I mowed yesterday and my zinnias that I planted from seed are starting to bloom!

and the hydrangeas..........

 

and the tiger lilies..........

and the Stella D'Oro............

and this weed which fascinates me and is taller than I am!  I had to let it go to see what it would become and it is starting to flower.....the leaves are huge and like lambs ears............the biggest lamb I ever saw!

My flowers in my trough are also starting to bloom...they're called charabol or something like that.....

I have some volunteer tomato plants coming up in the trough also..........who knew?

I chose my next audio book and started listening to it today.
  It's very good so far.  I listen to my audio books in the kitchen while I'm washing dishes and cooking.  The girls seems to like it too as they all come in the kitchen and lay down..even the cats.  I tell them it's "story hour"....lol!

Sunday I went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of 3 ring binders and organized for the next Year of Projects on Ravelry and many other categories such a lists of book series, recipes and my individual patterns for all my handcrafts...........

I print off patterns and put them in plastic covers that have holes for the binders and in they go!

I have a notebook for each Year of Projects...this will be my 5th year!  I was keeping the notebooks in my crafts room but since I am usually "crafting" at night when I'm in bed watching t.v. I decided it would be handier to have them on the shelf in my bedroom closet.  This may change though as I came up with a better idea!

BTW...my shelf and my clothes rod are not curved like that....I have no idea why it looks that way in the photograph?

I decided to use this cutie pie of a notebook to hold the patterns of what I am currently working on.....brilliant!

and in the same vein, I put all my current projects in this old porcelain container which I can easily transport to my bed in the evening.

I've had to rearrange my life and lifestyle because of Miss Peeps being able to "scale tall buildings in a single bound"....lol!  She's getting much better it seems since she turned a year old....no more biting or scratching or jumping on me but she still gets a kick out of knocking over garbages and this is where she likes to take her naps..............I make my bed every morning and then there's this..........
she's under there napping.....I declare!

I finished painting my old rusty chair.  I have another one in the basement to paint still and bring outside.  I painted it a cream color to go with the trim on the house.  I have dark brown and cream colors for accents on the house.

Did I tell you I bought a grill at Walmart?  They were only $14.00 so I grabbed it!  I have a built-in grill on my stove top but it is a bear to clean and I have another built in grill on my porch but it is too hot out there in the summer but great for winter grilling!  So, I thought this would be perfect for me outside.

I still have to put it together and I'd better hurry up as my next meal is going to be brats, potato salad and baked beans!

I hope you're having great weather and a wonderful week!  Happy Trails!