Favorite place!

                                                                                    


Just some photos from the most beautiful place on earth (to me)

I was playing around with composition, which I know nothing about.  I have fun and photos  please me, that's the important part!

Dreams or not?

My dreams of the future always seem to get knocked back into reality. So I really want the impossible? Maybe so. I just want some land and an okay house. The land is the most important part. But I am half of a whole. And that half puts up too many obstacles. I dream of gardens, chickens, goats and horses But the land is what we need for the dreams to come true. Improving other peoples properties is fruitless because when you rent leaving all the HARD work is heartbreaking. I have had to do this before. So, here it is spring and I want to dig and plant and improve........... what, a rental. I work hard enough to have the 'American Dream'. After all these years, I feel the government and society no longer support this ideal! Been feeling a bit blah since the Japanese situation, It bothers me that governments don't think of the consequences of their decisions (nuclear plants, etc), definitely our own government thinks nothing of their own people! We are nothing!

Sewing with friends

Went to the midnight sew at a craft store. You bring a project to work on and have a roomful of like minded enthusiasts to talk with and share stories and such. I go with my daughter and an old friend of hers (they are very sweet to incude this 'old lady' and I love them for it. The comraderie is absolutely great that comes together, it is energizing (keeps me enthused for days later). Sometimes I putter and don't get much done. Tonight I started and finished a project; a travel jewelry bag for my mom in her favorites colors. So here I am at 2 in the morning, oh boy, wide awake and have to get up at 7am. It's been a very long day. Hubby and I helped paint and clean for his sister today, they are opening a business very soon and much to be done! So goodnight sleep tight. A good day!

Busy day!

Laundry, clean junk out of 2 closets, dishes, purged file of old bills, sorted and filed this years (ended up with 2 sacks of paper to recycle) and baking sourdough bread (should have made a double batch).  Mmmm! so good.  Not real sour but I didn't use yeast and it was so good warm with a little butter.  And it's a no-knead recipe.  Don't know what has 'bitten' me but I have hit almost every closet and drawer in the house.  Maybe I'll start over and just toss some more stuff!  I feel good in 'lightening' the load.

RAINING, AGAIN

It's the third day of torrential downpour and we had thunder today.  Mud and puddles everywhere!

Plans to can (jam)

from summer 2010 learning session - fun day!

Told my daughter that I would collect jelly jars for next summer.  Found 2 dozen at Goodwill for .20 each.  Gold mine!  I like the tall ones so will keep those.  It's a good start, with the one's I'll let her keep from our little jam making party last year.  There is nothing like homemade jam in the middle of winter,  I can close my eyes and 'taste' summer.  Need to find more varieties of fruit this next year.

To Do List:

Been working in the basement again.  Whenever we get to move (sooner than later, hopefully), we absolutely cannot take all this stuff with us (years of accumulated stuff).  Most of it not used.  We all need to consume less and give of ourselves more.  Anyway, we went to the dump again (3rd time recently) and working on more!  Found more for garage sale stuff.  Just need to buy some storage totes, anything in boxes seem to absorb moisture or attract bugs which then has to go the dump because of mildew.  We have had so much rain in the last 2 days, I found a second leak in the basement, in the wall of the foundation.  Not good!

Dark Days!

Had a few drastic days with Hubby in the hospital.  Learned about gastroparesis, the short of it is nerve damage to the blood vessels in the stomach.  With to much acid, the stomach will shut down and not digest food.  Between this and ketoacidosus, one's health can be severely compromised.  We know someone who lost their life to this.  If you have diabetes, please be aware of these conditions.  He is always battling to control it..............no fun!  Getting back to normal, so hard to watch and feel so helpless!

Puyallup Sewing Expo

My daughter and I went to the sewing expo.  What a overload of STUFF! Fun to look at though.  Did not find anything I could do without.  Drooled over a few sewing machines but I love my old workhorse (a Bernina).   Saw a couple TV personalities, I guess we rate here in pacific NW!  We had a great time looking at everything but the crowds became a bit much.