Uncharacteristic

It is uncharacteristically beeee-autiful around here right now! Spring has sprung and weeks ahead of schedule. It's weird to be basking in this spring-type weather when so many other parts of the country have been getting dumped on with snow! But hey, I'm not complaining, for the past couple of years that's been us! Well, I guess we didn't really get dumped on this time of year but it was still COLD and we definitely did have some of the white stuff.

But not this year! It's super warm and everything seems to be coming alive right now. Flowering trees are bursting with color, birds are singing in the trees, horses are shedding...it's craziness! But again, I'm NOT complaining! I'll take it while we've got it! Seems like we get a spring like this about every five years or so. I can remember that both '99 and '05 were like this...so I guess we're right on schedule!

Along with all this nice weather, we've had some absolutely gorgeous sunsets lately. I probably should have saved these pics for "Skywatch Friday" but we all know I've been a little lax in my posting lately, so I figured I better get 'em up now before it's June ;)

Our Forsythia shrubs are blooming, which is one of my favorite flowering shrubs to take cuttings from. These lasted about a week and a half in the vase with very little attention, other than changing out the water. Love having flowers in the house.

Happy almost March everyone! Just a few more weeks to go 'till it's official! WOO-HOO!!!

Out of my blogging block!

...for now at least!

Wow, it's been FOREVER since I last posted! I've still been visiting all of my wonderful bloggy friends, enjoying keeping up with everyone but for some reason I've just had a major blogging block goin' on! I still don't know if I have a whole ton to write about, but I did have a couple of things that I wanted to share with you. One is an idea that I meant to post LAST APRIL! Um, we're now only two months away from THIS APRIL!! I'm so lame! :)

But, nonetheless, here it is:

During this time of the year, I often try to channel some of my energy into working on "inside" tasks. 'Cause I know that as soon as it warms up just a smidgen you won't be able to keep me in! So one thing I did last April was spruce up my media cabinets a little. I was tired of looking at my DVDs and books through the clear glass so I decided to make some fabric panels to dress 'em up a little. I'm a dork and forgot to take before pictures, but you've all seen a cabinet with see through glass, right? ;)

So, here's the after...I chose a faux suede with "tooling"...found it for a pretty good deal at good ol' Walmart.
And here's the inside view. I just took an Elmer's foam board, cut it to the dimension of my glass with an exacto knife and then wrapped the fabric around it, securing it with glue dots. Then, I just tucked it into the recessed area behind the glass and...as "Cake Boss" would say...BADA BOOM! I had fancy cabinet! P.S. That's the real reason I haven't been blogging...been glued to Cake Boss marathons on TLC. ;) he, he
Here, I did the same thing with my book case that's in our front room. It's the first room people see when they walk in and I just think the book case was cluttering it up a little.
Now, it's nice and un-cluttered. Much mo' betta.
Lastly, for those of you like me who are in denial that it's not quite spring yet, let's start some seeds shall we? This is the only good picture I have to post, but I wanted to share an idea I just learned about. Instead of buying peat pots for starting seeds, you can totally use stuff you have around the house! In the background, you'll see a tray filled with toilet paper rolls cut in half, then a tray of plastic pony pack pots that I had left over from last year, and here in the foreground...coffee cups and sleeves! These babies worked PERFECTLY for the larger seedlings that I was transplanting. Just filled 'em up with dirt (using a plastic spoon for scooping) and ta da! An extra bonus to this method is that when you go to plant your start in the ground, you can kinda shimmy the sleeve up to act as a protective barrier for the first few days of being outside in the ground. I can't take credit for this idea...read it in my "Starting from Seed" magazine...what a great resource that magazine was!
More post to follow (I promise!) with pics as my baby plants develop. YAY! These hands just can't WAIT to get dirty!!

Hope everyone is doing well! I'll be back soon! :) Ta ta for now!