Friday: moving

So here's the big news: we're moving back to West Michigan.

Ben has taken a job with Gentex and I have a few possibilities on the horizon. I think we're going to leave here April 3rd after church and will get to Michigan on the 4th.

This was an incredibly hard decision for us. We like it here. We like our jobs, love our friends, and have put down some roots in the short time that we've been in New York. But at the same time, our family is back in West Michigan. We feel like this is where God is leading us; some doors have closed themselves here while other doors have easily opened in Michigan.

Wednesday: counting sheep

I was having a hard time on Sunday night getting to sleep, so I decided to count sheep.

They started out well behaved.

But number 3 turned into a bullet sheep. (My paint skills are kind of lacking.)

The sheep #4 jumped too high.

I finally got them back to normal.

Only to have sheep 10 do flips over a fence on me, very unexpectedly.

After that, things went out of control. They all dyed themselves.

So I had to give them a shower before they could jump. But then they were just sopping wet sheep.

Since it was a sunny day, they eventually dried. And then went *poof*.

But they stayed calm, albeit poofy.

Until one sheep decided she needed bows and ribbons in her coat.

Tuesday: today

"Beware the Ides of March."

That was an apt quote for today. The day went way better than I expected, but it was still not enjoyable.

I'll be less cryptic later. And when I'm less tired.

Monday: Happy Pi Day

I'll admit, I almost forgot Pi Day today. I know, it's horrible. But once I was reminded, circles just kept showing up!

For example, someone brought in some donuts at 11am out of the blue. Hooray! And for dinner we had cylindrical tater tots.

Sunday: TV shows

I finished all the on-line Grey's Anatomy this weekend. I really enjoyed the show and am excited to see the next season whenever it comes out. I found it interesting how I liked and disliked characters at different times throughout the series.

I started The Cosby Show next. I know it's old, but the first two episodes still made me laugh. I remember it as a special show because I was old enough to stay up and watch the new episodes while Nathan had to go to bed.

Saturday: brown sugar

Today I was making some PB cookies and opened up a new bag of brown sugar. It was as hard as bricks! I started looking on the bag to see if there was an expiration date, but wasn't really sure what I'd do if it was expired. Probably use it anyway. There was no expiration date, but there was instructions on how to soften it. Put a piece of bread over the brown sugar in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. I had some big chucks so microwaved it for a little bit longer, but it worked very well! Mixing the batter wasn't the arm-wrenching experience I had been anticipating.

Friday: black?

So I took a break from quilting the other quilt one night this week to make a block for one of my next quilts. I only made one block because I need some feedback. It's the black baby boy blanket...do you think the colors will work?

Here is the one block.

Here is a photoshop of four blocks together.