Goofing Off & Sewing Marathon!

What a great weekend I had!  It is always so much fun when my sister and bil come to town. They have several grandsons that play on various football teams from little league, high school and college.  This past weekend saw them Friday night for high school ball with a injury to their grandson and an emergency room trip.  They finally arrived at my house about 12:45am!!  Of course we had to stay up and visit for awhile.  Saturday was college football day and I went with them to watch the Boxers of Pacific University.  Oldest grandson play for them and is doing very well.  Okay, I'll brag a little - He got player of the week and got national recognition!

Yes, he is number 8, a picture of him running after a great interception.

I was very thankful I put a roast in the crock pot with potatoes, carrots and all the fixing.  It was great to come home to a wonderful smelling house and a delicious dinner since we were all tired form our late night.  Jeez!  I'm not as young as I think I am!!  Bed was calling early!

I'm so proud that I remembered to turn my clocks back!  We were off early to Portland for the Food & Gift Festival at the convention center.  I met up with three of my high school classmates.  Yes, friends for a long, long time!!!  We enjoy all the booths but we were calling it the wine and jewelry show.   We did get one picture taken.

See I told you in my mind I still think I'm young and can sit on Santa's lap!!  I love the memories we four have created over time.

Them it was on to the sewing marathon when we got home.  You see we played a little too long!  We were suppose to be sewing a gift for a very special little girl.  So at 4pm we started and called it quites at 2:30 am.  Yes, another late night.  We are pleased how it turned out even though it is not finished.

It's a little saggy, needs curtain tie back and some finishing touches.  You make this storage box that hold the cottage and it is used to put on the card table to hold the roof up.  Still to be made. We just stacked a couple sofa pillow up so we could get picture.  Remember this is 2:30am!!!

One side again pretty saggy!

It was fun to make but, WOW, what a lot of details! I almost wanted to crawl inside and go to sleep.  But I did make it to my bed and bounce right up Monday morning for work!!

Oh what projects we don't get ourselves into, but what fun we have!!!

Enjoy June

LEAVES

Remember last post, the colors? Oh I love that tree when it turns gold, orange and then rusty red.  I love the Fall colors. I also love Fall weather, cool or shall I say cold mornings warming up to beautiful sunny days. It gave me a chance to rake all the leave and add them to my garden and flower beds for winter.   Then the wind comes up, blustery Fall winds. I know we need a little wind to blow the leaves off the trees, but do they all have to leave all at once.

Yes, this is the same tree about a week later.  All the pretty colors are gone!  So do you know what is on the ground again?  I had every single leaf raked up and then the wind.

I get to start all over again.  This time the leaves are a little darker in color.  Maybe I'll make a big pile and run through it like I'm a kid again!

I'm lucky for my tree in my backyard is still gorgeous!  So I'm enjoying the Fall colors.

My sister took this picture while she was visiting.  So doing what sisters do, I stole it!!  It's my tree and weather vane after all, LOL!!

I hope in your neck of the woods you are enjoying the Fall colors!!!

Enjoy June

 

LOVE THE COLORS

I love this time of the year.  The weather has turned warm again with cooler night and soon there will be frost on the pumpkins.  But for now I am trying to soak up every bit of sunshine I can.  These past two weekends I have driven to Central Oregon.  Of course for the camping trip but last weekend for watching grand kids.  Did I take my camera out of my purse, heavens NO.  What was I thinking?? I guess I was so enjoying myself I just forgot!

The colors of the leaves were out of this world and they were starting to fall.  Drifting down as I drove the hwy.  Upon arriving home my tree in my front yard was gorgeous.  I had to take a picture, yes. camera out of purse.  But I couldn't seen to capture it like I was seeing it.  So I lied down and was looking through the branches and this is what I saw, loved it!

Soon all the leaves will be off and the work of raking will begin.  Wait, I think I already need to start raking. 

It is amazing how many leaves have already fallen and still the tree look lovely.  Oh do I have my work cut out for me.  The evenings are getting shorter and shorter so I best get busy as soon as I get home from work.

 My drive to work lately have been amazing with the sunrise and the low lying fog.  I really did try to capture it but as you all know by now I am not a photographer!

I had to pick one last little bouquet of roses. They will soon be gone for the winter and I will have to wait till the beginning of summer. That sounds so far off.

These are sitting by my computer and their fragrance is yummy! Sitting here drinking a cup of coffee, watching the sun rise with flowers by my side, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!  What a start to a day!

Enjoy June

 

OH WHAT A WEEKEND!

I am so lucky to have found a group of gals that love to go glamping! I don't think I have ever laugh so hard in my life.  Yes, we can just relax, be silly and I mean silly, plus laugh and laugh at ourselves.

This past weekend was the second annual fall camp out at Belknap Hot Springs.  It is located in one of the many gorgeous spots in our State. This place sits right on the McKenzie River about an hour east of Eugene.

This weekends agenda was relaxing in the hot minerals pools, playing a few games, hiking the trails of beautiful fall colors and eating.

Or exploring secret gardens!

We spent an enormous time in the hot pools just soaking.  Did you say a game or two?  Like duck races and ping pong blow.

We are all lined up for the race!

 

The race is on!  I must not be a blowhard for I didn't win.  Maybe it could have been I was laughing more them blowing.

We always have a Saturday evening potluck.  Our theme was the fifties with aprons and our crowns.  I wore an apron my Mon had smocked back in the fifties. After the pot luck we watch the movie The Long Long Trailer with Lucille Ball and Ricky.  I had forgotten how funny that movie from 1953 was.

 Aren't we a bunch, aprons and our crowns!!

This was my last glamping trip for 2013.  I'm working on winterize the trailer now. I have so many memories with tons of laughter to cherish that will carry me until the weather improves next Spring.

Enjoy June

IT'S THE MONTH!!!!!!!

I am sure every one of you has seen on TV, received something in the mail, but have you taken action!!

It that time of the year for our annual mammograms! Yes, I know it isn't at the top of my list for fun but it is at the top for important. Mine is scheduled for later this month, why so late in the month you ask?  You see my insurance pays 100% annually.  So every year it has to be one day later so the full year has gone by.  Pretty soon my appointments will be in November.  That's how long I've been getting the boob squeeze.

Now onto another annual exam!!!  How you been screened for skin cancer annually?  Summer is over and we are into Fall so it is the perfect time.  I can 't express the importance of this also.  For you see I just had skin cancer removed.  It was a spot on my back I couldn't see.  Nope, no matter what contortion I put my body in I couldn't see it. I was lucky for it would start to bleed for no reason and I was tired of little blood spots on my clothes. With a discussion with the dermatologist the decision was made to just cut it out!!  Of course I had lots of question since this area in my book has never seen the sunshine.  I wasn't a bikini wearer and I also wasn't a teenage bathing in the sun.  I can so remember my girls friends adding iodine to a bottle of baby oil and lathering up. The 45's playing away, oops! I think I just dated myself. 

So in closing you are important and you NEED to treat yourself special, take care of yourself, go make an appointment for both!! Glad I did!

Enjoy June

KNOCK, KNOCK - WHO'S THERE?

It's been pouring cats and dogs for three days now.  I'm thinking I need to build an ark! I haven't been spending a lot of time out side. Well, except for two Grandson football games. Yuck, soaking wet by the time I got home and I really wrapped up in rain coat, boots, umbrella and plastic wrap for lap! Wait I'm off track again, grand kids do that to me.

I was sitting at my computer and heard someone knocking on the back patio door.  Who could that be in this weather and how did they get in my fenced backyard?  Taking a look I had to chuckle, my girls were wanting in out of this weather.

Hey, anybody home in there?

Come on Mom answer the door, it's wet out here!

Hey Lucy, you try. We will sit here and wait!

Come on gang, let's all try, she's got to let us in!

Crazy girls, they have a nice, warm, dry chicken coop but I guess they just wanted in.  I wonder if they saw there reflection in the glass and thought they had more friends. Crazy girls.

Please ignore the broken crock but it's been so wet that all the farther I got.  You can see the rain water adding up in it. Oh, did I also mention wind?  Its simply way too early in the Fall to get this kind of storm. Wonder what the rest of the year will hold.

I'm so glad I am snuggled warmly in my house.  I have a good book and several sewing projects to keep me busy!  But that old saying - Rain, Rain go away, come again another day!! Please go away!

Enjoy June

SOUPS ON!

Oh my, Oh my, what a blustery and rainy weekend we had.  Fall has arrived and I so was hoping for more summer.   So what does a person do on a rainy day but stay inside.  I was in the mood to bake, make soup and sew.

First the baking, disaster! Someone told me I could use canned biscuits to make Monkey bread.  So I cut them in quarters, rolled into balls, drenched in butter and rolled in a brown sugar cinnamon mixture.  Into a bundt pan they went.  Followed the direction to bake for 30 minutes.   I was so looking forward to a warm bite with my coffee.  Ugh!, Icky!, spit ,spit!  Don't try!!!  They were horrible, I wouldn't even feed them to the chickens. 

Then it was on to soup making.  I was in the mood for potato soup and taco soup.  So I made a small batch of potatoes soup, yum.  At least one thing turned out good.  I make my Taco soup in my  6 quart Crock-pot. I like left overs for my lunches at work.  Guess what?  The crock was cracked.  So onto the Internet I went to order a replacement. Now what to do?  Aah ha!  I still have my old Crock-pot hiding on a shelf in the pantry.  Shhhhhh,  I was suppose to get rid of it when I got my 6 quart one as a gift.  A little clean up and she was ready to go.

  
  You got it, orange and it was a wedding gift back in 1968!  She worked like a champ.  Only has one chip on the rim for her age.  I think I might enjoy my soup just a little extra because of her age and still working just fine!

As for sewing I have a skirt almost finished for work.  I haven't sewn for myself in a long time. We will see how the project fits and may do a little more.  Wait, oh my gosh!  It is almost October and I haven't started on grand kid Christmas sewing.  I guess I know what I'll be doing in my spare time.

Best get off the computer and get to sewing!

Enjoy June