Sunday Family Time

This past Sunday was one of those stunningly perfect spring days.  Often in New England we go straight from winter to summer,

and skip right over spring.

It was a relaxing day with nothing really planned.

We hung out as a family

(minus Nick).

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Yard Sale and Poison Ivy

This week I've been on April vacation from school.  

It has been a working vacation as we had (have) tons of

yard work to do.  We started cleaning out the many overgrown

beds of perennials on the property.

Apparently one of those beds was a bed of poison ivy.

I am covered.

I'll spare you the photo.

One of the fun things I did is go yardsaling.
I found these two great baskets for $3 each.

Yard Sale Coffee Bar

I hit my first yard sale of the year, and I struck gold.

I have been wanting to create a coffee bar for a while now.

I have been inspired on Pinterest by the many beauti

ful ideas.

I knew what I wanted, I just had to find it -

at Goodwill, or even better a yard sale.

I found exactly what I was looking for.

Tragedy at the Boston Marathon

Yesterday our family spent the day in Boston.

Spring Banner

Bowl Full of Spring for Easter

I found a large wooden bowl at Goodwill for $3,

and right away I knew I would fill it with flowers.

And fill it I did.

Spring Wreaths

Today is the first day of March, and I am so ready for spring.  

Easter is in March this year,

Very early, but I'm ready.

I really wanted some Easter/spring themes wreaths for my doors,

but they are so expensive.

Even the cheapest ones are $20.

We are tightening our budget (even more than we already were)

so $40 for door decor was out of the question.