Monday Mish Mash

Hello friends.

Today I just wanted to share some

previous year's Spring photos.

Hope you enjoy.

 

Tundra says:

"Thanks for stopping by."

In other news,

Thursday was a rainy day which was 

good for me to catch up on my tv shows,

and stitch a bit.

The only other sound was the deep bellows

of the freighters in the river.

Each time they reached a buoy,

they would announce their presence

by sounding off their horns.

I can hear this for miles each way.

Friday I met my grandson for lunch.

Unfortunately when I saw him,

he had his hand in a sling.

He broke his hand at work. UGH

Waiting to see the hand surgeon now.

Saturday met my sister at my mom's.

Her first time being there after my

brother and I cleaned everything out.

She said this is overwhelming.

"Ya think?"

She did not even do the worst part of it.

We spent 2 hours there and she only

took a few things.

She did not have time.

I told her it would take a few days for her

to go through things.

Guess she did not believe me.

However she still thinks my mom will

be able to go back home.

She is still in denial.

Now she thinks my mom is only depressed

and still does not have dementia.

Sunday I caught up on cleaning and laundry.

Stitched a bit.

Today am taking Bob to get his new eyeglasses.

We might go to lunch or come back home to eat.

Hope everyone enjoys their new week.

Mine looks to be a busy one again.

I thought I was retired. LOL

Monday Mish Mash Blessings To All!

Janice

April CupboardScape

I realize Easter is over already,

however this was my April CupbordScape for Easter.

Better late than never and hope you enjoy.

Filled with eggs and bunnies.

 

The pillows were both from Scattered Seed Samplers.

Love how they turned out.

Dressed up my prim tree with fabric eggs I made.

Added in all of my bunny molds to complete.

In other news,

It has been a crazy week thus far,

Sunday we were at the store when 

an active shooter report came in.

The incident was 4 blocks to the West

and then another 4 blocks south of our store.

They brought in police from various towns

along with border patrol and two drones.

What was thought to be a hostage situation

using an AR-15 was a swatting incident.

Now the FBI is involved to try and find out

who placed the call.

Monday Bob and I decided to go clothes shopping.

On our way we travel at this area where 

the road turns into a divided one 

which is one way only each way.

Well going up this lady was going the wrong way.

I was laying on my horn at her and she still

past me going the wrong way.

Then that same road going back home,

an elderly man was going the wrong way.

Bob immediately said, "Get me home.

There are too many crazies out here." 

Yesterday I had to take my mom to her dentist.

Left my house at 8:30am.

First stop though was to her doctor's office

to get her monthly blood work done and weigh her.

Figured I would do it at the same time 

so a second trip was not needed.

Dentist was bad news.

My mom needs two teeth extracted,

and a partial done on two more teeth.

So more dental appts needed.

My siblings should be glad I am retired now.

My cousin is her dental hygienist,

so it was nice catching up on family news.

While at the dentist, I received this call from

a realtor saying she got my number 

from another cousin that we were selling

my mom's house and she has a buyer for it.

NO we are not selling her house...

and I had already told this cousin we

were not selling. My cousin has a buyer and is

hoping we sell to her.

The nerve of some folks...and this is family.

EGAD 

I called the realtor back 

when I got home at 3:00pm,

and before she got her spiel out,

told her the house was not for sale.

She thanked me and hung up.

The plan is my brother is going to move in

once he sells his house.

We are unable to sell or rent my mom's house

or she loses the government money for her

to stay in her apartment.

So my brother is just going to live there

rent free and just pay the utilities and taxes.

He is helping us all out.

Well hopefully the rest of the week I can relax

and get some stitching and tv watching in. LOL

So much flooding in our state, so hopefully

things calm down.

Tornadoes came through early

Wednesday morning.

I hate this time of year. 

Hope all is good in your neck of the woods.

Thursday Blessings To All!

Janice

Sunday Starts

 Now that I am retired I decided

to start two more samplers.

First one is Jeny Brimer

by Milady's Needle.

I will be adding in my grandparents names

for this one for my heritage wall.

The next one I chose was

Elizabeth Manners 1843.

I wanted to do this one to place next 

to  Sarah Casey Unwin which is  below.

With the biblical sayings on each,

this will be my mini blessings wall.

My first day start I stitched 

a little bit of the border and the angel.

The angel was suppose to be this pink color.

I chose DMC 3779 which is the peach.

Did not want a pink angel.

I may work on this one more than the others,

as I want to make sure they have

 the same frame color like the other one.

Will see though...I may change my mind. LOL

In other news,

Well one full week of retirement under my belt.

Bob asked me how it felt to be retired now.

I told him right now it just feels like

I am on vacation.

It may take a bit to sink in for me.

Tomorrow Bob and I are meeting my brother

at my mom's house.

We are finished cleaning and now we

want Bob to see if he can sell anything

in our store before we contact

my friend to do the estate sale.

She knows we own an antique store,

so there will be no hard feelings.

She also knows we need to get as much money

as we can for my mom's care.

Hopefully it will be a nice day today so 

Tundra and I can spend some time outside.

Unfortunately he found a bunny nest yesterday,

and proceeded to grab the only one left.

Bob told me it had all of its fur, but died.

He also put some pallets around the area,

so Tundra can no longer snoop,

but he thinks he was too late.

Happy stitching, crafting or Hooking Blessings To All!

Janice

Whippy Wednesday

 

I don't have much to show this month.

Well by my standards anyways. LOL

Let's start off with Parade Sammy.

This is where I left you last month.

This has been my nightly stitch when I can.

I am almost to the finish line.

Floral Sampler has been another one 

I pick up now and then.

Am loving all of the flowers I have stitched thus far.

Even the purple ones.

I am a third of the way from completing 

this beauty now.

Next up is Faith 1831.

Almost finished with the second swag.

Finally I once again picked up the Summer Saltbox.

This is where I was last year when I put it away.

I started working on this when I was working

from home with nothing to do.

My boss knew I was doing nothing and did not care.

In other news,

I will miss my boss.

she was the BEST one I had ever had 

in my 50 year banking career.

20 years with First National Bank.

Then 30 years with Bank of America.

When I gave her my resignation letter,

the entire week she kept telling me

that she was not accepting it because

she did not want me to leave.

I was her top sales performer. 

So I made an announcement at my 

retirement party that if she was not

going to accept my letter, I was going AWOL.

Everyone laughed including her.

Easter was low key.

I went to lunch with my mom.

For lunch we had salad, deviled egg,

multi grain roll, 2 slices of ham with 

pineapple and cherry on top, stuffing,

mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole,

 peas and strawberry cheesecake for dessert.

That was a lot of food for lunch.

Later that evening Bob and I

had ham, green bean casserole and sweet potatoes.

Apple pie for dessert.

Every day thus far at least one of my co-workers

has texted me saying they miss me.

Guess I was really liked...well I know 

I was everyone's go to person.

Mid Week Blessings To All!

Janice

Bunny Molds

 Hello friends!

Today I wanted to share my collection

of chocolate bunny molds.

Bob brought this one home for me.

This one I purchased from a friend

who no longer wanted it.

She also let me purchase this one.

The next three I found antiquing through

the years.

           While most folks desire chocolate molds

from Germany, it was France who first came up with 

the idea of pouring liquid chocolate into molds.

It was exclusively for the elite of the day.

They were made from copper or pewter in the 

17th century.

By the 18th century, molds began appearing

in tin and iron and more intricate designs came

into fruition. 

These molds were hand crafted by skilled artisans.

The Industrial Revolution made for

mass production of molds in various shapes,

designs and sizes.

With this is was more affordable for common

folks to enjoy the luxury of chocolate.

By the 19th century, molds were now being made

with rubber and plastic.

Most of my collection is iron,

while a few pieces are made from tin.

Of course the iron ones are really heavy

so you can tell the difference.

The last two in my pics are the tin ones.

The rest are iron.

Some made in Germany...

some not marked so I do not know

the origin of these.

In other news,

my retirement party was nice.

It was at a local pizzeria Buddy's which is known

for the BEST pizza.

We had chicken fingers, breaded cauliflower,

warm bread sticks with pizza sauce,

Two salads- one regular and one antipasto.

Of course lots and lots of pizza.

fresh mozzarella cheese, veggie, meat, everything,

and one with just fresh tomato and mozzarella.

Desserts were chocolate chip cookies,

raisin oatmeal cookies, chocolate and vanilla cupcakes.

I received lots of gifts.

Oh my.

Two margarita glasses, margarita salt for the rims,

Large bottles of strawberry and regular margaritas.

Tortilla chips, salsa and cheese sauce to go with

the margaritas.

Many gifts cards to Hobby Lobby

plus one of our favorite Italian restaurants.

Travel stuff to keep in my car; ie

tools, car phone charger, car blanket, first aid kit.

A basket full of bath items.

Then there was the chocolate and the balloons.

I was spoiled.

Everyone wrote a memorable memory

of me and them.

These memories were gathered into a 

small presentation.

I enjoyed reading each and every one.

Now that I am retired, I will tell you

who I was employed with.

Some of you already knew who know me,

but I never shared it on my blog

because I felt it was not right to discuss it.

Any hoot I was an Assistant Vice President

 in the Commercial Loan area

with

Bank of America.

I handled customers with sales size between

$10 million to $20 million.

I already miss my customers.

Working 30 years,

my clients also became my extended family.

I knew them personally, their families,

along with their business.

Wednesday was a sad day,

as it was the last time I saw my co-workers

who were all at my retirement party.

Thursday I worked from home.

Friday morning I just turned in my badges,

work cell phone and work computer...

I was NEVER allowed to use my personal computer

for anything work related.

I will also miss my co-workers.

They were the BEST.

I will keep in touch with most of them though.

Bob came with me to see where I worked

all these years and then we drove home

and ate breakfast at our local diner.

Now begins the next chapter of my life.

WOOHOO!

Retirement Here I Come Blessings To All!

Janice

Another Recent Acquisition

Another recent purchase.

This one purchased from a friend. 

This sampler.

I do not know how old it is,

but do know it is a Spanish one.

(Sorry for the glare in these pics)

For the cross stitcher sleuths out there;

if you can tell me about this piece it would

be appreciated.

The best close up view I could get without a big glare.

Am not sure if it is an antique or someone just

stitched this from a recent pattern. 

My Spring display underneath. 

No daffodils outside, but I can enjoy

these faux ones inside. 

In other news,

one day of work...4 days left.

I am working from home today...

and doing nothing but checking what

little emails I may get...yesterday I had none.

Wednesday will work in the office as my

retirement party starts at noon that day.

Working from home then again on Thursday.

Friday have to go into the office

one last time to turn in my computer and cell.

Then its off to the sunset...WOOHOO!

Driving home yesterday through the marsh,

I saw many mallards and one heron...

my first of the year.

Spring must surely be here now.

It even reached 70 degrees yesterday. 

Well off to turn on my computer and stitch. LOL

There wont be any emails...as I have no customers

now since my portfolio was moved out of name already.

The Countdown Begins Blessings To All!

Janice