August

 She's  doing really well on her little balance bike.  Se certainly has a mind of her own!!! Will not eat for me.. or else i just fixed stuff she does not like.. Just messes with it all or throws it on the floor.  Then i have to get down there and clean the floor!!!  She took a 3 hour nap!!! So  it is not along time that we interact with each other.. But long enough....

It rained in Prineville, but not Redmond... This morning there was snow on the mtns!!!So exciting... now if it would just keep up and get some pack up  there... It is cool here tho, had to turn on the heat....  Took me a day to get the furnace started!!! The wall thingy/thermostat needed batteries an apparently  mine were all dead, or at least the ones that i tried to use, got some new ones and it started right up.. Doesn't do much good to get all of those batteries at Costco is you can't use them before they go dead...  It was so hot last week an this week 51!!

Fixed my pumpkin harvest bread for the 1st time this year...   love it.. has pecans and oats in it, so kind of crunchy.. But so Fall...

Sade is on the couch right now, sulking, cuz the computer is on my lap.  And Thursday i play cards all afternoon after a full day gone on Wednesday babysitting.. It is hard on her. I don't take her with me as i need to spend my time watching/playing with Novah and can't be trying to watch Sade too

At cards we play Hand and Foot , or 5 crowns? and a word game that involves cards too, or dominoes.  It is fun and get to socialize and talk with adults..

Been working in the yard and have only a couple of places that i  need to cut back the dead stuff that is starting to die out.  My yard did not do very good this year.. not putting in many new things, did not do a garden at all.  The sunflowers were puny... that happens when they are now in the full sun, no shade at all and i don't water them.  And i am glad i got most of it done, because, it seems that it has gotten colder, sooner and would not have gone outside in the cold. I am getting to be such  wuss..

Had a 2 hour pedicure last week and it was wonderful, my legs and feet felt so pampered, smooth and relaxed, lots of soaking, scrub, massage.. Have been soaking my feet at home too, as the heels get so calloused and ucky in the Summer.  It is one of the better things i do for myself, you should try it!!  She does facials also, and may try that next!! Have gone to hard gel for my nails and only have to have them done once a month now,  it cost more, but only once a month  instead of twice a month or every 3 weeks, so am saving about $20 a month...

Still working on tht darn t-shirt quilt, taking me forever, but the machine quilting is hard! Shoving  queen size quilt into the sewing machine space then having to pull and push it to get to the seams you want to do, is a workout in itself! Just hoping in the end it turns out well. Many mistakes made on it, but doubt anyone that does not sew will see that,  certainly not the way i do, but then it is hard to find the mistakes to see where i could have done something better.  Had to get more fabric for the binding, because of course i ran out. AND saw some other things that i got for pillowcases..  (for xmas!!!) I want to do more sewing for xmas this year, little bags, pot holders, grocery bags.. everyone needs things like tht...

Well, that is about it... just life, not much exciting or even new.  Except Novah does new things all the time in her 1st year.. things change so much, you don't remember tht as the time passes, those lovely days of watching them grow..

 

 

 Take Care and God Bless

It's already Sept 3rd!!! The downward move into the BER  months...