Best/ worse/ ? did you learn today? #112 visit with friends!

he'll be ok with it all, seeing how i arranged it all he will be happy to get out of california
will be making a bunch of those neck coolers ummm i think i'll forget to tell him on the temps in aug lol

Drats, drats and more drats Debbie..would there ever be a chance you could leave for 4 or 5 days to a week...first week August...do a little tour with me...

uggg something wrong with keyboard, if I press question mark this is what I get é on french keyboard, maybe I was thinking in french this a.m.

Liz, wonder if Steve is still wears his neck coolant that I made him... reminds me, must find mine...

Betty, Aug. 8th is Shannons graduation party. I was thinking...if possible and I get my extended license by then....I could always follow you and Mom home on the 19th???

DH is on vacation that week from Aug. 8th to 14th or so there. Thinking I could maybe arrange something if he is here to run with the kids. Don't know how he would like me slipping away with him on vacation. LOL Might be a vacation for him also in some sorts!

Summer is just so busy Debbie...let`s wait until you get the licence and then we`ll gab about you crossing over for a weekend..we can plan lots of things to do and places to see...my last day of work if I take a week in August would be ending work on Friday the 31st..and having to be back to work August 10th...

Just a quick pop in to say hi to all....have got a ton of errands, laundry and packing to do, our train leaves at 6:40, gets to Portland at nine then we are driving directly to the coast as Alan has ride commitment at 9 a.m. I think we are going to take the six mile hike over the headlands to Seaside with Diana and meet up with the rest of the group there. Should be interesting...I do a lot of biking but has been years since I have done that much walking. Hope everyone has a great, safe weekend....if I don't get back this afternoon will try and catch up on the train tonight.

Have a good day!

Oh boy, how wonderful your trip sounds Trisha, I`m so hoping you have the time of your life and that the weather co-operates..you`ve been working so hard it`s about time you enjoy!

A train ride and everything...I thought you were just driving...
I`ll wait patiently for photo`s and your story update...

Happy 4th of July...

Hi Betty, Jean and I posted several descriptions of our day over on the June Block swap. We had a great time, rain and all. It was so nice to meet another DG quilter. She is so talented as a designer as well. We are talking about a trip to PA sometime to the big quilt shops and maybe a trip to Florida next winter for a gathering. Big plans - all depends on if Norm is working. We put up with some downpours but we really enjoyed our day.

Was ninety five degrees at home today....nice train ride to Portland and we are in the car on out way out to the Beach...an hour or two away. Have a good night all...will check in at some point tomorrow.

Happy 4th to all. Hope it is a safe and happy one.....

Happy 4th of July to you my friends...may it be filled with friends/family...

Drats it's overcast, cold and won't be long before the sky starts spitting again...but it's Saturday and I've enough to keep me busy inside should it decide to rain all day..what a week...

Yesterday afternoon I dropped in to 2 scrapbooking stores..wow, not a cheap hobby for sure..got most of what I need, still in search of podgy and more decorations for the memory book....who knows maybe tonight I'll go in search of photo's..not a thing I enjoy doing..too many memories, too many of my family gone so might decide to do it for someone else and they can add their photo's...

You all will be busy today, how wonderful for you all!

What a thoughtful thing to do Betty. I know photos can be hard sometimes. If you make something for someone like that journal you made for me, that is one very wonderful gift. And it keeps YOU busy. I'm off to the sewing machine. Several signature blocks to make. Have a relaxing day everyone..

Hi all. Raining here.At least I haven't had to water much. Going to be in the 90s again next week so we better enjoy this. It is only 68 now, Betty I have 70 daylilies and twenty more coming and a few iris and then I quit. Just take care of what I have. All I will have to do is dig, sell, move arround stuff and weed. Havwe a great 4rth. HUGS BEV
This is Broadway Accent.

happy fourth of july!

morning all,

trisha have a good time..
betty, i love those scrubbers will have to go through my pile of yarn and see if i have any cotton, we have overcast too, hope it clears for tonights fireworks we got the perfect spot up on our roof, we can see two city's and not have to deal with any croud lol
sounds like your going to be busy scrapbooking.
oh dh woke from his nap bet he is going to crack the whip to start cleanning garage yuck!

Barb, always get more enjoyment out of making for others than for myself..I had hoped you'd have your 'junk swap' package by yesterday..no mail delivery today so guess you'll be getting it next week sometime..

Bev, omg 70 lily's and more to come...are most of them scented? must be beautiful when all in bloom...I think I now have about 12, long cry from you, but give me time, I'm sure I'll be buying more..here they don't bloom till end of July/early august , pretty much at the end of the season when gardens aren't looking their best...

Liz, do you still have the large pick up container for your cleaning? come on girl once it's done you can relax and enjoy the yard...

Suzanne and Lenny dropped in this morning and invited me for supper, will go..MIL will be there so I'll bring all her slacks I shorten to her..you'd have thunk she would have called me after my calling her to say they were all shortened...

Ran into town, needed elastic for the diaper cake as I'm working on it, less to do next week before the shower, dropped into Home Depot for dowel, need it to keep the layers together..lol..then to the Scrapbooking place, almost an empty wallet when I came out..

Did groceries in town, saw that the church who has plant sale every year is now having their Strawberry Social, so just dropped in to put away groceries, get dressed (couldn't go in my work garb) ...won't have to cook lunch...sandwhiches and strawberry shortcake..yum/yum/yum


So glad I dropped in to visit with you, made my day..keep photo's coming Bev...

Off I go to fill in my afternoon....

Cooking is almost done except the meats. The town is filling up with loads of people.

DH and I already made a trip downtown through the craft show....can you believe second craft show in a week....and I didn't find one thing I wanted. DH saved the day as a gust of wind came along by the creek and took two tents off to the sky. They got them back up safely.

Going to head down to the parade shortly.

I hope everyone is having a good day.

Debbie

So far all my daylilies are doing a good thing. Two or three new ones will open each day so have to grab camera and check what is new. We have those darn Japanese beetles to fight right now. So far they have kept to the weeds but will get done there and starrt on the flowres GRRR
This is Big Apple

Debbie, so disappointing when you can't find something at a craft show....are you being toooo picky??? lol - wind is much as you have, everything is blowing around..enjoy the celebrations...

Bev, Japanese Beetles what do they look like..don't think we have them, maybe we do and I've just been lucky...such glorious colors you have...question...so lily's multiply????

Feeling like I'm accomplishing a few things...

OMG, I go to the Church Strawberry Social and all these old gals are coming in, dressed to the hilt, I sit at a table with some because I don't know anyone and I'm looking around and I'm amongst an ancient crowd..how did I get here...surely I'm not old???? depends who you ask I guess...drats didn't think it would happen to me..

Just prior to leaving a woman I know from the seniors group that I looked after at Baxter Hall came in..we were gabbing away and she said her church group quilt for individuals..queen size $250. They have 3 quilts ahead of them right now so asked her to please put me down as the 4th..going to get my cross stitch quilt mom did for me done...

Home I came, got all the diaper cake put together..just have to insert dowels so it doesn't topple over..omg, I have 224 diapers to make this cake..3 rolls of ribbon...put a few trinket things to decorate and now comes the shopping for outfits to fit here and there...all the easy part so won't have to rush next Sunday...

Then I sad and did all the measurements for my 'memory' book project for tomorrow and had a brain storm...know it sounds silly but here's what I'm thinking...am I totally off the wall???

Why not make one and give it to the new mommy...she's having a boy but that's ok...my thought is to write her a note in the gift telling her how years go by so very quickly, through the years of growing..i.e. baby picture/christening/1st day of school, etc.etc.etc. she could add photo's AND when he gets married she could present it to the bride as a gift...

Do you think a 'mom' would do that? or is that just toooo long of a commitment?

Know I'd have done it if I got one, but then that's my kind of thing...
So off to finish cutting so that tomorrow will be an easy day...and, I'm excited, did a few of the book backing on scrap material and it's a piece of cake..plus, what I bought this morning will so make it lovely..now I can't wait..

Greg dropped in and said Jeff was in Port Severn (where we lived on the lake) and is out in a Kayak practicing for his 2 week adventure..don't know if I'm thrilled about that on this windy day but at 39 they JUST DON'T listen...

Talk later

I think it would be a great gift, Betty.

Yeah Betty Daylilies multiply fast. Can't you grow them up there??
This is Wedding Band.

I've been purchasing them this past 2 years because you've tempted me so...lol...just didn't know if they reproduce...

Getting lazy here, still cutting out what I need for tomorrow and only short a few pieces to do the 2nd one..now looking down here in my stash to see if anything I have would match..if not, maybe I can get to WalMart before class tomorrow morning..

Thanks Shar, just wasn't sure if I was off the wall...mind you, I've almost got $100.00 into the cake, nursery rhyme collection from Disney and still haven't purchased the outfits to get included in the cake...not a cheap thing to make but she is my god-daughter as well as niece so have to do the extra...guess it's 75% finished..

Think I got carried away with the diapers..lol

It is sooo pretty outside now that the sunshine is out, everything looks green and pretty...I put about 30 pkgs. of seed in the ground this aft. probably all will not grow but I did forget I had them so I'll give them a head start for next season...

I'll not go to Suzanne and Lenny's for supper..tired and I've a long day ahead of me tomorrow...I'll have my corn on the cob, a yam, piece of steak then call it a night..

Might still play...

Well, got to go try and call Jeff, worry about him in that blasted 'kayak' in this wind....

Happy 4th everyone!

Hope you are having fun Trisha...

OMG I'm so laughing...

Jeff called to say that he made it to Lock 45 in the kayak, said waves were as high as 3ft. fought the winds, said when he leaves on the 15th it can't get much worse than what he got on his trial weekend, let's hope...

He got an 18' with a day use hole and he said he fit everything in except his self inflated mattress..could have taken everything out and gotten a 20' but thought it was only for one night so why go through that trouble...

I asked him what he was going to sleep on, 'the ground mom, have a sleeping bag, I'll be ok' yep, well you know mothers, off to Walmart I went and purchased an air mattress and off to Port Severn Lock 45...he was so laughing that his mom still treats him like he's 13 on his first camping trip...he can't bring it back, no room so told him just to leave it at the lock, some child will take and use it...lol..so now I can sleep knowing he's not on a hard surface in his tent...he went to Vaughan Mills at Bass pro and bought supper in a bag (just add boiling water) so he had beef strogonoff tonight, and he has same type of meal (bacon/eggs) for tomorrow morning..not cheap, says $10.00 a bag..

Told him that I will be a peekeeboo mom, after work I'll drive to the lock he's at for the night to check up on him and make sure all is well...think he'll not tell me where he is..lol

Best of today...all around nice day

Worse of today...nothing today,except, not being able to find a 'dead' animal...

What did I learn today...regardless what age your children are, they are still your babes...

Morning,

Overcast but then look at the time, it probably will clear up by 10...Kyle is now on his way to Camp Borden Army Base where he will take a bus to Trenton Air Base and spend 2 weeks...hoping he enjoys the Army experience..

Jeff, well let's hope he had a softer sleep thanks to Mom and blow up mattress lol

Think I had everything I need for my project today except a lunch..my thoughts are to go via Elmvale and stop at Coffee Time, am sure they sell premade sandwhiches..

Many of you will be tired after a long day of celebration, maybe a good day to put your feet up or just sit in the garden..

Enjoy your day!

OMG I've been away playing ad no one came to chat...must all be toooo busy...

Summer has arrived, it's absolutely gorgeous out there..would have been a nice day to be home but I did enjoy my day scrapbooking making the 'memory' book ...

Saw when I got home my brother Bernie had come to visit..drats, on Friday my other brother Mike and wife Kim came and I was out shopping..stay hope and they rarely drop in!

Got a call from Greg wanting to know if I wanted to go boating, told me to call as soon as I got in but there are things to do so will pass on boating for today..maybe one evening..nothing like a sunset cruise...

Got a few things to do outside, then come in and find my $$$...put it aside for safe keeping, can't find where I put it...hmmm

Will post photo's of my project when I come back in...

Good afternoon Betty and everyone else! Love Kyle's portrait Betty, very nice.

Well Thursday was a fiasco, like I had a feeling it would be. Dave took his brother from CA out barhopping, was hammered by 3pm, I was still at work and couldn't do anything about it, got home at 5:15, tried to call/text him, nothing, found his wedding ring being used as a paperweight put right in the middle of a small stack of papers, found a cockroach in the spotless kitchen, and he's out partying, oh I was mad mad mad. Dave finally got around to calling me at 6:30 saying where he was at, a little local bar about 20 minutes away down a barely paved one lane road, and he had ran into his best friend, and another good friend, and they wanted him to stay and play poker. I told him that if I had time I would come over there. I got there, Dave's brother had left with Uncle Roy from CA. Dave's poker game ended, he was still drunk and I was still mad.
We agreed on going to McDonalds as it was 9:30pm and is the closest food place there is, on the way we got into this huge fight, I was trying to explain the cockroach and wedding ring, he ended up telling me that when his family is here I don't matter as it's not his fault I have no family to come see me, he jerked the steering wheel out of my hand and almost tore my thumbnail off (it still hurts,)cause he wanted to go back to his truck, and we ended up sitting in McDonalds with me crying my eyes out and him not being able to figure out why. Good Grief. He was better once he got food, so I took him back to his truck and he followed me down that one lane road home.

Friday we went to the lake a day early, as Uncle Grady bbq'd for anyone who showed up. On the way we discussed the fight from Friday, turns out he wasn't driving drunk, his brother doesn't drink so he took over the wheel at 2:30PM. Dave said don't worry about the cockroach cause we live in the woods and just had the outside of the house sprayed, plus the kitchen is always clean. There was a lot of people there, of course I forgot my camera. Food was awesome, as usual, but it was hot, humid, and sunny so we didn't stay late at all since Saturday was the actual reunion. We then went to Dave's aunts house where his brother was having his own bbq (his brother competes with everyone for everything, always got to be the 'better and bigger' person, but never tells anyone that there's a competition going on.) Saw him, ate more food, chatted with family, then went home around 10:00pm.

We got a very late start Saturday and missed the noon meal, which is the main meal, and usually everyone stays, plays horseshoes dominoes, and any other game the can come up with until after dark. This year we didn't get there til 1:00pm, went soaking in the lake for an hour, then when we got back to camp most of the people who showed up were already gone. Then all of the elderly people wanted to go someplace cool and lay down, so everyone left by 4pm, and that was it! We said fooey on it, came home and set off some fireworks we bought on Friday.

Today I wanted to take Uncle Roy to this awesome breakfast place, but they're closed til Wednesday, he leaves early Wednesday morning, so that's that. Just been lounging around today, got the 6th different story this morning from Dave of why he left his wedding ring at home Thursday when he was bar hopping, I told him to just drop it. We're grilling steaks this evening and told Roy to be back here at 6 to 6:30 and we would start dinner.

All in all, not a bad holiday, reunion was kind of a bust, one might say. Oh well, I got some lake time :)

OMG Crissy I'm so sorry things didn't work out better for you...as I said, family get togethers are wonderful but at times stressful..
How hurt you must be him taking off wedding ring to go out..what's with that...don't think wether or not you have family has any bearing on wearing the ring...does he normally take it off when he's washing or working, maybe he really did forget to put it back on....

You did enjoy visiting though with some of the relatives right?

Just don't know what to say Crissy!
Sending you hugs...

He did honestly forget to put it back on, I know that's the truth. Not doubting it one bit. I was originally mad about the cockroach and the fact he wasn't answering his phone, the wedding ring issue came up later, when I asked him why he wasn't answering my calls and texts because I want to see my BIL too, which his answer was that he was 'too busy.' Well being too busy while drunk with a single brother who doesn't seem to know right from wrong, without a wedding ring, just doesn't look good. And ever since his brother got here everything I say to him he has a smart*** comment to follow. Like he asked what a fairy was earlier, I told him, he said, "Well thanks for telling me what a fairy is, I didn't know that." as he's rolling his eyes. I'm getting remarks like that with everything I say, and his brother isn't even in this state today and Roy is at Aunt Eller's, why are you treating me like an idiot when your family isn't even in this house??? Do you think you look better to them when they can't see or hear you?? I've already said, next year when they show up I'm leaving for the week, I'm not putting up with this crap.

Ha!! Uncle Roy just walked in and was telling Dave about some dirt back road he found with the GPS, Dave snapped, "Why don't you go tell Christine your sad story? I don't want to hear it." I think someone has a inferiority complex!

On the train headed home right now....had a great weekend, did some hiking, a great BBQ, a long walk on the beach.

Got the news this morning that our dlderly neighbor Doris that I have talked about passed away last night as dinRowdy, another old neighbor who used to live down the street..

Have a good evening will pop in when I get home if I don't fall asleep.

OH Trisha how very sad...Doris has been ill for quite some time, guess her heart just couldn't fight it anymore...tell us about your trip, enjoyable...

Crissy, something must be bothering him that he's not telling you..when both are in a calmer mood sit with him and find out..his wise cracking just isn't right...

Flowers for you sweetie...

Ann Marie, flowers for you this early morning...hoping you are on the mend and shortly on your way home to your family...

Photo doesn't do the little 'memory' book justice..but here it is..

Open

Haven't cut photo's and put ribbon ties as yet...
On each side on the pink triangle are little pockets that hold the photo's

Gab when I get to work..

What a great way to start a morning..Suzanne just came in and told me she has won $1,989.00 on the lottery Saturday...she is having a pool put in this week and put off getting decking sooo now she can pay for decking around the pool..so pleased, she's so giving and always helping others..bout time something good happens to her...

Oh boy this med sucks..I'm weak tired & can't sleep..Just cause you don't hear from me don't mean I'm not here..I"LL BE BACK

Smile

What Love means to a 4-8 year old . .
Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouth of babes. A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does love mean?'

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined See what you think:




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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love...'

Rebecca- age 8


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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'

Billy - age 4


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'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'

Karl - age 5


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'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'

Chrissy - age 6


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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'

Terri - age 4


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'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'

Danny - age 7


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'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'

Emily - age 8


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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen..'

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)


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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikkas on this planet)


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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'

Noelle - age 7


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'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'

Tommy - age 6


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'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.

He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore'

Cindy - age 8


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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'

Clare - age 6


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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'

Elaine-age 5


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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'

Chris - age 7


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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'

Mary Ann - age 4


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'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'

Lauren - age 4


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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you...' (what an image)

Karen - age 7


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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'

Mark - age 6


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'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'

Jessica - age 8

Betty thank you for the flowers! Something is bothering him, he always wise cracks but not with attitude, then I get to thinking if it's me just thinking he has attitude. Me and Roy were picking on him about being loud, me and Dave always pick on each other for being loud, after I posted when I said "Roy walked in," and he got mad, said he didn't want dinner, went outside and slammed the door (something else he never does,) came back in and said he was going to the bedroom to watch TV instead of staying out with us (Roy wanted to watch the Nascar race we recorded from the night before,) and was in the bedroom for an hour at least. When Dave did come back out he was fine, and Roy started in on telling us how a married couple should treat each other and so on. A lot of what he said is very right, and I was thinking about it all morning getting ready for work.

Trisha I'm so sorry about your neighbors hun. Glad you had a great weekend, now you need a weekend to recoup from the weekend!

Oh Tubby that is so sweet! Thanks for posting that.
That's horrible about your meds. Can you get them changed to something else?

Tubby, sorry the meds are not agreeing with you..that's the pitz..think Crissy might have a good idea, could you contact your Dr. and see if there is an alternative med that you can take???? Just love that post...some of those childrens ideas could change the world..so simplified and down to earth..

Crissy, I'm glad you are not taking it personally, did any of this happen prior to arrival of his brother? maybe it's seeing you interact with Uncle Roy and the relatives, maybe he doesn't have that kind of bond and it bothers him...is it an anniversary of some kind during this time of year, that brings on hidden feelings...

No Betty, his brother came here 2 years ago and we went through the same sort of thing. His brother is extremely competitive and I think it affects Dave, as Dave is the older of the two. I asked Dave the other day if we were going to have his brother over, he didn't really respond but said he won't see the house. Everyone is so opinionated it's unbelievable. Dave and Uncle Roy have always been close and Uncle Roy is getting older and it's showing, big time. It has been showing for about 6 years now. I've only seen his brother once since he's been here. Dave's never had a problem with me interacting with the family, in fact he encourages it. Maybe I'm being too standoffish this year, who knows. No anniversary that I know of, just a lot of family here. I think when family leaves Wednesday and we get a normal Saturday night out it will all be back to normal.
One of the issues that keeps coming up is a couple of Saturdays ago we were out and I mentioned that it's nice that we can hug whoever we want and not be jealous of each other. He keeps saying that I told him he couldn't hug anyone because I'm jealous. Dave has been drinking more than he ever has also, and he's drinking things he never drinks.

Well let's hope you get it straightened out Crissy...

It's chilly here today, almost tempted to turn my micro furnace on...July isn't proving to be a nice month so far...

I'm so undecided about my vacation week...I'm torn between wanting to go and previous committing to having my friend Geraldine who was widowed 1 1/2 yrs. ago who lives in Florida but her new bow lives in London and she's visiting..she mentioned at the time that on her visit she'd love to rent a facility and have all her area friends get together and meat her new 'beau' I offered her my place, haven't heard from her in a few weeks so not sure what to do...