tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52599527959979575502024-03-18T12:53:51.182-05:00That man Quilts?A blog to talk about quilting and raising a daughter, which I do in equal measure. I'll also talk a little about gardening, a little about cooking, and share a few pleasant memories. Hope you enjoy it.Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.comBlogger2035125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-55615395490768289952024-03-18T05:48:00.002-05:002024-03-18T05:48:51.538-05:00That episode where Rob got a puppy<p> Good Lord what have we done? Now we're saying things like "please don't do that in the house" and "how did you even get that in your mouth?" </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgSg85tnCy7oXP-MiqYtOndJJFwUd527snfvC7yvuCc9wY-pmHgFvI1tW3AOqrBp7frO1dHjPkSuQt3a2pcNz3C7WLY3j6bCWtL2WiMBVoveDJgAaGH5C9XTvskDE498xyPZMYY_e0xwXwNdmAX3LS1rDHcSNhpK7wK-Vi-mrecwwMNQmhSTHaBy3uong/s4032/E2C00496-54EE-419A-A881-4BAC8629970E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgSg85tnCy7oXP-MiqYtOndJJFwUd527snfvC7yvuCc9wY-pmHgFvI1tW3AOqrBp7frO1dHjPkSuQt3a2pcNz3C7WLY3j6bCWtL2WiMBVoveDJgAaGH5C9XTvskDE498xyPZMYY_e0xwXwNdmAX3LS1rDHcSNhpK7wK-Vi-mrecwwMNQmhSTHaBy3uong/s320/E2C00496-54EE-419A-A881-4BAC8629970E.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>She's 2 months old and weighs 3 lbs. And, she's all energy and the sound of a herd of cattle when she runs across the house. And, everything goes in her mouth. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTRdRiHTmVqJRL3U9ZpBDlKsBfwrQZP_8FHXezBvL28Lhlwzzy9UJtUNMrzfvZp0obElU4L4G4avMERqvK8wOj9Nq2v9LVW5hIBFYlq6y-uLow5RUIjSdw8zeH2Y_iJkPdKIPVntoZfeFDQ6nN85NJVqXN4bZPUdpLyoWTMBBYgbConNuK85SWu1qjZ80/s4032/51D96FF7-3E6A-4465-8719-3026572E600F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTRdRiHTmVqJRL3U9ZpBDlKsBfwrQZP_8FHXezBvL28Lhlwzzy9UJtUNMrzfvZp0obElU4L4G4avMERqvK8wOj9Nq2v9LVW5hIBFYlq6y-uLow5RUIjSdw8zeH2Y_iJkPdKIPVntoZfeFDQ6nN85NJVqXN4bZPUdpLyoWTMBBYgbConNuK85SWu1qjZ80/s320/51D96FF7-3E6A-4465-8719-3026572E600F.heic" width="240" /></a></div>She's never been alone. <div><br /></div><div>The first night, she cried about 20 minutes and then another 20 when we got up in the middle of the night. And, I thought 'piece of cake'. Last night, she cried and yowled and howled and barked and whined for 3 1/2 hours. At 11, Rob asked what I thought we should do and I suggested we sleep on the couches. So, we did. Yes, a 3# puppy ran us out of our bed. We should be ashamed, but at least we got a half night's sleep. Tonight, I'm going to be sure to be prepared for a more pleasant night if I"m on the couch again. </div><div><p>Bella is doing pretty well with it. She's establishing boundaries and perimeters (probably better than we are). She's never had a dog to play with She was growing up in Syd's room when we brought Mable in. This is a new experience for my 14 year old, stuck in her routines, "I vant to be alone" drama-chiweenie. When she wants to play, they play. When she wants to be left alone, she ain't playin. </p><p>Rob seems to be pretty happy about it all. He's very patient, except when it came to not being able to sleep in his own bed. This is how I caught them napping yesterday. I nearly died of adorable.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9NfnHp678XtZJiLM2Vaeyjxvi7XgKnJvkCmnoPx_8nCyIyMas8zNxRwoiYQrQz6byXE-BXcCWlxPGahznvfRTDpLyznHQfQRGsy08FxrR3PM1awAorq8R2nouYdnufNxsxKvMnHji8mnlce7PKm2Yx2bmmnV6mTZVR7PefkTrJamS9LCkvNGfSjPt6VW/s4032/EFC1CD25-AD9E-4572-A585-D68E0B0A160D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9NfnHp678XtZJiLM2Vaeyjxvi7XgKnJvkCmnoPx_8nCyIyMas8zNxRwoiYQrQz6byXE-BXcCWlxPGahznvfRTDpLyznHQfQRGsy08FxrR3PM1awAorq8R2nouYdnufNxsxKvMnHji8mnlce7PKm2Yx2bmmnV6mTZVR7PefkTrJamS9LCkvNGfSjPt6VW/s320/EFC1CD25-AD9E-4572-A585-D68E0B0A160D.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Okay, that's enough about me. There was no yard work, no sewing, no knitting, no nothing except playing with a puppy and cleaning up after a puppy and buying things for a puppy. And, she's lost interest in her chew toy, so now I'm back on babysitting duty. Because I can't take my eyes off her or she'll be pulling Rob's scarf off the chair and running across the house with it. Or chewing through an electrical cord. Or worse. </p><p>Be well. Have a great week. Don't chew that wire!! </p><p>Lane</p><br /><p><br /></p></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-1883865311753404582024-03-11T06:01:00.000-05:002024-03-11T06:01:18.882-05:00Growth and taxes<p>Weeks seem like they pass so quickly now and some weeks, it feels like nothing really happens although it really did...it just wasn't interesting. I filed our taxes. We had to pay this year for the first time in either of our lives due to a small error at Rob's company. Not much. Just enough to break our record of never having to pay at the end of the year. My doctor is leaving the company and I had to find a new one. I've been putting it off but then I saw that one of my prescriptions was about to expire, so had to get that done. Telemed is nice, but I need a relationship with a doctor I can shake hands with and look in the eye. I also scheduled an appt with a dermatologist. Living in TX, it's way past time that I saw one. And I had to go to the office one day. Other than adding a restaurant to the list of places Rob and I would enjoy, it was a very nothing day. </p><p>I spent as much time as I could in the garden. The fertilizer last week really did the trick. Everything is popping out of the ground and trying to get to the sun. It's white season right now. I don't grow a lot of white flowers. Most plants with white flowers don't do well in the heat, so all my white flowers are at the beginning of the season. It starts with the white iris. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADY8J7fvNvYJZ0PGLnFbRKIq7SGj9oP2z0KndY6l8pOhOeVG7laGC8HZJj5Gjn0mYaVPIy_RMMXod4RrG6kNzCFsZj2Ts3XvcfmlMiEJYYjXucMaDRda1sfiZNHVa2XUjwhrooNcMXVsrkBugUooQ3Mcp5fCbTl_17OvFkTD9WY6GhkonONK5vB20oiIA/s4032/7D8ED086-E67E-4316-9BBD-8D87C9E66DDA.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADY8J7fvNvYJZ0PGLnFbRKIq7SGj9oP2z0KndY6l8pOhOeVG7laGC8HZJj5Gjn0mYaVPIy_RMMXod4RrG6kNzCFsZj2Ts3XvcfmlMiEJYYjXucMaDRda1sfiZNHVa2XUjwhrooNcMXVsrkBugUooQ3Mcp5fCbTl_17OvFkTD9WY6GhkonONK5vB20oiIA/s320/7D8ED086-E67E-4316-9BBD-8D87C9E66DDA.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And, the white spirea. This spirea was trimmed into an almost perfect sphere and then it bloomed and the weight of the flowers changed the shape. Oh, well. It should go back to a sphere when this is done. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPntFG7AK7JQxtKLIyfrqhGQmbjkjGY_DE_533QyhYQ29_ds_Jdcr8KEM4Z-RVMAUcf5RSfqmJgk_Pt0jA3nbUD_PPZT8xMkUesmgnqwt_xJNJ2DZdpybnKl02VFUxBu2xRb6ZRUOsvYdQPozXTOZYIdlrARCCglpHEjYRf_JUSbL4t5q4eMZ3SpzIHL9/s4032/6F46EF80-87DC-47CE-838F-C77163E603B3.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPntFG7AK7JQxtKLIyfrqhGQmbjkjGY_DE_533QyhYQ29_ds_Jdcr8KEM4Z-RVMAUcf5RSfqmJgk_Pt0jA3nbUD_PPZT8xMkUesmgnqwt_xJNJ2DZdpybnKl02VFUxBu2xRb6ZRUOsvYdQPozXTOZYIdlrARCCglpHEjYRf_JUSbL4t5q4eMZ3SpzIHL9/s320/6F46EF80-87DC-47CE-838F-C77163E603B3.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p>The white mock oranges are getting ready to explode next. </p><p>I even got this one early yellow iris. This iris bloomed in the fall when it shouldn't and now it's at it again. Odd.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-yITZTfy_zBYmuAQ-_dB0X-W-kSjSGbjsX_TQfnrwlgS87_PhgCi-AGhEKdt2yIdat38jbMwhWZjniqNQ4oQEb5nkkgEZtwvYbXZhkNzfaMdHwsj6AnyEmAXYeiyKoqolSAN01XB6XBNR2Xtc3L75_7pi2Kwe42mWoUU2BiEnYmwuK4e2chs8pwDE1Ks/s4032/E47AF310-46F2-4A74-81E2-56499B99C8C0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-yITZTfy_zBYmuAQ-_dB0X-W-kSjSGbjsX_TQfnrwlgS87_PhgCi-AGhEKdt2yIdat38jbMwhWZjniqNQ4oQEb5nkkgEZtwvYbXZhkNzfaMdHwsj6AnyEmAXYeiyKoqolSAN01XB6XBNR2Xtc3L75_7pi2Kwe42mWoUU2BiEnYmwuK4e2chs8pwDE1Ks/s320/E47AF310-46F2-4A74-81E2-56499B99C8C0.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>And, I worked on Rob's shirt. Mary, I'm not sure how many shirts I"ve made. I've been making shirts since before I decided to learn how. These are the first two shirts I remember making. I was very excited to give it a try. They're made out of quilting cotton so were very heavy. If you've been quilting since the 90's, you probably recognize the prints. They were newly released when I got them. The shirts were not good enough to wear out, but they were good enough to wear around the house and in the garden. They're showing their years now and I doubt I could get them to button around me anymore, but I still have every shirt I made, except the ones I made for friends and the ones I really didn't like and cut into quilt scraps. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeaUTBP4_4XseUzlT6d-kGJK-UY6jaSbt5jrTYBE_llb_shD96AtoqBlYA6KkDqAwVVgBkD10zWnCiC007Yunu6SRCYiK1BQcMd7SBmQA-S9NpWjMyy4HeqCGRPhL-CWiXfCvzOOSKafp_tUmSj5VrLxWbvKYkvQ4tzDvlSfHWcaMIr-i0-BQzPqWBRRw/s4030/20D4AA69-7991-4632-B53E-5C6E9AFF2190_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="4030" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeaUTBP4_4XseUzlT6d-kGJK-UY6jaSbt5jrTYBE_llb_shD96AtoqBlYA6KkDqAwVVgBkD10zWnCiC007Yunu6SRCYiK1BQcMd7SBmQA-S9NpWjMyy4HeqCGRPhL-CWiXfCvzOOSKafp_tUmSj5VrLxWbvKYkvQ4tzDvlSfHWcaMIr-i0-BQzPqWBRRw/s320/20D4AA69-7991-4632-B53E-5C6E9AFF2190_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p>I made progress on Rob's shirt. I just need to hem the sleeves and do buttons and buttonholes. I got a new button foot for the Bernina so am not dreading that they way I do so often. I've tried a variety of feet to sew on a button with varying levels of success. I'm looking forward to trying the real thing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_6KUbWIsQREscMmDKWsfvMnI7FAk-qU4qPnhZblgCqFjI28JzVsx0YgAA3XZK-ZoeWxQyBavV1xgu_yibL2TX8ha1_t0Jx5GcSVMFeVueRpDQvLkkuIVhPqFaqZ07R9-_8mHVeytP106cHhlaA2BFbD04EvhSZL7UNbkFCoszvf_j4_9QQv6U3dAy5n0/s4032/70AA9AE4-6E56-4A7C-A8B2-228F2B66218B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_6KUbWIsQREscMmDKWsfvMnI7FAk-qU4qPnhZblgCqFjI28JzVsx0YgAA3XZK-ZoeWxQyBavV1xgu_yibL2TX8ha1_t0Jx5GcSVMFeVueRpDQvLkkuIVhPqFaqZ07R9-_8mHVeytP106cHhlaA2BFbD04EvhSZL7UNbkFCoszvf_j4_9QQv6U3dAy5n0/s320/70AA9AE4-6E56-4A7C-A8B2-228F2B66218B.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>Everybody have a great week. In the midst of doing the things that have to be done, be sure to find time to do something just for fun. </p><p>Lane</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1HZlaNDvXR04KfZmNg2Ai5ilf_JJKwgq3pTruSuRvfYuzwAAx5L7Zb_VMgsFOTFWDVCpuAbP8BDKcD9CwYxBdh2XoBuC-9sOnbtxZ8JaBk8aG7mrgMoR3UQ31ZUWVTQG7mFKIjaG-oO30dsHhLzUJqJw0n0Hx3Bu8a1uaQNzjhLkgFpN4h0tVvpWKXZA/s903/3FC51821-F353-4EFB-8FCC-BDF9267BE2AB_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="903" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1HZlaNDvXR04KfZmNg2Ai5ilf_JJKwgq3pTruSuRvfYuzwAAx5L7Zb_VMgsFOTFWDVCpuAbP8BDKcD9CwYxBdh2XoBuC-9sOnbtxZ8JaBk8aG7mrgMoR3UQ31ZUWVTQG7mFKIjaG-oO30dsHhLzUJqJw0n0Hx3Bu8a1uaQNzjhLkgFpN4h0tVvpWKXZA/s320/3FC51821-F353-4EFB-8FCC-BDF9267BE2AB_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-41340761036902642982024-03-04T06:03:00.004-06:002024-03-04T09:38:58.630-06:00Spring chores<p>Spring is early this year. I'm afraid that's a harbinger of a hot summer. It's also meant that there's a lot to do in the garden and not a lot of time to get it done because all the perennials are off to a leaping start. Yesterday I fed and watered, so no telling what will be happening out there next weekend. </p><p>This is a French Broom. I saw one at a neighbor's house and it was beautiful! They had it in a large barrel at the end of their driveway. I picked up a small one and stuck it in a tall pot and it did really well. The neighbors left theirs out over winter and I'm not sure it's coming back. I put mine in the greenhouse where it doubled in size over the winter and now it's started to bloom. Not a lot. It likes it HOT! But, it's an early start. It should bloom for a good part of summer. While it doesn't look like there's a lot happening in the background, there is. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQh1K2z90VyACOvTlcd8KFfgo_kj5aS3WlTNNQKgJS9DaFHjoH59VX1bU6YnuRSay6VJnod3Y5KH07YnYnBa_NTUFEqubw26BLkeRToXvo4RVKYphSNVIWlD1ACmBdmFpl9okHgFoRRrSeYE5UMlvZC_rUfq0WY9bddwzp67TolJgFeO8-HFIopOEdyqYx/s4032/CBBCBB0F-6D94-4AD4-85AE-C5A605EB8AA7.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQh1K2z90VyACOvTlcd8KFfgo_kj5aS3WlTNNQKgJS9DaFHjoH59VX1bU6YnuRSay6VJnod3Y5KH07YnYnBa_NTUFEqubw26BLkeRToXvo4RVKYphSNVIWlD1ACmBdmFpl9okHgFoRRrSeYE5UMlvZC_rUfq0WY9bddwzp67TolJgFeO8-HFIopOEdyqYx/s320/CBBCBB0F-6D94-4AD4-85AE-C5A605EB8AA7.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I have a few early violets. These will be in full bloom in a few weeks and they'll last all spring. My Mom gave me a few many years ago and I've let them grow as a ground cover. They do very well and don't mind a little sun. But, they'd also like to take over the place and I've learned not to let them take hold in a flower pot because once they take hold, they're hard to get rid of. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SQmz0pGgopipSQKAG2ngFZNMwa3llBPkhT4Inob9nGqs49J_3ryyumltDlI6hUNqB0ZTVC2zUSlrxiQJrunvORjGZDg4qtcsYCUDmAIpjt2-yVGr9O3N6FnMUpb4tHiy_lVzklZ3qEM9DefU7RVzsUNyK31iKJgXAkyzjOIEUd7eg2wIfacVsfTb6HZj/s4032/07576197-D61C-46FD-BECD-C89B3680B90B.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SQmz0pGgopipSQKAG2ngFZNMwa3llBPkhT4Inob9nGqs49J_3ryyumltDlI6hUNqB0ZTVC2zUSlrxiQJrunvORjGZDg4qtcsYCUDmAIpjt2-yVGr9O3N6FnMUpb4tHiy_lVzklZ3qEM9DefU7RVzsUNyK31iKJgXAkyzjOIEUd7eg2wIfacVsfTb6HZj/s320/07576197-D61C-46FD-BECD-C89B3680B90B.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p>And, the grape hyacinths are getting started. Just a few stalks now, but the rest look ready to go. And, they've multiplied into many more plants than the little bag of bulbs I bought. This is another plant that I don't think would like the heat, but they do fine during summer and stay green all year round. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL0y6O1I5s1Npkplm6lslqj2ZsTedmPFsSGdR6PICjjuGpMOFTDM0ikcenhNBBKA4G38InY-WVLaulUmaFtERXIuBYiOSxLxfqACx-Oqx9QA7p_KOFo8jqrzeGQlKCgdRIZbwbfbk9rqKUcrKoC3Zfrw5ZU04Ql0Lbk4WhPrkZMvrmaj_jM43cZk76Yem/s4032/D50058C3-54F9-4697-980D-0DC87D1B2FF4.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL0y6O1I5s1Npkplm6lslqj2ZsTedmPFsSGdR6PICjjuGpMOFTDM0ikcenhNBBKA4G38InY-WVLaulUmaFtERXIuBYiOSxLxfqACx-Oqx9QA7p_KOFo8jqrzeGQlKCgdRIZbwbfbk9rqKUcrKoC3Zfrw5ZU04Ql0Lbk4WhPrkZMvrmaj_jM43cZk76Yem/s320/D50058C3-54F9-4697-980D-0DC87D1B2FF4.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The white iris are getting started. These are usually the first blooms of the year, but even they're confused by the early spring. This is the only stand that has flowers open. I have these all over the garden. They're not very tall, so they shrink into the background during summer, but I enjoy having the early flowers all around. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8TQhh1nOeW8OQz4vRYTQOBov38pTZoEoUNM5Jv_2o5l62v7XFPYdaHrEtZ_SeXEa_8_OJGYcmr1HRGhi_8o6UBF8KXTjNCBZxw1SU56hdPChyphenhyphencRaVTtSKgTanMBng8CLV7ojBcAGZklClQBczPTsFtkQcIxUD9OzLXokArdSuN7Mpg5_8GvaRhsVR3I9/s4030/2388DA78-F12D-4CDA-A3CC-7F78B10D48AA_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="4030" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8TQhh1nOeW8OQz4vRYTQOBov38pTZoEoUNM5Jv_2o5l62v7XFPYdaHrEtZ_SeXEa_8_OJGYcmr1HRGhi_8o6UBF8KXTjNCBZxw1SU56hdPChyphenhyphencRaVTtSKgTanMBng8CLV7ojBcAGZklClQBczPTsFtkQcIxUD9OzLXokArdSuN7Mpg5_8GvaRhsVR3I9/s320/2388DA78-F12D-4CDA-A3CC-7F78B10D48AA_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This orchid is putting on a really good show, so wanted to share it. I love the green flower with the brown center. I saw this one and loved it. I don't know if they're particularly fragile or not, but I've killed a couplel. Hopefully, this one will be the one that lasts. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWnsHeJ3J3u9PHp-HhMa0ChEuor_gIzDUip2KUNboCMvSxjmk8n0smc8vrceHhe_KaHkEVfMGNgCpnoQrRINOHiudrkP3q2P3tFZNqYQPlRP3ARPfc2jQqzdulLq_aiuyOFNGr6M5hMTUoixIqp1WD3xWB80MLuafCxDn2ERMqkLEwlLYwDmWYjwitdrB/s4032/EE01B443-D980-44BF-8B86-84B1ADC18B6C.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWnsHeJ3J3u9PHp-HhMa0ChEuor_gIzDUip2KUNboCMvSxjmk8n0smc8vrceHhe_KaHkEVfMGNgCpnoQrRINOHiudrkP3q2P3tFZNqYQPlRP3ARPfc2jQqzdulLq_aiuyOFNGr6M5hMTUoixIqp1WD3xWB80MLuafCxDn2ERMqkLEwlLYwDmWYjwitdrB/s320/EE01B443-D980-44BF-8B86-84B1ADC18B6C.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>I don't think I give my orchids enough light. They bloom in winter when the trees have lost their leaves. I'm thinking of taking a couple out to the greenhouse for spring. I don't think they'd like it out there during summer, but spring outside should be nice for them. </div><div><br /></div><div>I started a shirt for Rob. I got it cut out and the front and back together on Saturday. I've made the collar and am ready to attach it and the collar stand. This one has extra size in the arm and I"m interested to see how Rob likes it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ6O3bRMNFSlk9X6ul157bMQnhD-XlK17PpI83hmtxuuwoyOk1Ia1wNZnUF4NhrmNE4Gyw6nhfQyYo0mnGfqbAhJFx1pfnVJRQ6pKnmQVf_nrqus6_qHd0UlHpWfK3TQnIHjMTL6P3bfJJQK_9HA4zH_nQ4ruaetNsSwk5AvqGqQXVbd0hW1m1TIXycBS/s4032/A754DF02-F8C8-4368-9E7A-7DA589DB55AA_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ6O3bRMNFSlk9X6ul157bMQnhD-XlK17PpI83hmtxuuwoyOk1Ia1wNZnUF4NhrmNE4Gyw6nhfQyYo0mnGfqbAhJFx1pfnVJRQ6pKnmQVf_nrqus6_qHd0UlHpWfK3TQnIHjMTL6P3bfJJQK_9HA4zH_nQ4ruaetNsSwk5AvqGqQXVbd0hW1m1TIXycBS/s320/A754DF02-F8C8-4368-9E7A-7DA589DB55AA_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I needed to go to the new office last week. The day was built up as a building tour and getting to know the new facility. There are no assigned desks, so it's a free for all. They offer monitors but no keyboards or mice or any other office supply. Fortunately, I have a "desk in a bag" that I carry. It has everything I need to get the job done and I bought a small keyboard yesterday so I don't have to keep the laptop open (I like having two monitors, but the laptop makes three and that's too much to keep up with.). I had been to a meeting where they showed us the floor plan. I knew more about the facility than the manager that was leading the tour and when the managers would start to dilly-dally around, I'd move the tour forward to the next fascinating destination. And, as is traditional in my team, the 5 guys who all have private offices kept having impromptu meetings in the cubicle farm where the rest of us work. It's like they can't possibly meet in one of those large offices with extra chairs and a window view, so they have to meet in the middle of people that are trying to get something done. I guess that will never change. I still don't plan to spend any more time in office than they make me. And, if they try to make me too much, I'll mention maybe moving my retirement date up a little. That should bring a stop to that. </div><div><br /></div><div>You know I love to share the thoughts of others that are pithier than me. I loved this one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l7dh62_b2Ni3g6LtIQazgy2HdWcRh0SYKUXBdTOKHncDpSL0gyVVOUSDEZzgqruCMKavZ-ajJxlxZSV_6aYk5FMo542vVy8p14PmsDykx0STZWDBREjbdznVxAydsjdrU1-szvnBIq08wwiaBkUU6h5GQFRVJX-dwjf8nxZ8MxlvTTQ1XssppyCi9NP3/s785/899F83AB-3247-43A7-8BDE-0EC1392FB9AD_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="785" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l7dh62_b2Ni3g6LtIQazgy2HdWcRh0SYKUXBdTOKHncDpSL0gyVVOUSDEZzgqruCMKavZ-ajJxlxZSV_6aYk5FMo542vVy8p14PmsDykx0STZWDBREjbdznVxAydsjdrU1-szvnBIq08wwiaBkUU6h5GQFRVJX-dwjf8nxZ8MxlvTTQ1XssppyCi9NP3/s320/899F83AB-3247-43A7-8BDE-0EC1392FB9AD_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>And this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsNgz12hD8MyWnkyBFY6qGCzlEq35ugQB9__QRbYV4cxx5cJkaQogWPYx0_QmU98-tAxTgDZtA1mVHTykZQVgbtp-oo93PZjNmMeWqTPC9Xrwa2fY1fU7AY0VyrTryK_4j-gdUm_S8vd8HvKOVBBxlkvmMVvWqGmld9u5jBoEljErSA1g8KufRodrj-aT/s960/220AA5B9-8C91-456F-8368-0383A366FEA8_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="960" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsNgz12hD8MyWnkyBFY6qGCzlEq35ugQB9__QRbYV4cxx5cJkaQogWPYx0_QmU98-tAxTgDZtA1mVHTykZQVgbtp-oo93PZjNmMeWqTPC9Xrwa2fY1fU7AY0VyrTryK_4j-gdUm_S8vd8HvKOVBBxlkvmMVvWqGmld9u5jBoEljErSA1g8KufRodrj-aT/s320/220AA5B9-8C91-456F-8368-0383A366FEA8_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Everybody have a great week! If your state votes on Super Tuesday, I hope you voted early and don't have to stand in line or that you make it out to vote. It may not feel important because we've been cornered into making an awful choice because of an ancient man's fragile ego, but it's still important because there are other races down ballot from there where we need to make our voices heard before the false-christian nationalists try to take us all out unless we bend a knee to their racism, homophobia and bigotry. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lane</div><div><br /></div><div><div><p><br /></p></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-50919949303825458562024-02-26T05:55:00.001-06:002024-02-26T05:55:58.027-06:00Spring<p>It's spring in Texas and I'm taking full advantage of it because it won't last long. We worked in the yard both mornings until we couldn't anymore. I got almost all the dead stuff out of the garden and it's bagged up and on the street. I also started the composter again with leaves and food scraps and started moving plants out of the greenhouses and gave everything a really good watering. I've trimmed off any growth that died over winter and it's all looking great! So far, the only thing I've lost is a little cactus that was too close to the roof in the greenhouse and froze. At least that's what I think happened to it... Either way, it didn't make it and everybody else did, so I must have done something right.</p><p>I got a little overambitious on Saturday, cutting things back, raking out dead leaves, and yesterday, it was time to bundle and get it ready for the street. I'm all about making a mess and worrying about the cleanup later. I did the same thing in the kitchen yesterday, too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JHHvUSkNIbH8ezmkI432ZN4759FZH_jow05lgz792PniJoUmLm1xpqwqKbIyUCEk7mSdowvBNXWBG0mn-0RAmqXsHWO_r8Ds4JtVLUtHxLmtMe8yFXqo39Z6i5PQEeZqqps3hPVTmQ5vVDaT61EqkfPDY0rKEiTt9OSX4FNM9_OXkfpIxBi1lbezAV0p/s4032/02431BA3-3206-4593-B734-08B7DD3D2511.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JHHvUSkNIbH8ezmkI432ZN4759FZH_jow05lgz792PniJoUmLm1xpqwqKbIyUCEk7mSdowvBNXWBG0mn-0RAmqXsHWO_r8Ds4JtVLUtHxLmtMe8yFXqo39Z6i5PQEeZqqps3hPVTmQ5vVDaT61EqkfPDY0rKEiTt9OSX4FNM9_OXkfpIxBi1lbezAV0p/s320/02431BA3-3206-4593-B734-08B7DD3D2511.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>Yesterday afternoon, I baked bread and made a cake. We enjoy our fresh baked goods. The recipe made two loaves of bread, so I'll freeze one for next week. We love home baked bread with our dinner and I'll slice off a couple slices, wrap them in foil and put them in the oven with whatever I'm cooking and it's like it just came out of the oven. The cake is orange flavored and I found the recipe in a vintage cookbook. It was supposed to be baked in a 9" tube, but that's too much cake for us, so I put it in a 6" tube and two 6" layers and still had enough for a 6" bundt pan. I kept the bundt out and we will eat it first, then I'll pull out one of the others and frost it with a different frosting or a drizzle and it will be like a different cake. </p><p>The bread is French bread. I didn't realize that the first couple of times I made it, but last Sunday, I baked Julia Child's recipe for French bread and realized that the new recipe is just a much (MUCH!) easier version of that. The kitchenaid does most of the work and you don't build a firm gluten cloak for the crust so it isn't as tough, but that's fine. Julia's recipe ended up making a great crust, but there was a large air bubble in both loaves, just under the crust and the easy version doesn't end up that way. And, Julia's recipe took all day. and had multiple long rises. The new recipe took 3 hours with two shorter rises. </p><p>Saturday, I left the lights on in the greenhouse and looked out after dark. It looked so nice that I had to take a picture.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW41r-zO7YqDOCjQx-Sb0TKHrtR60cnCTtjTtY-UZFqQ9KVx9KqVgWaoSCr2nAVMuctJSYGF8gcF4ebvNXIMXKCxAiazHmgUqHtvnQ3-f56CXWT9fQxalY6jVF6ZeO1C5GS0zTP8QAT5oGb7azqXr4KBBVz8BPVgiiNpQgA4lParSVLfECtVWxpA8DfPlr/s4032/9AA121A7-2A13-43BA-A42D-F4E8D2A5F6EE.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW41r-zO7YqDOCjQx-Sb0TKHrtR60cnCTtjTtY-UZFqQ9KVx9KqVgWaoSCr2nAVMuctJSYGF8gcF4ebvNXIMXKCxAiazHmgUqHtvnQ3-f56CXWT9fQxalY6jVF6ZeO1C5GS0zTP8QAT5oGb7azqXr4KBBVz8BPVgiiNpQgA4lParSVLfECtVWxpA8DfPlr/s320/9AA121A7-2A13-43BA-A42D-F4E8D2A5F6EE.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I've been inspired to make a shirt for Rob. He asked for more room in the shoulder and sleeve for this one, more like the cut of a Hawaiian shirt than a fitted shirt. I needed to muslin that and it took a couple tries, but I think I've got it. He tried on several shirts that he likes the fit of, and I noticed where he pulled at them and I gave him extra size in all those spots. I've started taking it apart so I can trace the new pattern pieces and get started. The muslin will go in the bag with his pattern so the next time I need to make an adjustment, I'll have a muslin already started. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSyipUsYLjgKE1LgtKoYRAq_-rTNSNkJytBQ1fm1Tc5EPgj2RzEZI0RFdvbpbqQbA4EhQEHPZmU54BuwTUIl_UUJ8mP0ozLP0_Ci7XAdgHkE_hkopUCkXxOwb5VtQTACaDSEVQ1u4pApOTx7FC_TXaA_khjNN0UsPiNivynMONDEmiunc5BynkSfQKaYV/s4032/73234289-F8A5-4CF0-B312-404787616F43_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSyipUsYLjgKE1LgtKoYRAq_-rTNSNkJytBQ1fm1Tc5EPgj2RzEZI0RFdvbpbqQbA4EhQEHPZmU54BuwTUIl_UUJ8mP0ozLP0_Ci7XAdgHkE_hkopUCkXxOwb5VtQTACaDSEVQ1u4pApOTx7FC_TXaA_khjNN0UsPiNivynMONDEmiunc5BynkSfQKaYV/s320/73234289-F8A5-4CF0-B312-404787616F43_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p>I saw this and it really spoke to me. Thought I'd share it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGIxDrlKPmmwIf0peSNgFGjklk0eVuAIX_r2zAvmZ8m51tkp3DS8Im9wJhejRzr3hxkiGN0RzLMiSoDOoEkEqyZek1zxCpXfj0cAOobuqFQHS0RzAmzJwMBtMuAsV7Jvv-J-x7goZQ5Chq122q2qWfdmzzf6TQkx8nc-kPFU7nLHQg7meGy4wmgSH9Rdz/s960/A6A7D7BD-24C4-4F0D-915E-106585DB6903_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="960" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGIxDrlKPmmwIf0peSNgFGjklk0eVuAIX_r2zAvmZ8m51tkp3DS8Im9wJhejRzr3hxkiGN0RzLMiSoDOoEkEqyZek1zxCpXfj0cAOobuqFQHS0RzAmzJwMBtMuAsV7Jvv-J-x7goZQ5Chq122q2qWfdmzzf6TQkx8nc-kPFU7nLHQg7meGy4wmgSH9Rdz/s320/A6A7D7BD-24C4-4F0D-915E-106585DB6903_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Everybody have a great week! My office has moved to a new location and I need to go in this morning to take a tour. They want it to be an all day event, with lunch and a walk around the walking trails, but who got time for that? I'll be there long enough for teacher to take roll call, then I'm headed back home to the peace and quiet where I can actually get some work done. </p><p>Be well! Lane</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpuOFObQXYNoeUOiepchJMF5Jz262T81b-UIzorRKl0czdFW9tMAU7YWHxOdIXFtEWmIg98LZs8VBaFF-loq0GovNJCpayx-QKQrnr_bqy2G6thr_bTlMG_tfJbJthqnC1ROcOk7GI02gDYXwAqdpd-8G18JuJdEh6OjWwXiWSpZ7BxuxR9Y10gJX7sbe/s960/0101132A-76F6-48DA-9D45-9D4B4E371EB7_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="960" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpuOFObQXYNoeUOiepchJMF5Jz262T81b-UIzorRKl0czdFW9tMAU7YWHxOdIXFtEWmIg98LZs8VBaFF-loq0GovNJCpayx-QKQrnr_bqy2G6thr_bTlMG_tfJbJthqnC1ROcOk7GI02gDYXwAqdpd-8G18JuJdEh6OjWwXiWSpZ7BxuxR9Y10gJX7sbe/s320/0101132A-76F6-48DA-9D45-9D4B4E371EB7_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-75706766124422669712024-02-19T05:52:00.004-06:002024-02-19T05:52:43.658-06:00A busy couple of weeksBeing without glasses is weird. I've worn glasses since the 80s. I need a pair of readers for really small print, but otherwise, I'm getting used to seeing myself in the mirror without glasses. I had a birthday last week and I can see all those years laid out around my eyes. At least my creases and wrinkles are from smiling and laughing and not from brooding. I'll need glasses again at some point, but I'm going to enjoy this time of clear sight as long as it lasts. <div><br /></div><div>Over the two weeks, I spent a lot of time knitting and cooking. I made this scarf out of a really chunky yarn and huge needles. It was easy to see, even during that week when my eyes were out of sync and I couldn't see much. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EYOh7cd42xhQIiomI71jlaDzWfeEPb3AMrq4zzirruiKayKkvGUPX3OW_BQu7MpDPV_VR870i8rQguBAZYInastmU5iRfhTTwsQGsISuMiBeqKeP_cBI_DwdeaLEWemS9Cu_DUthSLBgZXAkcGB1vB8zuJlZmuuMSNfgMihQre1Re1_ABLSZ_9MXE5o9/s4032/92C99001-B83A-42BD-B8B7-1D4084D6DD05.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EYOh7cd42xhQIiomI71jlaDzWfeEPb3AMrq4zzirruiKayKkvGUPX3OW_BQu7MpDPV_VR870i8rQguBAZYInastmU5iRfhTTwsQGsISuMiBeqKeP_cBI_DwdeaLEWemS9Cu_DUthSLBgZXAkcGB1vB8zuJlZmuuMSNfgMihQre1Re1_ABLSZ_9MXE5o9/s320/92C99001-B83A-42BD-B8B7-1D4084D6DD05.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I made beef bourguignon. About the most I ever try to do is feed Rob leftovers once, but when he saw the leftovers after that, he asked for it again. I made half a recipe that was supposed to feed 4-6 and we ate 6 meals from it with some boiled potatoes. I needed the potatoes to cut down on the richness. If the potatoes had been cooked in the wine with the meat and carrots, I think it would have been too much. This way, it was perfect!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U1a4YGpDl3pOdPta9f7OC1Kb6XFtMvFqvneTNTn5OKAOzz2uBOSfZXaU_Ou7-BvxqOCagdd7Jy1Ggam9vPtdqgJ9WU7KU9Bfa6xsbtx30N_LiBA3DyHFHwWqAdJSCXeJZECARuHNx29rjjgcRveJo5A7wfOOP26r0DQGcQ13e4F5ELwsIINF8xZgbVZf/s4032/0CCD0591-FC55-41B3-94D3-D2AD47D05115.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-U1a4YGpDl3pOdPta9f7OC1Kb6XFtMvFqvneTNTn5OKAOzz2uBOSfZXaU_Ou7-BvxqOCagdd7Jy1Ggam9vPtdqgJ9WU7KU9Bfa6xsbtx30N_LiBA3DyHFHwWqAdJSCXeJZECARuHNx29rjjgcRveJo5A7wfOOP26r0DQGcQ13e4F5ELwsIINF8xZgbVZf/s320/0CCD0591-FC55-41B3-94D3-D2AD47D05115.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>I also made myself a delicious birthday cake; strawberry with 7 minute frosting. Does anybody else ever make 7 minute frosting anymore? It's the perfect accompaniment to a flavorful cake. It's like frosting it with marshmallow or something.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQTS8dfy5ubi1rJBvJ1tKUAdpdaN5SXcAjZu1RpGVQEwNsm1WO1Ngv3aGffOhTUk8QlxjcNsiHqnQ3OF7ZXtD3p2XoMXPHmGZ9KxufPAbQ4-D7W8xANuMFrugiCi5jbjtZVaibe3yu1SIBe3VgS8-5vMMAmjeJe0dgdXNDFWOp3bg4yZa5nYaadtHgrcI/s4032/D7FC5AAC-8262-47DE-8DAC-83D93E5CD761.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQTS8dfy5ubi1rJBvJ1tKUAdpdaN5SXcAjZu1RpGVQEwNsm1WO1Ngv3aGffOhTUk8QlxjcNsiHqnQ3OF7ZXtD3p2XoMXPHmGZ9KxufPAbQ4-D7W8xANuMFrugiCi5jbjtZVaibe3yu1SIBe3VgS8-5vMMAmjeJe0dgdXNDFWOp3bg4yZa5nYaadtHgrcI/s320/D7FC5AAC-8262-47DE-8DAC-83D93E5CD761.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It wasn't all good stuff tho. We lost our old cat. Sugarfoot was almost 20 and it was his time. </div><div>Here he is, torturing Mable with a bath. Don't let this pic fool you. They were big time rivals for Rob's attention.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_wR_qXOYKkYpNt29Qd5YjMX02oc43fHS66h6uGJDakoHFqvETTTaZKtxUuGalKyvuSC7Ldvhe0-2cVLnL4hj853B1Egq54ewixOQ9zWmS_KtuM_EogvmOEcYJPWJsEOcMP91DdCnmuL9HvmDSKvDFRd27AW1W-3u50-nmQP0DPLgo2_QqQoj7ryijhnR/s960/B8BC27B4-4031-4A00-BF4A-8D003A0DF4B9_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="960" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_wR_qXOYKkYpNt29Qd5YjMX02oc43fHS66h6uGJDakoHFqvETTTaZKtxUuGalKyvuSC7Ldvhe0-2cVLnL4hj853B1Egq54ewixOQ9zWmS_KtuM_EogvmOEcYJPWJsEOcMP91DdCnmuL9HvmDSKvDFRd27AW1W-3u50-nmQP0DPLgo2_QqQoj7ryijhnR/s320/B8BC27B4-4031-4A00-BF4A-8D003A0DF4B9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Work is good, but I wish I'd taken more time off. I have the time and I had an excuse and I should have used it. Instead, I rushed back to work and gave myself a couple of headaches the week between the surgeries and I should have given myself more time. But, I guess that's more time I can take off in the spring, when I really want to be outside. </div><div><br /></div><div>Everybody have a great week! Couple of gifs that I thought were fun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzkR6zIkRyCB9rHXzgrc-_6tK0jqoFMYVisn_vvg9rKtlHPOt9bgv7QKP6VW1YHSpQwWzOyfqG57Z_OGdC-LD8KYeiFL_REGW3UWTwzzHiPElILdWOT3Hp2nG8c3R0O7eCuZMCJ3JpbDGE6xkB4O3LGGBvKF2QQuX9IHCrYZetBFqO5hyphenhyphentSswm6C8iF1u/s1031/C5B7DD0C-4EBF-49F8-9CCF-405BC2921F76_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzkR6zIkRyCB9rHXzgrc-_6tK0jqoFMYVisn_vvg9rKtlHPOt9bgv7QKP6VW1YHSpQwWzOyfqG57Z_OGdC-LD8KYeiFL_REGW3UWTwzzHiPElILdWOT3Hp2nG8c3R0O7eCuZMCJ3JpbDGE6xkB4O3LGGBvKF2QQuX9IHCrYZetBFqO5hyphenhyphentSswm6C8iF1u/s320/C5B7DD0C-4EBF-49F8-9CCF-405BC2921F76_1_201_a.jpeg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfMYZAHUa_pFx1HoiJccQW5hYzIRxjl0I7vE-c9SV-vWoSNzEwRBjuwhNblkZjR-LWRCfQjsTluTYKgGSmdpWQOb7QktwED5gta6FsD4aIWog8AHY-znJEobpbIG63OvUtSxDXLU71FHmMdH762JHAAT1t0HJpTmswvyF1A5sbYt4-c63_BGWQzFCL468/s966/8666642A-5F4C-4A3D-B9CA-46F955C7CFF6_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfMYZAHUa_pFx1HoiJccQW5hYzIRxjl0I7vE-c9SV-vWoSNzEwRBjuwhNblkZjR-LWRCfQjsTluTYKgGSmdpWQOb7QktwED5gta6FsD4aIWog8AHY-znJEobpbIG63OvUtSxDXLU71FHmMdH762JHAAT1t0HJpTmswvyF1A5sbYt4-c63_BGWQzFCL468/s320/8666642A-5F4C-4A3D-B9CA-46F955C7CFF6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="318" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Lane<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-64830260849288099652024-02-13T06:52:00.001-06:002024-02-13T06:52:25.807-06:00As seen in real life<p>Both cataract surgeries are over. All went well and I"m in that stage where I'm doing drops all day. First surprise was color. Blue is sooooo blue and white is very, very bright. As a quilter, that's going to help! </p><p>Working last week was as challenging as I expected. Sometimes I had one eye closed or covered and sometimes, I had the other. I probably wasn't very productive, but I was able to get some stuff done. </p><p>Today, my eyes are working in tandem again and I can see/read everything but small print on computer and phone screens and I have a pair of readers that I'll use until I'm fully healed for the that. After that, I'm supposed to be slightly nearsighted. We will see. </p><p>Everybody said cataract surgery was no big deal. And, they were right. It's not how I'd choose to spend a Sunday afternoon, but as medical procedures go, it wasn't bad. Oh, and I've finally learned to put in eye drops, which I've always been terrible at.</p><p>Everybody have a great week! </p><p>Lane</p>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-62211454211558889882024-01-29T05:57:00.000-06:002024-01-29T05:57:44.441-06:00Dinner bellLately, it's been all about the food. We already ate good, but I've been trying to up my game a little. I'm a cook that can go in the kitchen, pull out a bunch of ingredients and make something that will be delicious about 90% of the time. I know how things taste and I can imagine how they'll taste together. I am less efficient at following recipes. <div><br /></div><div>I've been trying to learn to follow recipes in Julia Child's cookbooks with results that are...meh. I've thrown out two genoise cakes and while we've eaten most of the rest, it's just been kind of struggling through it. And, for some reason, I burn my hand about half the time because I'm paying too much attention to the recipe and not enough to the equipment. So, I'm stepping back a bit and trying other cookbooks. </div><div><br /></div><div>Cooking is a distraction, and I'm throwing my whole self into it, so I spent yesterday in the kitchen. I made the cake that ended up being the texture of cornbread. But, I also made a delicious chicken stew that I served over mashed potatoes. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMYUrK9OpIL7vfGEC9pTUL72Q4S154yi1vV5EyPOLrTiwpsyUN6Q40WLJ3pxBar18tWgF34deE2mgyTGj-MhPBAWGK1FHliQgz2ZImeFH53yr47ZP_fb5v1x8nluQTZeBzgBYnCQGfQs8RZSb1gC1APQDGiNOmTX9fHtlhGCikBZZcpE263Om0pcKCfAi/s4032/4F41DF16-5A02-4B11-B026-B3A7950F15E6.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMYUrK9OpIL7vfGEC9pTUL72Q4S154yi1vV5EyPOLrTiwpsyUN6Q40WLJ3pxBar18tWgF34deE2mgyTGj-MhPBAWGK1FHliQgz2ZImeFH53yr47ZP_fb5v1x8nluQTZeBzgBYnCQGfQs8RZSb1gC1APQDGiNOmTX9fHtlhGCikBZZcpE263Om0pcKCfAi/s320/4F41DF16-5A02-4B11-B026-B3A7950F15E6.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>And, I braised a leek. We didn't grow up with leeks, but I've been experimenting, putting them in different things like potato soup and sautéing them with a sliced mushroom to fill an omelette. Yesterday, I found this braised leek recipe with a pancetta dressing. Who knew that's what a cooked leek tasted like. It was just a one off thing to see if we'd like it, not part of a meal, but I ate the whole thing as an afternoon snack.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaCSa4m5qljLVLdMoHQZSv88lGno2LWYbMMBp6ubS3zB2fToZeCu6QbeoHQQwIBvKVU3LLual0D81Lsq1qv7GzI7-9SOZWBbJImWiEjWQLq6JUSP6miKIxiSsuSu6LubUvWAums2IqyHC_8LZvhic3STANUUT2JgMpdJ5097ztsgLmj9gF4Kdw1OBZz_G/s4032/FA91BB24-1239-4B93-946C-18F300C9ECC5.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaCSa4m5qljLVLdMoHQZSv88lGno2LWYbMMBp6ubS3zB2fToZeCu6QbeoHQQwIBvKVU3LLual0D81Lsq1qv7GzI7-9SOZWBbJImWiEjWQLq6JUSP6miKIxiSsuSu6LubUvWAums2IqyHC_8LZvhic3STANUUT2JgMpdJ5097ztsgLmj9gF4Kdw1OBZz_G/s320/FA91BB24-1239-4B93-946C-18F300C9ECC5.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>And, I made a pot of sauce with chicken sausage. Not sure how that's going to be. It was very greasy when I tasted it, so am hoping I can scoop some of that off now that it's been in the fridge. The sausage has been delicious on pizza, so this is just an experiment to see how it goes. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEY-0fnLMe48tCgNTvdKGRe8Mg-hl0fl2ZfqpAt6vRvBq7FEjhbFrEjKX5MH2oFmTogCAbyOMZTlex76PC_4pewGLJ48mHgXLphM9uOfSx5mw710IikfuF-pDSiaYp9OGKQ72OHRNNPBCr32z3Eo1_VK9UQUV3QPZzDF-DXYJ-3q7Nc_WytrYti1v5beuy/s4032/77A7E1F1-620C-4997-935F-04FE3832284D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEY-0fnLMe48tCgNTvdKGRe8Mg-hl0fl2ZfqpAt6vRvBq7FEjhbFrEjKX5MH2oFmTogCAbyOMZTlex76PC_4pewGLJ48mHgXLphM9uOfSx5mw710IikfuF-pDSiaYp9OGKQ72OHRNNPBCr32z3Eo1_VK9UQUV3QPZzDF-DXYJ-3q7Nc_WytrYti1v5beuy/s320/77A7E1F1-620C-4997-935F-04FE3832284D.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Last week, Rob's 2006 F150 hit it's first repair that exceeded the value of the vehicle, so he'd been shopping diligently for a new truck. Saturday morning, he stumbled up on an ad for one that was almost too good to be true. We went and looked at it as soon as the dealership opened and brought it home with us. I can tell he's very excited and has been playing with it like a kid with a Christmas toy. Every so often, I realize I don't know where he is and he comes in to tell me some new thing he's discovered about it. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJ1_FisifDFPi4HYlTr_yt_vxFivbQdQOwmSR01WirzvNCNpyCjQ3t6v-4okQzvYbwkeXlrRF1g7Qmt8WZG3nyDVaanw-26bEWVF36l9RtANJdy3yBXh8jIIF4zl7tjkuDq97H208LneOsfVXv3eia0a0UyWVvWG73utSPxmIlH_0Gk99CqkX-WcVSqiG/s4032/09C28DB7-85DD-436B-9CD4-560D25EA9860.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJ1_FisifDFPi4HYlTr_yt_vxFivbQdQOwmSR01WirzvNCNpyCjQ3t6v-4okQzvYbwkeXlrRF1g7Qmt8WZG3nyDVaanw-26bEWVF36l9RtANJdy3yBXh8jIIF4zl7tjkuDq97H208LneOsfVXv3eia0a0UyWVvWG73utSPxmIlH_0Gk99CqkX-WcVSqiG/s320/09C28DB7-85DD-436B-9CD4-560D25EA9860.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqacAJf4lOM5x-wV0iqCD6gQxCmKEXMZGbO0xK_LCcKVQ8QOAuQSfD0KQ2Wg1jK61uamTHmbZbbY6qcgHO_5XvXxwv0nbjayQV2CC3eEocvwM2WPr6B2epM9yHNmBE5V7HRlglluaRQ1lbulcOOFWtdmUXv_6O2umT0pHuSsA-Det972OsOEuF4j2dmmja/s4032/02F3E862-E625-4842-88A0-3E11730EE51E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqacAJf4lOM5x-wV0iqCD6gQxCmKEXMZGbO0xK_LCcKVQ8QOAuQSfD0KQ2Wg1jK61uamTHmbZbbY6qcgHO_5XvXxwv0nbjayQV2CC3eEocvwM2WPr6B2epM9yHNmBE5V7HRlglluaRQ1lbulcOOFWtdmUXv_6O2umT0pHuSsA-Det972OsOEuF4j2dmmja/s320/02F3E862-E625-4842-88A0-3E11730EE51E.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8mBbc2Oq9JL0VLW3M9ka0SfNRuyYqow4BcJ3SAGGhChW-1nv9cslatRtNhzm1VmYysuCxy51dmqqO89CWU1A9nxt8ZBQEwjU2I8ey5f2t2a990vTbU-d3trjCscnoCoG0gaG7Uuaz8mXhPeZ2tiJ0_SFBZErGsoqsQlnczDFq4UijeUA6jIJP_PMAEEO/s4032/5FDEB101-D47C-4847-BE7A-77A311571C36.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8mBbc2Oq9JL0VLW3M9ka0SfNRuyYqow4BcJ3SAGGhChW-1nv9cslatRtNhzm1VmYysuCxy51dmqqO89CWU1A9nxt8ZBQEwjU2I8ey5f2t2a990vTbU-d3trjCscnoCoG0gaG7Uuaz8mXhPeZ2tiJ0_SFBZErGsoqsQlnczDFq4UijeUA6jIJP_PMAEEO/s320/5FDEB101-D47C-4847-BE7A-77A311571C36.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I'm going to be out for a couple weeks. I'm having my eyes done...not for beauty, but for utility. I'm having cataract surgery next Monday and the Monday after. The one thing that no one has been able to tell me is how I'm supposed to work between visits when my eyeglass prescription doesn't work anymore. That's going to be an adventure. Everyone says this is going to be a big nothing, and I am trusting in that and am not really even nervous about it. I can hardly see now, so anything is going to be an improvement. Unfortunately, due to a secondary eye condition, I can't get the Cadillac of lenses that would keep me from needing glasses.</div><div><br /></div><div>Everybody have a great couple of weeks! I wanted to leave you with this thought from Adam Rippon. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfJg41DJ1lu1sUf8pZzY6bTDGRqax9FzvY0NA2ng6OnyU_0ED88-Gjg-RRlHgHz0sY_ObPdFZD1TXv_I7Jg8Y3AXTSHQCWaspf5uKB7eE0AqHQTxzjiwm5c573ZLIHFwPRZArc49MP1Qt7HN4Z8csb2kP3pwrCMYU9I4EQWODzEPEdItkZ4buJVt7mnuk/s1215/9F81CF18-2FEE-44B1-827A-528F83F055E6_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="779" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfJg41DJ1lu1sUf8pZzY6bTDGRqax9FzvY0NA2ng6OnyU_0ED88-Gjg-RRlHgHz0sY_ObPdFZD1TXv_I7Jg8Y3AXTSHQCWaspf5uKB7eE0AqHQTxzjiwm5c573ZLIHFwPRZArc49MP1Qt7HN4Z8csb2kP3pwrCMYU9I4EQWODzEPEdItkZ4buJVt7mnuk/s320/9F81CF18-2FEE-44B1-827A-528F83F055E6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="205" /></a></div><br /><div>Lane<br /><div><br /></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-42463460662203876562024-01-22T05:48:00.000-06:002024-01-22T05:48:09.606-06:00Turn up the heat!<p>I'll be right up front, nothing happened last week except trying to stay warm. I was "under the weather" (not quite sick, but not quite feeling up to par). Fortunately, I'd spent last Sunday making soup and chili and other delicious warm foods, so I didn't need to get much done except clean up after us and Rob helped with that. Fortunately, there wasn't any precipitation with this hard freeze, so we weren't shut in. </p><p>Monday was a holiday. It's new for my company to offer MLK day and I forgot and worked half a day. At noon, I was like why am I not getting any emails? Then I checked and no one appeared to be logged in, so I double checked my connection to make sure I was logged in...and then I went to check and sure enough, holiday. So, I got the afternoon off and spent it knitting on a sweater I'm making. Tuesday, I worked, but it was 15 degrees that morning with a high in the mid 20's and I convinced Rob to take some of that paid time off he's been hoarding. By Wednesday afternoon, it was all over and we had sun Weds afternoon, all day Thursday and Friday morning. Then it was cloudy and while it was cold, it stayed above freezing. </p><p>Both greenhouses did great! I had bluetooth thermometers in both, so didn't have to open them to make sure it was warm inside. After the first night, I added some weight around the perimeter of the portable greenhouse to keep the wind from blowing under the flaps that sit on the ground and that kept it several degrees higher the next night. When I opened it on Thursday for some sun, everyone was happy. So happy that a tomato was ripening. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0Gq-i8MQIvcnJEqGMx0WcrvPiyvbY8Mk8YRcMX5RPqIKlSyMPRwPF5TwFsCl1OJbif3QYPcoPue1BDp3ww-odejVx9UNgzk64iq4i0it0BYbqU216OVcB3m-R4RZ2ibutFKAQQ14w0AL5UfnxTJ4EOQ5Eb9I6EYGglxIEsQGK9gpb1PGun1_xumPMmsn/s4032/6A327B44-88E9-43A5-9FD4-7757C6A84BFE.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0Gq-i8MQIvcnJEqGMx0WcrvPiyvbY8Mk8YRcMX5RPqIKlSyMPRwPF5TwFsCl1OJbif3QYPcoPue1BDp3ww-odejVx9UNgzk64iq4i0it0BYbqU216OVcB3m-R4RZ2ibutFKAQQ14w0AL5UfnxTJ4EOQ5Eb9I6EYGglxIEsQGK9gpb1PGun1_xumPMmsn/s320/6A327B44-88E9-43A5-9FD4-7757C6A84BFE.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Through the whole thing, Bella stayed warm and curled up in her bed. She's been having a little trouble with her mobility. She's not as quick to get up after being still for a few hours and she doesn't run much and jumping up on the furniture was getting harder. The vet suggested Librela. It's a monthly injection, which will be a pain, but the night of the first injection, she started doing things she hadn't done in 6 months, like jump off the sofa, run across the room and take a flying leap onto the chair and another leap to her favorite perch to observe me from...it's so nice to be someone's everything. She doesn't want me to touch or cuddle her, but she doesn't want me out of her line of sight either. Weird little dog.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYeaAVPoXJVAbYEWBNsmsC34V_lWVlxo6ikzq8bdq0-TSBl-XBUwn1RdoBXjAawvYDaPnMe5BtOjs-BNw3BdZqvx9do7h9P_TzagpSbHo2lnjrC8u_rPChENOyauuyzq3mOFjT_FZUlhyphenhyphenXR71VnfmZUmpGVRTvvKKsa9kJ0zeeWp5ApeVow4NERFlHZub/s3541/7AAD4254-0B3C-4D0C-BD9D-3C9B6909E8DD_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2461" data-original-width="3541" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYeaAVPoXJVAbYEWBNsmsC34V_lWVlxo6ikzq8bdq0-TSBl-XBUwn1RdoBXjAawvYDaPnMe5BtOjs-BNw3BdZqvx9do7h9P_TzagpSbHo2lnjrC8u_rPChENOyauuyzq3mOFjT_FZUlhyphenhyphenXR71VnfmZUmpGVRTvvKKsa9kJ0zeeWp5ApeVow4NERFlHZub/s320/7AAD4254-0B3C-4D0C-BD9D-3C9B6909E8DD_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p>While it was so cold, I really didn't waste...I mean wisely spend much time cleaning house, so Saturday morning, I made up for it. While I was doing that, Rob pulled out his lego to do some maintenance and to add a new piece he'd assembled during his extra time off. I got to see them and he has some very detailed pieces. This is the Simpson's house.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHCWJzoqt85o17S3y2p4rGxCwZjXIUSe8a7WXTgVJIMKgPVwYNNQ6TpsgcMH4NTRfDTN90prs437WSJQNet43q79uWGMHXj16sHRZoBn8EbOrOfG4xTaLTYRYy_thVdVxb4z3c4_WDYGkTIxR09Mt93nZHDQ6V-V361qAaZYmuU4V73CW1HxxWrfnynLY/s4032/56761A5F-6876-4635-8E22-64200EE6C92E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHCWJzoqt85o17S3y2p4rGxCwZjXIUSe8a7WXTgVJIMKgPVwYNNQ6TpsgcMH4NTRfDTN90prs437WSJQNet43q79uWGMHXj16sHRZoBn8EbOrOfG4xTaLTYRYy_thVdVxb4z3c4_WDYGkTIxR09Mt93nZHDQ6V-V361qAaZYmuU4V73CW1HxxWrfnynLY/s320/56761A5F-6876-4635-8E22-64200EE6C92E.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p>And, the RV.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgJou4375zDRI_zsU4KyyrEibhXaZ2wfw83v0rDcFp7fYxLs2oQlXG-V9jeNe4jkiqBDqVMzJVy158exOG3Cyy_P5Dv_Go0w-YAB24iEPGk7-ou11ETi-oQMlYiJ4l9jlnC3-co5eOiMLln7cur3Se0wB5d8wRh5YV8F844-PSJChyphenhyphentV-nPlBv8HNijuo/s4032/BC5E1900-A044-4B38-B674-D1854BA3FA0C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgJou4375zDRI_zsU4KyyrEibhXaZ2wfw83v0rDcFp7fYxLs2oQlXG-V9jeNe4jkiqBDqVMzJVy158exOG3Cyy_P5Dv_Go0w-YAB24iEPGk7-ou11ETi-oQMlYiJ4l9jlnC3-co5eOiMLln7cur3Se0wB5d8wRh5YV8F844-PSJChyphenhyphentV-nPlBv8HNijuo/s320/BC5E1900-A044-4B38-B674-D1854BA3FA0C.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And, some of the other pieces. The light blue truck and horse trailer in the back are the new pieces.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9mlS6uMhhs8ZRWx8SCPsIkUa8J2BfegwNfq6SiHzdwb43N0sUsQw5Hg1myMsbE5yZP8xgMIlmOVRQSCYTyy7U_IqXypBOqD4KUctMT58HO_8iOnaqzXbEv67VK_5CWhLIjw4ZEl4b-f8qpke9F3v6iilF1urvxW-Q5m5KhQq9QJVFVhviSz0CqRAhI6c/s4032/D728A25A-A90A-4CF0-894C-1283588B1164.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9mlS6uMhhs8ZRWx8SCPsIkUa8J2BfegwNfq6SiHzdwb43N0sUsQw5Hg1myMsbE5yZP8xgMIlmOVRQSCYTyy7U_IqXypBOqD4KUctMT58HO_8iOnaqzXbEv67VK_5CWhLIjw4ZEl4b-f8qpke9F3v6iilF1urvxW-Q5m5KhQq9QJVFVhviSz0CqRAhI6c/s320/D728A25A-A90A-4CF0-894C-1283588B1164.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p>And, the cabin he says we'll live in one day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8TG8pIEaep_Lcin-Z4tPjPfP1z2IQmX4RzuM-KY_ikhs2vEpQJ5FrfkzkAN-NZ-PrVXTRpd3zB00HVdGu8_vxYVW7qlzXkXeLsg1r8UupM4sbFV6lS2N9B5Jb68IzbGlL4ADEvBWQI1NwX9FQyP6Q8uv5EtU5OFTCFVGMAIT_vGdg2sfievF1-TnOviV/s4032/C44B1B3E-9DA7-4102-9F42-5876CA82D04D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8TG8pIEaep_Lcin-Z4tPjPfP1z2IQmX4RzuM-KY_ikhs2vEpQJ5FrfkzkAN-NZ-PrVXTRpd3zB00HVdGu8_vxYVW7qlzXkXeLsg1r8UupM4sbFV6lS2N9B5Jb68IzbGlL4ADEvBWQI1NwX9FQyP6Q8uv5EtU5OFTCFVGMAIT_vGdg2sfievF1-TnOviV/s320/C44B1B3E-9DA7-4102-9F42-5876CA82D04D.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p>The lego from my childhood has grown up to be a very expensive and complicated adult amusement. Rob can spend hours working on a piece. </p><p>Sydney asked me for a secret recipe the other day, one that's not written down. I gave it to her, but secrets have a price. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQi4EXf2N5xBcVfxW4on1iS2rtfayFDA5zRQUMZRsiIG2GSjsvN42Z2gVfgyjscHwHXR_aGvxT-MZO2mFtNjlUnPouEpMPZ_lDmc7mFE-3b2V5hkIGGkEngSCgj62RMcGd_0EjMLudfSqBIdkhTcfLX3RGHhYwYR0uQhcHYpfTmC8Oq2tg494D154gGJ3Y/s724/7FCDBFBD-C3D2-46C8-B8E0-9F77776CDF00_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="724" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQi4EXf2N5xBcVfxW4on1iS2rtfayFDA5zRQUMZRsiIG2GSjsvN42Z2gVfgyjscHwHXR_aGvxT-MZO2mFtNjlUnPouEpMPZ_lDmc7mFE-3b2V5hkIGGkEngSCgj62RMcGd_0EjMLudfSqBIdkhTcfLX3RGHhYwYR0uQhcHYpfTmC8Oq2tg494D154gGJ3Y/s320/7FCDBFBD-C3D2-46C8-B8E0-9F77776CDF00_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Everybody have a great week! The weather says everyone in the US is going to have warmer weather this week. I hope it's nice and safe and warm wherever you are. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lane</div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-4157585911758365832024-01-15T06:19:00.005-06:002024-01-15T06:20:50.677-06:00Baby, it's cold outside!<p>All is good here. Hope it is where you are as well. The temperatures I'm seeing in the news leave few us us truly comfortable...or safe. Climate change is coming for us all. </p><p>In Austin, anytime it drops below freezing, people head to the grocery to fill their pantries for Armageddon. It's crazy how so many freak out. We did our regular grocery run yesterday and ran into shelves like this all over the store. It didn't really affect us. I was able to find everything we needed by sometimes buying a different brand or size, but I still don't get this urgent need to hoard food for a freeze. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6pftLRWuPtxahf5hq_mKjy9YpWGPNcFqzB6p9qBGAH0RiaqARDb7GLFcOAapX8DoPaNnzJZWCsr8GJ12rmCPqUlTmHec4cZbqXWuPb1uEyJehxrcvmM0XqqSWataltoxSKSh46ZuPjupHBvwjkeYtSvfHnSxbk-Fw6E2EQefjB5Lly-uDSjJxMLWhAR6/s4032/C7DEA67B-D743-4485-998E-A8B83250766A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6pftLRWuPtxahf5hq_mKjy9YpWGPNcFqzB6p9qBGAH0RiaqARDb7GLFcOAapX8DoPaNnzJZWCsr8GJ12rmCPqUlTmHec4cZbqXWuPb1uEyJehxrcvmM0XqqSWataltoxSKSh46ZuPjupHBvwjkeYtSvfHnSxbk-Fw6E2EQefjB5Lly-uDSjJxMLWhAR6/s320/C7DEA67B-D743-4485-998E-A8B83250766A.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There wasn't much to do yesterday, so I cooked. I made a batch of homemade croutons out of old bread, a big pot of beef/vegetable soup, a pot of chili, chicken korma, a batch of oatmeal/chocolate cookies, and bread. Even if we lose power, we will eat good. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeJWdvSgFuHQbPXco_G4qMMrqPFk-78q-R16R_HqkzqgKwL-fdgVn71TGkptuV_hECpx1agcLTJ4HBke8r7RZLdRxYro1QDhVHvkwyhP96OqGXKIFEoRL9YHsvH9OUBmTQuUkcpcurnifu3hRiUpnQ2Mn0BW6A6iDABIXvFXs7YQpHvpyaJDnRQb2lirY/s4032/1E4C4BA9-BB43-4539-A9D6-57D2E2DC2501.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeJWdvSgFuHQbPXco_G4qMMrqPFk-78q-R16R_HqkzqgKwL-fdgVn71TGkptuV_hECpx1agcLTJ4HBke8r7RZLdRxYro1QDhVHvkwyhP96OqGXKIFEoRL9YHsvH9OUBmTQuUkcpcurnifu3hRiUpnQ2Mn0BW6A6iDABIXvFXs7YQpHvpyaJDnRQb2lirY/s320/1E4C4BA9-BB43-4539-A9D6-57D2E2DC2501.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Saturday, we covered the greenhouses. I had to adjust the greenhouse cozy to fit a larger greenhouse this year, so I did that early Saturday morning and by mid afternoon, we had my two covered as well as Rob's. We were in goodwill one day and I found a nice quilted bedspread with a poly batting for $8. I decided my time to make quilts for the larger greenhouse was worth more than that, so we were buying them when it was warm and no one else was thinking about it. The last few times we've been in goodwill, there were no warm blankets. This morning, both my greenhouses are at 36*F. That's not very warm, but it's above freezing and the plants should be alright. I opened the small one yesterday to check on it and I swear, it was warmer in there than the digital thermometer said it was, so I'm not really worried. Also, the humidity in there is 80%. If it was that cold, that water would have condensed and fallen to the ground and the humidity would drop, so I remain hopeful that the tropicals will be fine.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjWTwLZ_2SIiTi_kVjNUBfG9cV1lqUqZz1DypTNnmkiGUAeLrV_jNHvH2UYxJ5JlAuc7S_VHZrxCmEUi1wEguQF9Jj4JOvTCkzP9RoLTem9AYfBnNgPgfEpJcrfp52xIUCNksru3KCx7DX3316UUu316_Tj-gsWW86vo7z-4HOGPIo2Vha5uHfRnjkyvP/s4032/64046062-AA72-4B72-B6E1-3ECDAA55020F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjWTwLZ_2SIiTi_kVjNUBfG9cV1lqUqZz1DypTNnmkiGUAeLrV_jNHvH2UYxJ5JlAuc7S_VHZrxCmEUi1wEguQF9Jj4JOvTCkzP9RoLTem9AYfBnNgPgfEpJcrfp52xIUCNksru3KCx7DX3316UUu316_Tj-gsWW86vo7z-4HOGPIo2Vha5uHfRnjkyvP/s320/64046062-AA72-4B72-B6E1-3ECDAA55020F.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7LeV8s_rsGCT5xBinTXuQYXY-ma9uO8wAqHXmX8B61pSlxVLd_L6yECobDeIskiYc7NMsPGNuPfjSPZnjCqEaPH9SFexzVOL1Cc5fd3PIMYtGPHE8qhw2qpIJz6jIDrISybvFpW_YLCS8AwGC0AKuorVYTxKvYsHKE28l1RGxLq2JQT_j6078QwyFdcB/s4032/2485E364-BC13-42A6-B0C2-FB071F749C04.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7LeV8s_rsGCT5xBinTXuQYXY-ma9uO8wAqHXmX8B61pSlxVLd_L6yECobDeIskiYc7NMsPGNuPfjSPZnjCqEaPH9SFexzVOL1Cc5fd3PIMYtGPHE8qhw2qpIJz6jIDrISybvFpW_YLCS8AwGC0AKuorVYTxKvYsHKE28l1RGxLq2JQT_j6078QwyFdcB/s320/2485E364-BC13-42A6-B0C2-FB071F749C04.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>We went out for dinner on Saturday night. Nothing fancy, just some Chinese at a favorite place but it was just us with no distractions and that's always nice. On the way home, we saw the most magnificent sunset as the cold air moved in. It was like the sky was on fire. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6ClAlezYr6F482AdyrUO2D9z9KybJQDoaKjtetl2Uo_V1yXW0VVv3SnBDsUo-mZnDGzVC-LQVmJS6K8DYvTPGB7Bcr4IDvcdO8hfVB9AiXMjuOaWGDludU9MYWvJJU-VMa1tklCvcUON_ApzN-6TCqc7xx4kudnqkSB-s2EaS_wm5OcmIgfCDVDtIrwm/s3024/6B8B729D-AAE1-46E6-A0AD-22CCD10204D5_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2221" data-original-width="3024" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6ClAlezYr6F482AdyrUO2D9z9KybJQDoaKjtetl2Uo_V1yXW0VVv3SnBDsUo-mZnDGzVC-LQVmJS6K8DYvTPGB7Bcr4IDvcdO8hfVB9AiXMjuOaWGDludU9MYWvJJU-VMa1tklCvcUON_ApzN-6TCqc7xx4kudnqkSB-s2EaS_wm5OcmIgfCDVDtIrwm/s320/6B8B729D-AAE1-46E6-A0AD-22CCD10204D5_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I have a Christmas cactus that's late. Someone suggested that maybe the cactus was on time and Christmas was early. I like that idea. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23jgR4f_iFmGc33OlOpxjDCQdryHMv2n7_sgPXDr6RKMLIva-ZJnKmMt5C8JWpyFhTcpDHx83QUg0nltwx7I8KIyuknRxGbJ13BMX-HMY4SMcBmOEXHwLQF-_KUVXaj6m8Ae2HuBs-EcjhHRbjYrzOQHefT8xZiqQs3cyANE3unralI2G0ZAYCSJHVwOf/s4032/7BF9BCE0-448F-46AA-9B17-4FFA0D7C1B3E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23jgR4f_iFmGc33OlOpxjDCQdryHMv2n7_sgPXDr6RKMLIva-ZJnKmMt5C8JWpyFhTcpDHx83QUg0nltwx7I8KIyuknRxGbJ13BMX-HMY4SMcBmOEXHwLQF-_KUVXaj6m8Ae2HuBs-EcjhHRbjYrzOQHefT8xZiqQs3cyANE3unralI2G0ZAYCSJHVwOf/s320/7BF9BCE0-448F-46AA-9B17-4FFA0D7C1B3E.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>The plants are packed in that greenhouse, but with the bigger portable greenhouse, there's a path that goes all the way to the back. Last year when it was freezing, I could not have gotten to the back if I'd tried. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGQkblJpsT2AFRYRIapGMcoYGpw74MoJcAplvl73asls1Sw-Y_XypKBwUrUGxFQceGyLuDJob7o980YotBfE5xH2htsEFYRml1r5ucAhDh-fHfQWn20iMWXoLRSXz4Ut0zIAAyJDOf1WtoVmhOlCkYh84vPd1HOWi9imwZvPTu1iX47thXIRPQUrQzaCb/s4032/1FD24707-3E09-4C64-86DB-8DEAEA96ADA9.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGQkblJpsT2AFRYRIapGMcoYGpw74MoJcAplvl73asls1Sw-Y_XypKBwUrUGxFQceGyLuDJob7o980YotBfE5xH2htsEFYRml1r5ucAhDh-fHfQWn20iMWXoLRSXz4Ut0zIAAyJDOf1WtoVmhOlCkYh84vPd1HOWi9imwZvPTu1iX47thXIRPQUrQzaCb/s320/1FD24707-3E09-4C64-86DB-8DEAEA96ADA9.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Last week, I identified an opportunity at work. We have a small issue that only affects a few customers, but is annying and costs us a good bit of money every year. It's too small to get the company's attention for a fix, but it needs a consistent process because everybody that bumps into it takes a different approach to solving it. I pointed that out to my manager and instead of sending out an email under his name to ask if his peers agreed that we needed a solution, he forwarded my email. That felt good. And, the reply emails that started with some version of "I agree with Lane..." really felt good. Now, I just gotta think of a way to solve it...oops! Don't offer what you don't have, I guess.</div><div><br /></div><div>I saw this and thought it was funny enough to share. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIe7cHEb84z3gzLkHVb-fIgVD2C-e3RrLOqCHRrHuzRHeVEVNQhcNG9qOnkwxF1hxrdyYWg8c7isW3DMXU8bi8rWTc5YAljLUFDc2VTbc6U301VQgg4hd5A4oTLQ3Cmvxh_Tz8cATjZreVo970902OXTFwiT2RuAN0JrSiszeinuVJIKIvzT_lozgAP_Wr/s870/4B456CC7-268A-4F5A-B684-C87A314F017F_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="870" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIe7cHEb84z3gzLkHVb-fIgVD2C-e3RrLOqCHRrHuzRHeVEVNQhcNG9qOnkwxF1hxrdyYWg8c7isW3DMXU8bi8rWTc5YAljLUFDc2VTbc6U301VQgg4hd5A4oTLQ3Cmvxh_Tz8cATjZreVo970902OXTFwiT2RuAN0JrSiszeinuVJIKIvzT_lozgAP_Wr/s320/4B456CC7-268A-4F5A-B684-C87A314F017F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Everybody have a great week! Hunker down and stay warm like Bella is. Spring will come...eventually, but we might have to chant "I believe in spring, I believe in spring..." If we believe enough, spring will come. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMDFe2XGC7BpSNx9ar8bLPKIiL51FfdAfRyoT-y1a9BL-QK4926E6CLQmBXkOoO6nxiEIsY_LAwudpI2QND4RAmsf_4zogebdfaErItTT_1YSEsHakoJxud3QMez9VojQJVPcCUhS-smR8mRlqCJZhcqFKOQNWp-gbtCVr6dSRIW9oXRXfqwQ0UGt4KSK/s3541/7AAD4254-0B3C-4D0C-BD9D-3C9B6909E8DD_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2461" data-original-width="3541" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMDFe2XGC7BpSNx9ar8bLPKIiL51FfdAfRyoT-y1a9BL-QK4926E6CLQmBXkOoO6nxiEIsY_LAwudpI2QND4RAmsf_4zogebdfaErItTT_1YSEsHakoJxud3QMez9VojQJVPcCUhS-smR8mRlqCJZhcqFKOQNWp-gbtCVr6dSRIW9oXRXfqwQ0UGt4KSK/s320/7AAD4254-0B3C-4D0C-BD9D-3C9B6909E8DD_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Lane</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-16202434170773312972024-01-08T05:53:00.001-06:002024-01-08T05:53:59.968-06:00Missed you!<p>I didn't get around to posting over the holiday weeks. It was such a busy time. We had a lot of fun and Rob and I got a whole lot done and I had to get back to work to get some rest. I don't think we took any pictures Christmas Day except the appetizers, not even one of the four of us together. We opened presents and ate and shared memories of Christmas past and laughed a lot! I even managed to keep up with the dishes so there wasn't a mountain to do after lunch. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKQv3ubL0cu50SBqHOt6YW-quN0Fl4RivKua05xzQCPRtpfxwfzXYCe5_Bl_ZaGBTsL8Z_FPBCWP7D02jdJ4gHBk2BvSoNf6VkNfpxjH68q48vytEnHijCLxVVeRkF6Sod9lbs-pxACTEXoy0gA-e8xm0FQotjpW-OIFKSYaJQK8Q7Rk4gi1Qh03v95wi/s4032/A2349D11-DAE2-4AC7-922F-F78E42D3B369_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKQv3ubL0cu50SBqHOt6YW-quN0Fl4RivKua05xzQCPRtpfxwfzXYCe5_Bl_ZaGBTsL8Z_FPBCWP7D02jdJ4gHBk2BvSoNf6VkNfpxjH68q48vytEnHijCLxVVeRkF6Sod9lbs-pxACTEXoy0gA-e8xm0FQotjpW-OIFKSYaJQK8Q7Rk4gi1Qh03v95wi/s320/A2349D11-DAE2-4AC7-922F-F78E42D3B369_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On New Years Eve, I made a big meal that was hardly fit to eat. Not sure why, but I must have used up all my cooking mojo on Christmas. The roast had no flavor, the asparagus had the wrong flavor and the rolls were dry. It was what it was and I have made it up to Rob with several good meals since. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGrZ9PdLtIQfFDkAgt_MhB98T4LDljfY2dCpiyS1ka3IrPhUBXoW8lc4LJ2bqqXGZGmLHwNWsiIgakv41JD6NLsRX-dMVeO-bdMxQRlqIMdXnoD4O8Agk3WveZvhamkgYREhlv5sQrjBlyvnCctGwX21gMm0c_CZEG5lsMP04Kz1cwZm8aosgI0oyZMAU/s4032/8EB0DD55-375F-4773-BEC5-82921E56B7DE.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGrZ9PdLtIQfFDkAgt_MhB98T4LDljfY2dCpiyS1ka3IrPhUBXoW8lc4LJ2bqqXGZGmLHwNWsiIgakv41JD6NLsRX-dMVeO-bdMxQRlqIMdXnoD4O8Agk3WveZvhamkgYREhlv5sQrjBlyvnCctGwX21gMm0c_CZEG5lsMP04Kz1cwZm8aosgI0oyZMAU/s320/8EB0DD55-375F-4773-BEC5-82921E56B7DE.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>One of the tings I wanted for Christmas was new pots and pans. I researched them and picked what I wanted and had it in my shopping cart, but I kept going back to the fact that my pots and pans are really good ones and they hardly burn anything, heat evenly, and cool quickly, so instead of hitting that buy button, I started researching how I could clean them up and make them look almost like new. I scrubbed the bottoms with barkeepers friend and it worked a wonder! Here's a before and after. (If you use bartenders friend to clean a lot, be sure to wear gloves. It has an acid in it and all the skin peeled from my left hand.)<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjif2KTx3fMa4b7VHhpQpRXiJ6Yv5mtvvjz3x_UQ6nVjo-mVpl1Ca3dxQ3kVVlFz7j23WA2NZJRCF957mjlosV1-iX9NQilyJekE2OzMn1D77KP7Ehul2cSxUHFWt1m-E3SUoDO-uLzOs1x_Zp0sym0vCHmKDKFGxhHv7pPP0u0QPyOrDjei7NpQjpckFOS/s4032/6C6C0B44-563F-4F2B-9E32-58F8AC86F293.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjif2KTx3fMa4b7VHhpQpRXiJ6Yv5mtvvjz3x_UQ6nVjo-mVpl1Ca3dxQ3kVVlFz7j23WA2NZJRCF957mjlosV1-iX9NQilyJekE2OzMn1D77KP7Ehul2cSxUHFWt1m-E3SUoDO-uLzOs1x_Zp0sym0vCHmKDKFGxhHv7pPP0u0QPyOrDjei7NpQjpckFOS/s320/6C6C0B44-563F-4F2B-9E32-58F8AC86F293.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5meJkwrV80P0Vf_8uwBtj-IaxFrUCL1wsHAooCJaj9FMn13IFHFqcqyVBMDzO6GT46qVDS9WCYcw27OWg8el1hhj27aUL466hwgEUUORhQCsbtoSqB3-Bpd77jmZO0-0RyBTJUAzgq_eIJg7mE9ilW3VLH5bSDZu9XAN6AULY9GqYFeNWLGRvmzTMnW7x/s3923/6B5D32B3-5350-4E2B-9585-E2B6EF2155EF_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1903" data-original-width="3923" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5meJkwrV80P0Vf_8uwBtj-IaxFrUCL1wsHAooCJaj9FMn13IFHFqcqyVBMDzO6GT46qVDS9WCYcw27OWg8el1hhj27aUL466hwgEUUORhQCsbtoSqB3-Bpd77jmZO0-0RyBTJUAzgq_eIJg7mE9ilW3VLH5bSDZu9XAN6AULY9GqYFeNWLGRvmzTMnW7x/s320/6B5D32B3-5350-4E2B-9585-E2B6EF2155EF_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>And, I bought them all new knobs and handles. Now they're bright and shiny and just like new. And, it cost about a third of what the new pans were going to cost. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRba-54OSDx67sTC21VxwJ3oQdrRwl0txAToct4_IBPMKN6c35JXH8NyQcKjiQ-H8XYoLIbdINIz1_Fom7JaxXUY6yJ4FirXcRYsF3WO9HrtWZ8JryBiW9enSSrwDBy3ir48EAkAN8w_M7K4I5S-Z4jkDsscbmZWfdhNg6hj5a-urp6e4_fg8lGdBr1bn4/s4032/0E77B86C-EC18-44E0-B1EF-2C407A7995C6_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="4032" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRba-54OSDx67sTC21VxwJ3oQdrRwl0txAToct4_IBPMKN6c35JXH8NyQcKjiQ-H8XYoLIbdINIz1_Fom7JaxXUY6yJ4FirXcRYsF3WO9HrtWZ8JryBiW9enSSrwDBy3ir48EAkAN8w_M7K4I5S-Z4jkDsscbmZWfdhNg6hj5a-urp6e4_fg8lGdBr1bn4/s320/0E77B86C-EC18-44E0-B1EF-2C407A7995C6_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We worked in the yard most of this last weekend, moving things around. And, I forgot to take any pictures. Several years ago, I decided to divide my plants and put a little of this here and there and across the yard so that when it bloomed, there would be some of it all over. And, I accomplished that and it looked nice, and filled the garden with things I knew would thrive. But, now, I have some new plants that I want to use and I have several Iris that didn't bloom, presumably because they're planted too deep. Some of them turned out to be planted in some really hard and nasty clay and I think that's as responsible for no bloom as being planted too deep. So, I dug up most of my iris, cut the tops and planted them in "store bought" soil and am hoping they do better this year. They all had really healthy root systems, so I'm hopeful. I wanted to do this before our first hard freeze, which we're expecting next weekend. Almost everything will die to the ground and I wanted to be able to see the plants I was moving before that happened so I could make sure I wasn't planting something on top of something else. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sydney asked me to make her an Asian themed quilt, so I pulled out all my Asian fabrics and found a pattern I like. I'm not following the pattern exactly and drafted my own layout that takes advantage of some of the larger prints and larger blocks. I've gotten a half dozen blocks made, some prettier than others. It's going to be 25 blocks and I have a small bin packed full of fabric, so it's going to have a lot of variety</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5sMxRtdr6fn4oWCHM8KPbLGUzqz4laFUaHNvlbkfOTuRu3KtcQWZI2Ef-rN_jkZAvQvzAll2X1jgUf5Hk-KoCShrFmvA2mkoy8FhGjPVy9kvvUN3GLcFEHGCSVGkmROjpuM6FnYvj1PNTZ0I8yEoNFdk8cClkd-4QhIIYUej4ap7EnerZjRnLKaK1lBl/s3774/CE8BA660-2686-4BCD-BE2E-75656DB87163_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2647" data-original-width="3774" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5sMxRtdr6fn4oWCHM8KPbLGUzqz4laFUaHNvlbkfOTuRu3KtcQWZI2Ef-rN_jkZAvQvzAll2X1jgUf5Hk-KoCShrFmvA2mkoy8FhGjPVy9kvvUN3GLcFEHGCSVGkmROjpuM6FnYvj1PNTZ0I8yEoNFdk8cClkd-4QhIIYUej4ap7EnerZjRnLKaK1lBl/s320/CE8BA660-2686-4BCD-BE2E-75656DB87163_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Okay, that's it for me today. I hope you're having a wonderful new year and finding things you enjoy. Tell someone you love them and really, really mean it. <div><br /></div><div>Lane<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-34876612917330262462023-12-18T06:14:00.003-06:002023-12-18T14:58:54.355-06:00Morning, shoppers<p> We are definitely morning shoppers. We went out Saturday morning at about 10:30. We hit a couple of favorite stores and had lunch. There were more people in the stores than usual, but not so many that we couldn't maneuver around them, and almost everyone was in the same joyful mood, so lots of smiling and 'excuse me.' After lunch, we wanted to shop more but the traffic was sooooo bad that we came home. I could feel the stress rolling off my driver, Rob and knew that as soon as I got in the crowded stores, I'd be feeling the same. And, there just wasn't anything out there that either of us needed or wanted or wanted anyone else to have bad enough. </p><p>I got distracted in the kitchen and ended up spending 4 hours organizing the spice cabinet and then the pantry. I threw so much away and combined so many open packages into one. Where the Asian food, Italian food and bread had become one thing and you had to take out pasta sauce to get an English muffin, now they each have their own sections. Now, we just need to eat all that food instead of just collecting it. </p><p>Only a couple more pictures of holiday decorations. The last bit is outside the house. Rob always strings lights while I cook Thanksgiving dinner. They change from year to year and we've had all white, all blue, and now, multi-color. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTQs-AhK2uQPJ3VJCF23YsPsgAmoEU2reWZW0U3F_tcUp_Nd4uiNJfCvaFO9t0aiTxT8j4vCQDXdVaEu_tLLP7km8KDnZEB0fPQC3575MGvn5ljwZMpoSKCHPrtF_fvQhYRjIBBRQUXpzNdxnVTBA8yLErFTmjI6WYD8JkIxLjxbJ4nBq88hdz9VBfKL8/s4032/4246537A-A2E1-4A96-9E95-335A94C42429.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTQs-AhK2uQPJ3VJCF23YsPsgAmoEU2reWZW0U3F_tcUp_Nd4uiNJfCvaFO9t0aiTxT8j4vCQDXdVaEu_tLLP7km8KDnZEB0fPQC3575MGvn5ljwZMpoSKCHPrtF_fvQhYRjIBBRQUXpzNdxnVTBA8yLErFTmjI6WYD8JkIxLjxbJ4nBq88hdz9VBfKL8/s320/4246537A-A2E1-4A96-9E95-335A94C42429.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>And, the wreath I made last January from half price off season greenery...I do love a good bargain. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6CIfZF3LyLCUwLcX4W1ag1edAZwJOF1zjCypZABuzHz7dsawda5EelOHkGRRZCnT90ppaToaLtwXDEU3KsHzaSKPKmUVH0_jxOBu1Wlhetzzgw7RagFjsB-Ezdo7dMiN1P80tLla47k3Wa0ej7j4IPt1HEbl4gmcuhLFTawqTbHeaJsIKrMH8kICysrZ/s4032/AF664B47-E348-49D3-B7D4-B67B46086BB8.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6CIfZF3LyLCUwLcX4W1ag1edAZwJOF1zjCypZABuzHz7dsawda5EelOHkGRRZCnT90ppaToaLtwXDEU3KsHzaSKPKmUVH0_jxOBu1Wlhetzzgw7RagFjsB-Ezdo7dMiN1P80tLla47k3Wa0ej7j4IPt1HEbl4gmcuhLFTawqTbHeaJsIKrMH8kICysrZ/s320/AF664B47-E348-49D3-B7D4-B67B46086BB8.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>Yesterday, I made fudge for Syd's boyfriend (except what I sneak for myself) and oatmeal raisin cookies and a double batch of orange curd from the oranges I picked from my tree. I also made a batch of sugar cookies that aren't very sweet and will need frosting because of it. Haven't decided whether to frost them or abandon them and make a different recipe that is sweeter. It would take less time to start over. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacBFPdLDmf0qjqIWvQvlKzBlKbLe-202SvnTN8tAl8aAJ670l0DzyFtFjEKI3OleusNbupZ03gzxdGFQsFHvHrKoZumeJdBAfvdtuHuEAPnwXFDVULYdVFePpWGhuqOlwiWh4X8eYQWbRIWR4FOrr9-_oKOr2Iqls0gIsUgLy696E_ocYKl1zxANVAZFn/s3892/2FB2FBBD-75EB-4E3F-8389-B14950F05E91_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1682" data-original-width="3892" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacBFPdLDmf0qjqIWvQvlKzBlKbLe-202SvnTN8tAl8aAJ670l0DzyFtFjEKI3OleusNbupZ03gzxdGFQsFHvHrKoZumeJdBAfvdtuHuEAPnwXFDVULYdVFePpWGhuqOlwiWh4X8eYQWbRIWR4FOrr9-_oKOr2Iqls0gIsUgLy696E_ocYKl1zxANVAZFn/s320/2FB2FBBD-75EB-4E3F-8389-B14950F05E91_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldPD4sGtkDaOtp7gg8biWBWvAHBboe_pHcQzBl_ulpLyWFHAL7HRYp3SNPixtL-Mv06dRL11vQg1iPgexXXGC6hj5C5j667UBplcJPDdF8bPywWdtXaDOKrRhZKTkuE1BkdwthBwrBUDCm1OJmy7ItmC-lqCWGkrPfEqzxbKe_ITn78PSOHshWoV-rer2/s4032/068DB816-1F35-4E2A-B867-6B57365627C2.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldPD4sGtkDaOtp7gg8biWBWvAHBboe_pHcQzBl_ulpLyWFHAL7HRYp3SNPixtL-Mv06dRL11vQg1iPgexXXGC6hj5C5j667UBplcJPDdF8bPywWdtXaDOKrRhZKTkuE1BkdwthBwrBUDCm1OJmy7ItmC-lqCWGkrPfEqzxbKe_ITn78PSOHshWoV-rer2/s320/068DB816-1F35-4E2A-B867-6B57365627C2.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKsrKtxeywu8_Ax1Sm2sNRc7R09_tFwWmWHAHmn9mL7SvdcxaxEruqgwQ1jMysmPwEei7rsvHOXKc6IyR4EZD4wgPkIuLVGkwi0OpNLJ5HHEEBEBVNJgG4hBPGWcF2Aw1o7lbkdVoyExocTHfMUHivMagD0_hYoaK33Xn3DxxJTcGfV0KNFgD_mgOsJ7b/s4032/A7FF0A6C-D45B-47C4-9B89-237CE69CA41D.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKsrKtxeywu8_Ax1Sm2sNRc7R09_tFwWmWHAHmn9mL7SvdcxaxEruqgwQ1jMysmPwEei7rsvHOXKc6IyR4EZD4wgPkIuLVGkwi0OpNLJ5HHEEBEBVNJgG4hBPGWcF2Aw1o7lbkdVoyExocTHfMUHivMagD0_hYoaK33Xn3DxxJTcGfV0KNFgD_mgOsJ7b/s320/A7FF0A6C-D45B-47C4-9B89-237CE69CA41D.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>We're still enjoying The French Chef series. The other day, she made a Buche de Noel and it has inspired me to try. I could use her recipe, or I could use the one a co-worker recommended to me that she made last year. Anyway, I hope to make that decision and make mine later this week. </p><p>The baby quilt was late. I asked the Mom for her mailing address on Monday. We shipped the box on Tuesday. The baby was born on Tuesday. And, the quilt isn't supposed to get there until tomorrow. Oh, well...</p><p>The box we sent my Dad has been delivered, so I can talk about the divinity saga. He turns 90 this year and I decided to make him divinity candy. Some of my best childhood memories are of my Mom and Aunts getting together to make candy. My Dad loves divinity like the father on A Christmas Story loved turkey, so he'd often volunteer to be around on divinity day to sneak an early piece and to do the manly manual stirring at the end when it was too much for the mixer, but not quite cool enough to scoop. </p><p>I made 5 batches and never quite got it right. On the first batch, I burned the syrup in the pan, so it never got poured into the candy. Second batch, I overcooked the syrup and it got so thick, I nearly burned out the mixer (yes, the new extra powerful new one). I turned it off when we started to smell smoke. It's fine. I scooped it into candies, but it was very grainy. It tasted great, so I put it in tins in case I couldn't do any better and cleared the table to try again. I did some serious research. Third batch, I got the syrup right, but I didn't beat it long enough before scooping, so it turned into thin round disks, only some of which were salvageable. I tinned them too. More research. Fourth batch was grainy again, but edible. Unfortunately, I followed some bad advice about which mixer attachment to use and in trying to change beaters, a good chunk of that one was lost to human error. Batch five was still a little grainy, but definitely the right taste. And, then there was a Christmas miracle when I opened the tin with batch 2 in it and the humidity, which is usually the bain of divinity had turned that grainy mess into something smoother and that wasn't so crumbly. In case you missed it, that meant I had hundreds of pieces of candy to give away. My dad got a nice big tin and a box of the best pieces. Some went to Rob's work and some is going to my book club, who claimed a share of it before it was even made. So, if anybody needs any divinity advice, I can tell you 5 ways not to make it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGGkhiXH09czPmHCgw-QYztdVThvzPKeM7GfToFuHU5gY472F4Sjq_F7OcIt3XSIHE8EYQqLIMRir2TyxcawK72_i54xwqjOTN5AopF4I5gYmBkbzouPQOBt-XJ7FTGWC3sZIvOMV1SHGuKOd5Rpg5qMwukDhG5_ATNs3OSzmxqAFrEnKwqeE5IE5cO1d/s4032/36097536-F8C2-479D-B66A-50A9030069E9.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGGkhiXH09czPmHCgw-QYztdVThvzPKeM7GfToFuHU5gY472F4Sjq_F7OcIt3XSIHE8EYQqLIMRir2TyxcawK72_i54xwqjOTN5AopF4I5gYmBkbzouPQOBt-XJ7FTGWC3sZIvOMV1SHGuKOd5Rpg5qMwukDhG5_ATNs3OSzmxqAFrEnKwqeE5IE5cO1d/s320/36097536-F8C2-479D-B66A-50A9030069E9.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>Hubblebird introduced me to Jamie, the anti-chef. He is doing a 'Jamie and Julia' series where he's making her recipes. He's very funny and I can't wait to see if he learns to cook. He's very inexperienced in the kitchen and more than once I've caught myself shouting 'no, don't do that!' It's going to be fun watching him figure it out. </p><p>Everybody have a great Monday! Next week is Christmas, so no post that day. I'll try to post later in the week. And, the Monday after is New Years, so I'll likely do the same. </p><p>Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!!! And, a happy calm and quiet day to all who don't!!! I still say Happy Holidays because I can't tell who does and who doesn't, but it's a holiday of one kind or another for everyone. There's so much hate in the world, most of it put out there by people who get pissed off if you don't say Christmas but who have lost the actual spirit of love that Christmas should bring and show it by acting pissed off. If you're one of those, enjoy the day spent celebrating the birth of a brown immigrant. Who knows where the next one might be born. Are you ready?</p><p>Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good night...or day...I really stretched for that one, so credit for trying. Take care of yourself, whether you spend the day with friend or foe and find the spark of kindness in your heart that you can keep alight all year long. We're gonna need it!</p><p>Lane</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-76606689845495876682023-12-11T06:04:00.001-06:002023-12-11T06:04:31.356-06:00Halfway thereWe are halfway to Christmas and the pressure is on. Yesterday, Rob wanted to watch another Christmas movie and I was like, can we just watch something where somebody blows up? Not that there aren't plenty of Christmas movies where somebody blows up, but he got the idea and found us other stuff to watch. <div><br /></div><div>This week, I want to show off Rob's villages. He built this stand last year and it has worked out really well. After it was built, we watched something on TV and saw one very similar that was being used to stack kids toys. I thought "climbing risk, I hope theirs is as sturdy as Rob's." </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxTJtd7NC0tnhMfFOb5j2EgO8hjNHF-Gaj8dZXjVePhi93GXGmf-gs5OanieZCao51moDJceVFK6vZjRhS6FkWRaXowO0VfF0UTK2gdBw4pNjCY1K8P-tVD0iBO-EkXh7zL5z1Y2uveDsWBV-ifVt-n8EOFEam4tzc7acStjuchf5ct9L7QeCbXjHcL2y/s4032/72E8EFE4-7A2C-4F24-8E15-7D8EFA689DD6_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxTJtd7NC0tnhMfFOb5j2EgO8hjNHF-Gaj8dZXjVePhi93GXGmf-gs5OanieZCao51moDJceVFK6vZjRhS6FkWRaXowO0VfF0UTK2gdBw4pNjCY1K8P-tVD0iBO-EkXh7zL5z1Y2uveDsWBV-ifVt-n8EOFEam4tzc7acStjuchf5ct9L7QeCbXjHcL2y/s320/72E8EFE4-7A2C-4F24-8E15-7D8EFA689DD6_1_201_a.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Rob's villages offer something for everyone and yes, he still moves the people around as things happen in the village. My husband is crazy for a good diorama. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtTLnoqjzqjr_IIDtO516hLrBCYgaLsk61dc7SBItpRI_uurOQJ0FMFNhH3Mc3C1Mwzz6v_XMg3E-No5_KUxgTtkAMiWspo0bAvw8W6qPMiNf2r-2ypvEtsMyuEE3PXTEBTRXDF1CC1Sh87DeRdaQqjhMMmqaGpAFgLMjYRmuBitRmE89AjyvPUhlnYpQ/s4032/A9B6AFE0-3D21-4B59-8A43-A3FC05DF5C31.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtTLnoqjzqjr_IIDtO516hLrBCYgaLsk61dc7SBItpRI_uurOQJ0FMFNhH3Mc3C1Mwzz6v_XMg3E-No5_KUxgTtkAMiWspo0bAvw8W6qPMiNf2r-2ypvEtsMyuEE3PXTEBTRXDF1CC1Sh87DeRdaQqjhMMmqaGpAFgLMjYRmuBitRmE89AjyvPUhlnYpQ/s320/A9B6AFE0-3D21-4B59-8A43-A3FC05DF5C31.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYfeuVfv6V2bLTtu-V6UFRfqQvETLuhDND00gaNsm7GTMDe7Iq8AvKeHN34W5vH0w0mUe3xV79q-m0kHc9_mnAxsqYEPfZnKa2q_r_jrItDpSO1ezJbWFPnZK3ILiIDPY-Aswi-NbvxAIXC-0ljozknMt-4Od_cLSmZeHo9rftOLiPJNYO7rEGUDu2M9Q/s4032/8CCF6642-3FA5-4FB2-88D6-3C3FBD9FB755.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYfeuVfv6V2bLTtu-V6UFRfqQvETLuhDND00gaNsm7GTMDe7Iq8AvKeHN34W5vH0w0mUe3xV79q-m0kHc9_mnAxsqYEPfZnKa2q_r_jrItDpSO1ezJbWFPnZK3ILiIDPY-Aswi-NbvxAIXC-0ljozknMt-4Od_cLSmZeHo9rftOLiPJNYO7rEGUDu2M9Q/s320/8CCF6642-3FA5-4FB2-88D6-3C3FBD9FB755.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPv-aTrgUNtYGmCeDiPuzmuMDwOZWRZaj5Nxrcz6KObobPxjNbPZnVcEK_2QaKB0YBRcIFmjXiFM61q3f1mugj-YMMyeDELvskjxd_W9HRO2WyHqnZlhzSjutkzzKlaw8UREma-qgJ9gcNQtvOJsHF_cahyphenhyphenMOwkVsTwfQPwziqVg2vtGCuLTqcItSHVzKo/s4032/435CCEA6-858B-4D46-835E-68BB24FD6EA6.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPv-aTrgUNtYGmCeDiPuzmuMDwOZWRZaj5Nxrcz6KObobPxjNbPZnVcEK_2QaKB0YBRcIFmjXiFM61q3f1mugj-YMMyeDELvskjxd_W9HRO2WyHqnZlhzSjutkzzKlaw8UREma-qgJ9gcNQtvOJsHF_cahyphenhyphenMOwkVsTwfQPwziqVg2vtGCuLTqcItSHVzKo/s320/435CCEA6-858B-4D46-835E-68BB24FD6EA6.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>And, there's Retroville. Set in the 50's, this one is a favorite. We can pretend it was a simpler time. And, yes, the people go places and go shopping and have dinner and/or a movie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdN1rBCjuyzjoc53wnTyNuhsXn7E_dTxGWsEvIoOYvsKyImdhFqeMmfGCRtElyYAGRtf0PqU3dzZKzUrCaL9eeiu4jrkb3iHSdIzKFkB028SS-IRsd5INccyVoNHeoTFLtau5h7-LlLwyVwrklr9xcx1jJhO_RnRNRkxBZHzjP0EpfnnhaRdw4XCEoyzD/s4032/5984974F-B006-4C3F-9C96-DFF3AC7B8B87_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1926" data-original-width="4032" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdN1rBCjuyzjoc53wnTyNuhsXn7E_dTxGWsEvIoOYvsKyImdhFqeMmfGCRtElyYAGRtf0PqU3dzZKzUrCaL9eeiu4jrkb3iHSdIzKFkB028SS-IRsd5INccyVoNHeoTFLtau5h7-LlLwyVwrklr9xcx1jJhO_RnRNRkxBZHzjP0EpfnnhaRdw4XCEoyzD/s320/5984974F-B006-4C3F-9C96-DFF3AC7B8B87_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8G9p6zbPvAktHrd9A3SyD6RqoslUi89N7Bzneu793Hkvs4x2ukTRZiUYLPJdCpWTEnP9OlIoZ8R4h7Wv7usNkBGCFIpVynALzrS0TkmIkcETIMi7rhHPPlv5LKoiFCleqZ4fUX6TGOucjkpvSKvkw3aHABcRuLYRT7LwCTTEXmNdDHCsD3yag0YuE9V8/s4032/4D4FF4EB-F185-4652-8B82-546D9DA42668_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I am looking forward to having that finished and shipped this week. Yesterday, I took time to make a big batch of tomato jam. I started with 5# of Roma tomatoes and ended up with 13 quarter-pint jars of jam. The rest was water that boiled away. When I made the first batch, we decided this was what we wanted to use as our 'friends and neighbors' gift this year instead of cookies. Yes, it took 5 hours to cook this down, but now I'm done and am not spending two additional weekends with a frosting bag in my hand. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LNa8DZLTbSVMTP_bpinUjMkiUtROvERuzmy3hdSg8L3gRnQdaDvJgk3tDwWBTXWRpk-b09O7dDEqgnYRufCv4E26fkQIYzjCN-z70yZOFbut3n8uAnzUHQ_fIWS6J8ZvC8qpOLrHdv-UhHBhIoxCsdczfp56sdXGknmVuH-1G3B0PBX4MlJlR0yr14a9/s4032/F6FA1FC0-990F-4C60-9B7A-F6C678ED84B1.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LNa8DZLTbSVMTP_bpinUjMkiUtROvERuzmy3hdSg8L3gRnQdaDvJgk3tDwWBTXWRpk-b09O7dDEqgnYRufCv4E26fkQIYzjCN-z70yZOFbut3n8uAnzUHQ_fIWS6J8ZvC8qpOLrHdv-UhHBhIoxCsdczfp56sdXGknmVuH-1G3B0PBX4MlJlR0yr14a9/s320/F6FA1FC0-990F-4C60-9B7A-F6C678ED84B1.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I also used the lemons I harvested last week to make lemon curd and start a batch of limoncello by soaking the peels in vodka. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXDWTwb3GLSu9pIoXe8kIYPsLiNOZYPNfOPKjfSISxgvrKB-v0SljhKbhR_1uc7pUE8whO7I6lVLwc2zH684YQ-nF2vhU_kt4ajdOdjI_JP4BJbTGePK3cH5w250CTIe66i879_RPsMBT9gaS1O0jVLmp9cHCuJApTVJDkr4BLA95J5EjcupXgm3V0EgX/s2982/461EB650-9D88-4E1B-BFB7-B3A974CEE41A_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2374" data-original-width="2982" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXDWTwb3GLSu9pIoXe8kIYPsLiNOZYPNfOPKjfSISxgvrKB-v0SljhKbhR_1uc7pUE8whO7I6lVLwc2zH684YQ-nF2vhU_kt4ajdOdjI_JP4BJbTGePK3cH5w250CTIe66i879_RPsMBT9gaS1O0jVLmp9cHCuJApTVJDkr4BLA95J5EjcupXgm3V0EgX/s320/461EB650-9D88-4E1B-BFB7-B3A974CEE41A_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fikDFG_5kBgfKZ4RZatVkMahGPx7xqvqUwkJknfyDyQSU3FuGmHj2qI9LKOFnbit9Ensr4idXxpB94JEzaXOhKATaszGprUod-96aaQQjPlA5i-GIlfgYqOETnnvoP8sFjzWzuNcDljzMW-cOWmjsD0tbjprftByyECcI-gCwQcLSBOiUiPjTOPioyKx/s4032/5580FEE6-880D-436A-A4B1-F05EED70EC52.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fikDFG_5kBgfKZ4RZatVkMahGPx7xqvqUwkJknfyDyQSU3FuGmHj2qI9LKOFnbit9Ensr4idXxpB94JEzaXOhKATaszGprUod-96aaQQjPlA5i-GIlfgYqOETnnvoP8sFjzWzuNcDljzMW-cOWmjsD0tbjprftByyECcI-gCwQcLSBOiUiPjTOPioyKx/s320/5580FEE6-880D-436A-A4B1-F05EED70EC52.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>I harvested the oranges yesterday and hope to make orange curd out of them. I've been saving my egg yolks. </div><div><br /></div><div>And, we filled the greenhouses yesterday so we'd be ready for the first freeze. It's a good thing it didn't freeze last night tho, because I was too tired to finish, so there are still a couple pots out in the yard. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_zGExGgBg9fkhOB2yCG356MvmSqdGPpcIljhkbZub8Iniy4MluYAuNDV3yaJHMUmeai3BJhuv1UzsrNgaW7cIbbAfkx4JXluhDhuFyyXicR5otL2fphZUvWS-pAUBzVoizSIs3M93Jru1WSDQlBUVQ6J-uzab8aGGFdqX8a0RgudN7cHCdtO697XAKxs/s4032/659B9EA6-ECB1-460B-B207-14D1D6C21BD5.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_zGExGgBg9fkhOB2yCG356MvmSqdGPpcIljhkbZub8Iniy4MluYAuNDV3yaJHMUmeai3BJhuv1UzsrNgaW7cIbbAfkx4JXluhDhuFyyXicR5otL2fphZUvWS-pAUBzVoizSIs3M93Jru1WSDQlBUVQ6J-uzab8aGGFdqX8a0RgudN7cHCdtO697XAKxs/s320/659B9EA6-ECB1-460B-B207-14D1D6C21BD5.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Okay, that's it for me. You're probably tired of looking at pictures anyway. But, I saw this and it gave me a chuckle, so I thought I'd share. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgl3e_V1phyOc2-DQkv6-O3VzHRf_WZpKb14VUZnuXgPzIxXZhJINN90h-I7FJL35S3xn_DJRbSlyVLqlkFgk4-dCScZdPOPEk6a6yV6dcoeqxSFdr3pEND23Cp_6tK9-ENj6gOKs4dX-c84wNT_yY8uEoPBVVuY1SPtK2JxOU_WY5IXs5U5oF4pqGqEs/s1033/393E459C-EEA0-4467-855C-83E86961FFD1_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1033" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgl3e_V1phyOc2-DQkv6-O3VzHRf_WZpKb14VUZnuXgPzIxXZhJINN90h-I7FJL35S3xn_DJRbSlyVLqlkFgk4-dCScZdPOPEk6a6yV6dcoeqxSFdr3pEND23Cp_6tK9-ENj6gOKs4dX-c84wNT_yY8uEoPBVVuY1SPtK2JxOU_WY5IXs5U5oF4pqGqEs/s320/393E459C-EEA0-4467-855C-83E86961FFD1_1_201_a.jpeg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><div>Everybody have a great week! Right now, I'm enjoying cooking. We're watching the series Julia and at the same time, I'm watching The French Chef from the beginning. What a delight Julia Child was. She makes mistakes and laughs like a kid about them. She stuck a spatula into the beaters of a mixer the other day and the mixer head jumped up and the bowl shifted and there was some splatter and the spatula was jerked out of her hand and she turned it all off and looked at the camera and said something like "don't do that." I also got to see her 1962 version of a Kitchenaid mixer. If you're cooking now, I hope you're able to set aside time to enjoy it. Cooking should be fun and not drudgery.</div><div><br /></div><div>Be well and hug someone you love just because you want to.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lane</div><div><div><br /></div></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-27501645466550962532023-12-04T05:54:00.000-06:002023-12-04T05:54:29.440-06:00It's beginning to look...<p>...so much like Christmas that I was in the mood to start shopping this weekend. Just a few hours. We didn't buy a lot. We don't need anything, we don't have space for anything and we don't seem to want anything. I bought more groceries my grocer doesn't carry at the various stores we went into than anything else. </p><p>Last week, I showed the decorations I put up. Here are some of the ones Rob put up. He put up so many that I'll save the villages until next week. </p><p>We only burn fires when the power goes out because of the way they heat the living room and the rest of the house gets really cold, so this is a great way to use that space. The quilt is from a kit I bought at a quilt show and while the lights look old, they're new. Rob found a company manufacturing the old fashioned lights. They even have the red and green cords twined together like the ones my Dad put on our house when I was a kid. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFcLKkpfG5JCSvAyjcqYHjXTWLyT625HSDVEkk4-XUBcqHrf2OoMSUQYg8LRaPhK2xodBTyuAjnHFGdnF-K41puZwLoITP41qt1f7Oo9RpbomaHIvh7rkamxOXlXoCd9h4WYY1Qac76F4-z1ghLpRxb4eFOi9VgY4WKIfVbQ5IqbCiui-qEH-qy6_LBrO/s4032/240FE572-3B86-42AC-A55C-57E0B5DDDFA3.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFcLKkpfG5JCSvAyjcqYHjXTWLyT625HSDVEkk4-XUBcqHrf2OoMSUQYg8LRaPhK2xodBTyuAjnHFGdnF-K41puZwLoITP41qt1f7Oo9RpbomaHIvh7rkamxOXlXoCd9h4WYY1Qac76F4-z1ghLpRxb4eFOi9VgY4WKIfVbQ5IqbCiui-qEH-qy6_LBrO/s320/240FE572-3B86-42AC-A55C-57E0B5DDDFA3.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Above the mantle is the Santa collection. At some point, we had to stop buying Santas for this display.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL_VV3Jz9-tqisX-_jHj5z2DusUzxe9LCqQYMiyYYenoezI_MU2zv2dthc0LyRRmZ11tps5oaQUvQZ2l2GZO6prUx3vlz1kQeTNiTzxRKutmGacNemmBg1l2kZ5NIh5r7xr-o8HThx0HUwza8KjS6DTUOU0B5GK-PPDrL2CfrNdV6jiIIQK88KIHpZOX3/s4032/3700BB54-66B6-4FFA-BD22-27E996EB1AF1.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL_VV3Jz9-tqisX-_jHj5z2DusUzxe9LCqQYMiyYYenoezI_MU2zv2dthc0LyRRmZ11tps5oaQUvQZ2l2GZO6prUx3vlz1kQeTNiTzxRKutmGacNemmBg1l2kZ5NIh5r7xr-o8HThx0HUwza8KjS6DTUOU0B5GK-PPDrL2CfrNdV6jiIIQK88KIHpZOX3/s320/3700BB54-66B6-4FFA-BD22-27E996EB1AF1.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The ceramic tree that he overpaid for...I don't mean he paid more than it was worth. The seller didn't know how much it was worth so he paid her more than she was asking. Not as much as it was worth, but enough to delight her.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvuvlvhnahSiRlWjfgWzq3x2BSAFpNelmkzKx-WfU7CKmwbuUL_xbl-h-yiYCk653DdZ3aJSNo3MpTBXS8xumrIfD8o-Kf-50_Wd2vyKkhko7JjwhPc4l6RTspzAwJ0gJcffN104eU3k5JLXxFqPzbr_K4-AXVCv1dX2PUHEEKMgQP2X8OoAAcbFk2NTd/s4032/2431C360-AE0E-461C-B1ED-F55AC6FB86E9.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvuvlvhnahSiRlWjfgWzq3x2BSAFpNelmkzKx-WfU7CKmwbuUL_xbl-h-yiYCk653DdZ3aJSNo3MpTBXS8xumrIfD8o-Kf-50_Wd2vyKkhko7JjwhPc4l6RTspzAwJ0gJcffN104eU3k5JLXxFqPzbr_K4-AXVCv1dX2PUHEEKMgQP2X8OoAAcbFk2NTd/s320/2431C360-AE0E-461C-B1ED-F55AC6FB86E9.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>This is a new display this year. He wanted to display some of the vintage items we have, including some really old ornaments. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfGyIi_Wy-qJBecYCjLcjtc1daSahMTYo3jqzGuzYcMfAbmf2S7twTbktllNYNcC4rrj1LDG2glGjcb7iAA_DjPP0PqRsSrEz2D1I6qHp6E5LsU9Ma7CFF2rIGJF9Oa5F2iu6R-GmfAPohaJ1NMPOzzsMRj4KO441xfD0wMSjCsBxf8Wuz2Wa8ust401T/s4032/2BD835D3-F180-4EA7-A2A4-86382D8AC1A4.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfGyIi_Wy-qJBecYCjLcjtc1daSahMTYo3jqzGuzYcMfAbmf2S7twTbktllNYNcC4rrj1LDG2glGjcb7iAA_DjPP0PqRsSrEz2D1I6qHp6E5LsU9Ma7CFF2rIGJF9Oa5F2iu6R-GmfAPohaJ1NMPOzzsMRj4KO441xfD0wMSjCsBxf8Wuz2Wa8ust401T/s320/2BD835D3-F180-4EA7-A2A4-86382D8AC1A4.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And, the nativity. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxEzPkEMWfpAOGAfjN5QGMFbmWzS8RNbCCEDKrwMYmxOt2eRcOpoK27PB-kQpX9goaXTy1qdiKqaASdS_HVfj0-VCgKiZ7sMOFNaHoWmsrS2lIcO9BpNGADxPJofAY-QpR34053SgHvMHRQd_ZFJEwfSSAvI1Szf62fLruPVGVFqSjoyW_dA-biOH342c/s4032/C0DF5862-11B7-4F4C-B644-75BE8BBC20DC.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxEzPkEMWfpAOGAfjN5QGMFbmWzS8RNbCCEDKrwMYmxOt2eRcOpoK27PB-kQpX9goaXTy1qdiKqaASdS_HVfj0-VCgKiZ7sMOFNaHoWmsrS2lIcO9BpNGADxPJofAY-QpR34053SgHvMHRQd_ZFJEwfSSAvI1Szf62fLruPVGVFqSjoyW_dA-biOH342c/s320/C0DF5862-11B7-4F4C-B644-75BE8BBC20DC.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I got the new temporary greenhouse assembled this weekend. It's great! I am two queen sized quilts from being able to completely cover it when the temps get ridiculously low. We looked at goodwill, but nothing there. Well, there was a hand made double wedding ring that I almost bought, but not to put on the greenhouse. It's 8'x6', almost double the size of the ones I've used before. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWm1yiVYopwAJ4Tyz-n0XjiSPNDxpER6bZPSuQ29_1-Bpwz1sQGg-PA_QEQc-guYNg9o2mguvpbkyJ432Rtbx1IxMcpHPPDuhubGVIapKKFNr0lGC_QTnqsf97f-8MUP_b4yjyrMpoWjH7-TJy9Ye-NwzXzOInPtsi1JzMqnwCr9Bzo1a_uUXVuYT7SR3/s4032/5BD4E03A-60FF-4455-A3AC-D68AF1F64D3B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWm1yiVYopwAJ4Tyz-n0XjiSPNDxpER6bZPSuQ29_1-Bpwz1sQGg-PA_QEQc-guYNg9o2mguvpbkyJ432Rtbx1IxMcpHPPDuhubGVIapKKFNr0lGC_QTnqsf97f-8MUP_b4yjyrMpoWjH7-TJy9Ye-NwzXzOInPtsi1JzMqnwCr9Bzo1a_uUXVuYT7SR3/s320/5BD4E03A-60FF-4455-A3AC-D68AF1F64D3B.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I harvested the lemons and cut back the lemon tree and moved it in already. I'll get the other trees in soon. They're not really liking the cold temps we've been having. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwKT78TaouqINgCcQkdB1t71hyphenhyphenTsJ6tXcOY9-f2WaPsNjFd5gj6JOpr1SSH_9cn9rlVSkkvszlNcZkR82uzNCFEhyphenhyphen94yVsrpt-GivjQUghKCWI5J3hjcWEWYDFZeB4q712pbqRRf4JFtIcPu-Yr5N8nDt7wDhXewkCvwmGzfll123cCBp8IHBCCYZOlz7/s4030/D4CDEA98-9660-4FA2-B58B-2261EF333EDC_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="4030" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwKT78TaouqINgCcQkdB1t71hyphenhyphenTsJ6tXcOY9-f2WaPsNjFd5gj6JOpr1SSH_9cn9rlVSkkvszlNcZkR82uzNCFEhyphenhyphen94yVsrpt-GivjQUghKCWI5J3hjcWEWYDFZeB4q712pbqRRf4JFtIcPu-Yr5N8nDt7wDhXewkCvwmGzfll123cCBp8IHBCCYZOlz7/s320/D4CDEA98-9660-4FA2-B58B-2261EF333EDC_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>On the quilting front, this baby quilt refuses to be finished. We're at the point I worry the baby will be finished before the quilt is. I probably have 2 more hours of quilting and then binding it. Mornings and lunch hours will be spent at the machine <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1wtI2TCRzHGnOjidMCMyOJ5tP8umlmMwAsK7rUGk15gKQtlZ4SCsrCYIcamZxOboiR2qnKRl90S8w3VhJe0BotzSM-Ya2870NnbhUBPlM4wzVPej0lnQDMKsFJNJ-Or4PgoG0OHD5hW7GSuoFTt_mXo3amXAglwZwe6urf1VesLcMkuVOa7p5UzwEc8W/s4032/36B69B81-CC99-4AD9-AA1C-558C76FF1515.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1wtI2TCRzHGnOjidMCMyOJ5tP8umlmMwAsK7rUGk15gKQtlZ4SCsrCYIcamZxOboiR2qnKRl90S8w3VhJe0BotzSM-Ya2870NnbhUBPlM4wzVPej0lnQDMKsFJNJ-Or4PgoG0OHD5hW7GSuoFTt_mXo3amXAglwZwe6urf1VesLcMkuVOa7p5UzwEc8W/s320/36B69B81-CC99-4AD9-AA1C-558C76FF1515.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Someone posted this on social media the other day and I loved it and thought you might too.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixroziurfc5MJ63pi6jv1mwF9E_yZRWvT2Wstx-WA5TrEjz4TjufwK30SBASCsQrmjb61cDh8qbF4cxHuAFPyIaQKURtM9vOo4Zb-AeOAhd43FrYTjKjvmEvmPgbioERcHrMKz5Cg3GuBYZVoC3Joq-8anwbiLdHENFyvtPQjJ-4BW6vIHDf7X3zIHS-nG/s1260/097A1B00-9AF2-4B3C-80F6-3D80AEF2CA9D_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixroziurfc5MJ63pi6jv1mwF9E_yZRWvT2Wstx-WA5TrEjz4TjufwK30SBASCsQrmjb61cDh8qbF4cxHuAFPyIaQKURtM9vOo4Zb-AeOAhd43FrYTjKjvmEvmPgbioERcHrMKz5Cg3GuBYZVoC3Joq-8anwbiLdHENFyvtPQjJ-4BW6vIHDf7X3zIHS-nG/s320/097A1B00-9AF2-4B3C-80F6-3D80AEF2CA9D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><div>Everybody have a great week! It's not the gifts you buy, it's the good cheer that makes Christmas such a great holiday. Every smile counts. Every donation counts. I found myself smiling and some pretty haggard people yesterday. People that were already over the hunt and the crowds. Most of them smiled back and I hope that for that moment, they felt a bit of joy in the season. I know I did.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lane</div><div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-15471548934928480352023-11-27T05:49:00.002-06:002023-11-27T05:49:57.988-06:00Holiday traditionsWe've got more holiday traditions than squirrel's got nuts stored in my flowerpots for winter. What we do, when we do it, what we watch on TV, all of that is steeped in traditions. It started the day before Thanksgiving, when I took the day off and cooked all day, then the big meal, and soon as the dishes are all put away, the Christmas decorations come out and we're off and running for three days of Christmas magic everywhere. <div><br /></div><div>Thanksgiving was nice. It's always best when everything comes out hot at the same time. Syd and her bf got here early enough for a good visit and a walk around the yard. There was a good spread with stuffing, roasted potatoes, green bean casserole, salad, corn casserole, turkey, carrots, homemade rolls and there was a pumpkin pie for dessert with coffee. We laughed and ate and laughed some more and when they left, Rob and I both took naps. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9UI5hhbch-RqZE9cAFbcapCgMpFBY7XfV2EvX2_A8yh94HoB8U61LzK2yIkkavmRN17Ld4HTSr0DMoHvaVAByxyCKhafslBqK3DUO0Nd8RpybJX4ptUem8bqQspSUMKhWeqX2Krqd06YUl_PNF9o1iBXUkuNRC7-THZ0ZHRXAUuHq1NGM8ZyULGYpINW/s4032/DA50B4A3-1D5A-40BB-B1EA-4B2E7E827724.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9UI5hhbch-RqZE9cAFbcapCgMpFBY7XfV2EvX2_A8yh94HoB8U61LzK2yIkkavmRN17Ld4HTSr0DMoHvaVAByxyCKhafslBqK3DUO0Nd8RpybJX4ptUem8bqQspSUMKhWeqX2Krqd06YUl_PNF9o1iBXUkuNRC7-THZ0ZHRXAUuHq1NGM8ZyULGYpINW/s320/DA50B4A3-1D5A-40BB-B1EA-4B2E7E827724.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>On Friday, after I'd finished putting everything away, we started on the LiBien tree. The ornaments are in order, oldest to newest, starting at the top. We have a lot of these ornaments. So many that Rob had to use electrical tape to create additional hanging places in the middle of the tree. We must learn restraint! (hahahahahahahaha!!)<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdrCj6lq6rWIoRdOfHrRxsyX9ogcDb-VQv4RCUNjqcRU-BCL_3MtHiOXvQEhilbCaeDQkuOOHw7OUKM4pS5tJbHjDF6P3DVqdv2HA-0q0eYDndnNVI0PXWmWkr8L7dEBJM_zZlsocE4mGPE04lxPFG1VuXnZBTsHIQHw_nMm6KY-33jvPgc9IbkK98WgP/s4032/F6EC2BCD-1BC7-4665-9A5B-03D6E1BC0E6A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdrCj6lq6rWIoRdOfHrRxsyX9ogcDb-VQv4RCUNjqcRU-BCL_3MtHiOXvQEhilbCaeDQkuOOHw7OUKM4pS5tJbHjDF6P3DVqdv2HA-0q0eYDndnNVI0PXWmWkr8L7dEBJM_zZlsocE4mGPE04lxPFG1VuXnZBTsHIQHw_nMm6KY-33jvPgc9IbkK98WgP/s320/F6EC2BCD-1BC7-4665-9A5B-03D6E1BC0E6A.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>On Saturday, it was the swag. Every year, I say I'm not doing it again until I work up the courage to say it to Rob. He gives me puppy dog eyes and reminds me how much he loves it...'but we don't have to do it if it's too much trouble' and up that ladder I go. He definitely has my number. While I did this, he assembled the tree. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zsHnEYorHJKKnQHYKzv1rz_jgXjTu_my0aeCrr0m9UxY9BGGLhMYB4l3nxa4vRP8FvmhiAhnFBtBnx1O9680q11cdCb5pMcGjzKZRYWSiru1gi2nSjwOoUJQ-GMy7hGzEO1Gf1k8PPB0HB9sGUCp8G-PuxRmdLmsIq5-LQOVpo6d9pI3HRNamogtPx0P/s4032/E6666864-2AD8-40FF-B67E-47A85190B46D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zsHnEYorHJKKnQHYKzv1rz_jgXjTu_my0aeCrr0m9UxY9BGGLhMYB4l3nxa4vRP8FvmhiAhnFBtBnx1O9680q11cdCb5pMcGjzKZRYWSiru1gi2nSjwOoUJQ-GMy7hGzEO1Gf1k8PPB0HB9sGUCp8G-PuxRmdLmsIq5-LQOVpo6d9pI3HRNamogtPx0P/s320/E6666864-2AD8-40FF-B67E-47A85190B46D.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>And, yesterday, I decorated the tree. We own too many ornaments. I should have counted as I put them on. There are ornaments my parents gave me, vintage ornaments we've collected, and ornaments we got from Linda. There's everything <u>and</u> the kitchen sink. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOrHbEDAv9f63fkjFeLmKFzglaKU_v8VejUIFiXfGH8kDccgfNa5rzn6VtESLU05CwULazHxOL4BoQSeaiz2Wt3lFnR5AvAQ8YoKgCUW8e0q3Kgd7ToYD385DWw646hDI1hDflqJQnUv9-4nUnWBhooFeE4DtN9l2mNku4pSwOixUbjs-GE4orplmI17u/s4032/61DE1A06-40B2-4042-B8C6-300BB0B24DF0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOrHbEDAv9f63fkjFeLmKFzglaKU_v8VejUIFiXfGH8kDccgfNa5rzn6VtESLU05CwULazHxOL4BoQSeaiz2Wt3lFnR5AvAQ8YoKgCUW8e0q3Kgd7ToYD385DWw646hDI1hDflqJQnUv9-4nUnWBhooFeE4DtN9l2mNku4pSwOixUbjs-GE4orplmI17u/s320/61DE1A06-40B2-4042-B8C6-300BB0B24DF0.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBPzYt1mGkElgxPH75hddfpclL_CkBgpnNhsd8xi7gzhhrmGrMW3rsZNddeqLOwRGYbB8DWuppHC48RlRkKK9X48TW9qyudZTK1CvL0HRZT3EZagYMQ8gvyUNh3gg3dlOe3KtFOVGbUrPVvwEqX0iT6FXECiJWzwiHAOkN_j2hS92guaDMj3kOpR_hBuX/s4032/181E46CA-39D8-4411-A673-63B716C7166A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBPzYt1mGkElgxPH75hddfpclL_CkBgpnNhsd8xi7gzhhrmGrMW3rsZNddeqLOwRGYbB8DWuppHC48RlRkKK9X48TW9qyudZTK1CvL0HRZT3EZagYMQ8gvyUNh3gg3dlOe3KtFOVGbUrPVvwEqX0iT6FXECiJWzwiHAOkN_j2hS92guaDMj3kOpR_hBuX/s320/181E46CA-39D8-4411-A673-63B716C7166A.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0k_rCPEKwtPxGtM-dYIQq0eFprPiiHt8Sf9R2S2xDIBnJnEDWoOg8wMwe0WQGozOSFzb-0_MTZhZXKj8AO2uEb9n1GT78LjTbk4BG0RuQecWtq2Hh96yIR4EVdqrnrj_NorQ5w4608qTQfabsKNBfsmfP6U0n1RLHFQJ2mJg9j7i70iAKSssQo2jOS9O/s4032/1E8C9C46-C3F8-4703-9823-B6FE4E3D43B6.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0k_rCPEKwtPxGtM-dYIQq0eFprPiiHt8Sf9R2S2xDIBnJnEDWoOg8wMwe0WQGozOSFzb-0_MTZhZXKj8AO2uEb9n1GT78LjTbk4BG0RuQecWtq2Hh96yIR4EVdqrnrj_NorQ5w4608qTQfabsKNBfsmfP6U0n1RLHFQJ2mJg9j7i70iAKSssQo2jOS9O/s320/1E8C9C46-C3F8-4703-9823-B6FE4E3D43B6.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8ohegit1oZV4x_B5dhUwNHP06EtFd1stRjYaBE9U1pDwc-5qMSvnzLfQCGJ0cxpuY9uoZdAnhfAgmWBrB0lwnfvT7-guAmqiGWbMK_7-n5AlDpMQmTe3zIOw1JXYqgOwjdhhUvz5_bFh5BcePKeh2GAWgObi-2cP9RcPTg-KWIJol3pO7JAW9gToqCgk/s4032/547A3ADE-FDF0-443B-A237-81C923AA3F8C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8ohegit1oZV4x_B5dhUwNHP06EtFd1stRjYaBE9U1pDwc-5qMSvnzLfQCGJ0cxpuY9uoZdAnhfAgmWBrB0lwnfvT7-guAmqiGWbMK_7-n5AlDpMQmTe3zIOw1JXYqgOwjdhhUvz5_bFh5BcePKeh2GAWgObi-2cP9RcPTg-KWIJol3pO7JAW9gToqCgk/s320/547A3ADE-FDF0-443B-A237-81C923AA3F8C.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And, that's just the things I did. I'll show the decorations Rob put up next week. </div><div><br /></div>We bought Bella a bed a couple weeks ago. She's never had a bed before and has slept on the furniture, climbing to the highest level she could hoist herself to. She's gotten older, and climbing on things has become more problematic. She comes in and sleeps in her bed in the night and she goes there during the day when she's bored by whatever we're doing. She looks so sweet in it, but I confess that I miss having her with me all the time. I think we're going to get her another one for our bedroom so she can sleep nearer us. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7c-L9LAswEvwPN9ROWS-mdhwyzFP3xyc8U76taNYKVHvuMxuFregIJ_vBqL8MrP5ANLbTxML_gHJILQ-PyElSEKLrVY4ohp-4N5PpLTVUjYgWQyz5LxqULCYvb4upT0XvtsgT-ixdiJFaekhm8EOkA059_GIDPkR84ZN-6KrClWZwkSVsBLmRaANkenR3/s1901/179E7F79-7995-485B-B3E3-ED695A1CB6B4_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1901" data-original-width="1871" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7c-L9LAswEvwPN9ROWS-mdhwyzFP3xyc8U76taNYKVHvuMxuFregIJ_vBqL8MrP5ANLbTxML_gHJILQ-PyElSEKLrVY4ohp-4N5PpLTVUjYgWQyz5LxqULCYvb4upT0XvtsgT-ixdiJFaekhm8EOkA059_GIDPkR84ZN-6KrClWZwkSVsBLmRaANkenR3/s320/179E7F79-7995-485B-B3E3-ED695A1CB6B4_1_201_a.heic" width="315" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, surrounded by plenty of love and abundance because that's what it's really all about. Being with true friends and family and being happy. Celebrating who we all are, together. Finding people we can be ourselves with and celebrating the things we have in common. Building one another up and celebrating the lives we've created for ourselves. I hope your holidays bring you all of that and more. <div><br /></div><div>Lane<br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-9052450687719517402023-11-20T05:55:00.003-06:002023-11-20T07:29:10.155-06:00ThanksgivingI got the biggest surprise yesterday at the grocery store when I realized the turkeys weren't on sale and I had to pay full price. I've gotten so used to them being really cheap with a good sized grocery order that I didn't even look for a sign. Shoulda got the hen. Anyway, it's thawing in the fridge along with millions of other turkeys. I'm so thankful that we enjoy a food abundance in this country. For the most part, we can walk into any grocery and get anything we want, in season or out. So much so that I can assume it will be inexpensive.<div><br /></div><div>Every year, I have Thanksgiving on a page. I plan out the menu and figure out the groceries. Later, I'll schedule when each item starts and goes in the oven. And, on Wednesday, I'll start to cook. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_vHEXZ5fdmfl54gkt9rCswlaVrybCGyYvAa_i5HdYq47Bef0idX-SrCzP2qFsCcQgY9V0N12pZosOmJ-ZLbsmCqOJptzGA18VDh7PDOnrz1Q8irbJYCgLy80Sgnm31v5qSgM7EapxVhNvsJGtbTNPocaCfUbH_v5GS3xPrvtLaBkt8ybJfhDHEuwU23l/s4030/09A48C97-D32E-4435-BF48-D0024385D83D_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="4030" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_vHEXZ5fdmfl54gkt9rCswlaVrybCGyYvAa_i5HdYq47Bef0idX-SrCzP2qFsCcQgY9V0N12pZosOmJ-ZLbsmCqOJptzGA18VDh7PDOnrz1Q8irbJYCgLy80Sgnm31v5qSgM7EapxVhNvsJGtbTNPocaCfUbH_v5GS3xPrvtLaBkt8ybJfhDHEuwU23l/s320/09A48C97-D32E-4435-BF48-D0024385D83D_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Yesterday, I made a mandarn orange cake. The things I bake rarely come out looking so much like the picture in the magazine. The recipe is here. https://www.hy-vee.com/recipes-ideas/recipes/mandarin-holiday-cake. I saw the picture and read the description and thought 'I want to make that cake'. And, then I kept coming back to it until committed to bake that cake. And, it is as good as it looks. Not too sweet and very moist. I love to bake, especially when I get to try new things, like candying the very thin orange slices. <br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEckzFDf7nEiE4Zz0UoxZf-5TyT-88VXPNVxeoef7hy0UAZspFGNqcAeOaDOqdl81s6A7XVESkffsLMHTgmuegfIGDT6cr99-_ypxZnMlKamuH6amuz4HWBdX8JddkoGsYzHMIMrj039MRRXcDim-b5-GDd59OHPthrgCjYrMSV-hqOGZ9SOUFzgBu3xi/s3111/EC24580B-E633-43F3-A6A8-AC2677BDCA46_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="3111" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEckzFDf7nEiE4Zz0UoxZf-5TyT-88VXPNVxeoef7hy0UAZspFGNqcAeOaDOqdl81s6A7XVESkffsLMHTgmuegfIGDT6cr99-_ypxZnMlKamuH6amuz4HWBdX8JddkoGsYzHMIMrj039MRRXcDim-b5-GDd59OHPthrgCjYrMSV-hqOGZ9SOUFzgBu3xi/s320/EC24580B-E633-43F3-A6A8-AC2677BDCA46_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>This large perennial is almond verbena. This year, it's at least 15' tall and 6' in diameter. Every year, it dies to the ground in a hard freeze and starts over the next spring. It has a sweet almond smell and draws the bees and hummingbirds for most of the summer. The rain last week has it in full bloom. It takes a lot of garden space, but it's been so worth it. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6N3s-Yaypi-SAZDfXQlsLFcquFcCj14xPFM69ie95DXcjvvn5Fw89GSRSDLESGKfnkAxER7O2n7ydDSlAP6ueeI1W9d8ydphqxMhzMl9zvPwYr4tk-YBsB_4Wypq6Wky4eArCXbHDt3Lczp55cygbdMR09kt2rUd4FP-GhiruYcX_TQClqXnG2hq4ait/s4032/FBCC97F7-C3CB-46D5-9091-CFE3E582F57D.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6N3s-Yaypi-SAZDfXQlsLFcquFcCj14xPFM69ie95DXcjvvn5Fw89GSRSDLESGKfnkAxER7O2n7ydDSlAP6ueeI1W9d8ydphqxMhzMl9zvPwYr4tk-YBsB_4Wypq6Wky4eArCXbHDt3Lczp55cygbdMR09kt2rUd4FP-GhiruYcX_TQClqXnG2hq4ait/s320/FBCC97F7-C3CB-46D5-9091-CFE3E582F57D.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>On the theme of something in bloom 11 months of the year, the Gerber daisies are sending up a few flowers. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQu1NN3PfcMydJuU8CQc24DRvOOtjx_SXwpDeqfYjp9jZ0kXPp6lDXYi__jkPX88LSKHJTNw-P0bkHEI6TNCEy0XuVF6wzw-fC0H3UnQoh64q6d7ST_sjCfmMoO38OvkwrOvIB58tN1RYU3xS9Csy3L2BvAwXLUXvseYcIncKBSDaTkeM8etE8lKn3eZc/s4032/44D945A5-2DF1-42DE-80EC-42A201FFED85.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQu1NN3PfcMydJuU8CQc24DRvOOtjx_SXwpDeqfYjp9jZ0kXPp6lDXYi__jkPX88LSKHJTNw-P0bkHEI6TNCEy0XuVF6wzw-fC0H3UnQoh64q6d7ST_sjCfmMoO38OvkwrOvIB58tN1RYU3xS9Csy3L2BvAwXLUXvseYcIncKBSDaTkeM8etE8lKn3eZc/s320/44D945A5-2DF1-42DE-80EC-42A201FFED85.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div>After all the rain of last weekend, I went out to check the tomatoes and I found a few little ones. We'll see if this works out. I've struggled with tomatoes a long time and fall tomatoes are especially difficult, but we'll see how it goes. I also have onions and cabbages. I've never grown either of those, so we'll see how all this works. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRSj1vs8Y9nYUvRKqsRENcDRszwrcEZkjSwmAeFttcxJ3-1QtUI7xLV0GhwQ3tYpRQHPaSJgQaom7nGBhw_hKR8_3LRRxHJjpOVypZ03hsvfyBkc2KLq07tkouq_KB7WDdYNAgDxukdcN17OkxR2xjrus3haIfLS7Pq1B7a-DUkYew3amFYIgneD_p45d/s4032/2947BFA9-D8D6-4DA9-A374-2C34CC4C62A8.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRSj1vs8Y9nYUvRKqsRENcDRszwrcEZkjSwmAeFttcxJ3-1QtUI7xLV0GhwQ3tYpRQHPaSJgQaom7nGBhw_hKR8_3LRRxHJjpOVypZ03hsvfyBkc2KLq07tkouq_KB7WDdYNAgDxukdcN17OkxR2xjrus3haIfLS7Pq1B7a-DUkYew3amFYIgneD_p45d/s320/2947BFA9-D8D6-4DA9-A374-2C34CC4C62A8.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Quick pic of the greenhouse. I'd been out there for hours, cleaning and moving plants around. Some of the plants I was nursing were ready for more light and I needed to start making space in prep for the first freeze. </div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAWyVGXn32GuHQYCxYDoudGABOortlrZAz-aohtQurISxN-G7YM-Fi6OuSypHcNfS2QJ0Hx8YQ3HSHhoNCJ20W0UmI6tudeJR3Y-B-hjd7a6f4UdV6zVEWd8K080wKuV5YDrhqR96lyuG-axpoBL5087N7MSwj8umIj15c77-ohJG2sQ6UvOvexthNcFc/s4032/CEC511F6-6CEE-4F0B-B286-6E66705D0B04.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAWyVGXn32GuHQYCxYDoudGABOortlrZAz-aohtQurISxN-G7YM-Fi6OuSypHcNfS2QJ0Hx8YQ3HSHhoNCJ20W0UmI6tudeJR3Y-B-hjd7a6f4UdV6zVEWd8K080wKuV5YDrhqR96lyuG-axpoBL5087N7MSwj8umIj15c77-ohJG2sQ6UvOvexthNcFc/s320/CEC511F6-6CEE-4F0B-B286-6E66705D0B04.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>I was devastated when I saw the news of Rosalynn Carter's passing. She and President Carter have been part of "the best of us" for most of my life, setting an example of how to live with kindness and the peace that comes from true faith, and living that faith every day. I respect those that practice what they preach. May she rest in peace. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSJLggMeBpIKm3i-8XsyKEbifZjojZVQfkGPe61bUo7NPnINQuksgQqVXqKaWCDxoEr4TPCVbGKSO9pJLhMziGMqUraFXTjhVbx-8vYlKVCSBX358pf4U0mjk7QUrC9XtjsURu_xSbx4AsX2fFK3ErywxAp4wDdLTvJACGXKQFfbEf-bdYTUcTL8sXqkj/s1081/10CECC8E-3FE2-435A-9DCF-415AF8F0B449_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSJLggMeBpIKm3i-8XsyKEbifZjojZVQfkGPe61bUo7NPnINQuksgQqVXqKaWCDxoEr4TPCVbGKSO9pJLhMziGMqUraFXTjhVbx-8vYlKVCSBX358pf4U0mjk7QUrC9XtjsURu_xSbx4AsX2fFK3ErywxAp4wDdLTvJACGXKQFfbEf-bdYTUcTL8sXqkj/s320/10CECC8E-3FE2-435A-9DCF-415AF8F0B449_1_201_a.jpeg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><div>Everybody have a great week! Find something to feel thankful for and surround yourself with loved ones. It's really all we can do. The world is getting so ugly, so those of us that are not insane need to give ourselves space to rest in, and things to look forward to as we continue to fight the good fight. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lane</div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-68605719001329026592023-11-13T06:17:00.005-06:002023-11-13T06:17:30.054-06:00Fresh paint<p> There is nothing like a fresh coat of paint to refresh a room. And the bathroom Syd had been using needed a refresh really bad. The paint was chipped and the paper was peeling in a couple spots. The faucet was out of date and and the towel bars too. She'd pulled a towel bar out of the sheetrock and then glued it back to the wall. The wallpaper is original to the house from 1978. Not Sure who hung it, but after removing the paper in the master bath and having to basically plaster over the walls to cover the mess left behind (we tried every idea I could find on the internet and none was effective), we are not planning to remove this paper until we hire someone to remodel, which I don't think we'll ever do. </p><p>Just after Syd moved in, we replaced the counter and sink and tiled them in blue to pull the small amount of blue in the wallpaper and it works still, but Syd wasn't a fan of olive green, so that's really the only thing that coordinated with the paper. I've been able to go wild on olive and forest green and the paint is almost exactly the shade of the wallpaper background. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntQ3LLPa_SdXOFFP-WoAa4G7u1eSy0SnSeLHl_gmYIBEThsWJ351GNZmFiKle2M252sgASRlPvkGKn03K_Zo5M_ze0S_SZQZ2RtioUIYNxbd4rt8CNNZHh7fvU1Q-HtHcBjnbeDVI3MgWaflBH80k1NkAsxzwB37_Q1Zeknxt2GIJcFtTdUJx6LbGb4Bx/s4032/789F6F64-7B60-4488-9DF2-567E6B90D97D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntQ3LLPa_SdXOFFP-WoAa4G7u1eSy0SnSeLHl_gmYIBEThsWJ351GNZmFiKle2M252sgASRlPvkGKn03K_Zo5M_ze0S_SZQZ2RtioUIYNxbd4rt8CNNZHh7fvU1Q-HtHcBjnbeDVI3MgWaflBH80k1NkAsxzwB37_Q1Zeknxt2GIJcFtTdUJx6LbGb4Bx/s320/789F6F64-7B60-4488-9DF2-567E6B90D97D.heic" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoV4sp2lgqR7whe3STLHs43q3gqdJ_hGXPNHHLlGdL2DlVKPLVj6GYCNosIPiORI_JnHDHEEsecnBuvXlXqMHeFxFzHDH0CbKXgJUI_hUVAIgKiGmz1l3CR2K70O0BFV29YMm5sm27OOiHE4c-ADkv8qqo9wHJdLervsnVxKuKMDxzOuB9DKkcwTjROw0/s4032/4BF5AD67-4D1E-47AB-A188-0F3588579509.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoV4sp2lgqR7whe3STLHs43q3gqdJ_hGXPNHHLlGdL2DlVKPLVj6GYCNosIPiORI_JnHDHEEsecnBuvXlXqMHeFxFzHDH0CbKXgJUI_hUVAIgKiGmz1l3CR2K70O0BFV29YMm5sm27OOiHE4c-ADkv8qqo9wHJdLervsnVxKuKMDxzOuB9DKkcwTjROw0/s320/4BF5AD67-4D1E-47AB-A188-0F3588579509.heic" width="240" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIyoA6QuEa61c2HwghXrz3JtqPufn-JD-LDUwR6hKF8qRK2jfrZAzrDjolAekVL_DQ-X1SNshh7jc7O_QnLc-VmnlTkg5qbg_P_dstL3TRqXyolQxzV5NhWVOphpV_YEmiUFVwxDx5TjzHKD27_k1FocKZvjTEV7fKCHT8Ju7RymkTJb4K2gXRdUlM8JP/s4032/DBC73C95-5924-4B6A-BFF3-EBE88DF41AA0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIyoA6QuEa61c2HwghXrz3JtqPufn-JD-LDUwR6hKF8qRK2jfrZAzrDjolAekVL_DQ-X1SNshh7jc7O_QnLc-VmnlTkg5qbg_P_dstL3TRqXyolQxzV5NhWVOphpV_YEmiUFVwxDx5TjzHKD27_k1FocKZvjTEV7fKCHT8Ju7RymkTJb4K2gXRdUlM8JP/s320/DBC73C95-5924-4B6A-BFF3-EBE88DF41AA0.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Honestly, the hole in the wall was the hardest thing to deal with. Because she'd glued the towel bar over it, I didn't know how big it was. It was a place where the original towel bar had been pulled out of the wall, a new bar installed over it and that one pulled out of the wall. The backer boards for the towel bars were the only way we could think to deal with it. I screwed a small piece of wood behind it and then screwed the backer board into that. The rest are in some very secure anchors. Unless someone comes along and tries to hang from those towel rods, they're not coming down again. <div><br /></div><div>Rob was out of town this weekend. This project kept me busy and out of trouble...not that I could have gotten in much trouble. It's drippy rainy here. Not raining, not drizzling, more like occasional rain drops. The good thing is there's no runoff and all that water is staying here on the property. If we have another round of sunny days, the whole garden should really perk up. I have several plants I'd like to move before winter sets in to make the garden even better next year. I got to spend a little bit of time in the greenhouse, but that was really about it. I bought a Wardian case in goodwill a couple weeks ago. We thought it was really rusty and I planned to clean and paint it, but that turned out to be the finish...except I didn't know that til I started to paint it. Anyway, it's lovely and I have the plants to go in it. Soon as I get them planted, I'll share. </div><div><br /></div><div>For some reason, there's always a theme to food when Rob isn't here. This weekend, it's been Italian. Friday evening, I made baked ziti. I ate it until I was tired of it and there's still plenty to have for dinner tomorrow night when Rob gets home. Last night, I made tortellini with 'chicken sausage with feta and spinachs', fresh basil, and Kalamata olivrd. That was delicious. I love how well Italian food pairs with a good fresh salad. </div><div><br /></div><div>That's it for me today. Have a great week! After I finished in the bathroom, I did all of Rob's weekend chores so I feel qualified to say 'find something you enjoy doing to break up the routine of all the things you have to do.'</div><div><br /></div><div>Lane</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <br /><p><br /></p></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-79970820768260308412023-11-06T05:49:00.000-06:002023-11-06T05:49:38.534-06:00EndingsWe said goodbye to Mable last week. She took a turn last week and we knew it was time. It was all very peaceful and she seemed ready. The vet's office was great. They had soft lighting and.a scented candle and when it was over, they wrapped her in a blanket and we left. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTfLPdnJUfsqT7_UggLTbkImLoPXcFD5UBy76Nbt56LussiAJ4uX-XKTbaHKLXyyVjf8mbh5xvkhNoUs-ZXNowxGreobVHerXE-LTxpalVEt4iwbMjlcsGqaEyyrXdJQNFC33N_9vTfcH62-JWeN0iojtVlWH7IBTjvZuankvfEbEHfaWKa5xTejvhY5Y/s1732/0F9F2042-C232-457F-ACB7-B23F63D30408_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="1423" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTfLPdnJUfsqT7_UggLTbkImLoPXcFD5UBy76Nbt56LussiAJ4uX-XKTbaHKLXyyVjf8mbh5xvkhNoUs-ZXNowxGreobVHerXE-LTxpalVEt4iwbMjlcsGqaEyyrXdJQNFC33N_9vTfcH62-JWeN0iojtVlWH7IBTjvZuankvfEbEHfaWKa5xTejvhY5Y/s320/0F9F2042-C232-457F-ACB7-B23F63D30408_1_201_a.heic" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She was a really good dog and had the best life a dog could ask for. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQq25wYMelppO28VkQ2peShAv4lr4JoVG4dCU9YOqQURKZr5AqpuwZswX4ed1PzUeCNSBXILxGwf-Myr4eSWyN2ryCc0j92r2-s3a6Rdb8astvGZNQvgp2VeUJft-19NmttY0NtXZB5Aw9R3oNNxBqU0UD5kJ9WqKfMN9-DOf6r0fHaY-WJLYmf2GDiY7/s1339/11BDEE14-F0C7-4726-B8F6-2D6B2C86E461_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQq25wYMelppO28VkQ2peShAv4lr4JoVG4dCU9YOqQURKZr5AqpuwZswX4ed1PzUeCNSBXILxGwf-Myr4eSWyN2ryCc0j92r2-s3a6Rdb8astvGZNQvgp2VeUJft-19NmttY0NtXZB5Aw9R3oNNxBqU0UD5kJ9WqKfMN9-DOf6r0fHaY-WJLYmf2GDiY7/s320/11BDEE14-F0C7-4726-B8F6-2D6B2C86E461_1_201_a.jpeg" width="229" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Rob was, of course, bereft. I knew that he would have a hard time and there was no joy in being proven right. He's better now and spent the weekend puttering and relaxing and taking care of things that had gotten behind. </div><div><br /></div><div>I kept busy and out of his way, popping in to check on him but otherwise letting him get on with it. I rewired my Grandmother's floor lamp and replaced the faucet in the bathroom. I think I surprised Rob that not only did I want to start using that bathroom, but I wanted to start making improvements to it. New towels and shower curtains, bath mats, jars and plants and new art. Next weekend, I hope to paint the cabinets. Re-claim that space. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmNpyb1n4p0eNys8kOpD41k09E8tMqqjjUka0WU7UrdLeZDiJZtk4Qh8aYu0ixaMGtAOCQapsm7hQAoSmi-asTpgVLMCrLwUxox0adgAUB4b2rXFuf0UHUIqdNWbB4bzGugmHyICfMGZmcezYz_v0FG9y0t-oKnz9nNYXROPKrVEIp5PoLT7bRvB0_IhE/s4032/1801E663-63AE-4952-8B34-9895292CA99B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmNpyb1n4p0eNys8kOpD41k09E8tMqqjjUka0WU7UrdLeZDiJZtk4Qh8aYu0ixaMGtAOCQapsm7hQAoSmi-asTpgVLMCrLwUxox0adgAUB4b2rXFuf0UHUIqdNWbB4bzGugmHyICfMGZmcezYz_v0FG9y0t-oKnz9nNYXROPKrVEIp5PoLT7bRvB0_IhE/s320/1801E663-63AE-4952-8B34-9895292CA99B.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Yesterday was Syd's 26th birthday. We had lunch with her and heard all about the new apartment and what living in close quarters with someone is like and what she still needs and what she still needs to do. It was fun and there was lots of laughter. Just the way it's supposed to be. I shared a couple of experiences from moving into my first apartment and wanting everything all at once. She's head strong and strong willed and the older she gets, the more in touch with herself. </div><div><br /></div><div>Life has a way of moving forward, then standing still. After a death, things always seem to stop for us. A pause while we wrap our heads around a new way, a new set of circumstances. New habits. And, then it starts to move forward again, slowly at first, then catching up to the speed of our surroundings. </div><div><br /></div><div>"The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little" - Zig Ziegler</div><div><br /></div><div>Everybody have a great week! Lane</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbjbjl6vRmVN9I00bRnlC5B2T4uCRopBCNTFkP2kLPHOH9M36OUaELitifQXsyu3_3F1fWka2VpC3c8Mxpz4igODqU5VTmbVm5IXHe0Yw4AKNp1p_dVygDXBtGvfS3h8u_jGOORZ6pmFZBhID1pjJeGl3plqdIEiGmHjk6AFCmM7HY_rIKpqBfpQ5_9ym/s1512/D6A5BB79-227C-4658-94F5-14A9BE696600_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1512" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbjbjl6vRmVN9I00bRnlC5B2T4uCRopBCNTFkP2kLPHOH9M36OUaELitifQXsyu3_3F1fWka2VpC3c8Mxpz4igODqU5VTmbVm5IXHe0Yw4AKNp1p_dVygDXBtGvfS3h8u_jGOORZ6pmFZBhID1pjJeGl3plqdIEiGmHjk6AFCmM7HY_rIKpqBfpQ5_9ym/s320/D6A5BB79-227C-4658-94F5-14A9BE696600_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1RemY_uE0_GOUogZVw8TjnPSwicCEfdzITVWlVk07x2Hb0qBqnf7T_VJAbk7e0h1ZY3Hqsy7ogbs4dL3Dgd76-jY32fohC0ASppTvVOZAPaCY7T_9SpcvurMeO_U0XRXKPG0avgcB8e5GV-ycqRfuLVUdtrgMZHZziWu3G_MRF9eDAGUHnTLUt1LBCPi/s4032/29D96238-A79E-4B26-B677-DC59C1DCA9E3.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1RemY_uE0_GOUogZVw8TjnPSwicCEfdzITVWlVk07x2Hb0qBqnf7T_VJAbk7e0h1ZY3Hqsy7ogbs4dL3Dgd76-jY32fohC0ASppTvVOZAPaCY7T_9SpcvurMeO_U0XRXKPG0avgcB8e5GV-ycqRfuLVUdtrgMZHZziWu3G_MRF9eDAGUHnTLUt1LBCPi/s320/29D96238-A79E-4B26-B677-DC59C1DCA9E3.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-89365977333535416282023-10-30T05:56:00.004-05:002023-10-30T05:56:49.060-05:00Moving forward<p>It seems like most of our focus was on pets and work last week. Mable is still hanging in. She got a skin infection and a couple weeks ago, pinched a nerve in her back, and maybe slipped a disk. That resulted in giving her pills 8 times a day, so thinking about giving the pills and giving the pills and remembering to mark the chart to indicate I'd given the pills was...a lot. Now that she's coming off those pills, she's doing better, but she's still having trouble with her back. We're trying a little PT to see if we can get some of her stamina back. </p><p>I had to go into the office two days last week for face to face meetings. I wouldn't mind this if the meetings were about work, but they're not. Not one work thing was done. Instead, we had to "share" things about ourselves...you know, like we did in 3rd grade. There was show n tell and sharing family photos and everything except joining hands to sing kumbayah. Younger people today are soooo intrusive. If I wanted them to know about my personal life, I'd have told them already in private or small group conversations, like I have the people that know me well; the way I'm comfortable sharing personal info about me. So, I've come up with very creative ways to talk about myself without sharing anything personal about myself and it's working. But, it's also clear that I am not cut out for the modern workforce, so it's a good thing I'm getting close to retirement. </p><p>I got the baby quilt assembled into a top. I'm very happy with the way it came out and all that color arranging has proven to be worth it. Now I just need to pick a back and thread for quilting. Oh, and find time to sit and quilt it 😎</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKKvIIhg9JKmDFP2faF4i2cXLVJI8UdQrzpZMwhPM_0alunfdG8nb1NvBnlBJw03uE-0EPrlAe14EivWTOh5-Uaib73o7DkAzmW94jMRUDzDzrNmwsC590w1wVRd0wggfg8yd8vrGSif2DzPJBMKO8iADs2DQIuf6p-bet_eAk9n6VAY975RZ1mb_Dr1d/s2823/FE77DA51-9242-40DF-8AFC-2E48B8363C85_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2823" data-original-width="2755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKKvIIhg9JKmDFP2faF4i2cXLVJI8UdQrzpZMwhPM_0alunfdG8nb1NvBnlBJw03uE-0EPrlAe14EivWTOh5-Uaib73o7DkAzmW94jMRUDzDzrNmwsC590w1wVRd0wggfg8yd8vrGSif2DzPJBMKO8iADs2DQIuf6p-bet_eAk9n6VAY975RZ1mb_Dr1d/s320/FE77DA51-9242-40DF-8AFC-2E48B8363C85_1_201_a.heic" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We've had a serious change in weather. It went from mid-80s last week to mid-50s this week with lows in the upper 30s. Wow! I'm keeping a close eye on the weather to make sure it doesn't get away from me and drop below freezing. And, I moved my very nice tomato plants into the greenhouse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other thing I've been focused on is taking over the bedroom and bathroom Syd was using. A LOT of cleaning has been done and the new things for the bathroom have started coming in. I've had a hard time finding bathmats, tho. The first one was because I changed my mind. I was trying to use navy blue in a room that's wallpapered with olive/beige/brown/pink rose print wallpaper that has a tiny bit of periwinkle blue in it. It's the original paper from 1978 and it's still in really good shape. When I moved here, it was one of the things I wanted to change and over the years, Rob and I have talked about taking the wallpaper off or painting or papering over it. But, now it's gotten so retro that I think we both like it and want to decorate around it. Anyway, the next mats I bought were supposed to be sage green (one of the new names for olive green) but they were seafoam and that wouldn't work. The next set were the perfect color, but were supposed to be non-slip and were definitely NOT. I've tried again. We will see. I've ordered the same color again and hopefully these will work. I promise pictures when I'm a little further along. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, that ended up being a short post about a week when very little interesting happened. I hope things are going well for you and that you find something to focus on when times are rough and you need a distraction. It doesn't have to be something big...just big enough to let you focus hard on it. Short term goals. My next one is on the pot of chicken soup I'm planning for dinner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Be well! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lane</div><br /><p><br /></p>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-83758678976061249332023-10-23T05:58:00.000-05:002023-10-23T05:58:04.888-05:00Rebuilding a nestI'm very proud to say that Sydney has left the building. Their apartment application was accepted and they moved in on Saturday. It's a very cute apartment, brand new and very modern with big rooms and a nice view out over the trees (and some trashcans...oh, well). They stopped by here with the u-haul to pick up her stuff and dropped off a chair that I steamed and we delivered yesterday. She seemed very proud and very dirty, and that all feels very right. We didn't stay long and that felt very right as well. <div><br /></div><div>I managed to get the corners on all the blocks for the baby quilt. Rob held the corner of the design wall (tablecloth stretched over a book case) so I could get a picture of the whole thing. This was the first time I saw the whole thing and I'm pretty sure that dark blue block is going to end up in the quilt center. It draws too much attention. But, that's just fine tuning. The blocks are assembled and soon this will be a quilt top. I don't have a back picked out yet, but it's going to have to be pretty colorful to coordinate with the top. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jlB85nLGIGUFNdmbnALO27tousa9W1JFcg-xD4pTFkIADfh5P3GpoxwnIGqzgWoSPLbT-QXWpGnWbkmB02YwqmnB6Pnm-sAs9Rf0mn8HXwgKdZgkiRetME0Y4IF-_MzClrqaB_vLNKUWoyRJ2cYMEfW7gYE0ZY5ihU90TRn7NbFMv02pulY9SciL1qH6/s2559/4BAA1312-54BA-459E-911F-3EFB5F356ECD_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="2559" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jlB85nLGIGUFNdmbnALO27tousa9W1JFcg-xD4pTFkIADfh5P3GpoxwnIGqzgWoSPLbT-QXWpGnWbkmB02YwqmnB6Pnm-sAs9Rf0mn8HXwgKdZgkiRetME0Y4IF-_MzClrqaB_vLNKUWoyRJ2cYMEfW7gYE0ZY5ihU90TRn7NbFMv02pulY9SciL1qH6/s320/4BAA1312-54BA-459E-911F-3EFB5F356ECD_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This is a picture of us with our friends that were in town last weekend. They left on Monday. We had such a nice visit. I was sorry that I couldn't take more of Monday off to spend with them. It was very relaxed and comfortable and it's a shame we live so far apart. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2gzSimVeUImiU9xaLTIeY8-mAq4z3BzPEtraTjIMiyJjzOkMcoWjAubwVSKIxv_JNEv8ywUC_-YSSNx3DMEc0-FriI-5FLZoHDLVr38q3IxS5Xblqw0oFYOP4xG_ArayaFJReQS6ImtkLvOpVaz3TpxWGvjztqNQLZxC8anYzPNVwWrleDomBESoh2jY/s4032/E2A0DA72-7D31-4697-8CD6-7433CE902F82_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2gzSimVeUImiU9xaLTIeY8-mAq4z3BzPEtraTjIMiyJjzOkMcoWjAubwVSKIxv_JNEv8ywUC_-YSSNx3DMEc0-FriI-5FLZoHDLVr38q3IxS5Xblqw0oFYOP4xG_ArayaFJReQS6ImtkLvOpVaz3TpxWGvjztqNQLZxC8anYzPNVwWrleDomBESoh2jY/s320/E2A0DA72-7D31-4697-8CD6-7433CE902F82_1_201_a.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Last week's life less on was on judgment and it could not have come at a more appropriate time. I've been judging Syd's boyfriend because I don't approve of his life choices. He doesn't have a full time job because he's a full time student and I think he could be both. As I really grappled with my own feelings of being judged, I also had to grapple with the fact that he is Syd's choice and from what I can tell, he's not treating her any differently than my first long term boyfriend treated me. And, at some point, I got tired of it and let him go. And, I feel pretty sure that if this is not the one that's meant to be, Syd will do the same. As much as her negativity annoyed me, she showed an inner strength while she was here. It almost felt like she needed a good shove in the right direction so she could bloom and she got that here. <div><br /></div><div>I dusted her room and cleaned the carpet and am making it my room again. Rob and I have shared a small master bath for 23 years and I decided I wanted to move me into the guest bath where there's so much more room. I moved in and showered in there yesterday afternoon and immediately went to Amazon for a new shower curtain/rod/hooks, some washcloths, and new bathmats. I felt a little sorry for Syd having to shower in there the last 6 months and she will definitely be jealous that I updated it as soon as she left. </div><div><br /></div><div>Everybody have a great week! I saw this the other day and immediately thought of sharing it with you all. Take care and embrace change. Change is good. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFerFuukDxIx9e68q-S0pPhpOCzVmqpSTOPJi9fyMxMan6a-0q5yAW0YGsFpkh_a-4sQWCgW2PuDajxSd04tSrKm4LEMMTjR9Cus3XWaKIFWqaagKQq3gY76Jk8DdGiCIvaNAtwY7pgSoGDbnugSaQ8Ml9Cr9MvAXk8T_hQMgC3KAWZ_GnpslSCBxhEHKG/s960/7F61B65A-5ADD-475F-8CAC-949A545E5401_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="960" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFerFuukDxIx9e68q-S0pPhpOCzVmqpSTOPJi9fyMxMan6a-0q5yAW0YGsFpkh_a-4sQWCgW2PuDajxSd04tSrKm4LEMMTjR9Cus3XWaKIFWqaagKQq3gY76Jk8DdGiCIvaNAtwY7pgSoGDbnugSaQ8Ml9Cr9MvAXk8T_hQMgC3KAWZ_GnpslSCBxhEHKG/s320/7F61B65A-5ADD-475F-8CAC-949A545E5401_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Lane<br /><div> <br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-39176288167350415722023-10-16T06:24:00.000-05:002023-10-16T06:24:51.748-05:00Company<p>A friend of Rob's from high school is in town. We had lunch together and then they took the camper to set it up at the park and came back. We spent the whole evening on the deck. We lit an oil lamp and a citronella candle. It was cool enough that most of us needed a jacket. And, we visited and laughed and ate. We'd had a big lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant and nobody was really hungry, but I had some really good queso and a big bowl of Guacamole and chips and brownies and we made a meal of that. They're coming back for brunch, so soon as I'm finished here, I'll be making a quick quiche. </p><p>We spent the last two weekends rushing through our normal fall cleaning. It smells so fresh and clean. The windows are clean and I can see out to the garden. The garden looks nice from a distance, but once you get too close, you can still see the heat damage from the summer sun. I was able to get more done in the greenhouse. Now, if I can just find the time to go out there and sit with a cup of coffee and enjoy it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOzOQ4LxeKkSAqe2D-4JbJF6n1g_TTvp5OOHknkd8ZjDAohzX8IJoR_Z70m8kfYiCnCe8cr6PkLwcbbSHwXx773gUf5D5oS9vmmtWzsWUoI3XNJexp1Kg-l1ZrUFr5Pv5LhK622GTgmAkaX46G-HznO0EhUCKVHffMw44eQSvZmKXhtD0C45NyV7wqDSf/s4032/9BFE28C2-6EA7-4F4F-A725-8FDF012E45D2.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOzOQ4LxeKkSAqe2D-4JbJF6n1g_TTvp5OOHknkd8ZjDAohzX8IJoR_Z70m8kfYiCnCe8cr6PkLwcbbSHwXx773gUf5D5oS9vmmtWzsWUoI3XNJexp1Kg-l1ZrUFr5Pv5LhK622GTgmAkaX46G-HznO0EhUCKVHffMw44eQSvZmKXhtD0C45NyV7wqDSf/s320/9BFE28C2-6EA7-4F4F-A725-8FDF012E45D2.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>Still working on the baby quilt. I have all the pieces cut and the centers of all the blocks made and am starting to add the corners to each block. I left the corners til last in case I wanted to keep moving things around. I cut the center triangles for the blocks long so I could trim them to exact size before the corners go on. I've been really glad for that extra fabric on a couple of them. There's something about the bright baby blue block in the lower right that keeps catching my eye and distracting me from the pattern, so it might get moved and that dark gold block on the right edge that's reading as brown might have to go. We'll see. The baby's not due til Christmas, so there's plenty of time, but I don't want to spend so much time on it that I get bored with it and set it aside. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScdI9u4o5xD86JO7WQn8-APvwaX2dCYKf1eXFznf6w3Lap6_YjOsa-My4LPuwblB6oN1XbNl6i_Fbt6dqLp_T2l9Q447-pMaiip5yDB9Cv4cuPAG7SvNhSwPTBPrzQB2zyBk8NRHsZLxC1lUCG0iy8WWU_ylvFTB0_V22wegFfxVqPeilY00l5J2cBM97/s4032/312E26BF-6E21-4D1C-A36B-380D423A58BE.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScdI9u4o5xD86JO7WQn8-APvwaX2dCYKf1eXFznf6w3Lap6_YjOsa-My4LPuwblB6oN1XbNl6i_Fbt6dqLp_T2l9Q447-pMaiip5yDB9Cv4cuPAG7SvNhSwPTBPrzQB2zyBk8NRHsZLxC1lUCG0iy8WWU_ylvFTB0_V22wegFfxVqPeilY00l5J2cBM97/s320/312E26BF-6E21-4D1C-A36B-380D423A58BE.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Carolyn, I'm hoping that the Mom is intrigued by the way I used triangles to make circles, but you're right, it really is a circle quilt. I've been fascinated by the pattern for years and thought it must be very difficult, but it's not the pattern that's hard. It's the color placement. I'm glad I finally decided to try it. <br /><p>Saturday, we watched the eclipse. We pulled up chairs in the backyard and for an hour, the three of us visited and watched the changes that came with the eclipse. Shadows got long and moved around the yard in odd ways and the temperature dropped and it got dark like dusk. I'm not sure Syd had actually taken time to really appreciate an eclipse, so I'm glad we got to do that together. A little south of here, they got a "ring of fire" where the moon centered on the sun, but the sun could still be seen around the edge. We only had the moon slide down one side of the sun and it gave us a great crescent. Syd got a good picture. using her camera through the glasses Rob thought to buy beforehand. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-J1nFrVhAFpZ3zumyararuZucXvIfZWSG7u7i3BM0CICzhVbm6MYyVsjtgz4MmLhhJ4nL5-sIsARzN9cf81YFLjOAVMJKY6-U-xAoRlnRuse__DKYGcSshzDczBXBf7atvFqx26_e3_PcaI3XLq24_3Iu8ZtIeNbWdhSegPbNcI1eGjAHDyQwHgXDnzo/s4032/634E5204-26EF-4D95-BA68-45C6A6916971.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-J1nFrVhAFpZ3zumyararuZucXvIfZWSG7u7i3BM0CICzhVbm6MYyVsjtgz4MmLhhJ4nL5-sIsARzN9cf81YFLjOAVMJKY6-U-xAoRlnRuse__DKYGcSshzDczBXBf7atvFqx26_e3_PcaI3XLq24_3Iu8ZtIeNbWdhSegPbNcI1eGjAHDyQwHgXDnzo/s320/634E5204-26EF-4D95-BA68-45C6A6916971.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>This is the shadow cast when it shone through the trees, showing crescents like scales on the ground. We talked about how frightening this must have been for people before they understood that it was a natural event. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XhxNCIjjyh6Pno4FbX3O_x85Rt2xoTkI7foMdIlcEivSbk5X9Bs-mhpd-31sCjfdPGAC53z5kGqvFwwiJe4UMpzkjYMFiRhzjkvZWcZgQ4BYIef_iteavk9vm4qbDl9vHBiZN-wsZpPLxy-10skEo9_5BrgIrHW9pQUr58WCFq107Mt4_m961pEIUCa1/s4032/446DB78E-CC30-4D49-903B-9EE79BB64753_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XhxNCIjjyh6Pno4FbX3O_x85Rt2xoTkI7foMdIlcEivSbk5X9Bs-mhpd-31sCjfdPGAC53z5kGqvFwwiJe4UMpzkjYMFiRhzjkvZWcZgQ4BYIef_iteavk9vm4qbDl9vHBiZN-wsZpPLxy-10skEo9_5BrgIrHW9pQUr58WCFq107Mt4_m961pEIUCa1/s320/446DB78E-CC30-4D49-903B-9EE79BB64753_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's it for me, campers. I love the way that Rob and I work in tandem to react quickly to changes. We thought yesterday was going to go one way and it went a totally different way and we rolled with it, helping one another out, taking care of one another's needs. It made yesterday pleasant and comfortable for everybody. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Everybody have a good one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lane</div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-38996121016358637722023-10-09T05:58:00.001-05:002023-10-09T05:58:31.129-05:00Piecing blocks<p>It is so busy here. Sydney thinks she's found an apartment they can afford. The rental agent has given her some wrong advice and her application has been kicked back a couple times and they wanted me to come in and fill out a form. We went on Saturday and someone different helped us and I think Syd is all set now. I'm so proud of her for taking care of all of this on her own. She ended up not needing me at all. </p><p>I've spent as much time as I can working on the baby quilt, but there have been so many distractions that I don't think I've gotten very far. I can tell I'm on the right track tho, and have started to piece blocks. I can see my vision forming. The only problem I'm seeing is the dark upper right hand corner. I may move those red pieces to the lower left where everything is lighter and they'll show up better. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJzMWACJcnGOiLYrLsdc6TLobECzAlBQh0XRrO3ZosI5iT65E7ZPDn4V71_mdQjiZ040-oycUOiM2UVcvf5_B2-6z3Hh9dIZdsqiPRUOE7MXbN2YN3HQjCBejSfzNG-YtFdda5O-1SPDFGcpixdc5WtFhCj7xwc36e6dAEbpvkWs_AgD-ZdYTZB7cKEbH/s4032/EB5CEE95-0AA1-4306-8589-E09304A5C4B6.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJzMWACJcnGOiLYrLsdc6TLobECzAlBQh0XRrO3ZosI5iT65E7ZPDn4V71_mdQjiZ040-oycUOiM2UVcvf5_B2-6z3Hh9dIZdsqiPRUOE7MXbN2YN3HQjCBejSfzNG-YtFdda5O-1SPDFGcpixdc5WtFhCj7xwc36e6dAEbpvkWs_AgD-ZdYTZB7cKEbH/s320/EB5CEE95-0AA1-4306-8589-E09304A5C4B6.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My book case wasn't wide enough, so there's a whole other set of blocks around the corner. Still a lot of blank spaces out there to find fabrics for. This is for someone I used to work for and I asked her a few basic questions. I asked about color and she said I like the colors in your shirt and I looked down and the plaid had every color except purple so I took some license and added that. And, I asked if she preferred squares, circles or triangles and she said triangles. It doesn't get much more triangular than this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0ZeHpHX_O6qVmdX8D9BttHyNmBb6xkBa9cOvBjZEwGRHwi-8hVo15zGzBiFdkh6U3caUNSVcM_IhOyzhzO9H3TVx1C6GlYi35ZexyV_LyElFMgcYboOC_QxaxSR34Z1vaQY7tX1ChIYetWRPWcY_0HYcB7szN-sZEugIBnPGTnPuZ1wbyxiXuuPdI9Oy/s4032/43687E1C-27F8-479B-8BA4-7CF42D54E781.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0ZeHpHX_O6qVmdX8D9BttHyNmBb6xkBa9cOvBjZEwGRHwi-8hVo15zGzBiFdkh6U3caUNSVcM_IhOyzhzO9H3TVx1C6GlYi35ZexyV_LyElFMgcYboOC_QxaxSR34Z1vaQY7tX1ChIYetWRPWcY_0HYcB7szN-sZEugIBnPGTnPuZ1wbyxiXuuPdI9Oy/s320/43687E1C-27F8-479B-8BA4-7CF42D54E781.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>We went to a plant nursery on Saturday. I hadn't been to this one in years. There's no place for large plants here, but I went wild on the small ones. These tiny plants were not labeled, so I have no idea what they are and my phone app isn't helping, but they were in the same greenhouse conditions so I'm trying them together, in the same conditions here. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6MBt-la99jzZGFsfrBlaFVRlbsVlKgnvQN1mgTlCY1h03EgWlMl6zJ7nOJtVaSikHDF1TsSaTkjfAbcBDTCZIwSVYWhl3W72uXuAJr__SJJBVW993VgA4TEXERA85HxjCDH7sNGLM9TUDpUdBiwjvbUQ-vthO0Ni1EjTcZ7k0Tjw3PGmuHgn8jmJrwKR/s4032/BA06CC8A-A745-416A-9779-65FAD149EFA2.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6MBt-la99jzZGFsfrBlaFVRlbsVlKgnvQN1mgTlCY1h03EgWlMl6zJ7nOJtVaSikHDF1TsSaTkjfAbcBDTCZIwSVYWhl3W72uXuAJr__SJJBVW993VgA4TEXERA85HxjCDH7sNGLM9TUDpUdBiwjvbUQ-vthO0Ni1EjTcZ7k0Tjw3PGmuHgn8jmJrwKR/s320/BA06CC8A-A745-416A-9779-65FAD149EFA2.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There are several more that I haven't found just the right pots for and will share later. They're resting in the greenhouse for now. Every weekend, I spend a little more time in the greenhouse and it's coming together nicely. I've figured out where the sunny spots and the shady spots are and have been moving plants around accordingly. But, there's still that one pesky box of stuff I haven't found a place for yet, so it's sitting in the middle of the floor. <div><br /></div><div>The key limes were ripe (maybe a little overripe) and I picked them this weekend. It's the first time this tree has produced more than a couple. I didn't think to take a picture until I'd started juicing them for a key lime pie. The pie is delicious, but if you consider how expensive it was to keep that tree alive to get exactly enough juice to make one pie, it was probably a very expensive pie. But, the tree is blooming again (that was my indication that the existing fruit was probably ripe) and I hope to get another nice crop next year. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZA6tLzTu3nltgVtdVADx3g2NjTRHMltUefize6f4_nHYLoVfb-6IJXhjr89_6295nkqzzt-OqVhhc6SUXI5a8y5BqfWH4bSmOHL6xM25NyibEIfonCzBcPQ3ppMhRe5Mj4XctvdtKfqqFHZNQ8yphnskhmZnY25rZnn5V6Oy3ffXzrbysGxJ_alPBgtT/s4032/82AA5938-13C5-4933-8EEF-984FC7C0F0B8.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZA6tLzTu3nltgVtdVADx3g2NjTRHMltUefize6f4_nHYLoVfb-6IJXhjr89_6295nkqzzt-OqVhhc6SUXI5a8y5BqfWH4bSmOHL6xM25NyibEIfonCzBcPQ3ppMhRe5Mj4XctvdtKfqqFHZNQ8yphnskhmZnY25rZnn5V6Oy3ffXzrbysGxJ_alPBgtT/s320/82AA5938-13C5-4933-8EEF-984FC7C0F0B8.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>We went to Goodwill yesterday. We were just going to stop in for a minute, but then we found this chair that was $15. The legs were wobbly, but the black dustcover fabric on the bottom was velcro and we were able to pull it back and figure out that the legs just weren't tight. Rob took care of that and I gave it a good steam clean and we moved it into the bedroom. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRLK8yEZ6b6WMdfLsTUw28Gd5Ki_m2llHrNkpQSQpoxY5fj9sfZvfx9Mh74XVCctzZNcMPqqJ4VN1NOe7NaW7W1jyO2OHRYCvJfznzeUC72O1VYEabuwy4YkryfGY937reEDsFpxoHCnWu2GWLUqE_8pygw4TkbY0ZwH5BQxSCX3Y2ntr1sxasowCRqb4/s4032/4F88971F-1C18-4031-A0FD-105BE1C27F01.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRLK8yEZ6b6WMdfLsTUw28Gd5Ki_m2llHrNkpQSQpoxY5fj9sfZvfx9Mh74XVCctzZNcMPqqJ4VN1NOe7NaW7W1jyO2OHRYCvJfznzeUC72O1VYEabuwy4YkryfGY937reEDsFpxoHCnWu2GWLUqE_8pygw4TkbY0ZwH5BQxSCX3Y2ntr1sxasowCRqb4/s320/4F88971F-1C18-4031-A0FD-105BE1C27F01.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>It goes perfect with the other chair we have in there. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQpF0-EH-GR7-aWvo5kapnYGmsv6sI5-vARPwQYrdYIluR_Y-6MhedF2lD__bwHHGUKOzO0XGLA_SMMo-wykvZvTPtc520Y31C41freFf2PJVIWna6-UOB50cQpzyhO-1fNfD04ZdpcGSaZfCURMeFj4oa5tPchKt5-BXVoCYiqhnqn9O9tbPCHHSVZxO/s4032/2B594423-9C29-4463-BE90-774D507F2D32.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQpF0-EH-GR7-aWvo5kapnYGmsv6sI5-vARPwQYrdYIluR_Y-6MhedF2lD__bwHHGUKOzO0XGLA_SMMo-wykvZvTPtc520Y31C41freFf2PJVIWna6-UOB50cQpzyhO-1fNfD04ZdpcGSaZfCURMeFj4oa5tPchKt5-BXVoCYiqhnqn9O9tbPCHHSVZxO/s320/2B594423-9C29-4463-BE90-774D507F2D32.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Mable took a turn and we thought it was bad, but when Rob described it to the vet, she said she wasn't so sure that the symptoms were related to the cancer. She found a skin infection and Mable had pinched a nerve trying to lick it and sent Rob home with a bag full of pills. I have 8 reminders on my phone to give pills starting at 5am and ending at 9pm. The dog truly believes I am a treat dispenser, not realizing that every one of those treats contains a hidden pill to make her feel better. And, she's definitely getting better, still not back to her old self, but I can see the light back in her eyes and can tell she's getting there. </div><div><br /></div><div>Everybody have a great Monday! Even when things are dark, I have to remember that there's a silver lining out there somewhere. If I can't see it, then I have to wait for it to show itself when it's time for me to see it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lane<br /><p><br /></p></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-23407758014985101412023-10-02T05:53:00.000-05:002023-10-02T05:53:24.455-05:00Staying busy<p> I forgot to take a picture of the greenhouse, but it's coming together nicely. Still a few things to do, but I'm moving things in slowly and buying colorful cache pots and gradually, the vision I had is coming together. Still lots to do and still so much to store in there that it looks crowded, but I'll keep plugging away at it until it's done. The plants that were out too long are starting to recover and I have a few cacti to replace, but for the most part, everyone survived. And, I've made some plans for the garden, taking similar plants and clumping them together and thinning out some of the things that do really well. Winter work. </p><p>The plan for the baby quilt is coming along nicely. I watched a video of a kaleidoscope and it helped me make some decisions. I'm so glad I decided to lay it out on the design wall before sewing it together. There will be changes. I've decided it needs to be 25 blocks and where the purple circle is will be the center...except that's going to be a hot color, red or orange. Above, below and to both sides of it will be cool color partial circles, like the dark blue one at the top, and the corners will be warm colors again. And, all the blocks where the background fabric makes an x and the colors make a + will be the same pastel fabric, probably light blue. In my mind, it will look like a kaleidoscope, but we will have to see. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0jTXwtPm97OhhqbvYPIcNU03ciRQyM1JA5yFyiYqC4QME-4EqK9TPG13_33RZTYyIOmKheQbn9LZIoNQQ9APCYsEPWi4PsVOaOgUN1JpB3hKbCCAv2yMYXCOW4ZzvtKp85uj0AlOQqQLoPxeo2zhMe-iL9J2S9zayMB1bL4sRJhj41oBEY0FNWOFfCb8/s4032/2200DDA5-D584-4028-91F8-BEB979059B45.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0jTXwtPm97OhhqbvYPIcNU03ciRQyM1JA5yFyiYqC4QME-4EqK9TPG13_33RZTYyIOmKheQbn9LZIoNQQ9APCYsEPWi4PsVOaOgUN1JpB3hKbCCAv2yMYXCOW4ZzvtKp85uj0AlOQqQLoPxeo2zhMe-iL9J2S9zayMB1bL4sRJhj41oBEY0FNWOFfCb8/s320/2200DDA5-D584-4028-91F8-BEB979059B45.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>We had big and bulky trash pickup a couple weeks ago and I picked up a little table from the street. I love to recycle. Someone had spilled something thick and black on it and let it dry. It was like dried cake batter, but harder. It took a while to scrape and soften that off, but then I was left with a very nice little table that replaces a TV tray I'd been using...it was a nice TV tray, but it was still a TV tray. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpdA-NpbmRtILHp7qNQrC9Rk_OybhS9_tR-xgKdK6nf1iJ2h6aW-YTKyK2UV071HO8W-6NA1sjK-dlsT442OKlR1y4Vp_H2U2GFykEnuV1HGc0-xKbgzgKidoYQIkrKUDs0gjKttyfQhlS1l3xuNwnH9hNfGgR7rz87ZPLp-z1J4-WeVaLjgaGrKg1kyG/s4032/1AC4A5F8-04E6-4D3C-B75F-D54E6A19EE57.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpdA-NpbmRtILHp7qNQrC9Rk_OybhS9_tR-xgKdK6nf1iJ2h6aW-YTKyK2UV071HO8W-6NA1sjK-dlsT442OKlR1y4Vp_H2U2GFykEnuV1HGc0-xKbgzgKidoYQIkrKUDs0gjKttyfQhlS1l3xuNwnH9hNfGgR7rz87ZPLp-z1J4-WeVaLjgaGrKg1kyG/s320/1AC4A5F8-04E6-4D3C-B75F-D54E6A19EE57.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I also finished the mixer on Saturday. The new gear came in and it fixed the problem, so I greased the machine up and put it all back together and it purrs like a kitchenaid again...which is to say it makes the appropriate growling sound that all kitchenaids do. Last night, I ordered a set of attachments. And, I will not be sharing how much this little garage sale find ended up costing me, but it better make some really good Christmas cookies. Whatever happened to it in its past life bent the planetary gear and broke a good bit of enamel off the flat beater and that was the only attachment it came with. I tried attachments from my other mixers, but of course, they don't work. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC565nCM3EhNTrkS66G67L5Mei3qlhyWW55_hhUILzRsqlva-WxP0sgWF3jHj0IGpuliHnZ-Q-F1IoCs9GwAIZPp2SUYgRm5TlKne9H-13yPRStuuYZxd5wubAtgAYcccksa4naoGVRFuKFQ74LxHSWvFJvdd5i3tuSFV45mC2UEDY7fiUmH7qt2w4SnQd/s4032/0963A5FE-7ABF-4305-A755-3EAD47579242.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC565nCM3EhNTrkS66G67L5Mei3qlhyWW55_hhUILzRsqlva-WxP0sgWF3jHj0IGpuliHnZ-Q-F1IoCs9GwAIZPp2SUYgRm5TlKne9H-13yPRStuuYZxd5wubAtgAYcccksa4naoGVRFuKFQ74LxHSWvFJvdd5i3tuSFV45mC2UEDY7fiUmH7qt2w4SnQd/s320/0963A5FE-7ABF-4305-A755-3EAD47579242.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><p>Yesterday afternoon, I cooked. It was good for me and when I was done, I cleaned the kitchen up really good and that was good for me, too. I made a King Ranch casserole and a banana pudding and baked Mac and cheese. The other half of the King Ranch is in the freezer. We had banana pudding for a snack last night and it was one of the best ones I ever made. And, toooooo simple. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC64Q6fJ_PH-rkghCRxVq_M0iQveGlZbr3BbaDM5fvmmLd4C8YvVlyc5Avetx1gGCHBsujZ9j4czxgdQNdaDZELaHY_6XyXUvTaOOM9nZ2WoGwiSYoxehBYZkxbaTXds2nzu0l0D34b7Kexx-3ijruUjRW2NJZiQCtl0dxUkq2FCwxBv4sojiIT1QnUMQ/s4030/1178605D-5C49-43D5-B99E-BEFCB12CDAF9_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="4030" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC64Q6fJ_PH-rkghCRxVq_M0iQveGlZbr3BbaDM5fvmmLd4C8YvVlyc5Avetx1gGCHBsujZ9j4czxgdQNdaDZELaHY_6XyXUvTaOOM9nZ2WoGwiSYoxehBYZkxbaTXds2nzu0l0D34b7Kexx-3ijruUjRW2NJZiQCtl0dxUkq2FCwxBv4sojiIT1QnUMQ/s320/1178605D-5C49-43D5-B99E-BEFCB12CDAF9_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p>Today's thought:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBjcE3QmNWJ0Mvipj2qt5r_X3tyVo_wpwPSkTwrxiLEyyogn7W7KcPNdlRHjj08lieaPtATcFkWiesRmSy5YjLIrt6khfzzoPtaCG_JdXbJZiVPYnTYP_ctRUt8GWEY0YaWaz1Cc8xRYXmFrkJ5P6oj_Io8Oo8N3-wK3ynY74uDfrRovHbnxRSVKxgyZ1/s960/1ECE1FF7-3CA9-43F2-9847-27880A9BD489_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="960" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBjcE3QmNWJ0Mvipj2qt5r_X3tyVo_wpwPSkTwrxiLEyyogn7W7KcPNdlRHjj08lieaPtATcFkWiesRmSy5YjLIrt6khfzzoPtaCG_JdXbJZiVPYnTYP_ctRUt8GWEY0YaWaz1Cc8xRYXmFrkJ5P6oj_Io8Oo8N3-wK3ynY74uDfrRovHbnxRSVKxgyZ1/s320/1ECE1FF7-3CA9-43F2-9847-27880A9BD489_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Everybody have a great week! Find things you enjoy and make sure you make time for at least a few of them. But most of all, be happy in what you do.</p><p>Lane</p><p><br /></p></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-78085778123836747932023-09-25T05:57:00.003-05:002023-09-25T05:57:20.970-05:00Never a dull moment<p>This week's weather was cool and pleasant. 95*F is very different than 107. I could go out without the heat taking my breath away. Then, this weekend, summer gave us a good kick to remind us that she wasn't quite ready to go away yet and she brought her dog, humidity. I tried to work in the greenhouse yesterday morning, but by 9:30, I was frustrated with wiping the sweat off my forehead and ready to head back inside. </p><p>It was also the weekend for our friend's funeral. It's hard to go to a funeral for someone that was only 31. There was a big turnout, with friends and co-workers, friends from school, fellow teachers and even some young students from her class. It was a beautiful service and her three best friends from high school all spoke or sang. There was a video of her from infancy to just before her passing that was made by her sister and I guarantee, there was not one dry eye in that church after that. Then Rob spoke for a couple minutes and there were refreshments during a visitation. It was a wonderful opportunity to share memories and show who she had been and the impact she had made. </p><p>Of course, we looked fabulous...so good that Mable had to slip into the picture. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuzzL4ajyCgOMmI1DC0cc4w6KAeSxO3vbUU_dNunRXyTCYZhi6vHiaP9wIDElUsZ5efo7BsFrL-1UNYVR-ITTnH9MiLBCabsMiIoJ1sBwaBmJzJ7lkOPJBS8T7K13yGIue5HhacsQlOEfk-8BaYHXsNWmTI35lh8i3O6Hwr-l597786jyBahYwTXu5Siu/s4032/CD3E7B59-C943-418E-A4C6-BAF08DD9656A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuzzL4ajyCgOMmI1DC0cc4w6KAeSxO3vbUU_dNunRXyTCYZhi6vHiaP9wIDElUsZ5efo7BsFrL-1UNYVR-ITTnH9MiLBCabsMiIoJ1sBwaBmJzJ7lkOPJBS8T7K13yGIue5HhacsQlOEfk-8BaYHXsNWmTI35lh8i3O6Hwr-l597786jyBahYwTXu5Siu/s320/CD3E7B59-C943-418E-A4C6-BAF08DD9656A.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /> The pliers came for the kitchenaid and I was able to take all the gears out. Turns out the planetary gear is bent. It's the one that lets the beater move in a circle around the bowl instead of being stationary in the center. According to the repair guy I've been following online through all this, that's not uncommon and is the result of putting too much of something that was too heavy/dry. Maybe trying to make too many loaves of bread in one go, or some really stiff cookies. I couldn't find one in the same color as the mixer, so I've bought a shiny black one to replace it. It should be here in a few days. I was adding up what I've sunk into the mixer now and lamenting that there really is no such thing as a free puppy. We're up to $165 now. Still a bargain, but not nearly the bargain it would have been at $50. And, I still don't have any attachments. But, I've certainly gotten my money's worth out of tinkering and focusng and learning about it. The planetary gear is in the lower left of the photo. It's really the drive shaft of the machine, turning the energy from the motor and gears into movement in the bowl. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2S_DtMykHMWOYKtrba2yHReYoy9nohvBx3MxaoZa2M3N32oGETnZyKspn1XVnuI4Csiei--oc-kAcoSC_dkzgUnzijuAIRWOPD_KLdl7fHkBMhpCYzcmKZTyRJdh9ILZApFqChvbBPdm7ovryFBauFYzT4tRy-jEVKmZpgZG2l1cUEjYKwvX1sT95r1uL/s4030/B49450DB-B9CB-4199-84D5-AA28BD013BBF_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4030" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2S_DtMykHMWOYKtrba2yHReYoy9nohvBx3MxaoZa2M3N32oGETnZyKspn1XVnuI4Csiei--oc-kAcoSC_dkzgUnzijuAIRWOPD_KLdl7fHkBMhpCYzcmKZTyRJdh9ILZApFqChvbBPdm7ovryFBauFYzT4tRy-jEVKmZpgZG2l1cUEjYKwvX1sT95r1uL/s320/B49450DB-B9CB-4199-84D5-AA28BD013BBF_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After our two inches of rain last weekend, these rain lilies really put on a show. I guess I hadn't realized how they'd been reproducing or how many there are now. I have two clumps this size.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmgLXZh49RFZ8Wb1yQklnGy9j9AeU2K-ERDpmqpvHBM89JdKh0CNASJ8NPzAtjdA7T9QZmHvsoyqIQPbbdgPIKiURyGBCA04T8PBux0YxV3olv535ugUt88JWRPY408s-40Cwe2I1vASnpImwv9uSOBokUYQrMGKUdu21bfCNpfmmufaQglAz5WAKFczb/s3487/E333DD3B-AD4A-4950-A376-066501CCF0F9_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3487" data-original-width="2696" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmgLXZh49RFZ8Wb1yQklnGy9j9AeU2K-ERDpmqpvHBM89JdKh0CNASJ8NPzAtjdA7T9QZmHvsoyqIQPbbdgPIKiURyGBCA04T8PBux0YxV3olv535ugUt88JWRPY408s-40Cwe2I1vASnpImwv9uSOBokUYQrMGKUdu21bfCNpfmmufaQglAz5WAKFczb/s320/E333DD3B-AD4A-4950-A376-066501CCF0F9_1_201_a.heic" width="247" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I decided the Postcards from Sweden quilt was a bit much to tackle and I kept looking at patterns. I finally decided on a Kaleidoscope pattern and have started cutting pieces. I chose an off-white for the background and am using all 6 colors of the rainbow. I would also like to make this quilt in a more limited color pallet; just greens and blues maybe. It's a much easier pattern than I thought it was and made a test block just to be sure I could and see how much I'd have to fiddle with it to get the block centers right. It went together pretty easy. You can start to see the circles forming. Instead of just piecing blocks and putting them together and hoping for the best, I'm laying it out on a design wall to see if I can play with the colors enough to make all the background circles pop. Right now, I'm only seeing the light ones form and I'm not sure what it's going to take to see the color ones. It's going to be a 16 block quilt with a border, or a 25 block quilt with no border. Haven't decided yet. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUPi468TNvAwTtBqRZDPFHmkpgqbP8tpaRLWDvHlAre7oqZw3ykIny-eUAYjtqA79Cv5ieTJYHtJos5MpmrgfZn7-1aTD6WxFMIBCBMeOJ408loExndNXdh5n75E99K0Djl6VWgDJw7Xaoa7qWUbBhcGSM2Nrca2yGYoe0e67Wn8Q2HsujSQm3POkph3w/s2894/537E4B7F-46B4-4A0A-846C-DAF4782B1F2B_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="2769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUPi468TNvAwTtBqRZDPFHmkpgqbP8tpaRLWDvHlAre7oqZw3ykIny-eUAYjtqA79Cv5ieTJYHtJos5MpmrgfZn7-1aTD6WxFMIBCBMeOJ408loExndNXdh5n75E99K0Djl6VWgDJw7Xaoa7qWUbBhcGSM2Nrca2yGYoe0e67Wn8Q2HsujSQm3POkph3w/s320/537E4B7F-46B4-4A0A-846C-DAF4782B1F2B_1_201_a.heic" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div>It was so hot yesterday that I took the pegboard down and brought it and the tools in the house and laid it all out the way I wanted to and put the pegs in and the multiple locks that are supposed to hold them in place. That took a long time, but it was the only way I could make the metal pegboard work. The metal is much thinner than the wood pegboard that I've used in the past and I'm struggling to adapt. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVulI8x0AeJ_lSHMsjQuRzgkFfsZdnbH8PvhxLii6UwW-ovm4bMXSZzApMNECli9aWkCiirndv43_imT2jkOexfRY0Yfe-_p-9f80MBcp-FlS8CZ0AYHF2dLzd5JkpHvnZ5ET1RckaOCSFEzl1HuzrQ8r2rfPwYp6qWvsuTeioVwQIEIuMLy2rlzu-LX12/s4032/314A19B7-BEFB-423E-9216-507B78376CD8.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVulI8x0AeJ_lSHMsjQuRzgkFfsZdnbH8PvhxLii6UwW-ovm4bMXSZzApMNECli9aWkCiirndv43_imT2jkOexfRY0Yfe-_p-9f80MBcp-FlS8CZ0AYHF2dLzd5JkpHvnZ5ET1RckaOCSFEzl1HuzrQ8r2rfPwYp6qWvsuTeioVwQIEIuMLy2rlzu-LX12/s320/314A19B7-BEFB-423E-9216-507B78376CD8.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Everybody have a great week! Find a goal and set out to accomplish it, but be flexible in case squirrels run by and you need to chase them. And, hug your loved ones and make sure they know you love them, Every day is precious.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lane<br /><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-11397957645530104032023-09-18T05:51:00.002-05:002023-09-18T05:51:38.045-05:00Busy boys get things done<p>It was a good week. I had a doctor's appt last Monday. I'll get the results today but everything should be fine. My blood pressure was on its best behavior and now that I rarely eat red meat, my cholesterol should be better. The next day there was an appreciation lunch at work, so I got to get together with my team. We had a lot of laughs. The rest of the week was pretty uneventful at work, which left my mind to roam free and focus on my bigger home projects and what I really thought I could accomplish. And, then it started to rain and it rained a couple days and we did rain dances. And, just that quickly, it was autumn here. It was great and we ended up getting about 2" and highs in the mid 90s, which is a LOT different than 107*F. Everything started to turn green again and now we'll get a small round of flowers. I'm trying to grow some fall tomatoes and in this cooler weather, they might start to set fruit. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzvKpFPVg0Q1r7CCkhHTtU0V124MLzkXfOflm3ukj3VV3A9eDqT9gRfKjcnhG9LsJHNj-2dMOxYZQX3ZODO272B-PzLlgXWUEeC3sobp0kmGt--v4Yzq_3le2F7I9HhTeGNDKv9A-DcwGu47dz6RrRg5UXcMpbMaXF2qcMFamSpXSRMdFWE_xdkZPMxfB/s4032/95A6B826-E8DA-405B-82BD-708DBF8E29E5.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzvKpFPVg0Q1r7CCkhHTtU0V124MLzkXfOflm3ukj3VV3A9eDqT9gRfKjcnhG9LsJHNj-2dMOxYZQX3ZODO272B-PzLlgXWUEeC3sobp0kmGt--v4Yzq_3le2F7I9HhTeGNDKv9A-DcwGu47dz6RrRg5UXcMpbMaXF2qcMFamSpXSRMdFWE_xdkZPMxfB/s320/95A6B826-E8DA-405B-82BD-708DBF8E29E5.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>Moving things back into the garage has had a cascading effect. There was a lot of stuff tucked around the house that needed to go to the greenhouse and a LOT of stuff in the greenhouse that just needed to be thrown away. I took down the shade cloth because of the much cooler weather and that made space for a whole shelf of smaller plants and I added the eyes to hang baskets from. Slowly everything that needs to be in there is getting moved in. I can't unpack those last boxes until I buy pegboard, and there are so many options that I'm having trouble committing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YRY62d3nM5IqQToVGZoZIg1s5xPmLxFGFludLy_XLz8DGqMe34K29p5AgXBCyBdOhNGEydoTGG0ukF4gOwBEyzsm-iG57hKlTjWqp2oY0CVkKBpMC95a6_EuxvYiHRcjtuTTizLTjDnGtOSsopYqhnJZ32El9tkLaNhgGp8beRaThHx_rn5Ngvzw_EFG/s4032/234B76B6-F9B2-47F0-92AC-15A3BB679FA4.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YRY62d3nM5IqQToVGZoZIg1s5xPmLxFGFludLy_XLz8DGqMe34K29p5AgXBCyBdOhNGEydoTGG0ukF4gOwBEyzsm-iG57hKlTjWqp2oY0CVkKBpMC95a6_EuxvYiHRcjtuTTizLTjDnGtOSsopYqhnJZ32El9tkLaNhgGp8beRaThHx_rn5Ngvzw_EFG/s320/234B76B6-F9B2-47F0-92AC-15A3BB679FA4.heic" width="240" /></a></div><p>And, then there was suit shopping. You'd have thought I was buying a bathing suit. I got very picky and disappointed quickly, but I found a suit. (Excuse the deck...see below) I hated it in the dressing room but bought it anyway and if a really dark storm hadn't blown up, we would have kept shopping. Then, I got it home and tried it on with the right shirt and it's not so bad...I also have a better pair of shoes to go with it...I hate this new trend of making the shoes really important by making the pants so narrow at the hem. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsLaWXNzrxxupcvECmfypcmnKm3u2mRlyhqKs8pF_lpzsysYO9XgDJQzPPglF_D0CsIVptmRpQ95phOAswpebbrp91eadWf8gE5CkPfyQ8mYurrUBocPnAAdhS7iR6kmULdoD2iwH7LOaJWr60GS4SKd-g-_uk98EDK0WJo53DAdcZy9u1NkrPvM6RDqF/s4032/FA322B19-071C-4B7A-83B8-B250877D499C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsLaWXNzrxxupcvECmfypcmnKm3u2mRlyhqKs8pF_lpzsysYO9XgDJQzPPglF_D0CsIVptmRpQ95phOAswpebbrp91eadWf8gE5CkPfyQ8mYurrUBocPnAAdhS7iR6kmULdoD2iwH7LOaJWr60GS4SKd-g-_uk98EDK0WJo53DAdcZy9u1NkrPvM6RDqF/s320/FA322B19-071C-4B7A-83B8-B250877D499C.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>On Sunday, Rob cleaned the deck while I played in the greenhouse. You can see how dark it was, but he used a new deck cleaner this year and it's very bright! It's so clean, I don't even want to put plants on it. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofoImatihsjw23FHOG_MF7fVLz8jfXH9-LP4xNRN8cwSz-uQdvZbSppA172nHkTe7qlJg324KJgDyd30gtNWu73HFSLQkWLWraD6lS-VO_5sCeua53t5fSrExXSdftPlf8_-9FB9nhAJW_kjaYnijWQPJWHxm8lC63E47lfwbFuCWmGLOWghpzqamsRFY/s4032/17D37415-91A9-4A43-8FE5-087C4CBC4B64.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofoImatihsjw23FHOG_MF7fVLz8jfXH9-LP4xNRN8cwSz-uQdvZbSppA172nHkTe7qlJg324KJgDyd30gtNWu73HFSLQkWLWraD6lS-VO_5sCeua53t5fSrExXSdftPlf8_-9FB9nhAJW_kjaYnijWQPJWHxm8lC63E47lfwbFuCWmGLOWghpzqamsRFY/s320/17D37415-91A9-4A43-8FE5-087C4CBC4B64.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>After all the rain, the rain lilies started to come up and bloom. They're all over the neighborhood, but those are usually white. The neighbors gave me these red ones and they are shining bright. They'll fade soon enough, but for now, I'll enjoy the bright spot. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCShpK1OmBAG09YbRyfLqQalLinhAG9x305pOmyNu4nmtPnqhT2VyRP3kKWKPx82Mt1U-D0LsEtws9ZyxuN3ven5dnBX-ObCRxEeAvNx3vydAvXEW7YDGkV8-GiloDHvGw3zEwt6uGz0Sl0PXOZSAg91D85jvz86SSp0zanxLvXcrzM400eA_mPGBhjFUZ/s2529/2620851B-BCFA-484D-916E-D3F73DFEDBF5_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1898" data-original-width="2529" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCShpK1OmBAG09YbRyfLqQalLinhAG9x305pOmyNu4nmtPnqhT2VyRP3kKWKPx82Mt1U-D0LsEtws9ZyxuN3ven5dnBX-ObCRxEeAvNx3vydAvXEW7YDGkV8-GiloDHvGw3zEwt6uGz0Sl0PXOZSAg91D85jvz86SSp0zanxLvXcrzM400eA_mPGBhjFUZ/s320/2620851B-BCFA-484D-916E-D3F73DFEDBF5_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Christmas ornament we found in the grocery store. Had to have it! Each tool is about 2.5" long. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFV6KqAd9dGO0Hu0fs-wcntDfr203qd-UpfZ-AkhyK9n5Va836zBtfYa9-5XfzXbIh4sBX2FkGKNuZ85RfIvcGVHqoXAKzk3t5Spd_LuVk-x_pu7ytT9MXpe1xZIoFOuV6sh9uBzxyeEPx-GNq7tvz_1FvRkrxcV4uOH38eddc1MfFqpdURAorrJkKD0_Q/s2731/1EE1EF7E-A306-4CA7-844F-AC37AF02673B_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2512" data-original-width="2731" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFV6KqAd9dGO0Hu0fs-wcntDfr203qd-UpfZ-AkhyK9n5Va836zBtfYa9-5XfzXbIh4sBX2FkGKNuZ85RfIvcGVHqoXAKzk3t5Spd_LuVk-x_pu7ytT9MXpe1xZIoFOuV6sh9uBzxyeEPx-GNq7tvz_1FvRkrxcV4uOH38eddc1MfFqpdURAorrJkKD0_Q/s320/1EE1EF7E-A306-4CA7-844F-AC37AF02673B_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Everybody have a great week! Keep your head up and thinking positive. The worse things get for trump, the louder his cult is going to scream. Be encouraged by the screaming. It means we're doing the right thing. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lane<br /><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-46014731285882602362023-09-11T05:48:00.002-05:002023-09-11T05:48:58.992-05:00Repairman<p>We took the new Bernina to the dealer. Seven week wait...somebody's got to get their kids interested in small appliance repair, specifically sewing machines or there aren't going to be any repair options left. At this point, they could charge whatever they want. Anyway, we found out you can make an appt for repair in 7 weeks and then bring the machine back when it gets closer to your time. I also ordered the capacitors from out of the country and am going to see if this is work I think I can do. If not, any repairman can do it, they just can't get the Bernina parts, so maybe if I take the parts with me, I can find someone to do it for me. </p><p>Saturday morning, I was walking and stumbled up on a garage sale. They were still putting stuff out, but I saw this and wandered in and had a chat and offered them a few bucks for the mixer, thinking they'd bargain up the price, but I was wrong and they set it aside til I could come back with cash. I brought it home and gave it a try and it made an awful noise. The gears just ground together, so I ordered grease and yesterday, I greased the transmission. I couldn't get into the planetary gear (the one that makes the beater turn while the beater mount also turns). I gave it another try and it still makes the noise. I'm going to have to get grease down in that gear. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQCpBJ0vyTkYLOCuoxF_6x9xzZUyPo1PL4CBhuh6G4EtYd8a_TmysbrQ9wUIcRbVeIuP22cnHmeum_lQKmHzZvU2UNke6rlSJgN3gmNKuu9bovBN4_7GWLF9XMmF-Z429FY4zK0AVFsLJiJJeHzNqB61CAhQMF9IdLt93EQSbBGdBndW0O218zABGbs30/s4032/FA670BAE-425D-4E3C-ABC2-D4D02EB31ACF.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQCpBJ0vyTkYLOCuoxF_6x9xzZUyPo1PL4CBhuh6G4EtYd8a_TmysbrQ9wUIcRbVeIuP22cnHmeum_lQKmHzZvU2UNke6rlSJgN3gmNKuu9bovBN4_7GWLF9XMmF-Z429FY4zK0AVFsLJiJJeHzNqB61CAhQMF9IdLt93EQSbBGdBndW0O218zABGbs30/s320/FA670BAE-425D-4E3C-ABC2-D4D02EB31ACF.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The jury is still out on whether this was a wise purchase. It only came with the paddle attachment and it's chipped. I've decided to wait and see if I can get it working more quietly before I spend money on attachments. It's 475 watts and a 6qt bowl, so if I can get it up to snuff, it's going to have been a steal. <div><br /></div><div>I'm slowly getting moved back into the greenhouse. I spent all the time I could out there both days, and got more unpacked...and washed. Because why bring my dirty stuff into my nice clean spot. There's still a couple things to do, like order pegboard for my tools to hang on and finish bringing in the plants, but we'll get there. Now that this is done, I was able to take apart the shelving unit that was on the deck holding plants and move it into the garage, which meant I could get a start on my garage reorg project. I spent most of yesterday afternoon working on that. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTW3xnUw2400iPN1vL9q-1Dc1sRAP90S0jEVcDHKxYsnS0U4isQndrk6m7oghImgaGH90BOCuNjLbzUxXL0x3vjPYIBV_uRmZwqRWKbA88-SezWWFNWTs51hXImXkpv6nVL2u-vPCAPsUawbDAQp3X2AcTuDXYh45ybZikll7fplUbKMm1y0EmI5QYGpf/s4032/754DF2A5-4FC5-45EC-87D9-B8CB026638BA.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTW3xnUw2400iPN1vL9q-1Dc1sRAP90S0jEVcDHKxYsnS0U4isQndrk6m7oghImgaGH90BOCuNjLbzUxXL0x3vjPYIBV_uRmZwqRWKbA88-SezWWFNWTs51hXImXkpv6nVL2u-vPCAPsUawbDAQp3X2AcTuDXYh45ybZikll7fplUbKMm1y0EmI5QYGpf/s320/754DF2A5-4FC5-45EC-87D9-B8CB026638BA.heic" width="240" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>There are a few things still blooming in the garden and the plants are starting to recover from the heat and are putting up new growth to replace what's been ravaged by the sun. This thryallis might not look like much, but it's having its best year yet. It's been in three spots and it survived, but barely. Last winter, I moved it again and chose a good spot and it's been growing and recovering and is giving me a good bloom. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJECM_sJxI4MV1ls8Y-Rxj4Q1yzlSBgFkjWs2XAKo4isCjm2Mb2UkyuGvIogF4bomrHf7QadQYZO7TpQoiaryyGFW-5BRvIWgFt8qeJRI8eMmlrMdZTcfN-pI6gOk0pzpxRrMsFnVgIbS2qIOlj1dSardZxh_3p8mGJTZ5qzR2nXZbnesvndIFtI5wnTY/s4032/72FBF96C-B7B6-45E7-85E9-1C7059E67FC6.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJECM_sJxI4MV1ls8Y-Rxj4Q1yzlSBgFkjWs2XAKo4isCjm2Mb2UkyuGvIogF4bomrHf7QadQYZO7TpQoiaryyGFW-5BRvIWgFt8qeJRI8eMmlrMdZTcfN-pI6gOk0pzpxRrMsFnVgIbS2qIOlj1dSardZxh_3p8mGJTZ5qzR2nXZbnesvndIFtI5wnTY/s320/72FBF96C-B7B6-45E7-85E9-1C7059E67FC6.heic" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Rockroses are starting to bloom. These bold pink flowers love the hot sun and dry soil and are popping up here and there. They're not a bush plant, but rather send out long runners that lie on the ground, then curve up and make a flower. Because of that habit, they can pop up anywhere. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzzHbU1dRyMPpomEkU87wwsjAxb1titw05RI9kHceqJEs-Qfs0OB9tM6C9GTHHz7JlDXhO0tjtXY4MtonUSI2rRAwvBYE5j-UPdpPLslIHZd_K3OPoqbrbMOLxTnFl5vO1tdsAKlrImqHHyv1-ZIxfyQ2gZnwRV9da1wBeYmPR78czgohbG7OkI2lxEbw/s2039/94CB9843-1AC2-4E6D-B364-17868EEEDB28_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="1981" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzzHbU1dRyMPpomEkU87wwsjAxb1titw05RI9kHceqJEs-Qfs0OB9tM6C9GTHHz7JlDXhO0tjtXY4MtonUSI2rRAwvBYE5j-UPdpPLslIHZd_K3OPoqbrbMOLxTnFl5vO1tdsAKlrImqHHyv1-ZIxfyQ2gZnwRV9da1wBeYmPR78czgohbG7OkI2lxEbw/s320/94CB9843-1AC2-4E6D-B364-17868EEEDB28_1_201_a.heic" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Still thinking about the baby quilt. Can't decide on a pattern. Postcards from Sweden is a very nice quilt, but I didn't stop looking and have found a couple others I'm interested in. We will see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The beagle is doing well. When we see her in her harness, we can tell she's lost weight, but she's still perky and happy and dances and sings. She doesn't know she's sick, just that there's a steady stream of treats and she's here for it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYf12zfXE3XKErN3V3tg2yD6qtRhmXtm7uc_hlfEE3YQ6hO0bn-8GDUSNDUyElsI7f77gNvS99sEAj11WGie3MTOwhOqXOyF3H0_5hL5zbgIktoF87sT3vMGoOZkO_VYfzlX5L-YNYyTaIdTWBMYTN3mwfgG15FHHxMU1MevIsUXqkcVF0ChJ_QleIGbDX/s1732/0F9F2042-C232-457F-ACB7-B23F63D30408_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="1423" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYf12zfXE3XKErN3V3tg2yD6qtRhmXtm7uc_hlfEE3YQ6hO0bn-8GDUSNDUyElsI7f77gNvS99sEAj11WGie3MTOwhOqXOyF3H0_5hL5zbgIktoF87sT3vMGoOZkO_VYfzlX5L-YNYyTaIdTWBMYTN3mwfgG15FHHxMU1MevIsUXqkcVF0ChJ_QleIGbDX/s320/0F9F2042-C232-457F-ACB7-B23F63D30408_1_201_a.heic" width="263" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Everybody have a great week. Even organization and cleaning can be fun if you're in it for the right reasons. Just tuck in and tackle it a little at a time til it's all done. Then realize it's never all done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lane</div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.com1