Day 1: A Found Saturday

Spring break has finally arrived for our small town school system, and none too soon.  With eight more days of freedom looming in front of me, I was able to relish the quiet moments of this day.  No rushing around for me!  Took a long walk in our southern humidity early this morning, scouted out a few yard sales, and scored a cool terrarium for almost nothing.  I will have to research terrariums so I will not how to plant in it! 

Another cool find was a megaphone (the old timey style, but made of plastic) for a steal.  Not sure what I will use it for, but I can always put it in our shop.  I also nabbed a cream-colored DREAM sign that I will dress up a bit. 

Then, to top off the day, hubs and I both got free canteloupe plants from our local Wal-Mart for Earth Day.
We also made a quick stop at the former Walton Monroe Mills building.  It is in the process of being rennovated into an antique mall, a grist mill, and an upscale restaurant.  Of course, the restaurant won't appear for several years, but the antique mall will open at the end of the month.
Anyway, this was my first visit into the building where three generations of my family worked.  My great-grandmother left the mills in New Holland, Georgia in the late 1920s to early 1930s to come to Monroe.  My great-grandfather followed.  Decades later, my grandmother and her siblings worked there.  Both of my parents worked there at various times in their early twenties. 
This is the Walton Monroe Mill sign that hung inside at the office.

I remember one time when mama and daddy worked on the third shift, my sister and I decided we needed to see our mama.  Granny Maddox (my great-grandmother) had to deal with two toddlers pitching a fit to see their mother at some unearthly hour.  When  her cajoling and talking did no good, she promptly walked us up the street to the mill and told someone who we needed.  As soon as the door opened and the roar from the machines blew out over us, we both decided we did not need to see our mother that badly.  Granny, however, would not let us leave.  She made us stay there until Mama came out.  That was a one time trip!

Then last summer(?), a movie company used it to film An American Reunion.  I think it is the third in the American Pie series.  I didn't see the first two (really not my genre), but I might have to watch this one just to see Monroe in it.  This is the sign the company painted on the mill.

Hubs and I visited our local library book sale last week.  I bought a few treasures for my classroom.  There is one student that will go crazy over the animal book.  I only have twenty more class days with them.  I asked to loop up with this class, but I am not so sure they are going to let me.  Hands down, this is the best class in my school.  Even other students tell me that!
Anyway, I checked out the crochet books while I was at the library.  Found several that caught my attention and interest.  I need to acquire but a handful of beads for my next project.  I'll post pics of that when it is done.  Should be interesting.

Came home intending to work in my garden, but that didn't happen.  I did, however, enjoy my Confederate Jasmine.  I planted it last summer; it was just a small gallon-sized pot.  Now it has taken over my back deck stairs and a repurposed bed-spring trellis.  Hubs wasn't too sure about me using the bedsprings as a trellis, but now he likes!