I wore green yesterday and may have to again today as I go looking for some corned beef. : ) The above faux carnations were about 29¢ each at Michaels. Pretty aren’t they? Irish heritage is rich on Brian’s side of the family. He is Brian Patrick! I have a drop of Irish blood in my veins from my maternal great grandmom Lillian Deere whose people were from County Cork.
Sean made it back to State College fine. The days he is coming or going set us on edge until we know he’s where he is suppose to be. We know the roads up there and you would worry too.
I didn’t realize how busy I was last week when Sean was home. I was on the go for 3 straight days and just pooped out on the weekend. I could have gone to bed at 7 last night. Mom just said I maybe shouldn’t be doing all that raking because of the procedure I had 3.5 months ago, but it needs to be done. Mom’s yard needs cleaning up too.
I pulled out this project yesterday, the DMC linen thread project Butterfly Heart :
The main butterfly is almost complete. Mom had given me the complete box of threads. It’s different from the regular DMC, coarser for one thing. I am liking it more as the colors fill in.
Speaking of stitching, please visit Stitch Pink for a chance to win these awesome prizes. (thanks for the link Barbara)
I asked Brian to trim a few bushes on Saturday (to get him moving a bit too) and why not use the new electric saw that Sean and I bought him last year for Father’s Day. To make a long story short, the chain came off and he was trying to put it back on and sliced into one of his fingernails, about half way down. Ugh. He is using that liquid bandage, but is keeping a close watch of it. I feel so guilty, but since it’s a Kraftsman, he could have taken it to Sears to get it fixed or wear gloves. Makes me think back when Sean cut into one of his fingers with the hedge clippers-not wearing gloves-but he went to the ER.
I need to do a bunch of things around here and hope my soreness from raking and hauling simmers down. There seems to be leaves from every yard within a 1 mile radius in our yard this year!
Oh, the forsythia may be blooming for Easter.
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The forsythia are in full bloom here. I just love them. 😀
I hope Brian’s fingernail will be okay and that you’ll also be feeling better soon.
Yard chores have caused one really majorly traumatic accident in this family when Brendan lopped off the tip of Kyle’s finger while shortening cuttings. Guess this was about 7-8 years ago, so the boys were much younger and didn’t think about putting on gloves. Thank God it finally healed and doesn’t look too bad now. 😀
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, dear Dianne:-) I found out a few years ago that I have some Irish blood in me as well…must find out who in the family tree I have to thank for that! Glad to hear that Sean made it back to his place safely…I know what you mean about worrying when he’s on the road. It’s the same with me when my boys are traveling. Oh no, I do hope Brian’s fingernail heals properly…I hurt all over just thinking of it! Love those faux carnations, they’re gorgeous!! xox