Crocheted Granny Square Lap Blanket Yarn Along 90

Crocheted Granny Square Lap Blanket

So glad to be with you during this weeks yarn along...thank you again Ginny!

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I hope you are having a wonderful week reader,

~~Renee

Our Hattie.....

I noticed as I was reading over this weekends blog posts I forgot to add a picture that I took of our beautiful Hattie...she enjoyed the weekend as much as I did. The weather was so nice not hot and not to cool..

As I sat outside yesterday on my porch swing listening to all that was going on around me...and feeling so very blessed...I began thinking about a time that we were a little restless not knowing what God was wanting us to do...there was a summer when we felt that we were being lead to move to a new home with more land. I spent a lot of my summer looking at farms near by wishing and dreaming...during that time our yard began looking very small, we only had 5 chickens..we didn't  have a barn or a pond. I felt our home was small and not roomy enough...it is amazing how God can change those thoughts.

 It took me that summer to walk around our yard and see the potential of a bigger gardens and maybe more animals...not just our  5 chickens. God really opened my eyes to how nice our home and yard was and how very blessed we were.. to be given such a responsibility of it all. I am so, so grateful that we decide not  to move and that we have mostly tamed our yard and home..yet, there is always something to do:)

 I love knowing that my husband can come home from a long day of  work and sit beside me on my porch swing and talk....not having to worry about what he should be doing next ....he can just relax... I like those times the most just sitting and dreaming beside him....thinking of the next thing we want to do in the garden, or thinking of adding a new animal or two, maybe doing something new to our home. I am not sure how many times he told me this weekend...this 1 acre is more than enough and I just smiled...thinking of the time when we wished....if we only had (?) more acres, (?) more chickens....more of this, more of that....I now know what contentment is....God gave that to me....He opened my eyes....and I am so very thankful!!

We had such a wonderful and relaxing weekend...I am looking forward to many more weekends just like this one....

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Many Blessings to you reader,

~~Renee

Sunday...another beautiful day.....

 

We have had a wonderful Sunday afternoon.... we went to church and then went out to eat to celebrate my moms birthday. We then came home and spent the rest of the afternoon outside. I am still working on my granny square..I have decided to make a lap blanket in spring colors. I have also been reading the new crochet magazine looking how they combine yarn colors. 

We have our garden tilled....bigger than last year as you can see from the picture above. My husband planted lettuce in the garden today.... Our hoop house is warming up nicely..it has been near 70 or above the last few days. We have been hardening off the lettuce that is now in the garden. We have many tomatoes that will soon be visiting the hoop house.

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend reader..we start back to our homeschooling tomorrow...we only have 4 more weeks then we will be out for summer break. My youngest daughter will soon be a junior in high school ..oh, my :) :)

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Many Blessings to you,

~~Renee

Saturday Morning.....

It is a beautiful day to get outside and get some tilling done....I brought out the swing cushions...I am now going to get to sit and swing, crochet, and read....it is going to be a good day:) :)

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I hope you have a wonderful weekend reader,

Many Blessings to you,

~~Renee

Crocheted Granny Squares Yarn Along 89

Crocheted Granny Squares

If you have a minute please stop by my Etsy shop.....

I hope you are having a wonderful week reader,

Many Blessings,

~~Renee

Our Weekend........

I hope you had a wonderful weekend reader..I know we did. We spent most of the day outdoors on Saturday ...I think that first step outside after winter ....it can be so over whelming there is so much to do:) We did work on the chicken coop...we are letting grass grow in our big chicken pasture....so we had to add on to our coop to move them over to our little chicken tractor. The chickens are now enjoying fresh spring grass.

I walked around the yard looking at all that needs to be done before the leaves start growing on the trees:) We only own 1 acre but...that can be too much if you want everything to look nice:) We really need  to begin burning there are so many  broken tree branches that fell during the winter...and we need to tend to the land near our creek..it has gotten a little out of control.

Our daughters enjoyed coloring eggs like every year...I doubt they will ever grow to old to dye eggs..Easter is one of our favorite holidays!! This year our cat Macy enjoyed  watching all the eggs dipped in colors...

We woke up early for Sunday school and church...Every year our daughters get a basket even though we don't eat sugar. They are now getting older so the goodies this year were i tunes cards,a gift card to their favorite clothing store, socks and a Christian Book.

We had a wonderful church service almost every seat was full....then a good lunch with my mom and family. I think this year was a little extra special since my step-dad hasn't been feeling so well....it made being with my family more of a blessing :)   We don't get to be with all of our  family much and it really makes me sad that we don't get to spend special moments being together... because life now gets to be so busy.

When I was younger we had to live with my grandma and every holiday was small but our family was always together not on cell phones texting  but talking, not just spending an hour or two but all day. Times sure have changed....maybe it is because families don't live near by...you now have to take job so far away because the pay is better..I don't know but it sure makes me sad. I know that I really enjoyed being with all my family....and I know our time here on earth is very short....I don't want to take one moment or one family member for granted.....I don't ever want to say...I wish.... I would have or could have or should have...........

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I hope you have a Wonderful week reader...

Many Blessings to you,

~~Renee

Crocheted Granny Squares Yarn Along 88

Crocheted Granny Squares

I am so glad to be with you for this weeks yarn along...As I look at the picture above...I wish there were more to show you. It has taken me over a week to learn the simple process of a Granny Square...for some reason it just didn't click.

 As you look at each square above only one is even close to being right:) I think I will like the process of crocheting a small square and then piecing them together....but I am not really liking changing colors  much...I feel like I am wasting yarn each time I switch colors...and weaving in the tails is a bit of a pain...but I hope I will get use to all the changes:)


 I really can't wait to get a few squares made to see what a scarf will look like? I have been reading many crochet blogs about making a blanket which takes sometimes 250 squares..Yikes!! That would be a big project for me...but they are small squares and I could make a few at a time right?

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I hope you are having a wonderful week reader and thank you for stopping by!!

Many Blessings to you,

~~Renee