Chats on the Farmhouse Porch 87

<center> <a href="http://www.everydayruralty.com/"target="_blank"><img src="http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa445/Cathy_Kennedy61/chatsonthefarmhouseporch.jpg" border="0" alt="Everyday Ruralty"></a></center> Hello, friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. I've been fortunate to have some great questions from the bloggers who participate in chats. Today I will ask the questions. In following weeks you may see some of the questions suggested by my porch visitors a few weeks ago. I had the flu much of last week, so our family Easter did not go the way it always has. There were no baskets full of goodies. I did manage to get something small for each girl. When I felt better I stirred up a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Truffles, and I made two kinds of hand dipped chocolate eggs. I had to at least give the family that tradition. By Sunday, I was able to make a big, special dinner.  We had a seventy degree day today. I wore a t-shirt! The clouds moved in front of the sun and it got cooler quite quickly. I'm glad I had a sweatshirt nearby. I know I still have a horse named Wendell. I didn't see him for 5 days while I was sick. He must have felt like an orphan. There is some green grass shooting through the ground, so I doubt I was missed much. Patrice: Hey, Wendell! Did you miss me last week? Wen: chomp- chomp-chomp Patrice: Didn't you feel lonely since I was sick? Wen: chomp- chomp- chomp Patrice: Wendell! You are being rude by not answering me! Wen: You told me not to talk with my mouth full. Patrice: Did you miss me? Wen: Why? Where'd you go? Patrice: I was sick. Wen: You ate your grass to quickly. Did you colic? Patrice: I don't colic. I'm not a horse. Wen: Oh, no. Now I feel like an orphan. Patrice: chomp-chomp-chomp (Remember I said I had chocolate cookie dough cheesecake truffles?) Questions

1. What did you do for Easter?
2. How bad were you with candy or treats? (On a scale of 1-10. 1 being good, 10 being sugared up)
3. What's one of the first things you'd like to do when you have consistent spring temperatures?
4. How are you at gift buying? 
5. Do you have an projects in mind for the month of April?

My answers:

1. I spent the day with my hubby and daughters. I was just getting over the flu, so I missed church. :(
2. I was far worse than I should have been for someone who needed to boost immunity. I was a 5. Last year I was a 1. Most of the rest of my life, I have been anywhere from a 7-10.
3. Garden!
4. I love gift buying for my family. I listen and make mental notes of all the things they say they need or want. When I find the things, I try to pick them up early and store them until needed. I enjoy seeing their faces when the realize how closely I've listened to them.
5. I am going through the five, large cardboard boxes in my storage shed that are labeled "alterations". I am going to figure out what the girls and I need altered (I do the sewing work). Then I will  decide if there is anything that has great fabric that I want to use later. The rest of the stuff is going to someone who will use it. I'm also hoping to get back to some of the painting projects that I have stalled out with. The bright sun makes me see just how badly the living room and kitchen need fresh paint.

                                             Have a week full of sunshine

                                 and happiness!