My Lonely Rose

We have a rose bush in front of our house. My mother has claimed to "kill" this bush many times, and we really don't take care of it, but every year it surprises us by coming back to life and gives us just a little pop of color. My one bloom looks so out of place on a brown, bare bush ... but it is very pretty!  It makes me smile every time I pull into the driveway.

It is in sort of a weird spot though (which does explain the many encounters the bush has had with a lawn mower.)  Hubby and I are thinking of trying to re-locate it to a different spot.  In my mind, this is just another way of trying to "kill" the plant again ... but just maybe it will persevere through this new ordeal.  I don't know that I will though.  I'm not a gardening sort of person.  Anyone know how to replant a rose bush without bleeding to death?

TTFN,
Cat
   

A to Z List Update #1

Before spring break ended, I did manage to complete one of my 'A to Z' things-to-do.

        #4 Donate clothes

I spent a few hours last Sunday and cleaned out the closet and dresser, and managed to come up with a big trash bag filled with clothes to get rid of.  I even broke down and got rid of 3 pairs of shoes!  This is seriously huge!  YAY for me!  The bag is currently in my car with a second bag that was filled over the winter.  I have to go through one more thing before I take the bags to Good Will.

I probably would have done more over spring break, but I became totally obsessed with working on my cross-stitch.  I'm still working on it, but not so much now that I'm back to work.

Progress as of 4/11/15

I have lots more done ... just haven't updated a pic yet.  Left cat is complete except some outlining; middle cat has a face; but I had to rip out right cat's dark gray feet and light gray face fur.

I began this project many, many years ago.  It was a kit that I found in a Big Lots.  I don't know why but I started this kit using 3 strands for all the stitches instead of 2, and therefore ran out of a bunch of thread.  The right cat will be a different color gray (not much different, but still different.)  I must have also misplaced some thread because I had to go in my stash for the orange to do the middle cat.

Not that I don't have enough to do, I have also started two baby quilts.  Looks like Corporate Cats may be put on the back burner for a while.  One of the baby quilts needs to be done by May 9th for the shower.  AARGH!

TTFN
Cat 

Spring Break and Crafty Progress

I am so thankful for Spring Break.  About this time every year I get so tired ... tired of getting up so early, tired of the way my classes are going, tired of thinking about the list of school work I need to get done.  I always have big catch-up plans for the week of Spring Break.  I'm going to get things done!

Friday around lunchtime, as I'm beginning to think about packing things up, I sniffle.  Then sneeze.  Then blow my nose.  Then sniffle again.  UGH!

So for the past 4 days, I have been doped up on cold meds!  Today was the first day I felt like doing anything, and actually got out of the pj's and went to the grocery store.   But in between the nose-blows I did manage to pull out a UFO from long ago and start working on it.  Yay for me!

Corporate Cats by Sugarplum Express - This is what it's going to look like.

And this is what I have done as of this morning. 

Over the past couple days I completed the dark gray of the left cat tail.  And today (not shown in the pic) I have been working on the gold tail and feet of the middle cat.  This UFO is not on my A to Z goal list, but it is easy to work on.  I will be working on my list later this week!  :)

TTFN
Cat