Thursaday, Thursday the toilets pluged Yeah!

Morning all....this one will be short I am off and running with hubby doing the Grand Rapids Treasure Run. But I realized I hadn't been on here since Sunday so I at least wanted to drop by.

Yes, the toilet on the main floor is plugged. We have done all we can and now have to search the basement for the sewer tape that we know we owned 2 of when we moved here 2 years ago. God please shine a light on this puppy so we can take care of the problem. Good thing we bought a house with 3 bathrooms!! LOL

Both daughters were over yesterday, yakkity yak and lunch! But our grandson did manage to go upstairs and check out the guest room with me. I am fixing it up so he can come over and spend the night with Papa and Grammie. What he found was Dozers crate in our bedroom. So here's the pic of my two favroite little guys have a good time!


Well I had better run before hubby blows a gasket waiting for me. Have a great day everyone and huggies all around!

Dilly

Sunny Sunday

I am looking out the window as I type. A slight breeze, blue skies, morning glories in bloom and things are green from yesterdays rain. The temps only at 67 with a high in the mid 70's. It doesn't get much better than this! I am starting to see a few trees with whispers of red and gold, just a reminder that fall is just around the corner. I love the green and the black tree trunks of winter aren't at the top of my list, but it's just a season and following that is Spring! So OK, I don't live in the moment sometimes, but you do what ya gotta do to get by when you live in Michigan! LOL

We got some new track lighting up in the kitchen.....not sure if I like it or not. I guess I will have to add some task lighting into some specific work areas! But it is better than what I had. My design plan for the kitchen, to upgrade it without spending the big $$$$ is coming together. Now the work looms ahead. The big one is trying to figure out how to raise my one major counter top to the correct height to alleviate some back pain that I get from it being 3-4" to low. No new cabinets in the budget so I will have to reinvent something! LOL I love those kind of challenges.

Some downer news is the thumb isn't getting any better. I thought after over 4 weeks of taking care of the joint, I might see some relief. Last night I left the tape splint off. I had plans of starting to work with it this week. But this morning it still doesn't bend at all the joint is frozen! So without $$$ or insurance to pay for a specialist I had better come up with some ways to write legibly and make my beads without any fine detail work, or learn a new way! It's a bummer, but just another challenge that I will deal with. At least life isn't boring!!

The dogs remain a happy spot in my life. I can see the end of the potty training with Dozer he is getting better each day. Now if I can teach him to keep his stinking tongue in his mouth and not lick me to death! Patience, he is only 13 weeks old! Last night was the first time I saw that Kylee really needed a break from him. She got up off the sofa and headed into our office to lay down in peace and quiet! I remember doing that with my little sister! LOL I think I actually wrote Dear Abby for that one! Siblings can drive you nuts some times!

OK, time to get on with the day. Huggies all around for everyone!

Dilly

Another Weekend looms ahead what shall I do???

Good Morning All!!!!

It's a beautiful fall day here in Battle Creek. It's only 48 degrees out with a high around 70, I am in my jeans and I am a Happy, Happy Camper!

We spent yesterday on the road and I did manage to find a couple of things I have been looking at. First a Mortar and Pestle for my herbs, they have been drying and now need to be ground up to package and save. I am planning on giving some of them away this winter.

Second, after 2 years and blinds at all the windows I have finally started finding curtains and valances for all the rooms. I found some great treatments for our Bedroom yesterday!

The puppy dogs keep getting along wonderfully. This morning as I was typing on one of my favroite forums hubby told me to turn around and take the picture I had been waiting for. Mr. Dozer is finally big enough to climb up on the furniture. The dogs are allowed on the sofa, which actually is theirs it has a cover on it for them, and the big overstuffed chair in our office. Dozer made his way up on the chair and I got the picture. The reason I wanted it was it was where Kylee first made herself at home when she was his age. So here you go a photo comparison of our two babys as around 12-13 weeks old! We are very fortunate to have these sweeties in our life to give us love and joy! OK, a little frustration from time to time too!




So the weekend looms before me and I think I shall start working on the upstairs. Lot's of paint, reorganizing, trying to figure out where to store Todds stuff until they get settled someday and I can ship it all to him! LOL

Have a great weekend everyone! Huggies all around for everyone!
Dilly

Feeling kind of gucky, but the temps are great!

I have been fighting an upset tummy all day. Poor hubby.....lots of gass, OK TMI I am sorry. I get some new stuff up on Etsy. I loaded on 3 different embroidery projects all of them pins/broochs. So if you get a chance check that out. Here is a photo of one of them. I really have enjoyed working on them and am still working on a stuffed kitty project with all the floral embroidery on it. PLD was over again, today I fixed his new comforter for his new "Big Boy" room, with trucks, planes and trains. As I was stitching his comforter closed, he came in and wanted to help me. It reminded me of a toy Randy made almost 30 years ago and I went in the toy room and came out with the mahogany sewing block. Xavier got a kick out of pulling his needle through the block like Grammie was. This week my old phone finally bit the dust. I was missing phone calls and the chew marks from baby Kylee were getting old. We figured Dozer needed a new chew toy so I got a LG Rumor Touch. It takes way better photos and even has a camcorder in it. I will try to post a video I took of the little guy rolling down Grammies Hill. I can still remember our daughters when we lived in Vermontville rolling down the hill behind the Elementary School. They would just squeal with delight when they got to the bottom. What great memories! The cool temps are a much welcome change, lows in the 50's and highs in the mid to high 70's. Now that is my kind of weather. Unfortunately it is going to cause a couple of problems. #1 Randys Tilapia that are outside will need to get moved soon. They are warm weather fish and won't be able to handle the cooler temps. #2 is our kitty Danser. She is getting up there in years I would have to ask the girls but I think she is working toward 13. Until this summer she has always been an indoor kitty. She has her front claws removed so she wouldn't ruin the furniture. She found the doggie door, the little shit and she keeps sneakig outside. The first time I realized what she did we all went crazy trying to find her and get her back inside. It has become impossible to catch her now. The doors are even closed because of the cooler temps and she just jet drives past us. I don't want her outside and it is breaking my heart. I try hard every night to get her inside, but she is getting more stubborn than ever. I know that stinking woodchuck is out there, plus our street is a frigging race track. I have already had to scrape one kitty up off the road in front of our house years ago! I really don't want to do that again! Well I had better wrap this up. Have a great evening and a wonderful Thursday too! Dilly

Doing My Happy Weather Dance!!!!

If you are feeling the earth move, it's not an earthquake it's just me jumping for joy over cooler temps! It's now 8:30 p.m. and the temp is 62 degrees. Our windows will be open and the blankies will be pulled up to my chin. I am pretty sure if you could see I will be sleeping with a smile on my face!

Today we tried a new area that we have hit some of before for the business. We did a Grand Rapids, Hudsonville, Allendale, Holland, Allegan, Plainwell & Otsego run. It's a lot of miles but we came home with the back of the van full! Yes Ellen I waved as I went by, but you had said you were headed to Lake Michigan to watch the huge waves!

Unfortunately we found a Chinese buffet and we came home with full tummies too. OMG I went so far off the wagon I will be spending the next week taking the lbs off. But the bread pudding was to die for!!! After 9 months of eating organic, it is the sweets I miss most and we really never had a lot of them. The weight I carried around for years was tatoes, and ground beef in a million-trillion combinations!

So the holiday weekend lies before us and we really have no plans. Probably working on the house there is a lot of little stuff floating to the top I need to get on. I picked up all new hinges for my kitchen cabinets. Now I just need to get painting, sanding and painting some more. I am not real decided on what to do for the knobs for the drawers and doors. I have some simple new chrome dealies, but NAHHHH I need it to be weirder and more artsy fartsy than that. I am thinking of either making them with my glass, or buying a few every time they are on sale at Hobby Lobby. Of course all different kind of cool knobs, nothing the same. Hey you gotta break up all that white in there with more than some bright green and black! OK, I will take some before and after pics so you see what I am talking about! Believe me that dump could use anything I am willing to do to it!

On top of stuff around the house I will be finalizing some embroidery projects to get them ready to put on Etsy. I worked on a couple of new stitches today while we were going down the road. You should see me do bullion stitches at 55mph! You have to wrap the thread around the needle 12-20 times to make the bullion, in the car the additional challenge is to do it without stabbing yourself!!! LOL These are a couple of projects I am in the middle of, the first one is a wheat stitch and the beginning of a large cabbage rose stitch! I really enjoy this foo-foo stuff! The second one is almost done and ready to be mounted and made into a pin/brooch! I think I will make some buttons next and have a set of 4 or so. I don't know I am having fun and giving my thumb time to heal!

So have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your end of summer celebrations what ever they are. Huggies all around for everyone!
Dilly

A new week, soon a new month and hopefully a new season!

So how's your Tuesday so far? Mine is doing well, it's hotter than heck outside. But, I am chanting fall, fall, fall. No, I don't want anyone to take a dump I just am patiently waiting for frost on the pumpkins.

I shared on FB and WC, my top two favorite places to hangout, that my garden was raped and pillaged by a woodchuck. The photos were just to horrifying to put on here.LOL I lost ALL my squash, except one! Forget about the Brussel Sprouts every leaf is history!!! I did find out that they aren't partial to Green Peppers though!!! Oh, well life goes on and this too shall pass!

I have to share a couple of photos with you today. The first is my new favorite of our Daughter Shannon and her nephew Xavier. Since his birth she has referred to him as Bobblehead. OK, so the little guy couldn't hold his head up at birth. They both now call each other Bobble. When Xavier called Shannon Aunt Shannon she was sad and said No, you can call me Bobble. It's probably something they will share for a lifetime. When they part you can hear them echoing Bye Bobble back and forth until they are out of earshot. A very special relationship they have and that is what probably makes this a favorite!



Hubby and daugher, Heather have negotiated a cooperative work enviorment. We will see how it works, she is doing the write ups for both their ebay items, and he is doing the packaging. They have worked out the $$ part of it and today they are both off and looking together! The perks for me is that I get to see my little PLD everyday for a couple of hours. We watch movies, play, cook, I sew, he plays some more! It works and I get quality time and his Mom gets to work in peace. Today we had banana time and relaxed on the big comfy chair in the office after watching Mickey Mouse!



I got my first goal of today done! I replaced the blinds in the kitchen with shades and put up new valances! Now I am off to work on an embroidery project. Have a wonderful day everyone and huggies all around!

Dilly

Summer is winding down, but the Heat is still on!

It won't be long and I can say fall is coming! The rumble you feel will just be me doing a happy dance, I am sick of this heat!!! Bring on the frost I don't even care if it takes out some flowers!

We have been treated to the National Balloon Competition this past week! I would be having my coffee and look up and hear either the burners on the balloons or the neighborhood dogs having a hissy fit! Kylee has learned to just look up and watch. Dozer was in puppy stupid mode and didn't even pay attention! Sometimes the sky just looked like God was hanging Christmas Ornaments around the bright blue sky. I counted close to 50 on Saturday morning!

Today I helped Hubby, yup that is right I helped him put up 4 dozen ears of corn for the freezer. We have more to do but ran out of freezer bags. He is such a good guy and he knows between the shoulder and the thumb I just can't do it right now! But, Oh Baby fresh sweet corn this winter whenever I want it! YUMMMY.

I am having trouble getting photos, my new camera is acting up and I can't even get the photos off of it that I took yesterday when Heather and I took Xavier out to Turkeyville to ride the trains. Of course we had to do the flea market, the gift shop and the icecream stand too! Pecan Praline....not even organic....Oh Well!

I have to go make some updated meatloaf. I would suck up the old kind but I have kept trying a recipe and I can get it pretty close and a lot healthier for us! Have a wonderful evening everyone and a happy start to a new week, and a new month!!!

Big huggies all around for everyone!
Dilly