. . . nice stuff this week . . .

. . . started happening on sunday . . .

. . . early . . .

. . . before church . . .

. . . when really sweet friends

brought daffodils . . .

. . . aka "sunshine" they said . . .

. . . also ~ my favorite . . .

. . . then on monday . . .

. . . my roots were returned

to their rightful blondness . . .

. . . ahhhhhhh! thanks chrissy . . .

. . . tuesday . . .

. . . oh! how i wish i had a picture

of my awesome visiting teachers . . .

. . . because when i answered the doorbell . . .

. . . they were drenched . . .

. . . sopping wet . . .

. . . why? . . .

. . . they had been picking up

all the contents of my recycle bin . . .

. . . which had blown over and scattered

in the crazy wind before the rain . . .

. . . diet coke, lemonade,

and dr. pepper cans everywhere! . . .

. . . not so nice stuff . . .

. . . my vintage {that sounds better than "old"} oven . . .

. . . bit the dust . . .

. . . after 26 1/2 years . . .

. . . the verdict? ~ "not worth repairing" . . .

. . . also old: cooktop with coil burners . . .

. . . fun, eh? . . .

. . . back to nice stuff . . .

. . . these guys showed up this morning . . .

. . . to perform an ovenectomy . . .

. . . r.i.p. dear whirlpools . . .

. . . welcome to the two thousands . . .

. . . i should probably cook a little more now . . .

. . . in fact ~ now i can bake

three pans of cookies

at the same time

in one oven . . .

. . . convection, baby! . . .

. . . and look how smart

those GE profile people are . . .

. . . they hid the bottom element

in the oven floor . . .

. . . easy peasy cleanup! . . .

. . . also nice is this finished quilt . . .

. . . check out the paisley quilting . . .

. . . with variegated thread . . .

. . . the colors are kind of spring-ish . . .

. . . so ~ it's on the wall . . .

. . . it's been a week full of nice stuff so far . . .