Simple celebrations

The simple joy found in palindromes ought to be celebrated.  Strangely enough, in recent times I've noticed frequent palindromes in everyday life.  At cash registers, yesterday's purchase brought me to 9.09 (kindly ignore the . which makes is a less than perfect reversible number) and even on my odometer as seen here. 

Rocks and Felt

This past weekend wasn't too exciting but turned out to be pretty productive. Unfortunately Jonathan spent nearly all of the weekend at work so it was up to Jackson, the kitties, and myself to get some work done. Saturday was a day for errands and boring stuff but Sunday turned out to be a day of shoveling and crafting.

Slightly bothered by the extra pile of rock we have left over after our initial rock distribution I decided to take action. Armed with my wheelbarrow, shovel and rake I started by adding more rock to the rather skimpy rock layer on the side of the house. At this point Jackson was outside with me and due to the cooler temps was donning one of his sweaters. You would have thought I embarrassed him in front of the whole neighborhood.  In protest of his attire (a nice black/argyle sweater) Jackson sat in one place just out of sight from the side of the house and refused to move an inch.  Acknowledging his discontent I stopped my progress and sat down in the rocks for a bonding moment with Mr. Jackson before putting him back inside and getting back to business. It took a little under 4 hours but by the time I finished I'd managed to level the extra pile on the right side of the house and thickened many a bare spot with rock from the pile on the left.

Back inside with Sunday afternoon football on TV it was time to get in touch with my crafting side. Loaded with a slightly excessive purchase of felt and Styrofoam rings it was time to get started on creating some seasonal wreaths to add to our holiday decor. Thanks to some website suggestions and a little creativity I managed to create three wreaths. Darn tootin cute if you ask me!