Spring Mantle

I finally finished my spring mantle. Yes, I know Spring just started but we had many weeks of spring weather before the official start of Spring.

Sources from left to right:
Tall blue vases - Marshalls.
Watering can from Ben Franklin Craft store.
Faux Boxwood plants - I bought them last year so I'm not sure. Probably Marshalls.
"Keep Calm and Garden On" sign from Barnes and Noble.
Runuculus flower in vase - antique store.

Bloom sign - Joann Fabric.
Apothecary jars from my stash.
Moss birds - Michael's.
Mini bird nests inside apothecary jars - Ben Franklin.

For the picture frame, I took a frame that I found at a thrift store and glued moss on the edges. The pastoral image is from an old calendar.

The pink and green fabric garland I made last year. It has a habit of falling down after I spend an hour trying to hang it. :)




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Week in Review - March 15th

Funny that we're all wearing navy. We didn't plan that!

I don't normally do this type of blog post but a lot of different things happened this past week and I want to remember them.

The first event of note this past week was chaperoning for a service project day for my son A and his fellow middle schoolers. There were many different locations and projects going on throughout the day. I traveled by charter bus with 30 or so kids to Northwest Harvest warehouse in Kent. The bus ride itself was pretty eye opening. I learned that SOME middle schoolers are talking about their crushes and some of the girls are very pushy! At the warehouse we donned hair nets and gloves and went to work! We were taking 50 pound bags of oats and splitting them up into smaller bags and then put 19 bags into a box. These boxes are then sent to numerous food banks around the area. We had various jobs such as scooping oats, running, packaging, and boxing. I supervised and also participated. It was fun work. Later that day A helped clean up a local park. I had a previous commitment so I didn't join him for that portion of the day.

On Friday we had the awards night for Robotics. My husband J (the head coach) gave a speech and then handed out awards to each member of his team which includes my son A.

Saturday we went to the Compassion Experience. That is the photo above. It is hard to put into words the impact that it had on me. This was a 30 minute audio and visual demonstration of life before and after a child enters the Compassion sponsorship. If you are able to attend one, I can't recommend it highly enough. It was so moving. Our family currently sponsors two children through Compassion.

Saturday night we went to see Paddington in the theatre. We don't often go to the theatre but this movie was worth it! I highly recommended the movie. It was very funny and sweet. Perfect for all ages.Pin It

This and That

I haven't blogged in a while so here's a mishmash of things. Hockey and gardening. We continue to enjoy Spring weather even before Spring has officially started.

We went to a junior hockey game on Friday night. This is an annual outing with the Cub Scouts. I laughed so hard when I found out what team the Silvertips were playing. The Calgary HitMen! Guess whose home town that is? Mine! I decided to try to cheer for them. There was one gal near our seats that was wearing a Calgary jersey. She bravely stood up and rang her cowbell (all alone) when Calgary scored. It was an exciting game and yes, there was some fighting. Everett played very well and won 7 to 2. They scored first just 43 seconds into the game. The shots on goal was very unbalanced. Calgary outshot Everett 43 to 29.

Gardening season has officially started. I planted some sugar snap peas. Yesterday I cleaned out some of my raised beds and found tons of carrots that I had neglected to harvest in the fall. They are still good and I gave a whole bunch away to a friend.

This is less than half of them! Now, how many things can I make with carrots? :)




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