I took the Mazda to Chico for some maintenance on Saturday, and took Meredith with me.  The original plan was to meet Veronica for lunch and shopping while the car was in the shop, but....it was just Meredith and I.  We did do lunch (Gnarly Deli - great food!!) and some shopping (A Bird in the Hand - really cute earrings!) but we had to do it on foot (which was not a bad thing - it sure beat sitting in the dealership!!!).  Meredith also introduced me to Geocaching, of which she's an avid fan.  It was fun, and I think it will a fun activity with friends, but it isn't something I'd do a lot of by myself.  My first find was right at the end of my subdivision, and the second find was at the rest area just north of Red Bluff.  I'll probably be more excited about the photo opportunities than actually finding the cache.....

And my new earrings:

 

Tacoma Loan Ops had a "Spring Fling" last week - complete with an egg hunt and a egg decorating competition.  Since my 'team' (I use that work loosely - only two people are direct reports to me anymore, and they probably will be reporting to someone else soon...) aren't in the Tacoma area for an egg hunt, and I didn't want to hide eggs all over the bank, when there's just 4 of people looking for them, I made them an Easter basket instead.....filled with candy and stuff.  I crocheted little bunnies too, and put a prize in each one for them (no need for the egg hunt then....)

 

And the garden is growing.....

 

I redid my bedroom a bit - new comforter (which goes with the quilt at the foot much better!) and added new pillows. The color of the pillows isn't exactly what I was looking for, but the texture made up for that - so soft!!!  And I love the embroidery on the center pillow....

 

And the seeds are coming up!!  I have peas, beans and zucchini popping up!

 

I got my garden in - the tomatoes went in a couple of weeks ago, and I planted peppers, beans, peas, and zucchini Saturday.  By the time I got a picture taken,, "someone" had already broken one of the pepper plants....I may not get a lot of produce this year if the dogs don't stay out!  I already had a word or two with Ripley - she was supposed to keep the squirrels out of the yard, but my beds were full of baby oak trees - evidence that she was sleeping on the job....

 

I've been working remote again - at least some days, and am walking the dogs at lunch (until it gets too hot!!)  The wildflowers have been out.....

 

Monday was the first day after the computer conversion to the new bank…. So I felt it was very important to be there to help my team through learning the new complete system and processes. So what happens???  Alli’s helper called in sick. Even worse, she called in to her employer, but they didn’t call me, even after I called in to them twice….  I was so frustrated with  everything by the time I figured out I was not going to go to work that I started cleaning….I worked off my mad by 1:00, but was only halfway through the project…

I started with washing down one wall in the kitchen and ended up washing and scrubbing all the cabinets and oiling them.   Here’s the door to the garage before:

And after

This shows half of one of the cabinets done:

And finished 

All in all, a productive day, but I’m a day  behind  my team for setting up my computer.  I made good progress yesterday but I don’t think the conversion went well for many of our loans…and I don’t feel like taking them I told you so.  They didn’t listen to anything we try to tell them, and it costumers will beat the brunt of it.

And a few more blocks done for quilt club...

 

Playing with the camera on the new phone - Spring is here!!!

 

Here are a few of my arrangements of the blocks of the baby quilt - I think I took longer playing with the blocks than it took for me to make them!  I settled on the bottom picture for the quilt, and decided to add a heart to the white square - which I haven't done yet, but....the  quilt top is sewn together...

 

Now the tulips are blooming!

 

Here's the first attempt for the baby quilt.  I think I'm going to trade out the light gray fabric  - it's too light, I think.

It does have a sparkle to it though.....shiny!!