Pictures of seed sprouting

Things are really gearing up for spring in our house. Here are some pics to share my seed sprouting progress.
Coleus Showing Good Color
Peppers and Tomatoes with Sunflowers in the background.


Sunflowers in the background the day after sprouting.

Small Gourds
Ill-fated Sugar Snap Peas


Lettuce-We ate it today.














Sunflowers in the Background the day after sprouting.













Dill's Atlantic Gian Pumpkin sprouting.

Yahoo! Groups Crochet Junkie

I am a bit of a Yahoo! Groups Junkie. I have to plug a few Crochet related Yahoo! Groups here:

crochetalong A wonderful Group that puts out mystery patterns every so often. What a blast!

CrochetTalk General Crochet info and chat. Good help and interesting people.

hugsfromtheheart A group that makes hug-ghans for people. This really got me rolling back into crocheting.

Scrapghan_Friends A small, new group with only 8 members. We swap scrap squares and occasionally yarn.

swapaholic_crocheters Another small, new group doing various swaps. I have participated yet, but once I get my BackYardChicken swap done, I will be joining up.

Plant Lights

Yesterday Alejandro and I put up the plant lights on the seed shelf. The coleus is starting to get some spots of color. Mrs. Iris is up to her old tricks in throwing garbage into my yard. *sigh* When I get old I hope I do not turn evil.

Recent Crochet Projects

My first potholder for the Yahoo! Group Crochet Along.


My very first 'Fridgie' from the Yahoo! Group Crochet Along



My very first square for the Yahoo! Group Hugs from the Heart.

Still here...just fatigued!

It has been such a long time since I last posted. I have been tired and suffering from the blahs. The weather has been very nice this week and I spent some time in the hammock crocheting a potholder. It is almost done except I ran out of yarn. It is for me, so I might just finish it with some other color. It will look goofy and probably bother me, but I only have 1.5 rounds left on the back half and the sewing of the two halves together. It is so beautiful I hate to do that.

I am still working on squares for the Yahoo! Group 'Hugs from the Heart'. I have one done and am working on another. I make it my Sabbath project since it is a donation type item. I have some joy back in my life because of crocheting again!

We have been visiting a new library and I really am enjoying it while our local library is closed for renovations. I am reading an excellent couple of books, a nonfiction book about the great flu outbreak and a fiction novel about an old man who was once part of a train circus.

It is late and grades are due tomorrow.

Tired!

Today I cleaned house really well. I got everything done except for mopping the bathroom and finishing the laundry. I have whites and towels to go. I still need to grade papers for tomorrow.

My son and I went out and broke up some ground for his Dill's Atlantic Giant pumpkin we will plant in April. I have been throwing all of our kitchen scraps out there and we worked them in good. I am sore.

I made a decision on the chicken order: Cackle hatchery, 5 of each (min order) Buff Orpingtons, Salmon Faverolles, Ameraucanas, blue Silkies. I hope to split/sell extra chicks to someone. I only need two of each.

Praise God!

Happy Sabbath!

I usually refrain from using my computer on the Sabbath, but this bears posting.

My son and I didn't think we would make it home last night. A belt on the truck has been squealing and it got worse yesterday in the rain. The heater stopped working on Thursday. Then, on the way home last night, the squeal turned into a screech. It got really, really bad. Then the truck started smelling like something was burning. I started getting worried and began praying.

I called my husband on my dieing cell phone and he said to try and make it home since it would be 3 hours before he could come get us and it was dark, cold, and foggy. Son started praying. Oil pressure began to drop and the truck started overheating. Son kept on praying.

Then the screeching stopped. I took that as a good sign, but no, the belt broke. The alternator stopped working and the battery drained down. Now we were in serious trouble and 10 minutes from home. I turned on the blinkers and kept going down the straight highway. Son prayed harder.

We got to our exit and, to my horror, I had lost power steering and power braking. I barely got stopped and scrapped the guardrail making the left turn with a line of people honking their horns and riding my bumper (stupid people, why did they think I had my blinkers on for?). The light at the end of the road was green and I went straight across anticipating an angled right turn into our road. I made it fine with a little muscle power.

Then I tried to turn into our driveway and had completely lost all steering and braking! I slid into the front yard (which is 6 feet deep), barely missing the first cedar tree and slammed on the emergency brake. I came to a stop narrowly avoiding the porch, the second tree, and the boxwood bushes. Son got out of the truck and thanked God that I hadn't killed us both.

Husband looked at the truck when he got home. The belt is hanging out the bottom, there are no fluids left in the truck (we just checked them last week, so we know they we full), and the engine was still smoking. Only God's grace kept us from being killed.

Maybe I just found a good basis for my sermon talk in May?