Reflections and Hope

Happy New Year Eve, to all of you out there!! I can not believe 2010 is just a few hours away as I type this...I am not sure where this last year has gone!

This past week I have remained quiet as I was taking a week to reflect this past year, and to sit and wonder what the New Year has in store for us.

Back when I was a child I recall my father saying that the older you get the faster time flies, of course as I have aged over the years I have found this to be so true, and now my own 2 children are starting to see this as well, The oldest daughter made the remark she is now officially HALF done with her college degree ..in her mind set upon graduation 4 years of college appeared to be overwhelming and now she is the one saying..."Where did time go?"

I reflected this past year,....last year just before Christmas I lost my twin sister, due to bone cancer,then just before the 31st of Dec last yr I got a call from my Dr that my mammogram was abnormal which brought on more tests and and anxiety.....crossed over into 2009....only to find all was good....and I was told I was one of the lucky women that day and to make sure I come back in a year, My year soon up middle of January and I know I need to make the call and go get the job done!...My hope for the new Year will be to have the same results..or the strength to deal with what ever comes my way.

Then we began the farm work,gardening, fighting rains and just a stress full year, but the garden gave us bountiful harvest as well as the crops, even if we did harvest the crops until December 19. We have much to be thankful for! My hope for the New Year will be to have us have a safe harvest, a garden that is plentiful.....the rest the Lord will handle for us.

I did move up in positions at work, I went back to school., got my license to handle and pass medications at at work, which I do an average of 3 days a week, the rest of the time I work in physical therapy and give reiki treatments....My hope for the new year...to increase my knowledge in pharmacology and reach more people in reiki.

This past summer I did open a room in my home for Reiki and Massage, clientele has been wonderful, business continues to grow, word continues to spread. My Hope for the New Year will be to continue to reach the people that need to be reached....perhaps even hold 2 classes in the year for Reiki I and Reiki II.

I took a couple of classes online to become more creative, to open up the creative cycle and just listen to the inner voice and create instead of being so scared of what doesnt look right. My hope for the new year, ...continue to be creative....continue with some online support groups.

I am not one to make resolutions, but I do like to add a challenge in my life now and then, and learn from them and grow from them.......but this year I am undertaking a few challenges, some lifestyle changes, so gonna post a few of my new challenges for the upcoming Year, I promise it is short!!

1. If you wish to participate pay a visit!

2. Healthy eating...I need to lose some weight....my goal this year...Ill be happy if I can take off 35 pounds~..so eating better and exercising more!!

3. more organized...this is my largest downfall in my sewing and craft room its a MESS.....so I know same song and dance.... more organized and less procrastination!

Not bad, My wish for all of you in blog land to be healthy and hope that 2010 bring all you seek and wish for sooooo until Next year!!! Be well~



Reba~

Winter blahs

I know I really should not complain at all of the winter blahs! We had 1 inch of snow yesterday and last night, some slippery roads this morning on the way to work and another cold front with more snow moving in... I guess for Minnesota we are very lucky we have not had this weather a month ago...but the majority of farmers are still trying to get their soybeans out, we still have approx 75 acres of soybeans and corn that is sitting in about 6 inches of water....So hard sometimes to be patient!

I did some Christmas shopping today, managed a few stocking stuffer items and a couple other items for the girls and a shirt for hubby... I still got a few dishcloths to make for the oldest to go in her box of mixing bowls in those rainbow mixed colors....I will take a pic of them when done...

Nothing really new here, Becky is in full swing in Basketball....tomorrow night will be her third game, so far they lost both games, but not by much....so they have good potential....and no doubt will be a fun season!!


Well until the next time!!

Reba~

Oh so hard to believe it is soon December, another year winding down and I have for a few days now been reflecting on this past year and things I am grateful for and just sometimes the things we so much take for granted that we have and should show so much more gratitude than we do! so I think for the month of December I will be pulling up some old memories and reflections of the year past and just sharing some gratitude of course with some holiday cheer.


Some more of my stitches I am doing for creative every day I am loving this as it really makes me take just a few minutes of me time and try just one thing that I have always wanted to do just never did it! But none the less here is my work or shall I say stitches in progress such as they are....I worked on the feather stitch and this so far in this new found art is my favorite stitch!!




Our hired man and his wife invited us for left overs last night since none of their kids could come home for the holiday, and they have not seen our oldest since she graduated 2 years ago so we spent a fun evening in their home visiting and shared a lot of laughs! Below is my husband and his hired man Ivan (my husband is the tall blonde)
Of course my girls....rarely seen together any more I had to take a photo might be the only one till Christmas! The oldest is the shorter one *laughing* so many people get them mixed up because they associate the taller one being older.....Is it any wonder the taller one plays basketball?? close to 6 feet now!

Any how that's all from here, looks like a beautiful sunny day for the men to run in the fields again, we have approx 5-8 days left depending on the weather and how fast we can go...it is still wet and so many of the men cant get in their fields....so again I guess we are very fortunate! So now off I go to catch up on laundry and some house work and of course some stitching!!

Giving Thanks

Good Morning to all of you fellow bloggers and lurkers :)

I wanted to take a few minutes and wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving, Hope we can all take a few minutes to reflect and be greatful and show thanks for what we truly are blessed with! I know so much even myself I take for granted, and today will slow down some to share and just give thanks for what I have been Blessed with! So from my home to yours today...........




HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Frustrating Fall and Just Random Thoughts

It has probably been one of the most stressful falls I have seen in the 20 years I have been married to a farmer! Wet wet wet.....its rained we had 2 inches of snow mixed with rain yesterday...all I can say for that was it was pretty how it hung on the trees...We have managed tog et 130 acres of beans out on the high ground but the low stuff we have to wait until it freezes, at this rate we will still be trying to combine the corn in January unless we have a wonderful Novemeber!.......Any how the good thing that came out of some of this is one rainy day hubby says to me...why dont ya go do some Christmas shopping so we are not so pressed for this in December.....soooo along the way


I stopped in Clara City MN, a very small quilt shop called Shades of the Past... the owners name is Darci and she has some gorgeous fabrics and specializes in different wools, shes got a scrap bin that I raid each time I go! A very welcomeing place to go hang out if you ever get that way!

Along the drive over to Willmar MN I saw the beet farmers were busy pileing beets... a far away shot but still shows some of the process.

A line of beet trucks waiting to get dumped.

This is just a glimpse of the mud we have fought for equipment in and out of the fields.

A semi load of sugar beets coming my way headed to the beet dump.

This is taken right outside of Milan MN along HWY 40, this is why we cant harvest most fields look like this! :(

A peek at our farm from a distance....was a welcome view after a day of shopping and getting a hair cut.....

Now to get back to some normal in my life or at least what I call normal...the oldest daughter is home from college this weekend for a funeral of a former classmate and is heading back to Marshall tomorrow... always good to see her and play catch up on the events in her life.

Any how thats all the news from here, Hope you all have a great weekend and a safe halloween!

Rebag

What a week.

Not very often I have aweek that zaps my entire energy or just makes my head spin but this week truly did it for me.....

An update for the kids......the three in the crash.....the girls underwent 7 hours of facial reconstruction, and she is stable and able to respond by wiggling her toes on command and also grasping their hands....great news!!

One of the boys from the Glenwood area, he is undergoing a third surgery today, 10 hours worth, but is able to respond as well by gripping hands and waves...

the other boy from our area has fought a very hard battle, yesterday his parents made the decision to pull the life support system, and donate organs, so at this point as I am typing this, they are keeping him stablizied to support the major organs,

Please keep these three families in thoughts and prayers,

My niece suffered a severe concussion, she was released yesterday afternoon, and has 2 sprained ankles, she is home and resting and doing fine,.

One of the nice things about living in a small community, people have come out of the woodwork in support of all three kids in the accident......

On a brighter note....I went yesterday and bought some stuff to begin working on my reiki studio... Our bedroom just isnt the right space for this and clients are getting up in numbers I feel I need a private space.....so that is my project for today for a few hours any how, and then put some stuff together for a demonstration on here on the basket making.................

Hope you all have a great Saturday,


Rebag

Thursday

We are still not able to combine yet, perhaps by the weekend.....

Hubby finally went to the Dr today after coughing and being sick for a month, come to find out hes got a bacterial infection in the bronchi.... so now hes got some good antibiotics to hopefully kick this gunk!

It has been a very hard week for us here, the three kids in the accident that I spoke on earlier....

One of the boys has had 2 surgeries so far and needs many more....hes got some colon damage, both legs and both arms broken, he can however respond by lifting his hand up a bit and squeezing his parents hands,...His mom told me today that he got his first shower and they cut his hair, tomorrow will be hopefully a day of the *dead* colon removal, they need to bandage up his legs again....and also going to place a trachea in so they can work on his mouth and jaw....

The girl is stable, medication induced coma since she arrived at the hospital....shes got mutiple skull and facial fractures......now as I write this she is in her first of multiple surgeries.... she did however today open her eyes and look at her dad and sister....and she can hold up hands when prompted ....so this was a good sign as well...

The third child the young man that graduated with my oldest daughter he is still on life support,....he has swelling in several areas of the brain....which places preassure on the brain stem. Yesterday was his best day as it was reported that he had began coughing and was also moving his fingers,.... but today now he has taken turn backwards and not doing as well,

So prayers please keep them coming!!


I will this weekend try to get a blog set up on how to do the baskets....I think placemeats would be awesome to make useing this method!!

Until the weekend .......have a great Friday!


coming back in and adding an edit,......got a call from my sister in Oklahoma.....my niece who is also a college student fell off her horse and was air lifted out to a hospital....testing in progress now....*sighs*



Reba~

One Scarf done

Kind of a close up of the scarf....just 3 layers of fleece....nice and warm..and of course being the basketball player she wanted basketball fleece...

She really likes the scarf...no complaints so far,......this is my youngest daughter

Kind of blurry but you get the idea....

Not hard to make...from start to finish I was done within 30 minutes...buy a solid color...and a contrasting color or design...they are cut in 9 inch widths...(one solid and two of the contrasting)....sandwhich the pieces so the solid is in the middle and then sew down the middle....I did a double seam....1/4 inch apart as I know how hard this girl can be on things!! then just cut one inch strips..being carfeul not to cut the middle seams..... taa daaa a scarf!!

Have a good week ahead!

I passed!!

Well I am finally and officially done with my medication assistant class, was a 6 week class, turned out to be 7 due to one being cancelled,....which was great as it gave us all a longer weekend to s tudy for finals!!

I was soo looking forward to being done, not driving any more, no more lunch breaks in the car to study for a test, no more emailing and calling up 2 other fellow co-workers to hash out some ideas on some problems.....as we got out of class for the final time yesterday we 3 decided to go to kentucky fried chicken for our final supper out....was awesome, we shared notes and study guides and ideas we can incorporate,.... Was fun for all three of us to get to know one another, and kindle some new friendships..... I am going to miss these days!

Now it leaves me to wonder what on earth I am going to do with my Tuesday and Thursday evenings.....hmmmmmmmmmmm.......


Any how....today I had the day off.....Got the house pretty much cleaned up along with a few yard ornaments....gave 3 massages today...and now catching up on blogs and contemplating!! As hubby says..... "It's never good to have too much free time"

Speaking of hubby,....only got 35 acres out so far in the soy beans, Still too wet and sounds like we got more snow and rain mix on the way later this evening... I have a feeling we will have our thanksgiving in the combine this year.

Any how, until next time!!

Rain Rain Go Away

Well right now looking out I can see nothing but mud holes, wet fields, crabby farmers and depressed people due to lack of sunshine!

Why is it when we have no sun, lack of good O'l vitamin D, we want to sleep? I got home from work yesterday and laid down and took a three hour nap and was still tired....Total fight today to come home and NOT lay down!!

This is the final week of classes!!! Take our final test on Thursday, I am looking forward to no longer driving 50 miles twice a week! Time to settle in and start some serious sewing!!

Ohhhhh speaking of sewing, I went to a Quilt show that I will either later tonight or for sure by end of the week will share some awesome photos,. Quilt show was in Watertown SD, quilts large and small from all over the U.S. after walking through there made me feel like I need to really take some serious classes in this art as my stitching is nothing like theirs!

Let see, I did get the office painted and it looks great, I got all the carpets shampooed and they look great too, wish it would all stay this way!

Any how, a chili supper is brewing and I have some cornbread to make yet, until later on happy blogging and stay warm!

Reba~

Fantastic weather!

I tell ya its been an awesome week in Minnesota guys! Not too hot, humidity has been livable!!

Tomatoes are turning fast in the garden, I can't keep up, but not cause of them...just too many irons in the fire!

I got the office painted this weekend plus got the carpet in there shampooed! Amazing how much better a coat of paint looks on a wall! Sure brightened it up! Once upon a time that room was gray walls with a black stripe at the top and decorated all in reds and blacks, mainly this area belongs to my husband and he collects International tractors and such, so we themed that room just for him then last week he tells me its too dark so this week I said lets do it!! He got to pick the color (white) Blah... I personally love color but he would have all white floors and walls if Id let him! So maybe this week Ill get the art work hung back up and get a photo posted!

School is going very week, 2 weeks down 4 to go! We have had some serious study time..each night in class we cover approx 3 chapters then next class meeting we have a test! So far in 4 tests I have missed 4....Makes me feel good!! Pharmacology isn't as bad I thought it was going to be!

Tomorrow my baby turns 17! I cant believe it! She so proud of he r job and own money and checkbook and she gets to run all the errands ect.......soon the kids will be gone and it will be just dad and I.......hmmmm maybe I can cut back in work time then!! Well I can at least dream!

Well that's all from here so hope you all have a great week!

Spy ware or junk blogs?

I tell ya I don't always have the time to blog and actually quite new here in blog land, I spend more time looking at them than I do creating my own!

I have to ask you guys out there if you have ever logged in and had in your dashboard area a lot of stuff in foreign language in there? this is the first time it has happned, I have not clicked on any of them because they are not any that I follow but I am wondering how they got there and below I will post one sample of what I got......and I got a total of 9 in my dashboard! I am not one bit happy about this!

Just curious if this is something normal?

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Fall is near

Been a couple of weeks since my last post and figured I better take a few minutes and let you all know I have not forgotten about ya, just busy busy busy, but I do pop in and read so I dont fall behind!!

Got one week of classes down and man let me tell ya for a woman that is 45 years old, to learn to STUDY again is TRAUMA! LOL. Not too bad so far, already in chapter 5 and only 2 nights of class, so very fast paced...not sure how I did on the 2 tests we had....I know the one with 35 questions I missed 5....UGH so gonna have to read more on the laws.

Hubby and I both have been suffereing with terrible back pains, I have for a few weeks been hitting the chiropractor twice a week, and still no relief,. man pain is terrible and I ant sleep well at night, just miserable! Been doing over time at work and still do reiki on the side and school and garden its starting to catch up with me I guess! Does this mean Im not 20 any more? :(

The garden has been good to me, Im still picking Zuc's and tomatoes, got 1 row of beets to do and of course spuds in the ground but other than that the rest are done. So soon will come to a close too.

We went out to supper tonight with some friends that we have not seen forever from SD. I noticed on the drive down that the bean fields are starting to turn.. I know this means harvest is right around the corner for us!

Oldest is back in Marshall and settled back into the college life and loves it! This weekend our youngest went down there to stay with her sister and hang out before her high school classes begin next week,...yep fall is right around the corner!

Hope you all have a great weekend and a safe one! Till next time~

Rebag

Threshing show

My vacation week is winding down, This weekend is full of Heritage Hill days, Threshing show, tractor pulls, old time music, good food, good friends and old crafts! I love it. We have been active in this organization for close to 17 years now, We have watched it grow... (Still growing) and both of our daughters have had the opportunity to serve as the threshing show site queen, representing the club in community parades, and community events within a 50 mile radius and let me tell you, It keeps us busy! So I thought perhaps some of you would like to take a sneak peek in our Heritage Hill Days



This is on the front porch of a small homestead...a lady and her grad-daughter with a loom, The little girl so proudly told me the wool make the yarn so grandma can make her something pretty because she is soon 7 and wants something home made!

In side the little homestead in one corner is the stove.....Oh I love old homes like this

Opposite direction is a bench sitting with a throw over it.

I stood over by the bench ans snapped this of the dining room table that sits smack in the middle of the room...

across from the bech in the other corner was the bed and a pair of old overalls,

A loom, and old china clost, I have a similar closet like this down in my basement pantry that I actually place my canned goods in, It belongs to my husbands grandparents, same color and everything.

We have a hug kitchen and serve 3 meals a day out there plus coffee, rools and ice cream and pies.....my youngest daughter sitting and visintng one of the members this morning....Today she gives up her royalty

One of her co-workers came to see her before she left for college! I thought that was special

The 450 international used to be my fatherin laws, its been restored my husband uses it in the threshing days ...today we did a tractor oull with it and he pulled 168 feet.

Ready to take off......

Just a small part of my weekend....I highly encourage any of you if you like old cars, old machinery... good food and just reliving in the past for a few days......I invite ya to come visit us in person...motels not far from us and also we have a campground...or you can visit us on the web too! Hope you enjoy.

http://www.heritagehill.us/

Some vacation

As a few know I mentioned I toook a week off so I would not lose my vacation hours, Please guys, remind me next that I really do not want to take vacation the week the garden decides to burst in produce or the week my oldest decides to move to college UGH..talk about busy and some what stressfull, never seems to anyh free time this week, goodness makes me wonder how I have time to work LOL!! I have done canning every day for the last 5, below the preassure cooker is loaded and ready to go....


Got a fresh picking of grren beans yeterday morning and got them all done, inspite of all the work the pantry down stairs is looking good!

This is how my morning began yesterday, managed to find some ripe hudden tomatoes, greewn peppers ready to chop and freeze for salsa green beans and zucc's and of course a great hit cup of java to keep me sane!!

This is one batch of beets and small green batch I did for my daughter to take up to school with her... She even asked me just a bit ago if I wsa planning to make more so she could have her beets and green beans from home all winter!! Now did I raise her right or what! :)

The other morning when I left to go get the books at the college, I came back home to get the camera, as this is what I saw in our wheat stubble. loaded with geese!!

Today has been a busy one, helping the oldest get her stuff in line for move out day on Thursday, laundry and more laundry...yesterday we went to Willmar dor groceries and a mom and d aughter day out, She bought some new jeans and a few tops and a pair of shoes, so she is all set I guess....

It is funny dealing with the transition of last yr her first move out and stress levels running high, now she was home for a few weeks for the summer and was a transition to have her back home LOL as well as a transition for her too, as we laughed about this yesterday, she is so ready to go back to college and see her friends, and as she says "get on with my life".

I smiled at her and said yes it is time for you to move, I love seeing how she has grown into this young independant young lady, makeing choices each day and growing and still learning as she goes.... This is fun!! No bettyer time to spread her wings and fly!

Until later thats all thats new here....

Fun Friday!

My day began early this morning with my alarm going off at 6:00. Now mind you I am on vacation and really did a grumble when I had to get up 40 minutes earlier due to an appointment with some other ladies, after getting dressed and grabbing a fast java hubby says to me "Arent you gonna wear any makeup?" UGH...No I said, I am on vacation! Not like makeup would do me any good today any how with temps reaching in the 90's and the humidity just as high!

I met up with 2 other co-workers and we took off for for a local college and all 3 signed up to take a class in medication assistant, this is a 6 week course in pharmacology and certifies us for passing meds in any medical setting....Now this is a kicker as we get our books, take off for the closest restraunt and all have breakfast together, and all of a sudden I realize I am the oldest here, which they delighted in the little brats! we sat and visited and went through our books, contemplated travels and costs and food....the classes will be for 6 weeks, 2 nights a week...beginning Sept 1...Now that is not far off!! YIKES

After we ate, we went to the local mall and all 3 hit the bookstore finding out we all had similar hobbies and intrests, art, reiki and jornals, I bought a new book on embroidery stitches and picked up the lastes quilting arts magazine and bought a new journal to do in this adventure, I have a feeling as some new friendships grow this will be a fast 6 weeks and yet a challenge, but needs to be done.

I got home and now back to normal with more beets being prepared to be placed in the canner yet tonight and still get some laundry caught up. Not too bad of a day if I say so my self and finally caught up in reading blogs!

Ya I know stressful!! :) Have a good evening all and a great weekend!

August Air

I am so far behind in my blogging, I feel like I will never see daylight again! LOL ever feel like that guys!?

August is just slipping by me, I can't believe it is the middle of the month already! I have hardly got my to do list done this summer and guess what....My oldest moves 1 week from today back to college! UGH,

Any how, I do have this next week off and I hope to be able to catch up on several projects, plus get a lot of stuff done around here in the yard, garden and such.

this is a start of one of my projects today.....lids still popping as I type this, I pulled half a row of beets and came to the house with 3 bags full. So far only one bag completed to process, and I have 7 quarts full now and still getting some ready to peel and cut!

I tried a new recipe, pickled green beans, I am going to share this over in my gardening ganders blog, they are sooooooooooooo good, and super easy to do, I got this recipe from a co-worker!

I was up early this morning, Green beans are keeping me super high and busy! So far I have done 25 pint jars, have given tons of em away and they are still flowering! LOL

Any how today is my first day of 10 for vacation, Im not really planning on going any where other than local stuff to do....one the time and 2 the cost of stuff, but its ok. next yr I will just maybe be more prepared,

So far today I did up 6 pints of green beans and 12 quarts of beets, one load of laundry, picked some more out of the garden, I have the water hose running down on our little trees (which is on my list to do as they really need weeding!) I took off this morning for about 2 hours, went to buy some more quart jars, and I also treated myself to a massage, talk about heavenly! Well at least until I came back through the door! LOL

Will post more tomorrow! Headed over to update garden ganders

Super Saturday!

I tell ya I have had an awesome day off today! I slept in till 8:00. Got up made a fresh pot of coffee...tossed in a load of laundry, loaded the dishwasher and headed for my new found studio (basement ) LOL. I sat down at the sewing machine and finshed off this little wall hanging for a friends mom who has demensia, she loves blue irises...the middle of them is completed in small yellow seed beads...very fun to work on...was an applique project, I drew up the flower pattern myself.



the back is done in a molted blue

Close up of part of the flower and the bead work

Any How after the rain last night I Went out to take a pic of the wheat field that is left....I love wheat harvest!

It has been along time since we have seen water standing! This is looking north from our home

Any how I did manage to get my side of the closet cleaned out!! I decided if i have not worn it in a year its gone....WOW....lots of goodies headed to Salvation army Monday! I even cleaned out old wrapping paper, christmas boxes, shoes, you name it its gone! Looks sooooo much better!!

I called my sister in oklahoma, we talked for a good hr and shared a cup of coffee over the phone and then I went out to the garden and got more green beans and zuc's so now off to make some more bread and clean up my work station and just maybe get a few more things moved down there! Slow progress but looks great!

Have a good weekend

Frenzy Friday

Well another week comes to a close! I am glad I have a much needed three day weekend off! I am not answering my phone or going any place unless I have to....and right now that is not even close to the agenda!

I did do some gardening this week, things are coming along just awesome...I used some zu's and made fresh bread, froze up a few bags of peas and gonna do green beans tomorrow!

Will post some produce on my gardening ganders for ya to peek at!

Below in the photo you can see my little Chiuahuah is playing with one the babies, they all give him a run for their time! He just might lose the pound he found this summer!


Bee is gonna get that ball no matter what! They call her spider in the game cause shes got such long arms and legs....not many balls get by that girl! Shes 6'0 now and gonna be a Junior in high school...so hard to believe!

Well we got a start on the whet harvest....this day was only to take out one complete round to do a moisture content test.

It has been a while since we got rain but tonight just as I was setting supper on the table hubby says its getting black in the west....I ran out and got the clothes off the line and no more got back in the house and this is what hit! It got black, high winds, and only .4 of rain...we are soooo dry....soy beans are starting to show some stress.

Looking out over the driveway a few times we couldnt even see it! Hopefully we get more rain that would be awesome!

In the good Ol' Summer time. Hubby leaning up next to the fence, and youngest daughter watching as well from behind, they have played this season on our church league softball. Fun to watch them play!

Youngest daughter (13) during a summer basketball camp we attended, Was an all day event and they played four games, we only lost one so they did an awesome job!!

Sunday night I took this photo...was so pretty but then not long after we ahd a bad storm...was almost a deep pink turning purple....I have never seen that before here,

I just couldn't help myself but tot ake this one....A good place for a mitt I guess huh

Well till tomorrow, or Friday......Im off the rest of the week, useing up some vacation before I lose it!

Have a good evening!

Tuesday Thoughts

Another cloudy cooler day and no sunshine.....and no rain, we are so dry and need rain! In spite of it all the crops do look good but certainly will not last long if the dryness keeps up.

I am still working on the sewing room/craft area...man I really need to reorganize and clean this mess up...I already have one very large box of just random books and things to send out to salvation army...In the midst of my cleaning I came across a box of OLD old photos from like 10 years back! So gonna get some of them sorted today as well as the rest of my fat quarteres moved...yep an all day project !!

I thought I would share with you a few little events happening in our lives through-out the summer months!


Hubby and daughter getting ready for a parade last weekend, our daughter (youngest) is the Threshing Queen, she has been in 11 parades this summer so far and gives up her royalty in August! It certainly has been a fun year of eating events and and parades, meeting new people and just haveing fun!

Ok, not exactly what I have in mind but I want to create and GREEN background and tried to fill the area with palm trees, not good I know but practice makes perfect, I like the tiger and not sure if I will keep that as is or not but is gonna be MAYBE my painting subject LOL,. subject to change though!

Well our little kittens are certainly growing! We bring them up t the house daily so they can learn to climb trees and just learn the yard in general. They are so tame and fun to watch at night! Even my little chi dog likes to play with them!

I took this one afternoon through a tree while out walking...I love photos like this! Just brings a sense of peace and bliss in...and with that I hope you all have a great day!

Its Friday!!!

Yippeeee am sooooooooooo glad it is Friday, one of the little gals from college came back to us at work and was seeking hours...Guess who could give her some!! YEP Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Oh I am sooooo glad to be off a few days!

Yesterday I was assisting hubby out by the grain bins, he decided to add a ring onto one to make more capacity for storage, simple enough right?
WRONG, after 2 hours of bending over with air wrench and lord only knows how many nuts and bolts taken out...we were part ways done!

Today I go to get out of bed and my lower left backside is in PAIN, it is slightly swollenand I took some tylenol and hit the old ice pack and groaned!

Not to mention I have been moving furniture and cleaning..Oh ya and I am moving my crsfting and sewing back to the basement, the little room just could not hold all of my stuff....now do i really need to clean out or what,

Which remind me...I like so much...I sew, crochet, cross stictch, trying to learn to paint by influence of my sister!! I also do embroidery work, collect nuemrous things,....I am luterally running out of room,...how do you choose just one thing to do..or choose to downsize...My fabric stash alone could fill a wall of a bedroom easily..I have s ome stuffed in totes, Im talking like 6 totes, I have 3 large shelves for fat quarters....one alone for books....LOL well I am sure you get the picture by now, I really do need to organize and clean out but how and where to begin when i love doing it all and want to learn more?

Ok so thats my brain picking for the day gonna go hit the bed and some ice packs again and HOPEFULLY dull the pain by morning!

have a great weekend gang!

Wednesday Wisdoms

Ok remember the site I posted about doing collage, .... I think it is in the previous post any how I decided to upload one of my collages tonight,...so far this one is my favorite...perhaps later I will go back and do some more embelishments and add some paint or inks.....but for now through this process I am very satisfied!! I hope others share their work too!



Oh man another hot day in Western Minnesota!...but still cool in the house so not turning on the air ....*whew* just might make it to the 4th and no AC yet!/

Kids are still busy working...I am proud of my daughters, earning and saving their way to things they want and places they wish to go to....Certainly helps a lot!

However my youngest this week had a terrible dose of reality hit her when a fellow classmate of hers was killed in an accident, new family within the year here and my daughter said even though she was not best of buds with the guy he was a great young man and everyone liked him....so she is now at 16 going to her first funeral outside of a family member.

My husbands uncle took a bad turn in his battle with cancer this week too....right now in the hospital and not certain what lies ahead there...so dare I say concern and stress all rolled into one...

Makes me think hard about this life of ours and all it holds for us, perhaps is a wise thing we can not see into the future.

I also dug out my water colors, tried to duplicate the floral painting we learned to do in class....well why is it it turns out MUCH better in class than at home on my own...*Sighs* BUT I did end up with a very pretty green background out of the cobbled up mess....LOL But Ill keep trying! Might turn those into ATC's.

I think tomorrow will be a heavy garden day for me when I get home...weeds and watering, radishes are all eaten up and not too much longer peas will be ready!! Oh FUN happy canning and freezing!!

Any how I am gonna work on another collage so will close this tonight and wish you all the best of what is left for the week!