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    T Tuesday: homework edition

    August 6, 2018 - By 

    Once again I missed last Tuesday linkup with T stands for Tuesday. Typically I write then post immediately on Monday evening since we have so many folk are at least 6 hrs ahead of me. Last Monday I spent canning and baking since it was slightly cooler in temp.

    yummy goodness from the garden and CSA

    Check out these super long beans from the CSA

    I borrowed the tall jars from my neighbor and gave her one of the finished as payment. These beans will be awesome garnish for Bloody Mary’s.

    By the time the evening came about I wasn’t feeling particularly motivated to write. Fast forward to Tuesday morning I realized since Mini-me had to be to work early I could stop by and see my old knitting group. The group is very small now, in fact there were only two gals there that day. It was nice to get caught up on all the news anyway.

    When I returned home I tackled a project that has been on the todo list for well over a year. We had a new front door installed by a friend and we told him we’d take care of the painting and trimming of said door. I stained all the wood of the jams of the door and when it was finished it looked really weird without trim covering it.

    So I tackled the job that Mr. G had been dreading. I learned a few things from working with my dad as a kid so I was up to the task. While I was still working, I heard a car door slam outside . Mr. G had come home for lunch. I had wanted to surprise him with my handiwork complete. I’m pretty proud of my work. Mr. G was so glad it was done. He joked with me that if he’d know I could do that he’d have encouraged me to do it long ago.

    Later that afternoon on the way home from picking up Mini-me we noticed the license plate in front of us. 

    It was from Honduras! Over 3100 miles from home. Crazy!!!

    I’ve been busy with many other things such as finishing an art journal, collecting and packing stuff for J to take to college in two weeks, eco dye papers and completely smashing my phone. Yep that was an expensive day. Thankfully I’ve got a new one and seem to have everything restored to my liking.

    T stands for Tuesday

    What are you doing today?

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    T Tuesday: cha cha changes edition

    August 29, 2017 - By 

    So many things happening around here. So many that I’ve been completely neglecting my blog and my art lately. Neither of which makes me happy…the neglect that is.

    Let me give you a brief and incomplete list… Kids going back to school one week from today, Mini-me starting high school, packed sports schedule, college applications, jury duty and a few other items I’m not at liberty to discuss right now.  Don’t get me wrong, this list is exciting for sure but a definite shift in gears for us.

    That being said…I did clean off my desk and start playing around with a mixed piece.

    I also did a bit more canning…

    4 pints of diced tomatoes and 7 pints of spicy beans.

    Oh yeah and painted the front door…that turned out kind of crummy though so I’ll need to sand and touch it up. Basic white…fairly boring.

    That’s it for today…other than my obligatory beverage photo.

    What are you doing today?

    T stands for Tuesday
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    T Tuesday: summer wrap up edition

    August 22, 2017 - By 

    These last few weeks of summer have us trying to squeeze every bit of summer fun and activities that we can. We’ve already started the school ramp up. Orientation yesterday…during the second half of the eclipse…nice timing people. At least it was raining like crazy at that time so no one cared.

    Speaking of the eclipse…did anyone see it? I built a couple boxes in case the clouds cleared. We got peeks at it as it was eclipsing.

    The clouds rolled in thick enough to obscure our view minutes before the greatest point of totality in our region. It was very strange though….the temperature suddenly dropped and the crickets started chirping. So awesome…just wish we could have seen as well as felt it.

    The eclipse reminds me that I should show you my still work in progress of the acrylic pour project.

    Somehow I seem to have lost the chipboard 3 overnight….I’m guessing Marvin had something to do with that.  I think I’m going to paint the numbers either white or black…leaning towards white. Then seal the whole works before attaching the clock parts.

    I’ve also been playing around with my button collection again…

    I have some ideas for projects. More button stacks. I just love how they look.

    Over the weekend we had an evening that was just perfect for a fire. Hot dogs for dinner anyone?

    As I waited for the fire to get going I checked out the garden. Late summer has done a number on some of the plants.

    Such as the pumpkin  plant..totally dead and gone.

    The green beans have totally taken over. I’m surprised since they were really poor early in the season….which is completely opposite of the last few years. I’ll definitely have some spicy beans to can.

    And diced tomatoes as well.

    Since the thick humidity, as seen here over the weekend, has finally cleared out. I’ll likely tackle the canning today in between playing taxi driver of course.

    What are you doing today?

    T stands for Tuesday