Frustration Leaving Comments

I have been trying to leave comments tonight and it won't let me . I finally gave up after three attempts. I am having a little quality time reading all of your blogs. It makes a little irrated to say the least. Some of you have been lucky and some have not.

It has been another beautiful fall day, just to bad that it had to be spent inside. I have forgotten where I found my fall picture, but it is definitely my favorite time of the year.

September is almost gone and I don't have a clue as to where it has gone, but it has gone really fast. I will have to try again to post my daughter's Halloween decorations. 

My children are getting pay back from when they were little with their own children. It is fun to be a grandparent and set back and watch. My youngest grandson got in an argument with his teacher of all things. He is just trying everybody's patience at the moment. He knows his ABC's and can count, but he wouldn't for his teacher. Last week he was in trouble about every day. This week has been better.

We had our Southside Festival, but it wasn't like other years. It turned off cold and rainy the weekend they had it. I don't think I would like to be a vendor in that respect.  They did have a good turn out for the baby contest. It was sunny that afternoon.

Well I am going to try to visit some more of you. Wish me luck.

Just listed in my Etsy Shop

My Halloween tea towels have arrived in my etsy shop this afternoon. 
The first three are listed and the 4th one is from the bridal shower gift and I am in the process of making it. It is almost done. I will be adding them as I get them done. 
The weather has been absolutely beautiful this weekend. In the 40's of a morning and warms up in the afternoon. It is 66 degrees as I write my blog this afternoon. 
The sun is shining and makes it feel so good to be outside in the fresh air. There is some color in the trees showing officially that fall has arrived. 

I have been very busy with work so I haven't been able to read like I want. Plus I am waiting for my new glasses that should have already been here. They chipped my left lens when they was putting them in the frames. Of course that is the eye that I need the most help with. It has a cataract forming on it, but it isn't big enough to operate on yet.  

 We went for a drive yesterday to see what flood damage there was around our power plant. It just looked like a lot of beach lot property. I don't think I could deal with what some of the people are having to deal with because of it. The river is almost bank in its banks and they are working hard to get the highways back open that has been effected.

Some of the quiet little towns would like to have some less traffic. They aren't use to it. You definitely have to have patience.

I am not looking forward to the week with everything that is going on right now. I was told just to take it one step at a time and it would happen. We shall see.

Hope you all have had a beautiful weekend. Enjoy your week.

Fall is Approaching

 Are you ready for fall? The cooler temperatures of a morning with it warming up in the afternoon. Are you ready for a trip to look at all of the pretty  fall colors?
It is my favorite time of the year to travel. We have some trees starting to turn and this is what I am hoping my trees look like this year in my back acre.
My grandsons wants a bon fire so they can have smores and hot dogs. They have a fire pit and Matt thinks they need to put some wood in it so it will be ready.

 This past weekend was rainy, cool, and if it wasn't raining then it was misting. Just not very good weekend to be out. I know I have caught a cold from getting wet one to many times. The voice is not very good from having to answer the phone all day and page who I needed at work.

The three Halloween tea towels will be listed in my etsy shop by the weekend. My pictures doesn't do them justice. They have a stripe border around the edge, it can be sage with a black stripe, blue, pumkin, red, just to name a few of the colors of the stripes.

If you have a special color, I would be more then happy to custom make you one or two. These are like the ones that was part of the bridal shower present.

It has been a very good stress reliever for me with my work load right now.

Keep your fingers, toes, legs crossed for me that we get to go south this next month on a mini vacation. I am need a few days away from work and everything else. We have a doctor appointment the 7th of October and if he says yes. We will head south to Branson on the 12th of October. We already have some shows that we want to see. My hubby has to see Ann Margaret who will be appearing with Andy Williams.

 I want to see the 12 Irish Tenors that I wanted to see the last time we were down there. I just hope if we get to go it doesn't rain all the time we are gone.

It is already down to 61 degrees this evening. I have been stopping by just can't always leave a comment like I want.

Have a great week.

He won 1st Place

The last horse show was today and it was 4H  kids from 5 counties represented plus the therapeutic kids from the Broken Bow Ranch.
The picture is from an earlier show, but today his dream came true. He got his first first place in a class of seventeen kids. Some of the kids that he beat today had beat him most of the summer, but today was great. He got third in the trail class out of another big group so he really had a great day.
You couldn't have asked for better weather. It was in the low 70's and cloudy all day off and on. It looked as though it was going to rain, but never did.Although there was rain in the area just not there at the horse show arena.  It was a fun day for the kids with the games they played on their horses besides the other events.They got medals and everybody got some kind of gift for every event which really made it nice. They made every boy and girl feel special.  At the end of the day, there was a barbecue pork supper for all of the participants and parents, who wished to stay. We enjoyed the whole day. They let little brother ride even though he was not quite 7. He is only a little over a month away. He tried games that he had never done before and had a blast even though he didn't come near to winning. To be able to laugh as the kids got to try their hand at new things was the main thing.
I got all of the wedding and shower gifts made and delivered. Now to concentrate on other things for fun. I am anxious to hear how the bride to be liked her Halloween Tea towels. I hope she does.
I haven't spent that many hours outside in the fresh air for quite a while and it was really enjoyable. 
We may have a little more rain this evening and we have already dropped down to 61 degrees so it will be chilly in the morning. 
I hope you are all enjoying your weekend I am. We have remembered what happened 10 years ago tomorrow. We have had several events to honor those who lost their lives. One of our local high schools put a flag out for every one how lost their lives on one of the hills at their football field. It was neat how they arranged them. We had some church services to honor them. Our prayers go out to those who lost love ones in this horrible tragedy and to those who continue to fight to keep our freedom.
Have a great rest of the weekend. 
 

PICTURES OF MY QUILT

Labor Day weekend was much to short with such beautiful weather. We had rain Saturday evening, but we managed to get into church and the reception without getting wet.

I was a little disappointed because my pictures didn't turn out of the bride and groom. She was a beautiful bride. I got to see family that I hadn't seen for a long time. The youngest was 3 weeks old and the oldest was in the 80's.

I thought I would show you pictures of my quilt and some of the Halloween tea towels and puppy tea towels that I made as a wedding presents. The last just has to be ironed and put in the box.  I am going to put my quilt  in my etsy shop, because I don't want family fighting over it and I only have the one done. My daughter would be the first to tell you she got it. She wanted to know where her Halloween tea towel was. She decorates the house for Halloween.

The print material is the back side. It is reversible so you can have either side up on your bed. It is a matter of taste and which you really want to show off.

The Halloween tea towels are for a bridal shower. They are two of the six that I made. I will be putting some in my etsy shop as quick as I get some more done. They won't be on the striped towel because I have to order some more of them. If you would like to order one, just send me an e-mail. I would be happy to oblige you.

The dog tea towels was done with some Valdani thread that I purchased from my friend Michelle at Raspberry Rabbit Blog. She is having a giveaway so you might want to pop over to see her.

I will be trying to catch up with my reading  and I have been stopping by just not getting to leave messages.

The ribbon design

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This will give you an idea of the ribbon design plus some of the other details that are on the quilt. I don't have a clue how many hours I have in embroidering it. I just know that when you at the hospital you have to have something to occupy your mind besides the illness that is being treated.

Labor Day Weekend

Are you ready for the weekend? Do you have a mini vacation planned ? I was so ready for time to go home tonight. It has been a long hectic week and I was glad to see it come to an end. We got everything taken care of and have the lumber setting on the ground for a big  project that is suppose to start this next weekend. We were happy that our supplier had it so that they wouldn't have to wait. Some people can be very impatient. Our plans so far for the weekend will be My great niece's wedding this Saturday evening with a dinner-dance following the ceremony. I made them a set of tea towels for their wedding present. I need to get back to doing some to sell. My Halloween ones are turning out pretty neat that I am making for my daughter-in-law to give as a shower gift. I have my first craft show the first weekend in November. My daughter-in-law and I will do it together. She was going to take a few days of vacation to have some me time and work on crafts that she wanted for the show. She and my son do wood working. I probably will do one craft show with my grandson. It is a good way to spend quality time with him.

With all the damage from the hurricane, the floods, the drought, the earthquakes and the fires will we ever return to normal. Do foreign countries offer to return some of the money that we have given when they had a disaster? I don't think there will ever be enough money to pay for everything that some people thinks we should. I just wish they would figure out a way to send water like they do other products to the areas that really need the water. We have pipelines running across our countryside for oil and gasoline, why not water.

I am quite sure some people would have loved to send water to Texas to help them. After being out of your house for over two months, and can't really get in to see how much damage there is would really be hard to take. I don't know how well I would be able to handle it if I was in their shoes. When you look across, the fields the crops are gone and it just looks like a big lake. They keep saying the river is going down, but I can't really see the difference as of yet. The air guard must think it is because they are returning things that they had moved to higher ground. They have even brought some of the C-130"s back to the base.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. If you travel, be safe. It may not be your driving, but the one coming from the other direction.

Weekend to short

Have you ever wanted to make the weekend longer and the work week shorter? Saturday was such a beautiful fall day even though September hasn't officially arrived. We took off with no particular destination in mind. We ended up in Fall City, Nebraska at a street fair. I hadn't been to one of those in many years. It was fun looking at the old cars, trucks, and tractors on display. If the 1937 ford had only had a rumble seat, it would have been like one my brother owned many moons ago. We could hardly wait until he got home so that we could ride in the rumble seat when we were kids. Of course, my hubby like the t-bird convertible. He always wanted one of those. .

There was craft tents, carnival rides, entertainment of all kinds. Many food vendors so you had plenty to choose from. They had the emergency trailer in case someone got to hot. I do know that wheel chairs don't roll the best on cobble stone streets. It was a fun day with the evening ending with splitting a steak and rib dinner. My hubby ate the steak and I had the ribs. The dinner rolls fresh out of the oven with honey butter was to die for. It is the best dessert that you could possibly ask for. 

I keep praying for my friends on the East Coast that they survive the Hurricane. I have heard from a few, but I still have some I would love to hear from. It could just be a one line post, but then I know there is a good possibility they have no electricity. Ours here in some areas of town was out for a week. We were lucky where we live and only lost it for about 6 hours. 

I got my quilt back from the quilters. I tried to take some pictures, but I don't like them. Anybody have any suggestions how to get a good picture?

I was pleased with the way that it turned out. 

My nephew and family have arrived from Arizona for the wedding this weekend. I haven't seen him for over a year or I should say when his other daughter got married. My sister and her husband usually flys out there for the holidays. She says that way she doesn't have to shovel the snow and worry about the cold. 

I don't know where the month has gone. It seems as though it just started and it is gone. Maybe it is because we are getting older. Have a great week.

 

It's Friday

It has really been fairly nice the last couple of days. We started in the 60's and  got up into the 80's. Much better then the 90's with the triple digit heat index.
Today went fast at work with being busy. I like those kind of days. We were all ready for a couple of days off and next week we will have a three day weekend. We will have a wedding on Saturday night. It will be an opportunity to see some family that I haven't seen awhile. They live in Arizona, but came back here for the wedding as most of the family is here and it is easier for them to travel this way.
We lost a life net helicopter tonight killing 4 about 7 P.M. The crew was from here, but I don't know about the patient. They were stationed at our local airport. We know some of them and wonder if it is any that we know.
We took a drive down Highway 59 to see how far we could go since it has been closed because of the flood waters. When we got to where we had to detour, it looked like a gigantic lake. They keep saying the river is going down, but I keep wondering where.
To all of my East Coast Friends and family, I hope you all are safe and will let us know that you are o.k.. I know that it will be rough with the high wind and rain. It might accidentally weaken, but you never know. You can always dream.
This weekend will be a quiet weekend with just dad and I at home. We are going to go to breakfast and then do one of our trips where we just pick a direction with no particular destination in mind. We go and see the country side. It will be a distance where we can get back home in the evening. It might involve looking at some more of the flooding or just taking some of the country roads to see the country side. It will be a pleasant day regardless. We might even watch a college football game. My husband's cousin is the head football coach at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. They have a home game tomorrow afternoon. We go down and watch his team play some.
It is getting late and I probably should go to bed. Have a good weekend.
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Two Days Left to Work

Just two days left this week, and we are still basically working with just three of us. It makes it a little rough, but we are managing. It wasn't working better until the heat came back, but then at least it waited for the lights to come back. Of course there is still some without electricity,

First, I would like the following people to e-mail me their address. The 1st winner of my drawing is Ornaments by Pink. 2nd winner is Brynwood Needle Works and 3rd is CathyJo.

I would like to thank you for helping me celebrate my birthday. We didn't do to much celebrating with the death of hubby's only aunt. Both she and his mother were to the 100th mark. We had celebrated her 100th birthday in May and his mom was two and a half months shy of hers.

They asked him if he was going to reach the same age. It remains to be seen.

I went down for my doctor appointment. I am gaining the weight that he is losing. We are going to change medicine just a little bit, but other then that everything went o.k.. My blood pressure is a little high, but with stress at work and all it makes a little rough. My boss is still in the hospital and don't know how soon he will be back to work. He had to have two surgeries this last trip to the hospital.

All of my grandsons are officially in school now. The Older two started school today. I think they were all excited about getting to go see their friends that they hadn't seen that much over the summer. They got to wear their new shoes. Mom made them wait.

The storm damage is still being cleaned up from the storms that we had. My niece wasn't so lucky. This is what is left of their blue spruces. The wind was clocked at 104 miles an hour. There isn't a pine needle left on the tree. The hail damage, wind damage is unbelievable. You think about having to have help when you have ice storms, or snow, but in the summer to restore everybody electricity.

My heart and prayers goes out to those in the earthquake area. I have been watching the hurricane reports and praying for my friends that they will be missed. You all have a good weekend.

A Different Birthday

It wasn't quite like I had envision today with everything that has happened. We had a bad storm go through last night with very high winds, hail, lightening, and heavy rain. We have small tree limbs down in the yard. Part of my security light arm is laying in the yard with the light and cover shattered laying in the yard. Luckily it didn't hit anything. The tower that was on top of the highway patrol building is laying in a crumple mess in front of the building. At least it missed the car that was sitting there.

It was fun going to work with the down trees, no electricity in some of the areas. We lost ours between 10 and 10:30 last night. Our son and daughter-in-law still did not have theirs back yet this evening when we saw them . They were worried they were going to lose their food in the freezer, they have already lost what was in the refrigerator.

We have been at the funeral home this evening. My husband's aunt past away. We celebrated her 100th birthday in May. She had a heart attack the first of the month and never recovered from it. At least she won't have problems hearing anymore and she will be with her sister, my hubby's mom. The funeral is tomorrow. I told the kids that we could celebrate it anytime. My son brought his two boys to see me today at work so that I could have my birthday hugs and I got my third one from my youngest grandson tonight at the funeral home.

It was clouding up again as we came home. I hope we don't have any more storms like last night.I have family to the north of us that have broken windows, hail damage, and the siding on my niece's house looks like Swiss cheese. I told them the damage is repairable, but you can"t replace them.

They got hit by two storms in one evening. The first one missed us and we got hit by the second one. They are having their Trails West celebration this weekend. It usually storms when it is here. 

I hope all of you that wanted to enter my SURPRISE BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY has done so. I will be doing the drawing over the weekend. Tomorrow will be a little busy. Take Care

 

Big Day Friday

 Friday is the big day. My birthday. I have been lucky to have people help me celebrate all week long. I think it is because I hit the big 70. I keep telling them that I am going to deduct years off my age. Ha. We are going out to dinner that evening to where ever I pick. I am  so special I get pick what I want for lunch earlier in the day. I can go on a diet on Saturday.
We still have flood water and will for a while. If you live in our area, and want to see what looks like an ocean, take a drive up I-29 as far as you can go. It looks like an ocean when you come to where you have to get off.

 School has officially started for my youngest grandson. It doesn't seem like he should be in kindergarten all ready. The older two will start the 23rd catching the bus before I even go out the door to work. I think they are ready to go back to see their friends and make new ones. They will go to separate schools with Jake being in Junior High and Matt in the first grade this year.
We had a busy summer with the soccer, baseball, and horse shows, but you know what we have enjoyed every minute of it. The t-ball games were so much fun because you never knew what they were going to do.

The bottom picture is of the two first graders. My great great nephew, Matt, my grandson, and Emma. She is only four, but thinks she is older. They both got to ride Cleo at the horse show in Pickering, Missouri. They think they will get grandpa to get them a horse. I can see my brother doing just that. They aren't spoiled much.

It is not to late to enter my giveaway if you like surprises. Just leave a comment on my birthday post.

Have a great weekend. I am enjoying the pretty weather. Starts off in the 60's and gets up to 80's. So much better then the triple digits.

Birthday week

 This is the big week of my birthday. There is still time to enter my surprise birthday giveaway. I am looking forward to it and surprising the lucky winner with some nice things.
The last few evenings has been working on the last of my wedding presents that I have been embroidering. I will be sharing them with you in a few days. I have enjoyed making them.
My week will be a little hectic. We already know that we will be doing lunch on Friday. I just have to make up my mind what I would like because who's ever birthday gets to chose the menu.
I don't feel that old until I look at the ages of the kids, grand kids, and the number of years that we have been married. I can still run if I absolutely have to, but prefer not to do so.

 We have one more horse show for the year. It has been enjoyable to watch even though it has been hot at times. It is fun to watch the expression on the faces when they place.
I thought I would show you my table runner that I completed. I finally got the pictures taken. It has a set of 4 napkins to go with it. The design on them is like the big 4 leaf clover in the corner.
I have one set of Christmas pillow cases done and half a set of another one done. My Christmas bells are finished including the lace on the edges of the pillow cases.

 We had our family reunion the first Sunday in August. There was 4 brothers and two sisters there with our extended families. I got to meet the youngest member of our family. Her name is Harper and she is ll weeks old.
It turned out to be a fair weekend. The storms had been to the North of us and the south of us. We listened to the weather all the way home and watched the clouds. You never know anymore just how fast the clouds can appear.
I thought I would show you a picture

Harper and her mommy. She seems so tiny to hold. Of course her grandma is looking forward to baby sitting.

School starts for my youngest grandson tomorrow and the older two starts the 23rd of August. I don't know where the summer has gone, but it sure has gone fast. Have a good week.

One last thing I have been able to read your blogs, but blogger has been given me a little trouble. I will now see if it will let me publish my post. Take care.

Busy Week

The weekend has really flown by. It is probably because so much has been shoved into two days. We had some rain not much, thunder and lightening. Kanas City and the surrounding area got hit worse then us. We did lose our electricity on Wednesday afternoon about 2 and didn't get it back until nearly 4 A.M. We were fortunate that it was not the day before because it was 103. The way it was the house didn't start getting hot until morning. If it had been otherwise, we would have been looking for a place to stay.

We went to Ethan's  6th birthday  party on Saturday Afternoon. He had a bowling party. It was fun to watch the boys bowl. He was so excited. It doesn't seem like he should really be that old and starting to kindergarten here in just a little over a week. He is ready to go to school. He and his parents are going to the State Fair which starts this Thursday. He wants to ride the ponies for one thing.

We went to watch the boys and their dad ride at Pickering, Missouri. Matt won his first trophy and is so proud of it. You can tell the eyes are just sparkling. He doesn't care what he rides as long as he gets to ride.

He was warming up Baby sis so that he could do Trail Ride. He didn't do to bad in it, but she wouldn't trot for him. She just stands for him and he doesn't even hold on to her. Jake place in every even that he entered. Cleo doesn't care for him to try to open the gate while still on her back. They have been lucky in finding the two horses that they have.

Hope you all have a good week. Try to stay cool.

70TH BIRTHDAY SURPRISE GIVEAWAY

Hope you all are surviving in the horrible heat that is going on right now We have cool down a little , but not as much as I would like. We  were at 103 when I left work. This month is my 70th birthday on the 19th and what better way for you all to help me celebrate then have a giveaway. I am not going to show you what it is because I want you to be surprised. I know you will like it. The rules of my giveaway are you need to leave a comment on this post. It is open to the US and Canada. You need to become a follower or if you are that is great, also. Please let me know if you are new to my blog or one of my faithful ones. If you don't have a blog, leave me a way to contact you. In your comment, I would like to know your favorite color and what is your favorite embroidery item.  I will close my giveaway at midnight on the 19th. I have donated things in the past for prizes, but this is my 1st giveaway that I have done myself.

This is a month of family birthdays at our house hold. My youngest grandson was born six days before his mother's and she was born six days before mine. I am looking forward to my weekend. We are celebrating my grandson's birthday on Saturday afternoon. Sunday we are going to my family reunion. We try to see how  many of the  brothers and sisters we can get together. There is ten of us if we are all there. Then with the extended children and their children we usually have a good turn out. It is pot luck and every one brings something. My oldest brother will be the oldest at 81 and I don't know how young we will have. Last year it was six weeks. It is a tradition that my parents started when they were alive. We have moved it inside in the air-conditioning because to many have health issues.

Try to stay as cool as possible, we are maybe going to get some rain by Thursday. It just means that I get to drive in the rain that day. I can handle that. Oh yes, my mammogram was good, don't have to go back for a year for those of you who might like to know. It made me feel good.

Everybody take care and have a good rest of the week.

The Weekend

The weekend is officially here and I was so ready for two days off. It actually cooled down a little today with a little rain, just enough be a nuisance. Tomorrow will be a little busy, but it is something for me. I am having a mammogram done in the morning that I have been putting off because it wouldn't fit the schedule. I found out that they are open now on every other Saturday, plus you don't have to have an appointment.

You all are probably wondering about the birthday greetings. This next month the 19th I will be celebrating a big birthday and wanted you all to share it with me. I am going to have a surprise giveaway to celebrate it. I know part of it will be some of my handy work and I be posting more about that in the next few days. 

This is one of my blue birds tea towel that I finished. Depending on the design determines how long it takes me to do it.

My pillowcases are done, ready to laundry, and take the pictures. I will let you tell me what you think. I have several to take pictures of and hope to  get it done over the weekend.  I had put my baby quilt aside while I was working on wedding presents. I got it back out and want to get it finished next. The picture is not mine, but hopefully mine will look just as good as the one I found in Herschner's catalogue.

I am so excited, they are quilting my quilt that I embroidered. It is getting closer to a reality. They called to see if I wanted to make any last minute changes. I have given the quilter free range . I trust them to do a good job. I really like their quilt shop. It is small, but they are so helpful and the fabrics are really special.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, Stay cool.