there are ghosts everywhere and most people never see them.....(I am most people. )

downloaded camera card....the Virginia City pics are GOOD if I must say so myself. the ones going down the road...nope.

errands. found my missing wedding ring....it was at the bottom of the bed where I tuck in the sheet.

Kevin mowed our yard, I visited the girls and did some weedeating.

Kevin found COYOTE v. ACME at Chillicothe, so away we went.

Wile E Coyote is my all time favorite Looney Tune. after the movie I asked Kevin who his favorite Looney Tune was. guess what? he doesn't have one. hmmm. realized when I got up I'd 'lost' my wedding ring (again). usually it's in the sheets where I took it off to put on my bedtime lotion. didn't find it. shook sheets. looked on floor and under bed. dunno. will strip bed and see if I find it. idk.

tonight I bought 1 ticket to Shaun Cassidy in Des Moines in November. It's a Sunday night. Kevin has to work the next day and is not a Shaun Cassidy fan. I don't like to drive at night, but by jolly, I think junior high deb would greatly encourage me to be brave and just do it. and so I shall. it will be my first solo concert. there was a floor seat pretty close to stage that is a single. and I will be a single....so. destiny.

had a wonderful week visiting my friend Tracy. They picked me up at Phoenix airport, we headed straight to Las Vegas where I got my first tattoo....a tiny little ghost. Virginia City: Mackay Mansion. The Washoe Club. old fashioned pictures. the sunsets and sunrises over the mountains were breathtaking. wild horses, pigs, and donkeys. We visited Donners Pass. Winchester Mystery House and Alcatraz. It was my first trip to California. We got take out from a Taco Bell 3.5 miles from Grandma & Grandpa's house, I put the address in my phone maps just out of curiosity. On the way back to Phoenix to catch my plane, visited an alien themed jerky store and The World's Tallest Thermometer.

well, as to be expected, I have gotten bored putting my FB memories on here....so.

last day before Tracy trip. working on to-do list. convincing myself I. am. on. it. today.

Kevin started the brush pile on fire at farm in the rain, I played with Izzy while he watched fire, when the rain stopped, we mowed the yard.

quarter inch in our rain gauge.

2015 lookin' for that house I saw on A Haunting in Garden Grove....

last night was VIP Blackberry Smoke concert. very cool.

Kevin finished spraying CRP while I mowed yard. also bought a REAL camera that I'm afraid I'm not smart enough to use. and purchased travel insurance. trying to buy plane tickets. not going well.

Godeys Lady's Book: A good wife, a true woman...puts her own grievances out of sight to drive away with pleasant smiles the clouds that gather around her husband's gloomy brow.

2017 someone took a late night drive thru K.J. Dailey & Taylore Dailey 's yard.....

2014 I came home to a wonderfully clean, fresh smelling house. God Bless Katie Dailey 🙂

called Grundy. $. electrician. anxiety.

Kevin ran chainsaw and filled trailer while I started mowing with deck in highest position. got maybe half yard done when we called it a night. I did ALL 3 items on my daily to-do list (call Grundy, trash to curb, clean shelf in garage so Kevin's tools can go on it....) I. am. unstoppable. even started a stack of awful books I read to donate next time I trek around the walking trail at Trenton. they have a Little Library on trail. Mercer's Little Libraries have disappeared.

2017 #babygirlpackedforcollege #impendingemptynest #howdid18yearsjustupandwalkaway #icantdealwiththis

"Lord, is this what it takes for a mama to get her kids back in the house at the same time, a damn lavalantula invasion?" watching 2lava2lantula

2016 applying to colleges first day Senior year...my girl is going places!

2013 The ultimate recycling project...front porch becomes back porch!

2010 another day, another early load...

2009 Kevin is not the least bit happy about the minimum downpayment on KJ's NCMC English 1 class....(poor Mrs Stark!)

2009 thanks to a 5th grade Social Studies book, I have 'discovered' Anne Hutchinson, a banished Puritan who with 5 of her children was killed by Indians. History never interested me much when I went to school, but it fascinates me now! (maybe because I come closer to being history every day?)

met Kevin for a Dr. Appt, lunch at Subway, some shopping, then picked up 2 loads of brush, mostly in the rain....progress is being made.

2016.......here I am in my living room, watching some dance team choreography magic happen...

2015 1st day Junior Year! "“And will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)” Dr. Suess. (❤ Katie has to take her own first day of school picture since her mom has a job that starts early in the morning....she makes me smile ❤)

2013...I love Monday nites in Princeton! (the Pizza Hut Trailer used to park in Ayrliner parking lot on Monday nights.....) all good things must come to an end.....and so I go back to work....

"You don't bring a gun to a marshmallow roast." Candice Delong, Deadly Women

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. ~Ogden Nash

I picked up Rip, had a playdate with Izzy, and Kevin and I tag-teamed mowing the yard.

he tried out his beard straightner.

2025 watching YouTube videos shot at Farrar...the investigator is kinda an ass. taunting old dolls. yes, YOU, Midwest Max. - have found several ghost hunting videos where I've spotted 'my girl." it's a fun game. even started a notebook. (insert laughing emoji here) - Paranormal Chill Seekers FB page....#thisdollhasseensomethings is their profile pic ❤️. - I found a vintage "Little Orphan Annie" doll on eBay (bought her!) that will replace the doll I donated to Farrar that apparently disappeared. - so, anyone else out in their jammies at 1:54 a.m. taking pics of the moon? anyone?

2015 a day for jury duty (and appreciating what a beautiful courthouse we have....)

2014 for now Ian chews on them, but someday he'll be reading them.....can't wait till he asks to borrow our Stephen King books!

2014 Katie is a sophomore...K.J. is student teaching at Mercer! this is the last ever sibling first day of school picture...where does the time go???

2013 Found Grape for baby Ian...he just needs a bath and he'll be ready for adventures with the next generation! Koren commented: yay! he looks pretty good for being 27 LOL - Kevin & Katie built these temp. steps! 😉 - Found these in a box moving my "hoarder" stuff... Grandma Grace gave these to me years ago and I thought I'd lost them...

2012 How exciting 2 drive thru Bethany McDonald's under construction drivethru! Not so exciting waiting on my fries...

Marriage may often by a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond. Thomas Love Peacock

Weather forecast for tonight: dark. ~George Carlin

2011 Tuna Bear & his/her 2 brothers &/or sisters are on their way!

2009 the last day of summer.... will Moriah help Katie make the big decision on her first day of school outfit? or will she have to try on everything before she goes to bed?

we spent the weekend with Katie, went to some Plymouth Day activities with her, and we all met up with Koren and company at Milford Lake Sunday afternoon.

I'm not much of a boat person, but I do love watching the grands living their best life. so, I missed a couple of days posting past FB memories, making new memories instead.

TikTok: following 36. followed by 229. likes 5,867.

2025. building fence.

watching Lake Placid...."I'm not stupid. I watch reality TV. After the first 48 hours it's practically a cold case." "You know, I thought it was a rule of nature that parents took care of their kids.". . this line always gets me...

watching Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus Man:. "We're getting married in two days.". Stewardess:. "You'll be fine.". Mega Shark jumps out of ocean and eats plane. Don't ever change, Syfy. Don't ever change.

2016 our littlest K started her Senior year today.....

2013 Katie Dailey has the same Literature book her brother K.J. Dailey had in 2006-7....

2013 Our beautiful new basement door AND my garage steps are back! (no more falling into the garage for me!)

2012 today was my last day working with K.J. Dailey....I am gonna miss that kid!

2011 Katie Dailey's 1st day of junior high!

2010 sure, ...tweens are hard to shop for, kind of picky eaters, and easy to anger....but they do shower & go to bed all by themselves...kind of evens out, I guess! nothing more relaxing after a long day at work than clobbering some groundhogs & rotating some farm animals....J

the girls were over for a spell this morning. there was fresh air, running with wild abandon, cooking, and imaginative play. I know I was worn out....

Rip to boarding, Kevin chiropractor, I did my walk at Dollar Tree instead of walking trail. tried the Baked Potato Fajita at El Nepal. not bad. found my favorite 'missing' outfit. I see on FB that Jimothy is now dining at the restaurant on Roku....

"I was born ready and yet I'm never ready.". Kesha. Man. This is me

...and with that being said......and that kind of stuff...

2018 When you find out your concert is postponed after you arrive...you just walk around in the rain and take pictures...

2017 Powell Gardens

2013 guess who found her retainer 2 days after she got the replacement one.....Selling scrap...more profitable than painting! sleeping until you wake up is just the most amazing thing.....

2009 post from Martha....Hey Deb: Hear about the drug bust in Newtown? That was Cindy from Wade 2 that had the one legged Man.

I'm tired....tired of playing the game....ain't it a cryin' shame...I'm so tired.

2009 Welcome Ladies & Gentlemen to Friday Night Smackdown!

Kevin picked up my Rx and some groceries after work. I mowed and weed-eated our yard. Kevin is installing the new ceiling fan. no work at farm tonight.

2025 this lucky Grandma got to be involved in The First Day Of School.🎒. I gathered them up on the porch in their Survived The First Day Apparel. there were impromptu concerts, video game tutorials, chalk artists, American Girls and lots of Barbie's. They're off to another great year!

2018 got to go to Meet The Teacher night with Ian...he's starting preschool.

2017 I saw some big hogs at the Iowa State Fair....and of course visited The Butter Cow.

2016 Kevin checked email this morning and we won free tickets to today's preseason game! But I was at work and he had to go to work, so donated them to charity...sucks to work weekends!

2011 good food & a good family visit with my mom & dad, Aunt Mary, & Aunt Freeda & Uncle Jerry at The Haggard Reunion......

2009 I've done some laundry, fed indoor pets, made tea, now I can go 2 work...

Kevin took an early out, made some kick ass progress at the farm. found a propane leak at tank that was addressed. fuckin HOT.

Crazy Horse was out of hamburger, cottage cheese, and onion rings. Z got good news from knee dr.

2021 bigfoot calls from the cabin porch...and hot tubbin'. on the same porch.

2019 Nothing like a 1970s movie 😁

2018 success! we made a caterpillar house out of old #legos that Ian's mom and aunt and uncle played with...

2015 A Pinterest perfect pink piggy pastry from the Peach 4/5 intern! about as cute as day #10 in the hog barn gets!

2014 "We are America. Tit, tat, and fat." Mema, Hollywood Hillbillies

2013 gettin' high on paint fumes with Katie Dailey....she swears this is the LAST time we will ever have to paint her room!

2011 off to work to walk risers in the rain...

Living with a (pre!) teen aged girl is like being locked in the trunk of a car with a wolverine. Author Unknown

I always meant to make it to Morse Mill Haunted Hotel. always. but I didn't and see this post today.....

"The hotel is under new ownership as of early spring 2026. It is not open for tours and/or investigations. I’ve brought the page back as a place to share history, memories, investigation stories, photos & love of the building. If you know the location, visitors are highly discouraged. Please respect the new owner’s privacy."

so, there's that. it's my own fault for fiddle-fartin' around.

took a day off from brush removal. we're both tired. and off our game.

2022 I said I'd clean the garage when I retired....God help me. one day at a time....

2019 Paranormal Fundraiser at Farrar Schoolhouse....I left 3 old books in library. won a pendant. how'd this doll has seen things get up on top of the lockers???? a drum circle around the sacred tree....a seance...quite the evening.

2013 a proud mom moment... watching my little public speaker at the Grundy Electric Co-op Meeting!

2015 I think Grandma and Grandpa would be quite pleased with the way the new owners take care of their home...(that was 2015. not so much in 2026)

2014 our fair-going daughter has returned home!

2011 We r a 3 vehicle family again! Thanks willis garage!

2009 kids r ready 4 school...haircuts, supplies, clothes...with a week 2 go!

the girls came over this morning, Violet called, we had a Polaris ride complete with stop sign selfies. got tractor tire fixed, returned stuff to Girdners.

tractor tire put back on. met the beef that will soon be in our freezer. draped the Caution Tape garland on Clarice, and started putting on ornaments.

2022 Someone made it home to "her cows" today.. and today I learned the best Zombie Hunters use butterfly nets.

got to hang out with all 3 of my kids tonight! and my favorite grandson!

2013 Another one of K.J. Dailey's long ago Hot Wheels surfaces in the dirt that may someday be a yard again....

2011 Well...i am certainly much happier about my job after that!-deb!(:

2009 Another Epic Yugioh Challenge....

Zerelda and Izzy helped with tree clean up today.

2021 Newfoundland Gap. North Carolina Tennesse state line....Bigfootin' on the porch.....3 out of 4 adults heard something respond to calls.... (is someone in another cabin bigfootin' on their porch?) 🙄

2020 Stoneking Cemetery...this cemetery was in the original Children of the Corn movie...said the Haunted Iowa book I read. re-watched the movie. ☹️ googled it and found some other claims...I didn't know to walk behind the trees, didn't see The Stone King sitting atop his grave stone, and I sure wouldn't do the other 'paranormal test' mentioned. not just because it's disrespectful, but probably damn near impossible even if I were so inclined. it is a scenic drive and a beautiful rural cemetery. (always ghost hunting 👻

2018 Family Fun Day!

2014: todays Sookie Stackhouse Word of the Day: ab·jure [ab-joor, -jur] verb (used with object), ab·jured, ab·jur·ing. 1. to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors. 2. to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance. 3. to avoid or shun.

2009 eating Mercer Pizza Plus, listening to the storm...guess I'll go to bed...my son is worried that I'm staying up too late...

day 2 of tree cleanup. significant amount of progress made. A tire on tractor came off rim, boys got it off tractor.

Kevin drug 6+ trees out, 2 trailer loads of small stuff. Melissa says YES! to future Villisca trip.

2024 girls night with Zerelda and Izzy. took girls to pool.

2021 Tennessee

2019 hung out with Katie and met X-Factor at Chiefs Training Camp.

2018 another long rewarding day in the 🐖 barn...

2017 Dark Tower movie!

2016 watching Dinotrux with my best boy! - Chiefs training camp.

2014 I learned a new word reading a Sookie Stackhouse book today: in·im·i·cal [ih-nim-i-kuhl] adjective 1. adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health. 2. unfriendly; hostile: a cold, inimical gaze. Also, in·im·i·ca·ble.

2009....having adventures at home....hung out at the pond watching frogs, will read ghost stories in the tent later...

2008 weekend off!

did a financial thing this morning....and worked on quilt...and caught up laundry....and filled bird feeders....but have I done a walk yet? no. no, I have not.

starting an Ireland Bucket List Trip notebook. first night clean up at farm. 1st goal, get power line uncovered so can put it back up to barn. the tractor & chain saws makes it easier but still lots of work. finished my 15k challenge for August.

2024 I was whizzing along and then bobbin quit spinning 🙄.

watching Trailer Park Shark. " that no-good, belly-packing, silly-slapping, deep-digging, trailer swamping Soggy Meadows son of a motherless goat..."

"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day but to teach him to be a good husband and his wife cooks for a lifetime." Sugar Bear, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo

2013 He dug the harrow up (literally!) out of the pasture and is working on the dirt in the yard...Kevin really knows how to relax on his days off!

"Actions speak louder than facebook statuses." Eugene Cho, founder of ODW

2010 playing Oh No.. Zombies! did I spend too much on this boardgame? just so KJ could win?.........excitement at Princeton Pool...a snake in the water!

"It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others."Marianne Dashwood Sense And Sensibility and Sea Monsters>

Kevin's second Des Moines appt. we're seriously talking about Ireland. and why are ceiling fans so ugly? Menards has the pretties lights...and the fans are just blah. at least we found a black one...

2025 apparently the bank stole all Z's money and vigilante justice is in order. Iz gathers grass in her trashcan to throw in the thief's face so Z can beat him up. all in a days work for these detectives👮 weight 226.

2024 love these little models ❤️. if you're my kid...or grandkid...chances are you'll pose by an old building a time or 20...

We are going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing. - Charles Bukowski

2019 Kevin and Deb Go To The Zoo.

2017 watching Empire of the Sharks...."Oh, boil your heads, you monkey halfwits."

2016 a trip to buy a new computer.

2015 it's the little things in life...like finding a $1 armadillo on Mercer County Swap Shop...

2014 making fried green tomatoes for the first time....love when Koren Wills calls out of the blue!

2011 a wicked wind is blowing!

2010 I'm a Frontierville Grandma! introducing Katie's husband Duke & baby girl Briella....

"Because it is when you are tired that the monsters get you." - Marianne Dashwood Sense And Sensibility and Sea Monsters

big storms last night blew through. major tree damage at farm. will have to replace KJ's electric pole. but no one was injured, no major structural damage.

Izzy here all day, Mommy had appointments in the city. Fed Ex truck broke down in our driveway. it was a day.

2024 ...and on this day in history, I commence The Sewing Of The Strips 🧵🧷🪡

2023 I rediscovered this doll Grandma Grace made before I ever had kids in a storage tote, found her something to wear, and introduced her to our littlest grandbaby, Izzy. They became fast friends. Rip, however, barks at the doll...🤣

2018 Taylore post The cutest thing ever is when Zerelda’s sitting there just playing with her toys and being all cute. Everything changes when her jam comes on cause she stands up and starts swaying side to side. She’s my dancing fool and has a song in her soul.

2017 watching Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda. "I mean, this brain is a national treasure. I go to jail, the whole country is weakened."

2016 Chupacabra: Dark Seas. this would be my luck... finally take a cruise and there is a ravenous monster in the cargo hold...

“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851

Kevin urged me to go vote. I walked up after he got home.

cause it was a cool afternoon and I needed some steps. One of the workers questioned the ballet I selected. Was I sure? yea. I was. oh. ok. (probably concerned looks at the tables.) I can vote Libertarian if I want to. 'merica. on way home, a long time acquaintance slowed down to see if I was ok, did I need a ride? a kind, concerned question to ask a 61 year old woman you rarely see out of her house. I told him I was intentionally walking, thanks. He laughed and drove on.

worked on quilt. I am really kicking ass. made a Jimothy Christmas ornament.

Kevin is looking at Ireland tours again. He's looked at buses. boats. now chauffer driven. I think this is really gonna happen, folks. sometime.

2025 building fence. "stand back so we don't both get killed. we've got grandchildren to think about.". Kevin stretching barbed wire.

2024 Izzy birthday party.

2023 turned off tv. I'm in garage. Rip in doorway . squinting at Kevin's former brand of tea he hasn't drank in a long while to see if theres expiration date. don't have my glasses on. and I hear a kids voice. I lean around and look through doorway. didn't I turn TV off? it's off. come in house. checked phone. nope. I'll put it in the ghost book.

2022 I hereby declare these guys as Shark 🦈 Week ⭐ "He bited a skiers leg off and he got a robot leg." "If I was a shark 🦈 I'd bite me."

2020 made my Annabelle. After watching Coraline with my granddaughter Coralie, she had to have button eyes...

2018 ,,,and just like that, my 2 week long Shark Week is over...

2018 watching Jaws 3. Kevin & I originally saw this 3-D movie on a date at The Plaza in Trenton ♥️

2017 You just never know what my neverending quest for Bigfoot will turn up...😁I. found. The . Bigfoot. Brownies!

2016 When you DVR Sharknado Week, you can make it last forever...

2012 Enjoying a beautiful summer nite waiting 4 Katie at the Blythedale Fair--deb!(: Kevin Dailey showed me the hotel he booked for our anniversary....wow! I am one lucky lady! nope. Chateau Avalon Hotel. breakfast in bed, personal masage, jacuzzi IN THE ROOM....this is the type of luxury I never even knew existed!

2010 and the Dailey's have new phones....just took about 2 hours at Verizon in Chillicothe..we were changing plans, & trading phones between family members...every customer service reps dream customers...

2009 I just sold my products for 4356 coins! Yeah!

Monday, August 3, 2026

Izzy invited me out to play, we picked2 peaches and a green apple for a snack, she sang a song to her flowers.

2023 I dunno ladies, but we've got to stop meeting like this 🍹🍷🍸......🤣 met up with the sisters after we talked to investigator. needed drinks.

ParaconKC/ Kansas State Pen ghost tour 2025

2023 frame up for new garage

2022 Barbie patiently awaiting Zerelda's return. She reads a book open to her favorite letter, Z.

2021 Ann was pupsitting Rusty while Kevin mowed.

2013 paint party in baby Ian's room....

2011 Looks like we need another girl scout meeting about bullying...sigh

2009 a spirited Yugo game & cake eating going on in my livingroom....

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...

corn sweat driving up temps....extreme heat warning...96 feels like 117

2025 at the Kansas Lake House...

2024 Pepsi tastes better in a glass bottle. change my mind. We had fun at homecoming, especially izzy! She rode the merry go round twice and loved it!!

2023 I love when Violet calls🩷🩷🩷

2015 yep....I am gullible. I really wanted to believe it for a few minutes.....then reported the message. Hello Deb..... My name is Roberto sampera from Menlo Park CA, I work for Facebook company.and you? I was asked to contact you by the Facebook C.E.O Mr Mark Zuckerberg and he ask me to pass to you some good news. Before i proceed i will like to know if you have heard or been informed about the ongoing Facebook Promo going on ? CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU DEB Am happy to inform you that your name was selected among our 10lucky winners you won your self the whoop sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT DEB......YOU WON $500,000.00 I want you to know that this Facebook Promotion is not a Joke or a Scam and we also want you to know that this Promotion is 100% Real and Legit and the FBI and the HOMELAND SECURITY is fully aware of it,So there is nothing to be worried or scared about..Is that understood? what do you feel about this news you just heard? Sounds too good to be true you mean you don't believe this? What do I have to do? you have not to worry Deb because this is for real Before we proceed on the claim you are to provide some vital information about your Self HERE IS THE INFORMATION BELOW FULL NAME: AGE OCCUPATION HOME ADDRESS: MOBILE NUMBER: EMAIL ADDRESS: All your information has been forwarded to the claim department hold let me get back to you.... CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU DEBRA YOUR INFORMATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE CLAIM DEPARTMENT!!! CHOOSE YOUR PREFERRED MODE OF PAYMENT FROM THE THREE OPTIONS STATED BELOW: Â 1) ATM CARD 2) CHECK Your option has been forwarded to the CEO office for him to sign and approve the CHECK you give us Few hours to get back to you Hello ma'am your winnings certificate is ready Your winnings check will be forward to the Fedex because they will be the only one who can bring your winnings check to your door step without no delay and it require Delivery fee $500 for the FEDEX delivery fee then your winnings get to your door step 24hrs after the fedex confirm it's payment Chat Conversation Endage.

band trip 2012 Trenton pool

2010 late nite Monopoly is going to kick my butt at work today....

2009 Katie and Moriah pool day.....home from Wal-Mart....whatta way to spend a paycheck...No Surrender throws a concert....stage, lights, camera, action!!! I liked the concert. I'm not sure what most of the songs were, but it was good & loud!

We had an excellent turnout at today’s Mercer Homecoming Quilt Show! With a record-breaking 127 entries, this year’s show was a tremendous success.

I entered 6 quilts. won a white ribbon on Scooby Doo Gang quilt! Kevin picked them up before Izzy blew out the candle on her cupcake.

Congratulations to all of our winners! 🏆👏 Check out the results below and help us celebrate these talented quilters! King: Third Place - Deb Dailey Quilt Show Winners

Izzy's party was here, just us. She seemed quite happy with her gifts. I altered Z's shorts TOO big. (insert eye roll here) but she assured me they were just fine. she is such a sweetheart. she made Izzy a bag full of homemade gifts....scratch art, magnets, pictures.

we went up town this morning for car, tractor, and quilt shows, and flea market where we found a local hand crocheted something for the new grandbaby. we went back for the ice cream social, and Kevin tried a fair baked potato.

2024 Christmas in July ⛄🎄🎅🤶 Bell Ringers are out.

2024 scene: lunch buffet. Cashier: 2 seniors?

Kevin: what are you calling seniors?

Cashier: 60, sir.

me: no. we're only 59.

Cashier: close enough.

deb: (sighs) (whispers) close enough.

2024 ...and my chair broke.😠 while I was sitting in it.🙄at the tractor pull 🚜

2022 Adventure Backpack got new patches today...

2021 ✔ McPike Mansion off the paranormal bucket list...getting our kicks on haunted Route 66...."Kiss my shiny metal ass." 7 Gates of Hell. Newsflash: we. survived.

2018 #walkingrisers #pigbarnlife🐖 comments: a water hole?? you had rain?? - is that shit water from a riser? LMAO - me: It is real water. Just a mysterious mud hole....too many questions. Too. Many. Questions. 😃

2015 I'm gullible. I'll fall for just about anything 'cause I always think there's a chance. I'm the girl who fell in love on a school bus when her eyes met the eyes of the guy across the aisle, remember? the girl who had 3 beautiful super smart children. and the cutest damn grandbaby in the world. miracles do happen! and maybe this ol' gal is due another one. deep down I knew it was horseshit from the git go. but an old gal can dream, can't she?

2011 an epic Pokemon battle rages in our livingroom...

2009 no parents allowed till 9:30....so we'll go back (maybe....if we don't get too wrapped up in our ghosthunting shows....) KJ has headed uptown for the entertainment, Katie & I will soon follow. I am excited.....she's not so much. deb has the whole damn weekend off!!!!

took 6 quilts to quilt show. ate at Pizza Hut, a date night favorite when we first met. sat in the back corner booth.

hot cocoa ☕, a warm blanket, and a good book 📖 on a cool summer evening.... (and skipping night 2 of Homecoming 😉).

2025 Izzy sang rain rain go away and we had a good time. Mercer Homecoming Carnival.☂️🌧️💧🎠🎡

2024 tractor pull

2018 so, I tried to make a #greatwhitecake but I gave up. My daughter-in-law salvaged it into this...

2014 a free treat came in the mail for Ms. Cuddles...

2009 Camp Girl Scout

...and with that being said... (ugh)...and all that stuff....

Kevin did his first stem cell treatment today. hoping for good things. we ate at Outback where I had a fun shark drink. then he got a hair cut, I did a solo Dollar Tree and walked in a sketchy alley, then Walmart. rounded up quilts to enter in quilt show tomorrow. skipped night one of Mercer Homecoming. not taking girls to carnival this year since Z can't ride this year. she is crutching around like a pro. very proud of her resiliance.

2024: harvested broccoli.

2023 Kevin fishing...."he's not a lunker by any means, but he's not bad."

2018 f*** I hate mornings.

2017 never know what you'll see walking risers...today it was a ground hog.

2015 Oddfellows #ghosthuntingwithtracyanddeb

10 things about me:

1. I am the proud mom of Koren, KJ, and Katie.

2. I am the proud grandma of Ian.

3. yes, I do believe in Bigfoot.

4. Pepsi is essential to my very survival.

5. I belong to the Stephen King Library

6. I watch waaaay tooooo much tv.

7. I blog, therefore I am.

8. I fancy myself a photographer.

9. once upon a time, I thought I would write a novel.

10. I got married at age 18.

2014 saw a post on facebook about an abandoned Missouri plantation, clicked on link, went to a blog by a guy who has been there, found a link there for a book about possibly the first woman serial killed in US, who lived in Missouri....so ordered that, of course.....

2013 windows are in! basement steps poured! Moberly Park.

2012 Root canal: here I come! I survived the dental work AND the wait at the pharmacy....and I wasn't the only annoyed person there.....one woman demanded to know who was in charge....the customers were grumbling amongst themselves...if I ever go back, will try Walgreen's! I personally do not recommend St Joe Hyvee pharmacy...crochety old woman in pain here!

2011 I had to stay @ work late again because of heat, so Kj got to take his sister & friends to the all nite skate at Bethany...

2011 sleepovers don't get any quieter as the years go by....

2009 gets to go to work early....oh, yeah!!! getting ready for tomorrow nite's "Let's Go Camping" Girl Scout meeting...dont' know why I feel compelled to name all my meetings.....

today I finished The Frankenstien Bigfoot Quilt: Something Old, Something New and took white truck for oil change. Kevin mowed our yard after work. beautiful cool day. bought plane tickets to Seattle!

2024 crocheting a rag rug while watching true crime...making a yoyo clown to leave at The Clown Museum...

2021 Mowing hay...er, I mean the yard...

2018 my Build A Bear Shark and Zerelda are Shark Weeking with me this year.

2016 ghostin' at Oddfellows in Liberty with Tracy....

"I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.". William Shakespeare

2013 Cody and I fell for the shoe shine bit in New Orleans...

2012 Finally directions even I can follow...go down gravel road till the great big slide...

2011 Kevin Dailey took the nite off work to take Katie Dailey to the dance swim party...and to bring home some friends...since I had to stay late at work for the heat again...

2010 officially addicted to Frontierville....

2010 HWY C by Denver Miller is in very bad shape...driver beware. Ruts in the asphalt...big holes...trenches....there are two warning signs, but not where they are needed!

2009 4-H camp......Katie swam in the lake, made s'mores, caught fish.....a really fun day at the lake!

1" in rain gauge. today is take Izzy's birthday bed to her house day.....from toddler bed to Big Girl Bed! (she was thrilled!) and the moment of truth for Z to try on her shorts and see if they are good to go....

on an errand to find Zerelda pickle chips her Gustavo found a girlfriend at Dollar General. She told me I could make my Gustavo a girlfriend, so after I got home, did another adjustment on her shorts, dug in fabric boxes, and created a girlfriend for my Gustavo. I've been quite creative this week, if I do say so myself.

2018 "We are literally in the middle of nowhere. It seems there's more cornfields out here than humans...." The Dead Files

"Cheetahs can do anything. They can fly. They can read your mind. They can run 250,000 miles an hour.".

2015 The AC is fixed and baby it's cold in the avalanche! thank you Willis Garage

2014 Katie got her wisdom teeth out today.

2013 rode with Kevin while he baled hay.

2010 heading to mom & dads to see Lisa & the boys....she has a pot of chicken & noodles cooking!

2009 saw Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3-D!!! "You know I make these rules up as I go along, right?" Buck.

today I accidently learned on a TikTok video that there is a Graveface Museum in. Eureka. Springs. was it there when we went? GrimmLife Collective has been there.

after our trip also learned there was a huge bigfoot sculpture....maybe someday we'll be in that neck of the woods again....

1" in rain gauge.

started the binding on The Bigfoot Quilt today. I. am. unstoppable.

Jimothy is taking FB by storm. he's on patches on Etsy. tshirts. people are building Legos. doing paintings. he reminds me a bit of Chupacabra, the not quite right looking raccoon that once upon a time lived at the end of The Peach Road....

2023 watching them do cement for garage floor, had a flashback to slurrying pits in the barn...💩💩💩

2020 my alien is Ready to party 🤡🎈🥳〽️ It's Ashton-Drakes 35th Birthday!

2017 "I gotta tell people I'm not lost, I'm just exploring.". Sue Life Below Zero

2014 "And frankly, in Bobo we trust." Cliff Barackman Finding Bigfoot. "Squatchtatutes. I'd watch THAT show." K.J. Dailey....this is what happens when Grandpa takes baby Ian to Bass Pro.... (baby in ghilly hat.)

2013 Treasures keep surfacing.....

2013 we were in New Orleans.

2012...What a beautiful morning to wait 4 the pilot car...Happy day! Get 2 leave work on time!

2010 I hate my insurance company...I was on hold today till I got mad & hung up, took me forever to log in tonite, then couldn't do anything online anyway....(have you noticed that I whine? like, a LOT?)..."You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day." Marian Wright Edelman

2010 FB post: Queen Anne's Lace is also known as Mother Die, because if you brought it into your house, according to superstition, your mother would die

Lisa replied: I've brought it into my house many times and so far mom is ok!!! to which I answer: I've stepped on a lot of cracks, too....so there you go.

"Sharper than a serpent's tooth is a daughters ingratitude." Coraline my daughters are of course fabulous, I just love this quote!

2010 I've seen a lot of wildlife driving to & from work, today was my first badger!

2009 sat on my front porch & drank the Mikes Hard Lemonade I found cleaning the fridge...

today on our weekly grocery run I bought a Hallmark gift bag, Hallmark gift wrap, a Hallmark bow, and Hallmark scotch tape. see, we were at Hy-Vee and this is what they have. beautiful, high quality. and this scotch tape...is quite simply The. Best. Tape. I. Have. Ever. Used.

like butter. makes wrapping much easier.

not the most personable Hy-Vee cashier we've ever had....if I was management she'd be bringing in carts. 🛒🛒🛒

meanwhile, on Life 360...(I have the same app. as many missing and unalived people, according to the massive amounts of true crime I digest) this week summary....if I wasn't so cheap, I'd pay to see what these 81 risky events were. cause I really am a bad driver. 18 drives. 362.6 miles.

2021 Kevin's deer mount came home with us.

2019 The Chup was spotted on the Peach 4 side of the road today.... 🤪

2014 Koren reports that Ian has learned to shake his head no. The sass has begun.

"If this thing comes after us I'm putting the lead to him. Myth or no myth." Huckleberry

2013...Pick her up from a week at church camp then drop her off at the fair...headed back to The Cottonwood Inn to shower and chill in a/c and await Katie Dailey's come pick me up text.....I am on my home computer! shouldn't of checked computer until AFTER I was done sweeping.....(sigh...) A shiny new electric pole....dirt around the house.....electric is done, water almost done, a/c guy coming tomorrow.... now to clean so we can move back home! It is amazing how quickly a delicious homemade cinnamon roll can make you forget a bad day.....thank you, B.j. Passmore!

2012....Oh dear...will road construction make me late 4 the mandatory 'this is a condition of your employment' meeting?

2010 453 Hudson Hall is where KJ will reside as of August 26th...

2009 katie & mackenzie hung out from 3-7 at the pool...they were the only ones there after 5! I AM going to get the fridge cleaned out this morning. I just have to be an adult and go do it....(sigh)

2026 just found a text in junk folder from amazon....Delivery attempted today at 7:13 AM Unfortunately, Fedex ran into an issue when attempting your delivery. They will try again.

"Life was worthwhile, even then." Kansas woman pioneer.

2016 ,,,and senior year stuff begins... on our way to senior sports banner meeting...

2013 Kevin and Katie built some temporary front door steps...guess they're getting tired of me falling out of the house....Plumbing stuff.. .so close to getting home, yet so far away....it's kind of like an archaeology dig, finding all kinds of relics from our childrens' past...digging a sewer line...garage floor sealed...

2012 ife is quiet with Katie Dailey gone at church camp...

2010 NWMSU SOAR 2010

Attitude is the difference between an ordeal or an adventure!

2009 watched Mamma Mia...now I feel lazy since I don't break into song @ every opportunity....and we won't even go into the dancing....tried homemade peach ice cream at the 4-H Ice Cream Social....pretty good! picked up Katie's 4-H exhibits from fair, cashed talent show prize check, ate lunch at Toot-Toots, went to Wal-Mart, now baking a cake for the 4-H Ice Cream Social at 5:00...(still have a whole list of household chores to do....)

#funwithmelissaanddeb Bridges of Madison County Girls Day 2026....we found all 6 bridges, did The Francesca pose on Holliwell, sat on Clint Eastwood's stool at The Northside Cafe, and got Beetlejuice vibes on Cedar Bridge. We even found Jesus. (and Bigfoot, but I didn't get a picture...)

day 4 Estes Park..... shopping ( just how many Bigfoots does Deb need????🤣)...a robot brought us pizza....a scenic drive....and The Shining Tour at The Stanley Hotel. a must for any Stephen King fan❤️.

2021 at Mid-America Music Festival.

2020 look who's hanging out at the Hotel Cortez... Ted Bundy, Ted Kaczynski, David Koresh, & Jeffrey Dahmer.... some of us never outgrow playing Barbies...

2018 made my own Tree of the Dolls

2017 #favoritepartoftheworkday #drivinghome

2015 got to watch Ian scrubbadubdub in the tub.

2015 my handy husband trying to figure out why a/c isn't working...

2014 I love getting our cell phone bill....not because I want to pay it, but just to see how much we text. granted, we have unlimited. (just because we have kids!) our grand totals for June: husband: 208 me: 312 (pretty sure a personal high!) bubba: 1784 sis: 1867 so, I'm thinking when the kids get their own bills, we'd be pretty safe with limited texting! 🙂 See less

2013 .. Breakfast pizza in our yard with Kevin Dailey....the crew is here...let the construction begin! We're not moving back into the house today but a bunch of our stuff did hoping for Thursday or Friday depending on the plumber....trenching in water line, pouring garage floor...

2012 wasted days and wasted nights.....I spend too @#$! much time at work....

2009 turned off the a/c & opened the windows....it's a beautiful summer evening

(Thursday) Izzy hung out today while Mom went to Dr. Kevin and I finished binge watching Netflix Little House on the Prairie and I'm just not ready for it to be over.....where do we go from here?

2024 Zerelda's Hotel Birthday Get Away! and I have actual sunflowers growing behind new garage! (and Daylily Drive? got a feeling I did a photo dump on this date....)

2022: Matt. Met him at Bobby Mackeys. Super nice guy and the experiences he's had...I was thinking about us gals hanging around outside at break talking to him. So, got on discovery + and found the Portals to Hell episode...then the Paranormal Lockdown episode...hell, I'm gonna watch the GAC episodes, too. I am Paranormal Armchair Investigator, hear me ROAR....

2020 I went to my first ever Princeton Fair Pig Show. "A boy's best friend is his mother.". Norman Bates

2016 cousin Jerry sent me a Bigfoot backpack!

2015 Sometimes I am just a deal....Vultures circling while I walk risers...I f****** hate my job on a good day and today was not a good day and tomorrow when I'm working on my f****** day off it probably won't be any better "And if you can survive a family vacation-you're doing OK." Frankie Heck.

2014 young Mr. Dailey has spent his day securing employment with a prestigious business establishment.

2013: I hope to be reincarnated as a Galapagos turtle... Getting garage floor ready to pour...retaining walls are poured !....While I am thankful for a flashlight app to walk risers in the pitch black wee morning hours, I wish there was a Febreeze app, as well.....I try to find humor where I can...otherwise I'd go insane 😉

2012 I love my dentist and pain pills!

2011 I think there's a 'squatch in these woods...

2010 first it was just deb on Frontierville, then They Call Him Kevin joined me, and now our little blessing Agnes...filled out & mailed KJ's college health forms...ordered his dorm bedding...and now sewing the backing on his going-to-college-quilt...Mercer Co. Fair Katie entered 3 pictures....3 blue ribbons!

2009 my sister Lisa had made 4-H notebooks & gave one to Katie...our 4-H club decided to make our own notebooks, they turned out pretty cool....Quincy Reames put his in the fair & won a blue ribbon in Clover Kids!!!....Katie worked 4-H concessions at the fair.

Wednesday

finally started on Izzy's requested owl sleep mask for her birthday....laid out quilt and figured out back. made desk goose a pumpkin. cold and exhausted all day. going to bed early tonite... the rest of the world learned on May 1 that Casey Anthony has a memoir coming out....I just found out today on Nancy Grace. its on Substack, $10 month or $100 year. so I won't be reading it.

2025 Estes Park

2021 rainy days 🌧 are the perfect time to figure out how the wipers on your new 🚘 work...

2018 The Big Steer and The Camel, Zebra, and Ostrich Races

2017 working on my Victorian Crazy Quilt

2009 Mercer County Fair Talent Show, Kate's group got 3rd for their clog of RedNeck Girl. and she sang. (heart emoji) Katie entered photographs in Mercer Co. Fair.

2013 : basement floor poured. setting up to pour retaining walls. What are little boys made of, made of? What are little boys made of? "Snaps and snails. and puppy-dogs' tails; And that's what little boys are made of." WE'RE. HAVING. A. GRANDSON!

2011 Katie camping with a Ridgeway friend.

tonight Kevin and I started watching Little House on the Prairie on Netflix. They've remade the series. He watched it as a kid. We both read the books.

actually, today was the last day of newspaper.com. I went off on a side trail of the young man he talked to at the barber shop the night he died.

today I made a flag and witch hat for Gertie the Desk Goose. also a flag for the rooftop of Hotel Abaddon. found a mask pattern, but it's too big. basted another side of the quilt. seems like I was quite busy today. quite.

2020: finally getting the gazebo I've always wanted...as my 25th anniversary gift from Smithfield! (sadly, I only had it a week or two. then it blew into the fence and was torn all to hell. guess it was never meant to be.)

"Life is a long ride and we're all long riders." Bernice Ende

2011: My phone was lost but now is found...

2011: guess it's time to leave Frontierville & head off into the wild blue yonder to my paying job....

today was the last day of free trial for newspapers.com. found the name of the second suspect. more contradicting "facts." fascinating. Fact is stranger than fiction. found enough Seth stuff to start a book on him, too.

had a short visit with Miss Iz. Kevin helped David after work.

I did a walk while Kevin went to chiropractor, he beat me back to car! Thursday, July 9, 2026

already had my daily steps in, so all bonus. then we went to Taco Bell for supper! he is not a Taco Bell fan, but it's my kinda Mexican food. he is such a sweetheart. so when we came home I made him a spice cake. finished the hummingbird, so Christmas birds are done. need to get back to The Bigfoot Quilt....

awwww.....FB memories.....

2021: Someone discovered he could jump up on furniture and now the TV remote is missing...coincidence? I think not. puppy life 🐾 UPDATE: my apologies to Rusty, who is innocent. Remote found. All is well.

2016 ...and our baby girl is signed up for classes for Senior Year....

2014 Katie went to Tri-State with Kyla....found Christian Union Cemetery and great grandpa Lewis Brown's grave....

2013 still living in hotel while basement being rebuilt, and I had done some decorating...and KJ's home from summer college and moved in with us......found Miss Cuddles! Now...where is Lyle The Red-Eared Slider.....

2012 When your healthcare professional calls 2 check on u the next day...copay well spent or way worse off than u realized?...Is waiting on the pilot car an acceptable reason 4 being late 2 work?

2011 And medium ash brown it is...

2010 Katie's photos are officially entered in The Mercer County Fair!

2009 after 25 years of faithful service, my blender has died. it did make one last bunch of lemon ice, though...

spent the weekend with our Nebraska kid and got to hang out with Everett while they went to a concert! Also went to a Flower Show, Farmers Market, and to Daylily Drive.

2025- 30 days of achieving WalkFit step goal.

2021- at Farrar with Kevin

2020- added Jay to The Ghost Adventures Gang. I was spending Covid being an Essential Employee and making Cryptid Crafts of all types.

Sometimes when you bring the past back to life, maybe you bring back the afterlife. Wisdom from The Tennessee Wraith Chasers

2017 a rainbow over the pigbarn

2015- bumped into Kj working at Walmart

2014- Mountain Monsters : they caught Hogzilla! maybe the witnesses did exaggerate a bit....but if I saw a 8' long, 800 lb Russian /Duroc boar in the woods.....I'd think it was a monster, too!

2014- I bought circus postage stamps

2013- Just another day in the life of a bitter disillusioned working mom..

2013: I got the biscuits too done

2009- it's been a flat tire kind of day....

"the ugly word"

2021: attending FARRAR 100TH YEAR EVENT WITH AUTHOR RICHARD ESTEP at Haunting At Farrar.

2017: the Kentucky trip. Bobby Mackey's. Jailhouse Pizza. Waverly Hills. The Brown Hotel. Santa Claus Indiana.

2016: Adventureland. Katie senior pictures.

2013: our little freshman is all signed up for classes........meanwhile at our house... Planning on setting it back down tomorrow! Just a other day of sweat dripping in my eyes and granddaddy longlegs crawling in my hair...

2011: so good to see my 3 kids all together today! so embarrasing to dose off on the couch when I was supposed to be visiting...

2009 last day summer dance, recital, pool party!

tonight we're going to Katie's for the weekend. I decided to look up Seth Stanley newspaper articles before my free week is up...

2022 Scrapping at The Farm. Survived wild honey bee attack. (not gonna lie. I would never survive a Killer Bee swarm. ) They were in my bun, I'm trying to take my hair down running through chest high grass in a field....got a few stings. 🐝🐝🐝 in your hair are LOUD. Also found names etched into a grain bin pad...ran Sawzall a few and had a tractor driving lesson.

2017 Jailhouse Pizza and Waverly Hills!

2014 Mercer Girl Scouts at the Mudcat game!

2009 checked out Cody's Harley

today I mowed our yard and had a spell, so came in for a 2 hour break, then went back out to finish the 15 minutes of mowing I had left.

9:08 p.m. haven't quite hit minimum step goal. will get it. I'll get it. mowed at farm, too. was up late late late on newspapers.com. did a free 7 day trial and found a lot of stuff on 'my case." which I clipped and printed and am now in the process of reading through and blogging on my Amanda blog. never was solved. I was hoping....I was hoping. poor Amanda.

Sunday July 5 2026 birdies have found the new backyard feeder. spent a lot of time back porch sitting today. Kevin brush cut. We went to Hy-Vee then had ice cream at Sonic.

2025. poor Bigfoot. now he's on a target at Bass Pro....Good Guys car show. lunch Burger Shed.

2020 re-reading The Stand.

2014. had to turn the lights on...my drink missed the trunk and clattered to the floor...I screamed....the dogs barked....maybe I need to quit watching scary movies by myself in the dark....

2012. I fear I have made a bad career choice...nothing like walking risers in 100 plus degrees knowing u have 2 go back in barn and stay till temps Drop AND work on ur weekend off...NOT a happy camper--deb!(:

Take time to stop and bitch about the roses.

today I did a door dash run....

2026 Kevin finished brush cutting here.

2014 homemade Apple Crumb pie made with apples from the tree in our backyard...

2013 Just finished reading NOS4S2 by Joe Hill.....and seriously thinking we'll follow Bruce Wayne Carmody's thought process and skip Christmas this year...

2009

It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change. Alice in Wonderland

2020 bought blue truck

2013 ...and K.J. Dailey has joined us in our cozy little temporary apartment home...

Stop, Drop, and Roll doesn't work in Hell

The World Is Going To End.-The Mayans. Where Did All The Mayans Go?-The World

"These widgets are not going to make themselves."

2009 you need to come back to wolf 9.your pregcheck was a 99 %my bornalive was a 13 so come back please (comment on a post from Pat. I hated my job, but I did try my best most of the time. not all weeks were this good....)

2009 "You're gonna have to work a lot harder than that to get yourself a hardhat." (the boss at the Widget Factory kills me! he's even cooler than Tom on Farmtown, because Tom isn't all saucy...)

today Izzy came over to play while Daddy got his oil changed.

4th of July also brings memories of Katie dancing at Princeton's 4th of July....and her grandma Janet and Grandpa Bernard coming to watch her.

2023 I made a doll inspired by a Dead Files episode...and although I didn't know it at the time...it was the last ever Dead Files episode for Amy.

2015...The 4th of July brings memories of big family picnics at my family's farm with Grandma Grace & Aunt Minerva making homemade ice cream, Uncle Bob, Uncle Jim, Tom, & Grandpa Vermal running the grill, the city cousins riding dirt bikes & setting the barn on fire....and Grandpa's fireworks extravaganza.

2012 K.J. Dailey got to spend some one-on-time with mom at work today & found out that she's really not that fun to be around....

we went to the flea market. Kevin brush cut. Happy 250th America!

I don't know what that was, but it weren't no bear....

2014 Uncle Bobs funeral.

2013 Leon Rodeo

a hot quiet day at home. Kevin mowed. I ran weed eater. then I cleaned out KJ's car. baked pumpkin bread AND a turkey. made Grandma deb Barbie a primitive USA 250 quilt for her room. and working on my Amanda Case File.

"There was no one choice that sent our course awry." John Alden, Salem

2024 making a crocheted rag rug and getting the hang of Infinity Hooping.

2021 fixing water leak at farm.

2026: a visit from Ann & girls. made the other potholder. now that I figured it out, much more fun!

visited girls again today. took the clearance pot holder loom to do with them....they quickly lost interest and seemed perplexed when I explained to them how much fun I had making these as a kid. long story short, not as much fun now. finally got one done. might someday make other one. will not be buying any more loopies to make more. nope. nope. nope.

2023: Good Guys car show. today I also joined The Richard Estep Literary Circle...a Zoom book club. I have read a few of the books, but have yet to join in on Zoom. I have never done a Zoom. ever. still.

2019 gas in Ferdinand, Indiana $2.89

2017 Congrats to the team of Kost/Dailey/Wilder from North Mercer in 3D Animation for advancing to finals

hung out with girls a bit today. diving back into my great grandparents neighbors murder mystery....the rabbit hole is my home.

2024: ran out of white thread, so using some of Grandma Grace's.♥️. now she's helping me make a quilt.

2023: making a voodoo doll. I have my reasons.

2021: gas station register and kitchen schedules.

2019: we're going to Kentucky, we're going to the fair...to see a senorita with roses in her hair....

2016: People on unemployment want a job. People on unemployment want a job. People on unemployment want a job.

2015: from tree to pie.... complete with vanilla ice cream!

2010: got my 15 year PSF gifts today....$300 Best Buy gift card that I'm giving KJ for a belated graduation gift (being middle class is just so frickin' sweet!) & a picture frame & fancy pen.

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability - Sam Keen

2025: High Creek Ce3metery, Rock Port, MO. a 'haunted' cemetery. back by tree line talking to shadow figures. small critter ran through grass by my feet and I screamed.

2013 Watching Mountain Monsters alone in the dark...today was the day Daisy Mae Clementine made a run for freedom....

2011...after waiting in line 45 minutes, got shorted the bacon at the PSF Employee Meat Sale (Kevin went back and got it when it came in...and no line.)

2010 wrestling at the park with a guest referee!

2026 Zerelda is home, she's a pro on the crutches. helped her daddy clean house so there is no clutter for her to manuever around. AND made a Jello cake. nothing says summer like Jello cake....

2026: to grocery store. put new bird feeder in back yard.

bucket list item: Odds Voodoo Shop 2025! Marriott Hotel Omaha our room had delightfully creaky closet doors 👻 hotel soap smelled like sage

2014 making Queen Anne's Lace jelly AND It appears something large has been nesting in the pasture behind my house some would say deer but I'm going to guess Bigfoot....

2012: 81 degrees at 5:08 a.m. Means a long day in PSF land... --deb!(:

2009 I want 2 buy a treehouse on YoVille. not enuf $....constantly thwarted @ every turn. (sigh)

"He is my son. I will not apologize for him." Dutton Ranch.

I spent 3 days at Koren's. Ian had dental surgery, I was happy to help. Cora met her first Fugg. Ian is a model patient. there was hide & seek and sleepovers and a dance party.

2025 finally made it into Squirrel Cage Jail!

2009...now that my shift at the wicket factory is done, guess I can go to bed....

headed to Kansas today to visit Koren's family...

2014 King Tut at Union Station with Katie, Koren, & Ian.

2011 the house is quiet....Katie is at All Night Skate, KJ is out, Kevin is at work.....Daisy, Miss Cuddles, & Sasha have all went to bed...

today I am pretty sure I was walking the trail behind Santa Claus on vacation while Rip was being groomed....

2017 I'm proud to announce that this coming school year KJ will be the History Teacher at Ridgeway 😊

2015 Katie brought home a wildflower bouquet

2013 living in Mercer Hotel while our house is jacked up to replace basement...After a week of freedom, Lyle the turtle was found strolling down the hall & returned to his "room"...

2023 I made my primitive pumpkin Summerween doll. and Rip got his back porch potty light. and they started on The Red Shed. and the new bathroom is done!

2022 Oz Museum

2010 took KJ & Corey to NWMSU SOAR

usually I'm pretty live and let live about bugs in the basement and garage but this year it's Centipedes, and they're cool and all, but YUCK! I bought a huge jug of bug spray and I'm not afraid to use it!

everytime I see a centipede (or a cricket or spider....) I grab the bug spray and away I go. is this a Mid-Life crisis thing? although, tbh, I am 61. this would be Late-Life crisis, I think. or Silver-Years Crisis?

I realized tonight while standing out on the patio at 10 p.m. brushing my wet hair after my shower that wishes REALLY do come true....

years ago, I told myself if I ever got to remodel the bathroom, I'd have a walkout enclosed patio so I could walk out naked and brush my hair and lounge about in a chair for it to dry. all these years later, I have the shower I dreamed off, and a walk out patio with walls so I could really go out naked and brush my hair...although I have not done so yet. I do go out in my pjs.

today was a big day for KJ's girls, they were going to VBS with Nana Nancy. they were so excited. it was going to be such a good day! early in the day, Zerelda tripped over a curb and ended up at Children's Mercy with a dislocated knee....and spent all day in 2 different ERs. she did have Nana, Daddy, and Mommy with her. I'm sure it was not her favorite day ever. hopefully she heals up quickly. I'm on Meggie duty this week. and also finally vacuumed Z's bedroom like I promised to weeks ago....

I celebrated Summerween by making pumpkin bread, watching True Crime, and finishing up The Murder House when the last element arrived from Temu....

2024: Mark Twain Cave.

2019 was Pignic. I avoided this shit after the kids outgrew it, but my coworkers sucked me back in. and it was fun.

2009 AND 2010 Adventureland Band Trip

2013 Black eyed peas in Birmingham.

2025 Alexander Majors House

2024 Haunted Hannibal

2022 Dodge City

“Listen, there is no way any true man is going to let children live around him in his home and not discipline and teach, fight and mold them until they know all he knows. His goal is to make them better than he is. Being their friend is a distant second to this.” ― Victor Devlin this was my dad to a T. Happy Fathers Day.

2018. Sparky's Guest House.... Roaring River State Park

"And then you were born. And there you were, a squalling mess of limbs and hair, you weren't much. But you were enough to show me love.." Increase Mather, Salem.

"Hair strategies are essential to everything in life, we know that. I'm at an age where I can pretty much do what I want: Here I am, whether you like my hair or not." Hillary Clinton

2013 Magnolia Cafe. "If you never had an Andygator, you never had a Real Beer....we accidently found Brad & Angelina's place in the French Quarter... 103.3 Baton Rouge is our favorite radio station down south. The Myrtles Plantation. While I was sleeping they were playing " count the busted windshields....."

2009 KJ playing summer BB. I remembered to apologize 2 kevin this am 4 forgetting fathers day b4 I left 4 work: but kate was the 1 who remembered 2 buy him a card when we went to hy-vee tonite! I've stalled out on level 26 in farmtown

2026 1.5" in rain gauge. a nice quiet Fathers Day at home. Kevin got a call from Koren. and a card yesterday.

2024...the slo-mo side roll....

2022 Hollywood Candy

2022 Omaha Zoo with the Wills Family & Katie

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. - Oscar Wilde

I tried absinthe in New Orleans...2013

2010 TOP

2025 first day lily bloomed! red one with yellow center.(2026, 1st daylily bloomed yesterday...same one.)

2022 hotel trip with Koren and family....Ian stayed in our room. so much fun!

2018 we met the Working Bunnies in Eureka Springs! (I might have based entire trip around this very experience....)

2017 in Florida!....rode the ferry! waded in ocean!

2011 TOPS Nationals

2013 New Orleans! (our hotel courtyard is possibly my very favorite part!)

2010 TOP

2009 up from my late summer evening nap...the heat is hard on us old-working-in-a-pig-barn-on-another-hot-day-folks.

2026: 85 days till Alaska Cruise! installed app on my phone.

just happened to check my phone before I went to bed and saw a HUGE pending paypal transaction for Chewy.com

I missed the cancel timeline by like 15 minutes. ugh. logged in and started checking boxes and canceled autoship. I'll just buy monthly as I run out of meds. emails said I got it stopped. I hope I did. guess I'll know soon enough. dog meds are Expensive. (we'll never recover financially from this).

that. was. terrifying.

2024 granddaddy long legs. cicadas. horseflies. dragonflies. flies. Kevin grinning ear to ear me accepting my inevitable death waiting air evac.

2013 Cafe Pontalba

2012 one of my kids is threatening to slit the others throat....just another entertaining evening at The Dailey House!

2012 K.J. Dailey looks so gosh darn cute in his blue coveralls that I wish we were allowed to take cameras in the barn!

2026 mowed at farm. it was Documentary Day for deb.

2024 at Heartland Lodge

2017 Sarah's wedding

2016 made My first batch of White Clover Jelly!

2012 baking an apple pie from apples picked off the tree in our backyard...

It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. – Anne Sexton - miss you, dad. ❤️

Happy Birthday.

2024 The Rabbit Hole

2021 you learn a lot about a person by cleaning out their house....

2018 Chateau Avalon, Steamboat Arabia, Jack Stack, Boulevard Brewing Company

2017 Arrowhead 5K, beat last years time.

2015 going fishing for Grandpa Bernards Birthday.

June 15, 2015. The day I discovered I could make banana bread with Bisquick!!!

2013....Here we go on our epic adventure! NOLA!

2009 Land Of The Lost was awesome!!!

today I drug quilt back out to work on. baked a loaf of bread. picked up Polaris. chair nap.

2019 at Anderson House.

AND Foghat in Jefferson Iowa? or was I just posting pictures????

2018 at a Royals game....and Chateau Avalon Hotel....Crescent Hotel....think I'm just posting pics of that years vacation....

2016 Great Smoky Mountains

"I am on a great adventure." Harold Emery Lauder

2014 visited Koren

2012 Tenessee

2011 TOPS Nationals

2009 basketball game

2009 back to my old barn today

2007 Cosmic Cavern

2005 South Dakota- we got to the point where you can see Mt Rushmore through the tunnel....Katie was so excited, then when we were actually there, she just sighed and said, "It's just a bunch of heads?"/blockquote>

2026: Izzy "I got left behind today. I was told I couldn't go. So I am here with you." I did 4.25 miles on the bike!

2011. my little Somerset Powerwasher is home from his first day....bet college won't start back up soon enough! I am proud of him...I know it's not fun.

Kevin cleared out a fence row, worked more on tree on corner, mowed yard. I made brownies.

2018....in Hogscald Hollow (Eureka Springs)

2009 ~today is my last day at Wolf 9 & my sons 1st stab @ the ACT~and Katie has a birthday party 2 go

2026 Serial Killer Speakeasy in Des Moines!

2020...I can get out of the recliner all. by. myself. I am unstoppable. ✔️ (had hernia surgery June 2020)

2018 Kevin, Taylore, and I went on a ghost hunt in Eureka Springs on family vacay....

2015 boat ride....

2012 K.J. Dailey survived his first day as a pig farmer at Wade 3...

2012 Tennessee

mowed at farm. to Chillicothe. they couldn't fix tire, so got a new one on our tire plan for $26! paid for itself right there.

I did not realize our Robert the Doll event was 2027 April Ghouls Weekend. Tracy got us a room at the event hotel, which. is. haunted. and pricy. but you only live once, right?

finished up my Little Trees for the body in the circle. did a drive about of yesterdays tornado damage. we were lucky.

2012 we went to pay homage to The Widow of The South in Tennessee.

also 2022...Thank you Lord for the life of Minerva Brown.

2010...parent loan approved...so KJ can officially go to college!

on this day in 2016....Katie left on the Washington DC trip she won, KJ & Taylore's wedding shower in Mercer, then the drive to KC for Arrowhead 5k

in 2015 we were at Oar House Cabin

2013 I was sent to Peach 5....The pros of my new barn: 1.A groundhog! 2. Amazing shower pressure! 3. I have a locker again!

2012 1 1/2 hour wait at Lamberts

in today's events at The Farm....KJ helped me hang the new Hello Kitty artwork, then he deep cleaned kitchen. I moved more toys from Izzy's room to playroom, arranged stuffies up on the high shelf, hung some DG metal butterflies, then vacuumed Izzy's room. thunderstorms, electrical outages, tornado warning...quite the day.

2013...have wasted most of my first weekend off in forever sleeping on the couch....how embarrassing....

I mowed and weed eated here. heat advisory. framed Hello Kitty fabric in antique frame for The Playroom. added some more to my Little Gothic Victorian Manse. found another piece I just HAD to have. I have been pondering it for a while...ANd found (2) 1/64 lamps to lay on the floor. no luck yet. did 20 minutes on the bike. made meatloaf and baked sweet potatoes for supper.

2023...moms insurance paperwork in mailbox with emergency phone assist from Lisa....☎️✉️📫

2017 stayed at an original Route 66 motel in Tulsa where I lay awake all night writing my obituary...and saw Sammy Hagar.

2016 Kevin, Koren, Cody, KJ, & Katie went on that family bonding raft trip on The Black River while Ian and I hung out at the cabin

2015 extended family vacay Lake of the Ozarks

2014 driving on Route 66

2012...we're in Tennessee

2026: day 2 of creating The Play Room. brought exercise bike home. put extra dressers in garage. moved more toys into The Play Room. a long phone conversation with Millie (insert heart emoji here.)

on this date in 2024, started cutting up sheets to crochet rag rugs.

2020 home from hernia surgery

2014 we were driving Route 66 to Tulsa

2012 stayed at that America's Best Value Inn in Frankfort, TN where a murder may have occurred...a guest at the desk was very angry about "you promised you'd move it but you didn't and I want a new room."

2011 KJ got a job at PFS

2009 GS award ceremony. and an ER trip. KJ has a perforated eardrum.

in modern day news, today is The Day We Started Transforming Lije's Office Into The Playroom. the girls were very excited and very helpful. got a lot done. more to be done tomorrow. found some books I 'd made for Zerelda, she read the 2 photo books, then read one of them AGAIN and said, "this is fun! I love reading these books!" and my heart just skipped a beat. you just have to find something they want to read!

todays nsv moment: found a pair of size 18 jeans on clearance for $3 at Walmart, thought they might fit....tried them on. and. they. did.

went to see Scary Movie 6 at the matinee. got my fill of movie theater popcorn and peanut m&ms. did some shopping, then home. got more done on Annabelle dress.

on this day in 2021...Katie and Brayden were ripping tin off the shed in pasture for a wedding backdrop

2020, St. Lukes on the Plaza....tommorow... tomorrow... maybe I'll go home tomorrow.. it's only a day away..

2013: Just saved a snapping turtles life on highway 65....

2012 at The Peabody in Memphis for the Marching of the Ducks

2009: this farmtown addict has a small pond & a llama...not even sure what I want now...hmmm.

on this day in 2011....while eating lunch @ Crossroads (thanks Koren Wills!) the nice lady who found my phone in Bethany called....she was going thru recent calls & found "Katie Scarlett my favorite daughter"...

2022.... mother/daughter spa day with my girlsat the Elms Spa.

2021 fishing trip with Koren, Cody, kids, Katie, & Brayden.

2012: Tennessee vacation for Kevin, Deb, & Katie.

2016: KJ and Taylore moved into a different house in Bethany.

2013: Glore Psychiatric Museum.

today was WalkFit Day 365. I'm pretty proud of myself. this means either an exercise each day, or step goal each day, or both. I cut down to 1 Pepsi a day about the time I started WalkFit. the girls came over to hang out while Mom and Dad went grocery shopping. Zerelda brought her new notebook, she has been copying out of the Junie B. Jones book she is reading. She has nice handwriting. and she has put a lot of work into this. Izzy tried to master the hole punch. 1 rain last night. started on Annabelle's dress....cut up the monkey sleeper from a garage sale, and a thrift store sheet, and a pair of KJ's old khakis and the thrift store lace Zerelda and I found yesterday...

on this day in 2013....I have survived the longest stretch I have ever worked without a day off.....and tomorrow will be hanging out in St Joe at Glore Psychiatric Museum and St Joe Boot with 2 of my favorite people Kevin Dailey & Katie Dailey...

2011.....the day parents get to just sit back & watch the magic happen....(after packing the dance bag, hair, and makeup...)..dAnCe ReCiTaL!

2010...Kevin won the argument & turned on the a/c....and he was right. aaaaahhhhh.....so much for being cheap!

2009...RIP David Carradine...Kung Fu was one of the shows that came in on the one channel our tv got with an attenna back in the 70s...

today was Celebrating Zerelda Shopping for Her Own Birthday Gifts Day...we journeyed to Kirksville, where she filled a cart at Five Below...we also browsed at Hobby Lobby and a thrift store, then lunch at Coltons where a nice police officer gave her a Junior Deputy sticker...and if you know Zerelda, she loves to play Police Officer!

I like to think I have a fair amount of road left, but no denying it has begun to narrow.

on this day in 2020 had my one and only drive thru covid test. hard to pull forward when your eyes are watering so hard you can't see.

on this day in 2013 I posted a pic of the Wade 4 sign captioned " where I hang out these days"

2012...watching my family get ready to go on vacation is kind of like the scene where they overslept in Home Alone and Kevin gets left behind....

2011....think my phone is really lost for good this time...

2009....making 2 suppers....HB Helper lasagna 4 kids...stirfry 4 me & kevin...my life as a short order cook. (aka mother of picky eaters...I created this mess, I suppose...)

GrimmLife Collective will be in St. Louis June 28th! and a Bigfoot Conference in Nixa October 3rd! both things I would dearly love to attend, but we really got a lot going on this year....

Mom's friend Jody called twice to see if I'd talked to my mother, she missed another luncheon date. I told her she'd commented on a FB post yesterday. cause that's the kinda daughter I am. not a very good one. I mowed here, then we mowed at farm after Kevin got home from work. I'm thinking about my new Annabelle doll dress...and I'm thnking ripped up monkey jammies that I got for Everett without realizing the shape they were in. do I have any lace? the old brain is a smokin'....

on this date in 2020: la la la. 🎶 the fat lady has sung. thanks to everyone who had my back over the years. it meant a lot to me. y'all keep on makin bacon...🐖🐷🐽

in 2014: the Daikey's (look at me typoing my own damn name....)on vacation trying to follow directions.....(sigh)

Stephanie has sold McInteer Villa to US GHOST ADVENTURES (I think? they also own Villisca and Lizzie Borden, etc.) and they have big plans...reopening the original front entrance, rebuilding porch, fancy period ceiling tiles, using 2nd floor as B&B...I respect her decision to move on with her life. it has obviously been hard for her. she put her heart and soul into this old house. guessing her skeletons go with her. I loved her decor. it will probably return to being a 'normal' Victorian Mansion now...I'll watch the pictures as it evolves. I probably won't go back, it just won't be the same without her. I had a wonderful experience at Lizzie Borden, but I'd never been there under previous ownership, so I don't know if it's 'better' or 'worse'. I know I can't go back to Villisca, it wouldn't be the same without Johnny. they are fixing up the Mary Peckham House where he once lived. and that's good. of course, I did return to Farrar Schoolhouse after The Youtubers bought it. I won't go back. you have to stay with the group, no free roam on public hunts. all the cameras...like we're going to steal stuff. just a whole different vibe...although seeing the grave and the ropes, etc. from the Hell Week episode was cool. the dog roaming around? does this mean other people can bring THEIR dogs???? I don't know where "thisdollhasseenthings" ended up, but kinda glad she's not there anymore. whoever took her for whatever reason, I do hope she's happy there. maybe someday she'll appear on eBay. she is somewhat of a YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook celebrity....

took GMC for oil change, and they changed key fob battery and got it to work. guessing we had a bad battery. AND it went through the washing machine....

picked up Rip. started 2 new WF challenges for June.

made all beds. started gluing stuff in little black house. decided to make my own couch and chair for downstairs. even 'made' a tiny couch blanket! shipping on some stuff is getting ridiculous. hooped! ordered May pictures.

got to spend some time with our Nebraska crew before they had to pack up and head back out west.

Tracy and Chris were in town visiting the kids and stopped by....they made me the most amazing Annabelle cabinet ! Walk Fit is concerned again....my numbers are down. but I did hit my goal every day this week. I am still on track to 1 year of every day. today was day 360 . I'm not working as hard, but I'm still working it. I am proud of myself, even if WalkFit is 'genuinely concerned'.

2009: it's a wonderful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a marvelous day in the neighborhood, could you be, would you be, won't you be my Farm Town neighbor?

today had all the kids and grands here! (the Nebraska crew arrived last night.) an early morning garage sale. Papa gave Polaris rides. there was dancing and a family photo shoot in the pasture. cousins hanging out. Birthday cake for Zerelda. Papa and Brayden manned the grill. a perfectly wonderful day.

on this date in 2021, we bought the Highlander at Kirksville.

2010: got some Rock Band going on at our house...Valerie, Josh, Corey, & KJ are awesome!

on May 27, 2015 I posted this..... there is a fine line between sewing for enjoyment and wanting to toss the sewing machine through a window....

(still just as true today.)

today I seasoned The Blackstone. still haven't found the marshmallow sticks. Kevin made room in The Shed for Polaris and worked on the headlight and side mirrors. The Cryptid Windchime moved outside.

on May 26, 2009 I feared I was addicted to Farm Town...and I was. hopelessly.

I vaguely remember getting up hours before work to complete my challenges, plant and harvest crops, work on others farms for money, getting hit on in the marketplace....and I branched into more games. another farm type game. a zoo game. a pioneer game. YoVille. it was utter madness. I remember a family drive somewhere and I commented that the view looked just like FarmTown. not sure how long it lasted. it did eventually end. I tend to jump right into shit. buying soap opera magazines, the One Life To Live scrapbook, reading the TV Guide every week to keep a listing of every appearence of OLTL actors....kind of a prehistoric imbd. how much did I spend on Mary Moo Moos? Home Interior? I used to join EVERY book, music, and dvd club to get THE DEAL. then had to buy full priced books to get out. and then jump right back in AGAIN. I'm surprised Doubleday Book Club and Columbia House didn't ban my ass. I do still collect Stephen King books. and Bigfoot and alien and ghost stuff. and creepy dolls. I was on quite a tear making spooky buildings. and the Basement Barbies. The Creepy Corner. I still enjoy a good ghost tour....and even a bad one. I own waaaaay too many serial killer books. watch waaaaay too much tv.

the house is clean enough. just need to keep it that way. the pasture is scouted for photo shoot. Kevin had weedeated for such. flowers home from cemetery and planted. the side by side came home and got washed. we've discussed where to hang my cryptid windchime from Tracy, I have to get a eye bolt (or screw?) to hang it from.

(sigh). those FB memories....

MAy 25 2014 · Shared with Your friends, K.J.'s friends and Kevin's friends .....I kinda figured Godzilla would save the day.....brought back a lot of memories of watching the originals with K.J. Dailey.....and Kevin Dailey is keeping the nostalgia going by eating st Pizza Hut....

Southern ohio sasquatch hunters ·May 25 2013 Have you ever thought to yourself what life would be like if you were an Amish Squatch Daisy Farmer ? Would you make cheese ?

today I ran the tractor bucket and Kevin bravely tackled the broken tree on the corner. and he brushcut in pasture for pictures Saturday. our first ice cream of the season at Randy's.

from todays FB memories.....

May 24, 2013 · while doing more garage cleaning for impending major renovations...found a journal from 1995. and I quote, "11-20-1995: Gas 99.9 unleaded."

May 24, 2018 · I am always on the lookout for Bigfoot. Have I just stumbled on a nest walking risers? Because just how likely is it to have deer in North Missouri? #🙄

May 24, 2019 · Kevin went to day shift Tuesday. l have made supper 3 nights. Therefore, tonight is The Leftovers Buffet! I know that I'm excited about this....

I am very pleased with how our yard looks.

have another project planned. then I drive past the retired woman with the over-the-top-old-lady yard at the edge of town and I get nervous. how close are we to over-the-top? are we already there? My yard isn't gazebos and bridges and colored light water falls. mine is 8' tall Bigfoot. A UFO. you get the picture....

got some spot-cleaning projects done today. and a whole lot of sleeping in and lounging about.

went to a garage sale and last-weekend-of-the-season at the greenhouse.

mowed farm. Izzy and I did a walk about in the yard looking at the iris, peonies, and roses. then she sang the crossing the road song and we walked across highway to the mailbox. she sang song again so we could go back to her house. took a country drive, watered cemetery flowers, and ate leftover pizza.

today I finally tackled that item on my to-do list I'd been dreading. avoiding, even. it's got bumped from week. to week. to week.

today I girded my loins and went to just fucking get it over with. all told: 5 minutes. I am Woman, hear me Roar. that was finding the Mr. Clean Eraser, going to basement, putting on gloves, and the inevitable clean up on aisle three. (I have a lot of those....) what was this nefarious chore? cleaning basement mini fridge. I always blow shit waaaaay out of proportion. that's just me. it. is. crossed. off. The. List. I feel accomplished. it's the little things. it truly is. while I'm at it, I should wipe out The Real Fridge, as well. something I do stay more on top of. but never hurts to scrutinize closely. and I have a lot more steps to go. every single day, it's back to Zero, and must end at minimum 11,400. some days I struggle. but I keep at it. not as hard as I should, but it is what it is.

plugging right along at Operation Get The House Clean Enough For The Girls To Visit.

today was a wonderful comfortable temp day to mow the yard. we took flowers to Kevin's graves. I spent most of the day in comfy jammy pants and a hoodie. I am deeply immersed in a book about Rosemary Kennedy. life was so different then. how frustrating it would be to be mentally incapicated in a family of competitive winners. to have your parents obsessed with your weight. to be constantly pushed to be better. I can't even imagine the lobotomy. and how Joe could do whatever he wanted as patriarch. he answered to no one. to raise a President. to lose 3 sons. and a daughter. to have a staff to help you run your house and raise your kids. to travel whereever you wanted.

today did some cleaning, had a play date with Izzy, a phone conversation with Katie, and ordered Blackberry Smoke VIP tickets for Hoyt in August.

I know Kevin will enjoy the experience, hanging with 'his people'. he deserves it.

this morning I read through some of my 2007 blog posts and I was one busy bitch~

pig barn mom with a boy learning to drive, on Academic Team, in Pep Band...a socialite daughter who had places to go and people to see....Brownie meetings...a husband with a broken ankle...volunteering at school events....no wonder I'm still tired....

What I wanted most for my (grand)daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be. - Helen Claes

happy happy happy birthday 🎈🎈🎈, Zerelda James!

I went to Bethany and picked up Zerelda's school birthday cupcakes.

3/4" rain in gauge a.m. raining again 9:30 pm-ish

today I did a spectacular job of not following directions when Kevin called me out to the farm to fix a broken rotten corner post.

I went on down the road in the side by side where I thought I was supposed to be....could barely see him in the tractor waiting where I was supposed to be. he got it fixed. finished up his brush cutting. went to Walmart and Toot Toots. we got 2.5" last night. heard Trenton got 8". bottom land between Princeton and Bethany flooded. poor farmers.

Kevin was the first one to get poison ivy this year....but I followed close behind. think I caught it pretty early. annoying but not horrible.

he brush cut today, so I was sent to Gallatin to get something for tractor. I got Bigfoot decked out for America's 250th birthday. and got solar lights hung on patio. finally rained.

we went to Millie's Kindergarten Graduation.

a most enjoyable afternoon.

took Dave & Mel out to dinner.

I needed a nap to get through the day (insert eye roll emoji here.)

today Izzy and I picked up Zerelda after school.

McDonalds, park, then here. girls took a bath and I outfitted them in Aunt Katie's left behind clothes.

yesterday I went to Olathe to see Ian's spring orchestra concert.

a true night of culture. got to eat supper with the kids, tell them goodnight, and eat breakfast with them today before I left for home. we mowed at farm. then I played tag with the girls.

Izzy misses her old couch.

she does like the 'new' one. she hung out here awhile when Daddy went to a local graduation. she and I 'helped' Papa install a new fan in their living room today. Kevin did some tree trimming here in our yard...THAT particular tree won't stab his head again. another Mothers Day. I am so grateful to be a mom, and a gramma. I love my littles more than life itself. bought some solar lights to hang over patio, and a spotlight for Bigfoot. didn't get them put out today. but I will. I will.

today Kevin and David finished Mom's porch off kitchen.

we then delivered the loveseat she was getting rid of to KJ. found out our handy man Jesse has passed away. another hard working man who never got to retire. (sad face.)

today Mom and I met Aunt Mary and crew at Jamesport for lunch.

I came home, got Rip,and took him for a groom. I walked the trail while he was visiting Kaity, where I decided a guy who crossed the street and got ahead of me on the trail was wearing a bullet proof vest, then I started thinking about how I was basically walking on the street and how easy a drive by would be, and I was full blown panicked by the time I reached the car and locked myself in.... then when we got home, Kevin and I went out for catfish for supper. came home and jammied up. I didn't really do anything, but an exhausting kinda day. oh, dug that blister outta my thumb. it finally got close enough to surface I could see it. AND I found the tweezers.

did some artsy fartsy stuff this a.m. some days are just like that....

yesterday I did successfully cancel my 2nd Bioma subscription...I may not live long enough to take all the Bioma I have....I should probably also cancel the monthly shipment of one bottle...but what if I ever do run out? will probably cancel that one, too. I really depend on this miracle stuff. it works.