As Grandma, I try really hard to get to at least one sporting event for each of the kids every summer. Monday, it was my turn to go to Jasper’s ball game. Kayla and her family live about two hours away. I’d love to go to more of the games, but the travel time is …
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read moreRick and I had quite a few projects going. The other day I said to him, “Honey…I’m thinking no more new projects until we get the ones we have started done.” I’ve learned from my UFO list that too many projects aren’t always a good thing. Rick agreed and made short work of the list …
read moreOn Monday, part of the grandkids were here. It was Kelli’s and Kalissa’s kiddos. Of course, we spent quite a bit of time in the garage. Carver and I played a lot of darts…Kelli played a couple of games too. Carver beat me two times. Oh no!! I’ve got some competition now. Eli really wants …
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read moreRick and I had a busy but fun Sunday. We had good intentions of getting things done, but that didn’t happen. HA!! That’s two days in a row!! It rained all day and on rainy days, I think it’s so easy to say to heck with it and laze. My day started with breakfast made …
read moreI had to laugh. I was writing this blog post when a comment came in from Kathleen. If you remember, long ago, Kathleen told me that she has a rule in her family that you should not introduce a girlfriend/boyfriend until you’ve been dating for three months. This is her comment, “Third time’s a charm. …
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read moreSo about a month ago, when Anders went to speech therapy, they told him he need to work on the “F” sound and that we should practice with him at home and get his to say “F”ish. Rick was at my place the next day we were sharing what was happening with the family. I …
read moreYou might remember that we put up a dartboard in the garage. Since it has been put up, Rick and I have used it almost every day. He makes some coffee, and then we sit at the new table and stools and chat. Then one of us will mention playing a game of darts. The …
read moreSummer Vacation from school is in full swing around here. Carver and Gannon got done before Memorial Day. So did Jasper. The rest of the grandkids got out of school last week. I had to laugh. Kalissa missed taking the last day of school pictures for Carver and Gannon. She decided to try to do …
read moreI had an ant problem. It’s embarrassing to admit but I did. I tried smooshing the suckers but I quickly figured out that I couldn’t stay ahead of them and needed something. It was so bad, I could see the ants would be on my kitchen counter, climb up and disappear behind the woodwork around …
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read moreIt was late at night and my phone dinged. Kalissa had sent a message about an upcoming garage sale. There was no note with the message…just the listing and pictures. I decided to scroll through the pictures and see what she was thinking about. Here were the pictures… I like that white bench…but that wasn’t …
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read moreIt’s been a bit since I’ve given you a doctor update. About 6 weeks ago, my right shoulder started acting up. I immediately thought, it’s doing what it did last year. UGH. I stuck it out, hoping it might be okay because in the past, if I babied it, I could get it to settle …
read moreI already told you about Friday and Saturday here at the house. Now, here’s a recap of Sunday and Monday. I didn’t take many pictures. I was too busy enjoying the day. Sunday morning started with a cheesecake party. Yep. We had cheesecake for breakfast. On Saturday, Rick had made it. Oh my word…Delicious!! If/when …
read moreRick was at my house on Saturday too. He determined it was going to be garden day. After working on getting the tiller going the day before, he tried it the next morning, and on his first pull, it started. Karl offered to till the garden on Monday so we put the tiller aside and …
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read moreOn Thursday night, Rick called me to tell me that he had a surprise for me and he was taking Friday off!! He wanted to come over and get a jump start on the weekend tasks so we could actually enjoy the weekend. I said that it sounded great, but I had physical therapy on …
read moreI have some garage/play improvements to share with you. When Kramer and I first remodeled the house, we had some “down the road” plans. We had thought of them and wanted to do them, but at the time, our family didn’t need them, and to be perfectly honest, we were out of money. Along one …
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read moreYou might remember the kittens that Kalissa and I rescued from my egressed window. If you missed that story, you can find it HERE. This photo is from the day we found her and the four kittens. Things have changed a lot since then. The kittens all opened their eyes, and for Mother’s Day, Momma …
read moreFriday afternoon I spent some time in the kitchen. I made some of the kids’ favorites, Ritz cracker cookies, and S’mores bars. Rick came over and prepped a big brisket for the smoker. The smoker ran overnight, and we could all smell the brisket as the kids started trickling in for our day together. Of …
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read moreYou can ask any of my girls…they all know bra shopping with me is the absolute worst. #1…I don’t have big boobs. I would be like a size in between A and B…a little closer to a B but not a full B. #2 I’m not slim, so I need a larger around size…like a …
read moreMonday was a crazy day for me here at my house. It was an Anders day, and also a day when I had to watch the boys in the evening until Craig was done at the farm. Our day started out pretty normal. I had it in my head to try to get the toy …
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read moreI have a few random things I thought I would put together into a blog post. All of them are updates around the house. First up…I bought myself a mini refrigerator for my sewing room. When I say mini…it’s really mini. I can hold six cans. It’s lightweight…not much more than a cooler. It can …
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