Plenty of Work Accomplished

Today is laundry day, so that is what I am doing!  I also went thru a few books and put more of them into the half price books box and saved a few others.  I finished all except two of my “ball” ornaments.  Hopefully, I will finish them tomorrow.  I also have to start on several ornaments I am making for gifts.  And…..I still haven’t started Lanora’s napkin holder or my Christmas napkin holder. Not enough hours in the day.

I am back to working in my yard.  This morning I worked for an hour pulling the weeds/grass around the birdbath.  What a mess.  The weeds/grass are taller than the birdbath.  The job wouldn’t be so bad except there are some type of thorny vines growing among the weeds.  I only finished about 1/5^th of the mess and that filled a large garbage bag.  It is hot out there now so I will get a few things accomplished inside.  I did notice that the red maple tree is turning red for the fall.  It looks really pretty.  The peach tree has lost almost all of it’s leaves.  I guess fall is on the way.  Yea!

I completed the ornaments I was making for Christmas presents.

Good Morning.  It’s another beautiful day in Alabama.  Finished most of my indoor work including going thru two more shelves of books.  Finished that project.  I then headed outside to work on weeding the birdbath area.  I am almost half way.  From the front you can see the birdbath and St. Frances of Assisi statue.  I filled another garbage bag.  It is now getting hot and the breeze is starting to die down so I thought I better come in.  I also noticed that the Bradford Pear tree leaves are starting to turn.  Those trees are really pretty in the fall.  From my back window I can see that a few of the trees in the woods behind my house are starting to turn.

Filled the bird feeders except the hummingbird feeders.  They apparently have headed further south for the winter since I have not seen them in over a week.  Only had one around last week and now he is gone.

Miss Penny is not happy with me.  She does not like when I put her monthly dose of medicine on the back of her neck to protect her from fleas, etc.  I know it doesn’t hurt, but she still does not like it.  In fact, she knows when it is time and she hides.  She even will not eat her treats when I try to coax her, but she will eat them after I apply the meds.

It’s a new day, and I didn’t do any weeding out by the birdbath this morning.  Instead I headed to Tigertown.  First stop was Books A Million (a/k/a BAM – I had a coupon) where I purchased several Christmas presents.  Then it was on to PETCO (another coupon) where I bought a “puppy” crate for Penny.  Next was Hobby Lobby (another coupon) where I bought some material.  Then to Kroger for a few items, and needless to say I used my Kroger card. 

Now I have to get started on sewing some of this material I have purchased.  I have all of these ideas.

The reason for the “puppy” crate for Penny is because when Jana comes to visit she will be bringing her dog (Smoky) with her.  Now, Smoky is old and laid back but we don’t know how Penny and her will get along.  Smoky is not used to cats and Penny has never seen a dog this big.  The crate is a precautionary item for when Jana and I go running errands, etc.  We may not need it, but I would rather be safe than sorry.

This evening I cut the material to make my Christmas pillows.  I also started cutting the material to make my Christmas tree skirt.  While I was doing this Penny checked out her crate.  I have just let it sit in the dining room, and she went into it on her own.  She actually laid down and took a short nap.  That’s progress!

Three hours and three large garbage bags of weeds and grass and I am half finished with the area around the birdbath. 

YEA!  It is Saturday and I have finished weeding around the birdbath.