April happy mail

 This one went in the mail on April 1st so it's unlikely that it reached anyone in time for Easter but better late than never

Oops, looks like I bent the corner on this one.

And here is the inside. I used the cutout from the front of the card to write the inside message on.

Fun findings.

 I found all of these on Pinterest. They just made me laugh.

Around the yard

 These were all taken on March 28th. Hopefully everything is a little further along by now.

This is the forsythia. There are a few stray branches near the bottom that already have flowers on them but for the most part it's just very small signs of buds starting 

The day lilies are popping up nicely

I think this is iris.

and finally the lambs ear.

I've got a lot of clean up in the yard to do. Hopefully that will have been done by the time this posts also

Drawings year 2 week 42

 

Backtracking

 I'm going back to March 28th with a little video of what I got in the mail that day

Happy Easter

 Wishing all of you a happy and blessed Easter. I hope that however you spend the day you enjoy it to the fullest.

Another craft project to do at work

 I was browsing through Dollar Tree one day on my lunch hour and found a diamond art kit that would be perfect to work on while at my desk.

Most of the ones I've found at Dollar Tree have been either keychains or coasters. This was the first one I've seen that was actually on a canvas.

Drawings year 2 week 41

 Today is good Friday and we only work a half day today. Yeah!!!!

Can you guess that this first one was drawn on my birthday?

The Easter decorations at work

 I have been so uninspired since Christmas when it comes to decorating. I usually do something for every holiday. This year I skipped, Valentines day, St. Patrick's day and looks like Easter too. Maybe I'll decorate for summer. I usually just do a patriotic theme until fall.

I did however do a little decorating at work. I used what they already had there.

I thought this was really cute

There was a few other things I put out but apparently I didn't take pictures of them. I did find a few things at Hobby Lobby that I took in to put near my computer. After Easter I'll take them back home.

This is two separate decorations. The books are one and the bunny is another.

My new hobby

 Starting April 1st, I’m taking up a new hobby: responding to every question with “That’s not in my job description.”

Coworker: “Can you hand me that pen?” Me: “Not in my job description.”

Family: “What do you want for dinner?” Me: “Not in my job description.”

Dog: exists Me: “Buddy, I don’t make the rules.”

I’ll keep this up until someone files a complaint or I forget, whichever comes first.

Happy April Fools’ Day to everyone with more energy than me.

Almost forgot the gifts.

 I can't believe I forgot to post what Amanda got me while we were out on my birthday. At the first hsop she bought me 2 candles. One was honeysuckle (I think) and the other was coconut lime. The Ann cave was smelling very coconutty while this one was burning.

She also bought me a table runner which would be perfect for the Ann cave. Of course I don't currently have a coffee table there. I do however have one in my cart on Amazon.

Not the best picture of this but you can get the idea. It's on the coffee table in my living room right now. I should probably change out that pine greenery in the centerpiece.

The final chapter on my birthday outing.

 Who knew that one day could produce so many posts? I know I dragged this out a bit but I didn't want to put all the pictures in one post. Plus I needed blog material so it worked well for me.

Once back in Pennsylvania, Amanda and I were both hungry so our first stop was lunch. We went to Cracker Barrel. I got the honey butter chicken with mashed potatoes and coleslaw. It was so delicious. I couldn't help digging in before I remembered to take the picture.

I saw a couple things out in the gift shop that made me laugh. I didn't buy them but I did take pictures.

Apparently I forgot to take a picture of the other one and I can't remember what it even said. Darn!!

No trip with Amanda is ever complete without stopping at Hobby Lobby

I did pick up a few things here to take to work and decorate my desk. That will be another post though. We did also stop at Michaels and then we headed home. 

The antique store

 I can't remember the name of this place and I suppose I could look it up but I'm too lazy.

We both loved those wood snowflakes that are sitting just inside. There was no price on them though so we didn't know if they were for sale or if they were decorations that they had recently taken down.

I just walked through and took pictures of a few of the different areas. 

This was a bit odd but I'm sure someone would like it

Who wouldn't want to shop in a place called Main Street General Store? I don't know if any of these were antiques. These all look like Rae Dunn inspired items.

This one caught my eye because of the bunnies

I'll end this tomorrow with the last few stops we made once we were back in Pennsylvania.