Happenings at Lilly My Cat

It's almost Friday and time to join in at Amy's  Five on Friday. Today, I'm going to share five random thoughts with you.  To find out about the tea cup shown above you'll have to read to the bottom of the post.  So here goes...

 

I feel like I'm trapped in a tunnel and can't get out until my taxes are in order.  I moved them from the table last night and here they are.  How I wish it was an easy return.   Yes, the accountant will prepare the return but he needs the numbers in an orderly manner.  I like to run a tight ship and keep all my papers in order.  But, when you have numerous rental properties, along with selling property, it becomes a bit complicated.  Basically, we sold three investment properties on a 1031 exchange. We  sold the property and bought new property to defer the gain.  Since the beginning of this year 2016, we have sold three more properties which means... 

We have been looking for replacement properties.  We have viewed various properties with our realtor this week so we have a pretty good idea of what we want to buy.  It's going to be a rental and it needs to be a nice, well kept property that would appeal to anyone.  I think we have identified a couple of them and we will see what happens.

Enough said about business, I had fun too this week.  I bought the dress pictured above for $15.00 from Macys.  The fabric is pretty as it has a sparkle to it and the dress is lined, too.  I found a perfect pair of strappy heels with a wrap around the ankle strap but I didn't buy them.  Did you read that Macys are closing 40 stores and laying off 4,000 people?  Sad indeed.  This dress style is a bit "modern" for me but I plan on wearing my body hugging slip!  haha...

My yarn basket is full of items; a shawl that I'm working on but I put it aside to knit some Easter bunnies for my grandchildren and I been crocheting some doilies.    In the meantime, my dear sister-in-law introduced me to double knitting.  I followed the instructions as shown in the video except that I cast on the stitches separately for each color.  It's really quite a fascinating technique.  Here's the swatch I did; it's suppose to be a parrot but as my little grandson said, "it doesn't look like one"!  The reverse side has the colors reversed.  It's fun as it uses my brain (or what there is of it).  I may make a scarf like the one pictured here. Isn't this a fabulous pattern?

I'll leave you with a fun, exciting project.  It's the Tea Cup and Mug Exchange hosted by The Enchanting Rose. I had originally read about it on another blog site and I was so excited to join in.  I signed up as a follower to The Enchanting Rose and yesterday I signed up for the exchange.  As you can see from the photo above, I have a ton of cups and saucers.  Lots of them were inherited from my Mom.  It's one of my most cherished collections.  If you're interested in joining, visit the blog or fill out the sign up sheet which is here. 

That's about all that has been happening here at Lilly My Cat.  We're suppose to get some rain this weekend; I hope!  Tomorrow we have a family dinner planned, Saturday we will meet with the realtor again, dinner party with friends in the evening and hopefully attend church on Sunday.  I hope all of you my dear readers are doing well.  It's always a joy to hear from you.  Feel free to comment and let me know what you've been creating.

Hugs to all,

Pat

P.S.  Last week someone asked in the comment section what is Poilane bread.  Please click on this link for further info.