I Am Not On Top Of Things!!!

I am not really ready for Easter...I have a bunny collection that I can't find!!!

It is in the basement mixed in with 10,000 Christmas bins that we have not put away yet...

This is not like us at all and yet we allowed it to happen.

Every Saturday we said we would venture into the depths of the basement and put the Christmas bins in the crawl in space...now they are mixed in with spring bins and fall bins, too...and all you can see in the basement is row after row of bins...orange and red and yellow and green and clear and blue!!!

It's scary. And ever since the squirrel in the basement I am too scared to go down there alone.

Scared...really...

So...I did not make bunny bread...



I did not make this...



I did not make these...


I did not make these...



Or this...


Or these...



I didn't even do this...not that I actually could.



I didn't even see any of these...





I bought these...spring jelly beans...



And that's about it...

Happy Easter?

So...What?

Den flew home very very very late last night...Lucy and I were sound asleep dreaming...we were walking through fields of lavender...our sheets smelled lavendery...our room smelled lavendery...until it didn't.
I woke up abruptly to the smells of Taco Bell.

So surprising!!!




Summer is just around the corner...these were on Pinterest...I want them all.

So yummy!!!



Love arms filled with bracelets. These in particular call to me.

Shiny buttons...leathery ties...from Poor Cat Designs.

So desirable!!!



Reading this...thank you so much Mary from Penguin...this book is spectacular!!!

So readable!!!


So...what is going on with you this weekend?

My "Gotta" Post...

Gotta have...
Now these might look odd to you...but they are supposed to be really comfy...and I think they will look better on...
They are made by Fly London and I found them on a site I love called Planet Shoes...we are going away to a place where all of our fave restaurants are within blocks of our hotel...and I want to have comfy walking night time shoes...
Hmmmm...these may not be the ones...




Maybe these? Maybe I better keep looking...




My gotta make is this...Bunny Bread!!!



My gotta love is still this...I shamelessly love this kitty...she is going away with us, too!!!

Love These Books!!!

You have to look at this...




And this...




And this...




And this...




And these...notecards...these are notecards...awwwww...




They are all made by a very talented artist. Her name is Jane Mount.
Her website is here...

http://idealbookshelf.typepad.com/

Most of the sizes I saw were 8" by 10" or 11" by 14".

And if you want to she will custom a painting of your favorite books!!!
I would love this!!!




Something about these paintings are really appealing to me...the style, the colors, the white background!

I love them!!!

I think I really need them resting on my mantel.

Hmmm...My Bookish Goals This Week...

I am in the midst of reading this...love the characters...love the mystery of it...Vermont setting...women being taken and murdered and left in odd spots with religious pamphlets in their pockets and oodles of suspects...oodles. The main character is, of course, dysfunctional all on her own. She used to have a prestigious career but now lives with a mini pig named Henrietta and lots of dogs and writes a sort of household remedy column. It's the kind of column that tells you how to use baking soda in a hundred different ways. The last dead body has been positioned against a tree on her property so she is very involved in the mystery. I love the writing...it's lovely.






I am alternating between physical books and egalleys...it is working for me!!!
Next I plan to read this because I love alternating realism with fantasy...it keeps me totally confused.




And then I hope to squeeze in this...because it just looks so good I can't stand it...




Plus...here is the thing...I have a life beyond books...I really do!!!
I meet with friends and talk to my husband and go for walks and organize closets and make dinners and see family and plan vacations and buy stuff and pin...I spend some of my time pinning on Pinterest!!!

Too much time...

I play Words With Friends with my brother and my husband and others. I am now playing Draw Something with my sister in law. I spent most of yesterday cleaning and doing laundry. I make yummy dinners full of fresh organic stuff!!!
Sometimes if and when I feel sorry that I stopped teaching...I wonder how I would have squeezed in all of this stuff...especially Pinterest!!!
I seriously do not know the meaning of idle time any more...I am always doing something while doing something else!!!

My mom used to call me a day dreamer...she would laugh and say " my Patty always has her head in the clouds".
Wow...not any more...I am a fast paced brisk walking word playing reading pinning drawing multitasker!!!

Whew!!!

OMG...is this good or bad? Is it because of my iPad? I am never without it. I read in between everything else that I do on it. I take videos and photos on it...the only mistake I made is not getting the most memory on it...next time..lol...

It's so fast and so helpful and...and...so addictive?

Does anyone else feel this way?

Can't Wait To Read These...

Ok...the actual finding of a lion...one in need of a rescue...makes me want to find out more about this one...OMG...the lion's name is Marcel.




This one is about four girls/women with sort of interlocking stories of their lives and their growth. Described as witty, emotional and resonant...I am all about resonance!




And this one just looks Englishy good...




All books to dream about reading...
Read, reviewed and rated this...




This book was so good...so scary and awesome and chilling and sad and wonderful...there just must be a sequel!!!

What is on your bookish mind lately?

How Does She Know It's For Her?

Den was putting Lucy's newest scratcher together yesterday...sort of an Ikea project for kitties!!!




She seemed to know from the start it was going to be for her.


She was actively involved in the construction.



Do they make kitty hard hats?



Finally...the ultimate test...



A success!!!