10 in 10

1.  First off I must tell you that I have been suffering from a migraine this week.  Today was better, until about an hour ago when the entire neighborhood started smelling like a house fire.  THGGM even walked all around just to determine that it wasn't our house.  Normally the neighborhood fire pits smell good.  This one has my head all messed up, my eyes burning, and my throat sore.  I know.  Whine, whine, whine.  What are you going to do?  That's just what I'm like.
2.  This morning Zeke had to go back to the vet for a booster shot.  He was a very good boy this time.  He did not, nor even attempt to, bite anyone.  Although the shot did make him sick later in the day.  Poor boy.  But now he seems better and even barked at a cat.  When he isn't feeling well he does not bark.  Usually, he feels great.  ;D
3.  After the trip to the vet we picked up Jonge and Famke and took them out to breakfast to celebrate the end of the school year.  Then we took them to Michael's craft store, and to our favorite neighborhood thrift store.  A good time was had by all.
4.  Later in the week I hope to show you what we bought at the thrift store.  It's green.  I saw it weeks ago, but it was way to expensive, even at thrift store prices.  Then the price came down.  Then we filled a 20% off card.  Today all furniture was 15% off.  It does pay to be patient.
5.  We also added a bird bath and bird feeder to our backyard.  We have a perfectly wonderful bird feeder outside of our kitchen window.  But it became rather unappetizing to watch a hawk swoop in for a bird while we were attempting to eat lunch.  Even if we happened to be eating chicken, I still couldn't help being upset at the hawk.
6.  The bird bath is a combination of an old wooden rocker that had no seat and the top of our old bird bath which had a broken base.  That worked out well for us!  Something for nothing.
7.  Just when you thought that there was nothing left for me to collect, I've got a new passion!  Duplo Legos. I love them.  If anyone wants to get me something and they haven't a clue what I would like, I would like Duplo Legos.  I am the proud owner of three sets now.  I bought one with a coupon today so I have enough for all of us (meaning my little builders) to play together.  Seriously.  I do realize that I am crazy.  What to do.  What to do...
8.  Starting Monday I will have five grand kids here with me.  We need LOTS and LOTS of interesting things to play with.  There shall be blocks, Legos, books, puzzles, craft materials, musical instruments, dolls, dishes, dress-up clothes, tinker toys, and a fenced in backyard.
9.  And at the end of the month, there will be a new baby boy joining our family.  I cannot wait to meet him!
10.  The peonies have been just gorgeous this year.  And they smell amazing.

10 Things in 10 Minutes

I'm going to give this another try.  This version will be 10 Things I Did on a Saturday in March.

1.  Had blood work done this morning.  The fasting kind.
2.  After blood work THGGM and I went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast.  We were hungry.  Not only did he need to fast, he had just come from donating plasma, which makes him hungry even when he doesn't need to fast.
3.  Our next stop was Nice Twice.  I found a lovely wooden highchair for Famke's dolls.  And some fabric scraps.  Someday I am going to do something with fabric scraps.  Oh yes I am.
4.  It was a beautiful sunny morning, so we drove to Holland to do a bit more thrift shopping at Ditto.  They seemed to be rather picked-over.  I did find some golf tees for the little boys to use as nails with styrofoam.
5.  Since we were so close to Wooden Shoe Antique Mall, of course we went there too.  I found a box filled with a fabulous amount of very very old Tinker Toys.  There are even pieces I never knew existed.  Even the fan-blade-thingies where still there - in green cardboard (sigh...).  The other things I found I'll have to take pictures of.  Seems like I used to have a blog where I did that.
6.  Surprisingly enough, by this time we were hungry again.  So we went to lunch.  At Hunan.  Yum.  THGGM got a raise so of course we had to celebrate.
7.  Of course, all that shopping and eating made us sleepy.  We came home so THGGM could nap and I could play Scrabble on Facebook.
8.  I also put away my array of snowman mugs.  There are still nineteen.  This means that I didn't find any more of them this season, and I also didn't break any.
9.  Surprise!  We went out antique shopping again!  Oh.  You are not surprised.  Yes.  We are rather predictable over here.  This time it was Century Antique Mall  and also Lost and Found.  I bought some more fabric scraps, this time in linen.  THGGM bought a wooden box and some test tubes.
10.  Can you guess what is missing from what would constitute a 'normal' Saturday for me?  Michael's Craft Store!  Yes, after antiquing we went to Michael's.  Well, THGGM dropped me off there while he went to Meijer to buy ice cream.  I was THRILLED to find that almost everything that I wanted to get there was 50% off.  But I didn't buy it.  Not the cute paper suitcase with owls on it.  Not the ceramic egg 'carton' that I've had my eye on, not even the ceramic berry basket that I actually WENT there to buy.  The prices could not have been better.  But I didn't need any of it.  Instead I picked up a sale pack of blank cards and envelopes.

Well there you have it.  Not much over 10 minutes.

This evening, since we had spent the entire day together and had nothing left to say that hadn't already been said, THGGM went into the basement to watch a movie.  I  surfed Pinterest while listening to "Love It or List It" on HGTV.  And played more Scrabble on Facebook.  And drank hot chocolate with a few shakes of cayenne pepper in it.  Time to finish reading "Jacob's Ladder".  It's getting close to Appomattox.

Hope your Saturday was as fun as mine!