More puppy

Mimi is attached at the hip to another ;)

So the hubby found me a little friend. She is 9 weeks tomorrow :)
A toy poodle named Candy

Isn't she cute! She and Pepper get along really great so far.

Puppy Pictures for Wyatt!

So Mimi was born on January 22nd. That would make her 6 months old this Friday!! She is a black Labradoodle. Here she is playing and running around with Pepper on Saturday.

Honey trying to be a Momma

So Honey the chicken has decided to sit in a box (In May) and sit on a bunch of eggs. Yesterday 1 little chick hatched and did not make it. :(
She is still sitting on a bunch of eggs. Muffles had been dropping eggs in the box as well. So we have no idea how long this will last. We just want one little baby chick for her. She is getting old and has never had one :)

Dieting

So...
I was 230 in January.
Today I am 207!
AND I have lost 14 inches according to the person that does the measuring :)
Not bad at all. I think I will keep this up LOL

Quilting

I know I have 2 quilts partially cut out already, and one baby quilt almost finished.

But here I am staring something new. But I say this isn't so bad. Not nearly as bad as I am with knitting ;) The baby blanket only needs 1 1/3 more edges sewn shut and the center tied off. VERY simple! The other 2 quilts got put away and I can't remember where....

So! I have 5 sets of matching charm packs. Enough for a twin size quilt top I think. There are 20 fabrics in it. I want to make a 9 patch variation. I just need to decide on the center. Up close, pretty hard. From across the room I am thinking the green. I hope I am right. There are no extras. Here is a picture of them all together.

Dieting!

Urg!
It can be SUCH a pain!
But I am sticking with it this time
So far I have lost 9+ pounds and 4.5 inches

thing I can't believe is the Dr charts say I am 100lbs over weight. I just can not fathom myself at 125. I have not been that since I was a Freshman in College through the 1st year of marriage! Do they not know how LONG ago that was?! OMG.

The good thing is, since January I was a 22 pant size. The 20's are loose and the 18's are snug! This is progress :D Now If I can get into the 16's by Summer.... THAT would be AWESOME

125lbs is a size 10 btw......

Spring and Fruit trees

This horrible drought we've had has killed the neighbors 2 peach trees. Possible one of my cherry plums and half to one-third of my pear. So this weekend we bought a peach and nectarine tree! We had to stop there because we were in.the.car!! So we will be going back this next weekend for a couple more trees. Like a plum and maybe apple. Now I know it usually takes 2 each to pollinate, but there is a peach orchard (or used to be when the boys around elementary age) down the road here. These are self pollinators. There were lime and mandarin orange trees too. I was SO tempted by those! We eat/use those a ton.

We've been here 4yrs/5 Christmases now. There have been a lot of changes. Especially this year, mainly by weather and wear. So. This year we are going to try and fix some of it. One at a time.

What does Spring mean to you

Around here my chickens start hiding their eggs. Sometimes we end up with baby chicks other times a pile of rotten eggs under the porch like right now :/ The neighbors have little hopping baby goats and calves. And our grass seems to grow a foot a day! I love driving down our road and watching the wheat grow and the animals romp.

For now the air is cool. Maybe another week. Then the it's hot!