today we celebrated Millie and Violet. cheesecake, singing happy birthday, taking them shopping, then supper with the fam. a wonderful wonderful day. (heart emoji)

2024. bought clown masks for The Clown Motel...kitchen is closed. party cleaning almost complete. need to clean front of fridge. hands are screaming. why do I bust ass cleaning house for family events like our house is just always naturally clean? they grew up here. they know better. sewed last strip together and just out of curiosity laid out on my bed....a king quilt and then some. I could make a chair quilt as well, pert much 🙄. counters cleaned off. projects put away. after party will assemble strips and bond. and then....The Scooby Doo Gang Quilt...the lawn care professionals 🦌🦌 were here today.... Security 🐕sent them on their way....amazon ghost hunting book haul....

2023: today I learned Violet has streets, but Cora has a town...

2022: Zerelda and Barbie parted ways. Relda went to Mommy's house, Barbie stayed with Gramma. Z is very devoted to Barbie. Here they are wearing Aunt Katie's old t-shirts for jammies.

2015....and. I. met. K.C. Wolf. Just found out St Joe Famous Dave's is closed...but there IS a Texas Road House!

2014: homegrown 'maters! piles of old ripped out crates lying behind hog barns....

2011 first Jr. KC Chiefs Cheerleaders practice!

2011: 103 degrees at princeton pool... 106 when we left at 3 p.m.

2009 going to start reading "A. Lincoln A Biography." I have a fascination with the life of our 16th president! I just sold my products for 7327 coins! Yeah!

slept in. mowed at farm. sweatshirt weather. I'm lovin' it.

2025 in todays building fence adventure.....I got truck stuck. AND I ran over rolling measure thing.

2024 I think was today years old when I realized that groovy purple sock wearing cheesy grinned Donny Osmond himself sang Dark Side of the Moon in Mulan....watching Peculiarly Ashley craft videos....

2021 Katie said yes to the dress....all alone, since she lives in Nebraska. and Covid.

2015 Clio Festival....Bridges Burnt...eating cinnamin popcorn and listening to music

2014 gas is $3.17 in Mercer!

2011...Katie, Vivian, Nicole, Rayne, Breanna, Jazmine, Val, Dakota, Calvin, Kj, & Josh & Dakota, Jennie, & Corey...= full house!

2009 off to spend a rainy day in a pig barn.......I just sold my harvest for 6076 coins! Yeah!....I wanted to watch "Far And Away" when I saw the movie ads way back when. Then I figured I'd catch it on HBO sometime. Found the dvd on the $5 rack awhile back, finally watched it tonite...it was worth the wait! Just my kind of hopeless love movie...this is "An Original Polaroid Land Photograph" of me in a charming 70s outfit & Carol Brady shag haircut....I inherited this when they cleaned Grandma's house for her moving sale...this IS proof that once upon a time I was thin! willowy, even! ...."You're gonna have to work a lot harder than that to earn yourself a hardhat."

another day off...not as productive today....I signed up for a month of newspapers.com and am surfing looking for past nuggets from relatives lives....talk about stalking from afar....

I'm turning feral...found a cockleburr in my hair after weed-eating....

2019 watching Shark Week in my shark jammies....🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈 life. is. good.

2018 received an adorable shark pillow from a coworker. (heart emoji)

2015 starting Katie's Grandpa Bernard pillow...our baby girl is growing up...started her checking account today and signed up for classes for Junior year.....

my day off....30 minutes Japanese walking, hoop, 2 Netflix docs, reading, working on Jimothy's Black & White Neighborhood Quilt...and an afternoon nap.

day 2 of Kevin replacing his own brakes on Toyota truck. he looks so professional on his little round rolly chair. he could've used this so many times over the years, but he has it now.

2024 working on The Scrappy Scrapbook Quilt. ...the old sweat shop. this project has evolved from using up fabric "The Scrappy Quilt" with extra pieces I'd cut for Scrappy Snakes and changed my mind....to "The Scrapbook Scrappy Memory Quilt" where when it's done, I'll write the story of the fabric... projects I used them for, whose clothes they were, where they originated from. (2026 I haven't done this yet....)...making a scrap quilt...cleaned out boxes of fabric...from special projects, worn out clothes...projects I just never did. this blue plaid shirt was leftover from making a memory pillow from one of my dad's shirts. ❤️

2023 if I were to be buried....THIS. buried with coin in mouth to pay my fare across the River Styx.

2023 homecoming carnival with girls.

2022 Happy Birthday Party Day, Millie and Violet!

2022....so my Shark Week finally started on Thursday...

2017 Indianola Balloon Classic.

2013 The ol' Avalanche cleans up right nice.....getting ready for tomorrow's big adventure!

2011 met Highway Patrolman Skoglund on the way home...tired drivers & drunk drivers must share a lot of the same driving patterns...and then I couldn't find my proof of insurance...

Schweig, du bloder Trottel! if Larry McMurty can be trusted, it means "shut up, you silly fool!

2009 I just sold my harvest for 9855 coins! Yeah! had family fun time playing Family Fued...KJ drug out the old Super Nintendo....talk about memories! have the day off......will I clean the pantry? a closet or 2? hang at the pool? take a nap? hmmmm....

today I walked at trail while Rip was being groomed, because that's just who I am now. I also walk while Kevin is at chiropractor appts. hitting my Walk Fit goal every. single. day. kinda proud of myself. not really going above and beyond and could be way more careful with what I eat, but change is hard. every day is a new day....

and working on Jimothy's Black and White Neighborhood quilt....listening to Dateline in car driving to and fro...reading a book about the Murdaugh family....lots going on in my little world.

2024...had quilts win first and third at homecoming quilt show....making a fabric/denim quilt (that is on our bed 2026...) crocheted rag rug #1 in use. made from old flat flannel sheets. inspired by flea market conversation with my former boss Amanda.

2023 pretty sure my dog is a Bigfoot. lookit these stick sculptures. that's an X, friends.

2023 planning cryptid Creature Feature 2 2024 quilt with zombies and Wednesday Adams... zombies

2021 Relda wasn't home when we went to play, so Papa built her new barn we found today (and a pig and cow/calf pairs) and fixed her swing.

2009 Adventureland

2017 making Breanna t-shirt quilt...and found a book from my Grandpa Vermal's childhood! watched Jared bullriding...

2014 omg, someone just shushed Matt Moneymaker!...Honestly, Universal Survey, I'm not going to answer the phone. no matter how many times you call....Chiefs bathroom progress...old stuff...new stuff...

2011 so I guess we're going to see The Smurfs 3D @ Chillicothe...

today on Izzy's birthday, she and Zerelda came to hang out while mom and dad went after groceries.

there was a boredom issue, so a Polaris ride was requested. I think we had fun. and of course, I had to write a little book about it. when inspiration hits...

2022 and there is a Bigfoot windsock hanging in my tree....

2017 Jared Campbell is your cowboy....

2014 Chiefs Training Camp.

2013 any day is instantly better with cake! thanks, Koren Wills!

2012 survived a day of shopping in the city with Katie Dailey & Vivian Allen....

2011 Kj has ordered his books for fall semester! with only a minimum amount of parental nagging....

2010 KJ's dorm sheets & stuff arrived today...I guess he really is going to college...

2009 come visit Tallulah Jane's Ponderosa...a new farming game....hooray for me! I just sold my harvest for 6496 coins! Yeah!

I am merrily sketching and cutting and pinning quilt blocks for Jimothy's Black and White Neighborhood....this is the fun part. the creative part. my favorite part....

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2025 at the lake, did an "it's closed" stop at House of the Dead.

2024 homecoming carnival with the girls. 1st place on a Marie quilt, and 3rd place on Cryptid Creature Feature quilt at Quilt Show.

2022 Retirement Day No. 4. baking Snickerdoodles.

2021 working on The Creepy Corner.

2020 Covid19 means you can't go to the hospital to meet your baby sister, but we tried to keep them busy... Today Is Baby Millie Day.

2019 ghost hunt Odd Fellows.

2018 Farrar Overnite.

44 Odd Things You Don't Know About Me (2016 edition)

1. Do you like blue cheese?yes

2. Have you ever smoked? no

3. Do you own a gun? No

4. What is your favorite flavor? French Vanilla

5. Do you get nervous before Doctor visits? no

6. What do you think of hot dogs? grill 'em!

7. Favorite movie? Cold Mountain

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Caffeine

9. Do you do push ups? No

10. What’s your favorite piece of Jewelry? mom bracelet Katie made me in first grade

11. Favorite hobby? watching campy Syfy movies

12. Do you have A.D.D.? No.

13. What’s the one thing you dislike about yourself? just one?

14. What is your middle name? Lynn

15. Name three thoughts at this moment. don't want to go to work. don't want to go to work. don't want to go to work.

16. Name 3 drinks you have regularly. Water, Pepsi, sweet tea

17. Current worry? $

18. Current annoyance right now? my job

19. Favorite place to be? with my family

20. How do you ring in the new year? sleep

21. Where would you like to go? Eureka Springs, Arkansas!

22. Name three people who will complete this.

23. Do you own slippers? No

24. What color shirt are you wearing right now? gray

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? flannel

26. Can you whistle? Yes

27. What are your favorite colors? pink and gray

28. Would you be a pirate? I wish I was brave enough

29. What songs do you sing in the shower? whatever

30. Favorite girls name? Tallulah Jane

31. Favorite boys name? Johnnie Turner

32. What’s in your pocket right now? no pockets

33. Last thing that made you laugh? Zombie Shark

34. Best toy as a child? Barbie with tea set

35. Worst injury you have ever had? broken toe

36. Where would you love to live? French Quarter

37. How many TV’s do you have? 4

38. Who is your loudest friend? Rachel

39. How many dogs do you have? 4

40. Does someone trust you? yes

41. What book are you reading at the moment? Where the Dead Walk

42. What’s your favorite candy? Payday

43. What’s your favorite sports team? Chiefs.

44. Favorite month? October.

I have to start watching Sister Wives live.....the dvr keeps cutting off the last 30 seconds or so and it drives me crazy that I am missing something!

from Grandma Pauline's grade card 1930: If You Wish to Succeed in Life Be Cautious, Be Faithful, Be Industrious, Be Neat, Be Honest, Be Just, Be Kind, Be True, Be Courteous.

a quote from my Grandma Pauline's Third Grade grade card in 1930: "The young man who smokes cigarettes need not worry about the future; he has none."

2013 had all 3 of my kids home for a bit today! 🙂

2012 Katie Dailey & Vivian Allen were at one of the KC Walmarts that was evacuated for bomb threats....they could've died. I could've been sleeping on the couch. tune into Fox4News at 9.....Kj won't go to work till I do...can't take the peer pressure! Oh Happy Day! The Girl Scout Fall 2010 Catalog arrived today! guess I have to leave Frontierville & go to Workville....

2009 "No, Mom, no! It's like you're a monkey..." Katie Dailey. just something special for my little girl....in her first apartment...on YoVille...