger bag.  While I love how compact this size is, I want a larger size for the projects that need bigger hoops and Q-snaps. I still haven't figured out what style of project bag I want to make for those Peter Rabbit animals I want to make at some point. 

This afternoon I spent some time with my old man Feffer. 

Yes, he was on the table. Do I care? No. This could be his last year with us and I'm going to indulge the heck out of him. He was super lovey this afternoon, too.  I wonder if he senses the storm that's supposed to be descending upon us? 

With it being April 1 (and I totally forgot about it being April Fool's Day) I started a new stitching a long with my friend and fellow flosstuber Alison. 

We started Farmyard friends by Lori Holt. I keep wanting to call this one barnyard friends. ... 

Here's my start.  A whole 170 stitches. 

I'm using the called for DMC and 14 count aida that I dyed myself. 

I've been absolutely awful lately about posting my projects, updates and pertinent info on the blog lately.  I really need to fix that. Which reminds me, I need to post shownotes for my last flosstube.  *Insert a cringe face emoji* 

And this reminds me that I posted a new garden journal video yesterday. 

I've got kind of a funny story about this one.  Maybe not funny ha ha, but funny odd. 

I loaded the video to youtube early and had it unlisted, with the intention of making it live today. Yesterday I saw a youtube notification pop up from a friend leaving a comment, saying she had a hard time finding the video but eventually persevered in finding it. I was like "huh?"

This was me: 

I went, looked and verified the youtube video was still unlisted. How? How did Youtube sneak that one out? *shrug* I decided to publish the video early. If you watch, I hope you enjoy it. 

Another thing that happened this evening was the launch of Artemis II. We are headed back to the moon! This time it has nothing to do with the stock market. (Ha! There's that hilarious wit of mine again.)

I said to my husband that the last space launch I remember was Columbia in 2003. Well, wait, that's not true. I remember watching that one spaceship launch where it put itself back in it's spot. That doesn't sound correct as I type it.  Let me go google it. ... 

It was this one, though I didn't actually watch the launch. 

Pretty trippy. 

Tomorrow is my work Friday.  I'm looking forward to a four-day weekend. I have Good Friday and Easter Monday off. I don't have a game plan for the weekend just yet.  I do know I want to make a carrot cake. I haven't had a carrot cake in years. I'll likely end up menu-planning on Friday. I know what the main course for Sunday will be.  I haven't figured out the sides. 

Well, until next time.