Hello April

 April is starting with showers!

 I love this calendar so much! Heather did a great job! She made one for us and one for each of her sisters and herself. What a great gift!

 

A bad pic of a stemmed glass in the criss cross coaster.

 

Baby Boone is the picture of her daddy in the top picture! And going by the caption in the bottom pic, she's a rabble rouser like her late Uncle Joseph! 

I've been watching Handiquilter videos to refresh my memory.

Quick Project

 Years ago, my friend Barbara or I found a free pattern for something called criss cross coasters.

 Here's a closeup of one. The idea is, if you take a stemmed glass like a wine glass, and wiggle it around where the colors join, you can life the glass with the coaster attached to it. 

We made them with charm packs. We each probably made hundreds of them, gifting them to our kids, family and friends. Each coaster used 6 of the 5 inch squares. I hadn't made any in years.  We have them all over the house, and don't change them out by the seasons.

The other night, Steph texted me that she had many more darker, wintery coasters than lighter, summery ones, and if I got into a sewing mood would I make her some?

 I went to the charm squares I have, and pulled 3 packs of them, and made her 21 light and fun colors. Ralph is at the post office right now mailing them to her, along with mailing the last 4 chemo caps to my friend. 

Today the HVAC guys are coming to do the preseason checkup on our AC. It's a beautiful, though chilly day out- blue sky, no breeze, but only 37 at the moment. The high today will be in the mid 50's and sunny.

Not much going on

 I just hadn't gotten around to blogging. Not much new or exciting, plenty to rage about with Prez Musk and the First Felon. 

Jul danced and acted in her final play at Oakcrest. Hard to believe she's a senior!

It's spring, and Weber's is open! We had our first lunch there of the season.

 

Baby Boone and her Pop, my little brother!

 Manda's beautiful Huckleberry got groomed!

And I finished the last of the chemo caps for my friend. We'll mail them out tomorrow. They were a labor of love.
 

One month old!

 That's how old this little munchkin is!

 Too cute for words! May she grow up to be a strong, opinionated, fierce woman! 

It's been a good week, weatherwise. In the 50's and 60's, so nice. But Mother Nature has been known to screw with us, so we'll see.

Government wise, not so much. How can two men screw up so many things in such a short time? And why the fect are the other men not growing a spine? It's so maddening.

I've been making chemo caps for a long time friend who's been diagnosed with cancer. So far I've mailed her two.

 We mailed them yesterday. 

I finished the multicolored one last night. From a facebook posting of directions. So easy, you make a big rectangle, seam up the sides, and gather the top. 

We/I am continuing to try to empty the big freezer, it's an ongoing project. I'm only buying replacement items that I'll need soon, I want to use up the stock of meat and veggies before replacing them. Last weekend we emptied the two lazy susans that I keep canned goods in, to see what we have. I only had to get rid of 3 very outdated items, and I found things that were on the shopping list. I have to do it maybe once a year.  

No sewing lately, I have the yarn for 3 more chemo caps that are the priority, and I've been reading.

Quiet week

 I did not turn on the TV at all Tuesday, didn't want to add to the First Felon's ratings for the dismal state of our union. I read snippets of the action on Facebook, and that was more than enough.

 Hello March!

 I've been going thru photos on google, and came across these. When Manda lived in FL, she and Steph were pretending to be lost in the jungle of her back yard.

And I assume Heather was going to a school function. The hair! 

We went to Shop Rite on Monday, and Hobby Lobby on Tuesday. I hate HL's politics, but I needed soft yarn to make chemo caps for a close friend. Now I just need to get butt in gear, stop reading, and start crocheting!

Hello March!

 March is bookended with brother's birthdays! Frank is 75 today, and Mike will be 69 on the 31st. We also have Jules turning 18 on Monday, and the sad one year anniversary of Big Ed's death, also on Monday. 

Another page on the family calendar!

 And another finish to my collection of baby afghans. The blue is actually a baby blue, it photographed darker.

I did my part for no spend February 28, I did not spend a dime! And my rage is increased exponentially after the fiasco at the White House yesterday, with the First Felon making even more of a fool of himself, and the spineless republicans falling over themselves to agree and defend his actions. We're a laughing stock in the eyes of the world. It's so disheartening that he's fecking things up so much.

A lovely weekend

 Steph was home for the weekend! She has meeting this week in Virginia Beach, so came here first, arriving Friday night. She was going to fly to VA, but Heather decided to drive her! About a 5-6 hour drive.

So we went to see Baby Boone! Turns out her full name is Mary Jade Boone Oehrl, which I love so much. Mary for my mom, J for Joseph, and Ade for Adeline, who was Samantha's grandmother. She's so tiny and sweet. Her father said she goes from sleeping to awake and screaming for food in about 30 seconds!

 

Every princess needs a crown, so I whipped this one out for her. Samantha loved it, says she'll put it on her when they visit her grandparents, so they know who rules, LOL.

Steph brought me a late Christmas gift and made me cry. It's a suncatcher with my parents pic. I love it so much!

 

I borrowed this pic of a Mardi Gras colored hat. I may make one in a bigger size for Boone.

Steph and Heather left after we visited Baby Boone, and got to VA Beach last evening. Heather will hang out with her between meetings today, and head home tomorrow. Lots of sister time! 

It was so good to see my baby, and I was so sad for her to leave, but she'll be back, maybe in April.