I hope everyone had a Happy Easter.  Ours was very nice.  Steve and I got up early to hide eggs for the grandkids.  We hid them all over the yard, under plants, in trees, and even in the flower pots.  An hour later, Steve yells at me, "Buddy is eating the eggs!"  Yikes!  I ran out and, sure enough, that smart old beast had eaten about half the eggs!  He cracked open the plastic eggs and ate all the jelly beans and chocolate eggs right out of them.  Wouldn't you know, it was only the ones I had hidden!  He didn't get as far as the back yard where Steve hid most of his eggs before we caught him!  I was afraid that he would be ill but he never was.  So much for revenge!  I ended up collecting all the eggs again.  I washed the shells Buddy had slobbered on and refilled them with candy.  Then Steve and Jeff hid the eggs all over again just before the egg hunt so they could watch that wiley dog!  

I used the good China for the Easter meal.  We had ham and potato salad.  Our daughters made bread and dessert.  Boy, was I stuffed!

On April 5, I noticed the return of the barn swallows.  I have no idea why, but the sight of them soaring and diving after being gone all winter, filled me with an inexplicable joy!  I love those little birds!

I spent the week after Easter getting ready for the yearly neighborhood yard sale.  It is a lot of work and I never really feel like I have much to offer.  But this year I decided to empty my over crowded book shelves and sort through my closets and drawers for all the clothes I haven't worn in over a year.  I ended up having over 150 books and quite a pile of magazines.  Last time I did this, a couple of years ago, I had the magazines out for 10 cents a piece.  They did not sell at all.  So this year I sold them for  5 cents a piece and gave one away for free.  They went like hotcakes!  I also sold my hard back books, which I love and hate to give up, for .25 each or 5 for $1.00,  I sold over half of them as well.  I put out my aprons and stuff that I made for the Farmer's Market this past summer.  NONE of it sold!  Not one piece!  People freak out when they see the price of new stuff at a yard sale!  

The first day of the yard sale went really well.  The weather was sunny and warm but not hot.  In the afternoon the wind picked up as usual.  By Saturday we were having rain, snow and sleet.  I tried to keep the sale open.  I even had about 5 or 6 hardy souls visit and buy a few things.  But after an hour with no customers and the pouring rain and cold I decided to close up shop.  I didn't do too badly.  We took in a little over $100 for one day's sale.  I just won't count all the work up to the sale!


The weather is back to sunny, if not quite warm yet.  I hung clothes out on the line to dry this morning.  The weather people promise we will be back in the 80s by the end of the week.  I hope so cuz I put all my winter stuff away all ready.


Sandy's little doxie seems to be pretty much back to normal and has not stopped challenging the bigger dogs.  Prince continues to take his medicine easily so all is well at the moment.  I have not heard back from any shearers as yet.  They are a strange lot, just busy I guess.  I posted pictures of the alpacas at the yard sale.  One lady said, "Oh!  You have Appaloosas?"  
"No, I don't have horses," is all I said.  Hehehe!