Moth Collection

Last night in MQR chat, several of us were discussing various insects. A couple of them remembered my moths from last year and wondered if I had pictures of new ones this year. Sadly, I dont. We have NO annual flowers planted, no hanging baskets. I think the moths liked them. [...]

Catching up

My friends Sally and Paul just left.  They had to come over to see if I had been taken over by The Blob.  No, but I have felt like a blob!
I think the last couple weeks caught up with me.  I was too overwhelmed for a couple of days to do much of anything.  But [...]

The Blob

For the first 2 hours of fully functional central air conditioning in our house, I sat and watched The BLOB.  Like a blob, I sat.  Crap piled high around me, men still working, lots of commotion.
That movie scared me to death in jr. high.  I watched it while babysitting.  Pretty stupid huh?  It may have [...]

Pioneer Frolic

Every year our nearby state park has a weekend of education and fun, called Pioneer Frolic.  They have re-enactors come with their tents, wares, and skills to show how life used to be lived in the pioneer days.   Usually there are Indians too, but we either missed them today or they werent there.
They have booths [...]

Stress

Yesterday was a bitch stressful.  Only 2 of the 3 guys showed up to work.  So they were stressed and cranky.  The third finally showed up just before noon.  Steve needed to go to the lumber yard…. went to start his truck and it wouldnt start.  He came in to whine about it, but didnt [...]

he loves me

What a busy day.  Too busy to take pics for the most part.
The new heater is in, and so is the tub.  The heater isnt hooked up yet, but should be tomorrow.  The tub is functional.  YAY!  But the shower wont be until the new drywall ceiling and wall are hung.  They will be up [...]

Worse before better

They say it gets worse before it gets better.  That was true today.  I really should have left for the day, but couldnt.  Somebody had to be here to take care of a couple clients.  And Steve was way too dirty for that today.
The heating/plumbing guys came this am, bright and early.  They dove right [...]

Master of Deconstruction

Steve is a master of deconstruction.  He used to dismantle old buildings in Cleveland.  Demolition crew.  Loved it.  Hard, dirty work.  Interesting work.   Dangerous work.  That is how his hand got crushed.
So tonite he had to be the master of deconstruction again.  He needed to remove a wall so the heating/plumbing contractor can replace the [...]

Tim Russert 1950-2008

Tim Russert died today.  Our home is changed forevermore.
That may sound silly to some of you.  However, Steve and I are both news junkies.  Steve is a political freak and watches all the political shows every Sunday morning.  Tim Russert was on tv in our house several hours of the week, every week.  Since it [...]

Fancy Scarf Tutorial

Yesterday I made a fancy scarf.  Why?  Because I can! (And because I was reminded by Deana’s pretty red wrap she made recently that I hadn’t done anything like this in a long time.)
I may decide to use it as a door prize when I do a talk and trunk show Saturday.  I will be [...]