Happy Easter!!!

I hope you are all well and rejoicing this Easter Sunday. 

Happy Trails!!!
 

The never ending saga!!!

 Well, just when I thought things were getting back to normal we had 5 days of storms, flood warnings, flash flood warnings and severe thunderstorms and tornado watches.  I don't mind as I don't worry about flooding where I am and we never lost power and I didn't have to go to the basement.  But when I woke up Saturday morning there was no heat and I checked the basement and the sump pump had stopped working and the basement was flooded along with my HVAC!  Ouch!  Of course, no one is open until Monday and tonight it's supposed to get down to freezing and there are frost advisories.  It's been in the 50's but now it's in the 40's and getting colder.  I've been having fires in the fireplace and it keeps the dampness and the chill off but not if we go down to freezing.  Woe is me!  I called the plumber and was able to leave a message so hopefully they will get it first thing Monday morning.  I tried to pick up things in the basement but everything was floating around and I realized that until the water left it was a futile attempt.  There is a drain but it rained all day yesterday and buckets of it!  If they come and fix or replace the sump pump, I still have to get the furnace people in to fix that but by that time it will be in the 70's!  Yep, just cold when I have no heat but once I do it will be 70's next week.

Meanwhile, I did take a photo of my crochet blanket I've been working on in the evenings.....

This is Cherry Heart's solid color Join As You Go blanket.  It is 28 squares across by 24 rows down.  I am on the 5th of the 24 rows.  It is very enjoyable but I only do about 2 squares a night so this is a long term project.  I'm using DK weight yarn and mostly Stylecraft Special DK but you could use whatever yarn you wanted.

Still having power I am able to get things done but keeping a wood fire going takes a lot of my time.

I'm hoping to sew this afternoon...that was my plan yesterday until I realized my predicament! LOL!

I hope you are all safe and well!

Happy Trails!!!

Nice day yesterday but stromy weather ahead!

 It was so nice yesterday and Luther and Shawn came and mowed the lawn for the first time. 

 I got some new sheets and guess who had to be the first to try them out..........

I made lemon bars and finished another book.  I am 8 books ahead of my Good Reads Challenge!  This book I've had for years but I will not read Oprah recommended books.  They are always about sexual assault of some kind and why she would gravitate to those types of books when she was assaulted several times, is beyond me.  It was a family saga and well written but no more Oprah for me! LOL!
 

The woodpecker was all over the bird feeder yesterday.  He came back 3 or 4 times!  There's a smaller downy woodpecker too but this was the big guy.....

The weather radio just went off so I best wrap this up.  We have every kind of warning you can imagine for the next 4 days!  This is a first...I think I should just move to the basement...permanently!  But if the power goes out and we get the predicted 12 inches of rain, I will be knee deep in water when my sump pump doesn't work!

Stay safe everyone!

Happy Trails!!!