Willow Lane

Get Real Monday!

Randi is having Let's Get Real Monday over at her blog. I've been procrastinating with my Spring cleaning, so this was a good reason to get started.  I come from a long of serious housekeepers, it's a rule in our family that you clean on Thursdays, and everything is done a certain way....my favorite is that you clean upstairs first because all the dust falls downstairs. Anyway, I keep a clean house, I'm always worried that someone will stop over and the house won't be "just right". I have a secret though, behind some of my closet doors, things aren't so pretty. Today I decided to tackle my bathroom. To walk in you'd think it was just cleaned, then if you'd open the cabinet doors you'd think maybe not. So here it is. I finished this evening but didn't get a chance to take pictures, I'll take some tomorrow. WHEW!! Thanks Randi!

All this stuff came out of that cabinet!!

Green

Happy St. Patricia's Patrick's Day! I'm a day late. I think I had some kind of reaction to all the green food coloring I ingested, I could not stay awake.  The weather was terrible and I'm so thankful that the girls didn't dance in the St. Patrick's parade this year. It would have been so miserable.

Jennifer had a post about Shamrock shakes, and seeing if they could be found. Friday I went to our local McDonald's and the Shamrock shake was on the menu, but they were out of them. So, yesterday I went out in search of the elusive Shamrock Shake. I FOUND IT!! I did have to go to another state, but I got it. Of course I forgot to take mty camera, so I turned up the air conditioning and drove it home.

Here are some pics from our St. Patty's dinner. It really doesn't look very appetizing in pictures.

    Ham, green beans, green mashed potatoes, green cloverleaf rolls, and giant green cupcakes.

Spring??

I was going to write the other day about the beautiful spring weather we were having, but I thought it would jinx us.  Tuesday was beautiful. It was in the 70's and sunny. The girls came home, put there shorts on and rode their bikes around the block, over and over and over. We grilled steaks and opened the windows.  Wednesday it was cloudy and in the 60's. Today 30, rain, wind, freezing rain, snow, floods etc. A lovely day. It's supposed to be in the 30's all weekend. 

Anway, look at these cute coasters I made. I've been drinking alot of tea lately (I gave up my beloved DIet Coke for Lent).They have a little dried lavender in them, so they look like real tea bags, and smell good.  This set is in my Etsy Shop.

   

Wednesday-Friday

What a difference a day makes!

Wednesday the kids were off school because of the snow. Today they are out riding their bikes and enjoying near 60 degree weather.  I wonder what the rest of the month will bring. Here are some pictures from Wednesday...hopefully the last snow we'll see for a while.

 

Quilt

Whew! I finally got it put together.  This is Penelope's quilt. This was definitely a challenge, but I'm happy with the way it turned out. I really wish I could have taken a better picture.