Sunday Dinner, March 18, 2007 & Assorted Ramblings

Can you believe it's Saturday night again already???

First let's take care of Sunday Dinner then I have some pics and some news to share.

Pinto beans cooked with some smokey bacon chunks, my pan bread, and some fried potatoes. And if anything else strikes my fancy, I may throw something else in for good measure.

What's on the menu at your place? Just share your plans in the comments.
I apologize for being so lax about returning visits and comments lately. What with helping out with baby Seth at Danny's and Mikki's, then nursing the two kittens every 2 or 3 hours, the last 3 weeks have been so busy for me I haven't had time for much of anything besides the absolute necessities. As much as I love blogging and my blogging family and friends, it had to take a backseat to other obligations lately. Having the kittens here was a lot like having a newborn human baby. You learn to sleep when you can and when they do, and do a bit of cooking and housework when you can grab more than 10 minutes at a time.

I should have a bit more time to visit now, and I hope to get back around to see you all soon. Thanks for being patient with me, dear friends and family.Now I have some pics to share.

This is another baby afghan I just finished
for a friend at church. She has a baby boy.
That looks like black, but it's navy blue
and baby blue.Want to see some Spring flower photos?
Okay, here's my flowering quince.
If you'll recall, I posted a pic of this same
shrub blooming away in the snow.
Now look at it!Daffodils?
These are my King Alfreds.Now for my other news.

Jessica and Jason moved into their new apartment
Friday and Saturday! Lamar and I helped, along
with several friends and family.
They are so excited to have their own place,
and Jessica is running around like a chicken
with its head cut off trying to decide what
she wants to go where. Their roommate in
their other apartment was a woman, and
girls, you know what it's like for two or
more women trying to cook and keep house
in the same dwelling.
Jessica was so excited to be able to put
her dishes, furniture and sundry other
things where SHE wanted them to be,
until it came down to actually putting
it into practice and SHE had to make
all those decisions.

Can we just say it's been an event-filled
and interesting day? Not to mention
tiring and stressful. I will say, though,
that there was no bloodshed, not a
word spoken in anger, and I don't
recall divorce being mentioned at all.

Of course, they've only lived in the other
apartment for 5 months, that apartment is
literally just across the parking lot (they moved
from apartment C to apartment H), and
they really don't have that much stuff.
Except for the really heavy and bulky
stuff, they hand carried most of their
things from the old place to their new one.
I told them to wait until Emmy's been here
a few years, and they've lived there long
enough to really accumulate some stuff.
Then we can talk about some REAL moving.

Here's a few pics of the new place.

The kitchen. Left side...
And right side. Dining table, and washer
and dryer behind the folding doors.Emmy's room, some assembly required.
Still a long way to go in there.
Jessica and Jason have to pick up
a full bedstead here at my place,
hopefully on Sunday afternoon.
Jessica's baby shower is in a couple
of weeks and various friends and
family are giving her a baby bed
and other things for the baby,
so for now, the full bed and a small
chest will be all that's in there.
Guess who'll be using that full bed
quite a bit, at least for the first week
or so after Emmy gets here?A partial view of the living room.
This was at about 7 pm Saturday night.
We'd all just about had it here.
We'd just quit for the day, and let
me tell you, Diane was and is, TARD.
Or as BooMama and Sister would
say, I'm plumb "knocked".And one last picture. Jessica was so
tired she didn't even argue with me about
what she looked like when I asked about
taking a belly picture.Well, I think we're all caught up now.
I'm going to find a snack and study my
Sunday School lesson, then read a bit if
I can keep my eyes open.

May God bless you with all you need,
and enough to share.
Have a blessed Sunday, y'all.

Love,