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    I’m done…

    January 23, 2014 - By 

    I’m so done with Winter’s bitter cold that has been plaguing us for the past month or so.  The kids have yet another day off of school. I’m glad…crazy cold temps and wind chill today. I’m afraid the school is going to have to add a day into the schedule somewhere to make up for the 3 days they have had off due to extreme cold.

    coldSo….since it was a cold day in Hell, I decided to organize. *grin*

    yarnI got all my yarn into one bin.

    fabricFabric into another…well, the fabric that was in random boxes anyway.

    emptyAnd look at this…I ended up with an empty bin. It won’t remain empty for long.

    puzzle prepI did do a tiny bit of playing with another giant puzzle while I was waiting for the washing machine to finish its cycle. It was just to darn cold to hang out down there any longer than necessary.

    yo yo maI found this photo when I pulled the pictures off my camera today. Little J had set up the yo-yos I had sewn yesterday into a fancy little display and photographed them. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree I guess. 🙂

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    Craft fair complete

    October 12, 2013 - By 

    craft tableIt was a good day!

    Lots of familiar faces and some new acquaintances.

    I didn’t bring my camera this time..honestly, didn’t even think of it.  Thankfully our hostess for this event had her wonderful camera phone to capture the moment.

    A couple days ago I wasn’t sure I’d even be able to pull today off.  I was covered in hives after doing yard work.  I’ve never had hives before and never want to experience them again.  I think I have the culprit figured out. Creeping Charlie…also known as ground ivy. I have a severe reaction to poison ivy so it stands to reason that I might react to a relative as well.  Benedryl is my friend.

     

     

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    Quiet T Tuesday

    September 3, 2013 - By 

    school startsThe buses have come to get my kidlets for the first day of school.This is the last year for each of them in each of their schools. Next year they each move up to new schools. My days as an elementary school library volunteer are numbered.

    The house is extremely quiet.

    Gracie is already napping.

    listI’ve been working on my list.Somethings are must do today and some will stretch out to the rest of the week.

    I haven’t used a list most of the summer. It feels good to get back on track.

    So where is my beverage of choice today since it is T stands for Tuesday after all.coffee's done

    Well, my coffee was gone long ago since I was up at dark:30. My cup has already been washed and returned to the rack.  How’s that for efficient?!

    Wish me luck keeping that pace.

    I’m skipping knitting today in favor of setting the house to right after a week of everyone including Mr. G being home.

    We’ve been busy soaking up the last bits of summer even in the extreme heat of last week.

    skyflyerWe went to the fair that was being dubbed the Great Minnesota “sweat-together” rather than get-together.

    The day we went it was about 95°F with a heat index of 105°F. We came home about 2pm since Little J had school open house that afternoon. Just as I was going to shower to get presentable, our power went out.  Little J and I each had a nice candle lit shower. We went to school with wet heads since a hair dryer wasn’t an option. Oh well.

    Luckily our power was restored in fairly short order so we could enjoy the A/C and fans overnight.skytower

    I’m not really sure what’s going on with our power grid around here but it’s starting to make me nervous.

    This last photo was taken from the Space Tower. You can see the Minneapolis skyline in the background. I had never been on the Space Tower before. I was glad we did it right away in the morning because I’m sure it would get very hot and stuffy towards afternoon.

    Enough blather from me…I need to tackle my list!

    What are you doing today?