Gerbils, Spring, Repurposing & Other Randomness

Here's Gordon in his plastic ball. He has the run of the house in this thing. Yesterday Amelia told me I am Gordon's grandma! OUCH! :)
Oh, I have a tip for all the future gerbil owners out there: Use a dab of petroleum jelly on the tip of the water bottle and this will prevent lots of leakage. I cleaned that cage twice and even bought another bottle before someone shared this gem with me....
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Spring is here. I think it will rain most of the week, but that's okay. I am glad to see winter is over. Now we can start planning the garden. We are more than doubling it this year.
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This was a crib skirt! What a waste! I took it apart and made pillows. The kids really like them.
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Miles is sad his sister is at school. He is handling it better this week. He doesn't want to play. He said he wanted "alone time."
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And finally....

I love these old metal hot plates...but, they are heavy. So, I've started hanging them up in easy to grab places. And I discovered they are....

magnetic! Sweet! Now I can stick a recipe there without getting it all dirty!

Have a great week!
~Karen