Before you know it

spring will be here.  We will soon have an enormous mess in the yard with the state mandated sewer project.  Since the line to our septic system exits the house in the center of our addition, we are screwed.  Mom's addition is a separate line to the system coming from a different area.  So far, no one is willing to excavate beneath the room (they are worried about liability for the structure) and the addition may have to be torn down completely.  If it does, we're looking at losing the room and a total of around $22,000 to run the line.  If not, about $17,000.  $3000 hook-up fee on top of that and around $100 a month with yearly increases because we don't have enough funding from the state who is mandating this.  My sister's friend is selling her home about 10 miles from here and I absolutely love it, but it will be quite a high price.  I've been looking for months, haven't seen anything I like.

Mark is golfing on this sunny warm day, and I am barely walking around the house with ice packs.  Twisted just enough over the weekend to knock something out of whack.  Chiropractor tomorrow morning.

I worked on this floral basket for WAY too long.  Between stitching, removing, stitching again, removing again, I finally got it right.  Moving on!  My lamp is coming this week and I am anxious to try it.  As for the Dazor, it's not the look I have issue with, it's the size and location.  My room is open to the kitchen, one wall is fireplace, the other TV, so I have one full wall for a sofa.  My chair sort of separates the two rooms and this large base and arm would not fit.  Using the end of the sofa doesn't allow for a near by table for supplies, my water, and eye drops.  The new lamp is lower, gooseneck, and smaller base.  Here's the new problem - what about the chart?  I need magnifiers to read it and can't wear them when using the lamp's magnifier.  Catherine suggested weaker glasses but I don't have any under 3.50 to test and need that strength to read the chart.  

This is the plastic bin I am using to hold the Magma and everything I need, easy to relocate and organize to prevent searching for something lost.  The Magma will lie flat over it all and the lid keeps the cats out.

When we visit the Cheese House in New Wilmington, these are the options for jellies and jams, all the way to the end.  My favorite is Mrs. Millers fig and these are the chunks of fruit in it that I enjoy on cream cheese.  

 

Many of these flavors I have never seen elsewhere.

I guess they are not uncommon, but they are certainly not flavors offered in our grocery stores, any type of fruit and fruit blends only found here.

That's it folks.  Hope you all have a great week.

Thanks for visiting.

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