tried that apple cinnamon biscuit recipe I found on Facebook. eh.

visited Miss Izzie today. we built blocks. rain. temps dropped. drug store run. harvested 7 tomatoes from garden today. and found a doll head in pasture. it must've been in the dirt where Kevin worked on yard after he took down the doll trellis. she has aged wonderfully.

Wednesday.

Kevin took an early out. we turned in meat order, lunched at Toot Toots, shopped at Wal-mart. I finished the hexagon quilt and tucked in some dollies with it in cradle. which project shall I start next? hmmmmm....

took Izzy to Dr since Ann was sick. she asked me to keep her all day, so we played and played and played.

finished machine quilting bassinet quilt. now to decide how to finish edges? figured out meat order. will try doing it on one sheet this time and sorting it out ourselves. the whole quarter thing was a bit of a deal last year...

finished hand piecing bassinet sized hexagon quilt. now I'm machine quilting.....I mowed yard.

it's a hot one out there.

oh potatoes and molasses....

it's been a busy weekend. our first ever trip to Knoxville Speedway. where I learned there is a driver named Emerson AXSOM from Indiana.

mowed at farm. completed projects Spooky Eyeball, Baby Pogo, and Bead/Button Ghost Art moved to basement. set up little aliens by the mirrored UFO I found at thrift store.

using the grill.

WORD OF THE DAY August 24, 2024 nidificate [ nid-uh-fi-keyt ] verb to build a nest

today Baby Pogo got his blue eye paint. working on hexagon quilt.

Kevin and I watching a Netflix series together.

Kevin went back to work today and took an early out at noon.

I painted first coat on Baby Pogos head. started a Coffee Can Hexagon Hand Sewn Quilt. just a crazy quilt of scraps. will probably make it baby quilt size. Kevin made chili and we watched the last Chiefs preseason game.

Wednesday.

yesterday I mowed our yard. Kevin brushcut and finished loading trailer. I tried the grill again. pork chops went much better. not sure where I got the idea I couldn't use oil to cook? whatever. I make shit up sometimes, I think. visited the girls to see how Zerelda's first day of 2nd grade went.

sold a load of scrap this morning. price went up a little. his and hers eye dr appt. we're both getting new readers. this time mine are BLUE! and made for wide heads. bought some paint to make Baby Pogo.

Monday.

dentist appt. Kevin has to go back. I don't. bought a bigger freezer today. which is an incredibly adult thing to do. lunch at Coltons. looked at Halloween at Menards and Tractor Supply. Kevin gave me a wad of cash to go look for something at the thrift store per my request....found the perfect baby for Baby Pogo AND a kick ass disco UFO. for $1.50. he got the oil for the tractor. I made my bead-and-button ghost portrait. and finished up teeny tiny pipecleaner Dogpool.

a jammy day.

I did a lot of reading. doodling. made my teeny tiny pipecleaner Dogpool. thinking on his teeny tiny clothes. sorted all buttons by color. I have so many cool old ones I inherited from Marie's house. spraypainted a piece of cardboard. going to try to make button and bead ghost art. we'll see how it goes.

email. my flights to AND from Tracy's have been changed again. just a few minutes here and there.

since it's been raining, we thought we should be mowing at farm. it did need it.

Kevin got the new hose for the brush cutter made and put on. we watched the Chiefs preseason game, then he went fishing and caught some good sized one and I tackled my to-do list and washed and seasoned The Blackstone. then I thought, hey, I'm making fried potatoes, lets do them on the grill. bleh. cleaned and reseasoned grill. not really my thing. it is hot. like working in the kitchen of a small town diner in August hot. finished Baby Deadpool and he is adorning The Black Spooky Tree.

yesterday and today Miss Izzie and I hung out all day.

she is a pretty content little lady. no tears. we did all kinds of things. I think we had fun. I know I'm exhausted. Baby Deadpool is taking shape, his head, arms, and torso are done, just need to make him legs and feet and he'll be a done deal. Kevin got me skeletons today: a baby chick and a pig.

took car in because a dash message told me to. and. nothing. was. wrong. (insert eye roll emoji here)

it has been raining! got enough dirt from farm tonite to finish up flowerbed, then filled some holes in front yard. finished denim quilt! zigzagged and left a raw edge, washed, dried. will go on bed tomorrow and wash and put those quilts away. I ended up with 6 rows of blocks left. got carried away per usual. maybe a lap quilt? pillow shams? that's for another day. more projects on the list. much to do.

today I went to a women's self defense seminar at Bethany. I slunk in late because road construction. 3 more people came in after me.. 9 out of the 25 registered showed up.

lots of thought provoking stuff. when the shit hits the fan, your mind will revert to 'training.' whether your training is crying and falling down trying to run away or jabbing your thumbs in their eyes. that is sobering. bought another $92 Walmart sewing machine. went to farm after railroad ties and Kevin framed out the soon-to-be daylily bed around the stump, which I want to put a birdbath or statue or something on. he moved the leftover dirt from his cobblestone path to the new flower bed. rain gauge had 1.34".

I have a hard time telling people no.

I don't feel that I'm an empath, but when someone shares their problems with me, I take them on. We've been through tough times. TOUGH times. I want to help people. sometimes we can't. it is so hard to say no when someone asks for help. I worry about them. I feel guilty for not helping when someone asks. end of story.

spent the night at Koren's and hung out with the kids today . I always love hanging out with them.

they're a good bunch. I really admire Koren. she is a wonderful mother.

met up with Lisa, Mom, Brenda, Rachelle, & Sarah at Rachelle's Bridal Shower.

a tour of Brenda's new house.

last night we watched the girls while their mom and dad went to movies.

we baked cupcakes and went outside in the dark to see the UFO lit up and the full moon. Zerelda also made us a No Raccoons sign for the back door so we are safe from raccoon infestation. it's her thing. she also made a sign for their front door.

finished up last crocheted rag rug. second haunted book is done. Kevin mowed the yard although he said he couldn't tell where he'd been. the lack of rain is cutting mowing season short and I'm not complaining. I did the mandatory weed=eating.

had just started today's sewing when the bobbin quit turning. I tried trouble shooting. Kevin took it apart and looked at it. looks like I'm in the market for a new $99 sewing machine at Walmart. Sasquatch knows I'm tough on 'em.

to Corydon pool with Kj and girls. also made my first trip to the new Dollar General.

"There is a garden in her eyes, where roses and white lilies flow." Thomas Campion. Happiest of birthdays to Miss Violet Claire! 🎈🎈

10 rows sewed together on quilt. kinda liking it. :)

photo shoot with my favorite little Missouri models....

...and on this day in history, I commence The Sewing Of The Strips 🧵🧷🪡

5 strips done, started on 6th when my hands demanded a break. watched a Bernie Madoff doc. series. I never went to college, but I've always been a 'student' through tv watching and book reading.

did any of our 11 guests notice that I'd cleaned house? probably not. but it's what I do.

Izzy got some cool gifts and blew out the candle on her birthday cupcake. she played with her sister and uncles. got hugs from the grandparents. it was a wonderful day!

flea market. movie matinee DeadPool and Wolverine.

I've been inspired to make a baby Deadpool and a Dogpool. as luck would have it, just found a video on making dogs from pipe cleaners...just need pipe cleaners! would need white (check, was dog white?), black for glasses, pink for tongue, and red for outfit. found the perfect book at flea market to turn into a spooky book (another video) , a baby doll on eBay that will be baby Deadpool, AND decided that I'll type up my infamous Bisquick Banana Nut Bread recipe for Rachelle's bridal shower. whew!

what I'm reading📚... Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell

kitchen is closed. (if only I could insert pic of bar stools up on counter like I'm closing a restaurant...) 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 bind. and then....The Scooby Doo Gang Quilt. rode along to Kevin's chiropractor appt. I went back to Trenton DG and got the pink hair and green hair clown masks. (if only I could insert pic of me in car holding these masks. but I can't figure out how to sign in to post pictures now....wtf.) got an amazon book haul today. serial killers and Branson ghosts.

went to shower. glanced over at The Creepy Corner, and a frog I made looked weird. closer examination showed that he was chewed up in several places and quite flat. he'd been stuffed with rice. I guess at some point the basement mice got hungry and ate all his innards. then I'm showering. I look down and see a nasty wad of hair in the drain. after I showered tried to pull it out. used a pen and a paintbrush and seam ripper to try to pull it up out of there. almost had it. then I am sure as fuck I saw. a. tiny. foot. fuckin' mice. anyway. I lost it. went down the drain. hopefully it will keep on going. jeez louise.

also did some meal prep. cooked up 2 lbs of HB to freeze, and put stirfry and onions in crock pot.

yesterday Rip and I journeyed to Trenton for his groom.

did my usual groom day shopping....DG and Dollar Tree and Halloween has arrived! lots of glorious browsing. mowed at farm. hot. T-storm evening. 1/2" in rain gauge.

today picked up Rx. (and they've called with ANOTHER one. no more peopling today. no. no. no.) unfortunately, Halloween has NOT arrived at P-ton DG, so will shop at Trenton tomorrow night while he's at chiropractor, since I have decided (and conferred with Tracy) that it would be fun to take pics at Clown Motel wearing Clown Masks. so. I almost bought masks yesterday cause why not. but couldn't think of anything to do with them. has someone else with The Clown Motel in their future bought Every. Single. Mask? if so, my go-to Amazon is always there for me. trying to get the strips for quilt sewn together so I can clean off island for Iz's party this weekend. have 1.5 more to go and I. just. can't. my neck hurts. my eyes hurt. and the party is Sunday, not Saturday like I thought. I did get table cleaned off. and balloons from Z's party taken down. I am Woman, hear me roar. I will get it all done. I will.