It has been a long time since I did a blog.  Seems like blogging has taken over the internet and there are so many cool blogs out there makes me think why bother!!???

It is April and I do not know where the time has gone.  My Dad has melanoma cancer and is doing quite well considering, no pain is the best deal, it is growing and he is 92 so we are doing the best we can!!!!  Mom is fine and dandy for 91 she is still doing very well!!!  The kids are great, Brandon is back in the boating season and Ben's roofing biz is always busy and Devin is growing like a weed and cute as can be!!!

 I am sewing, volunteering and taking care of the P's, Dave is cutting meat at the slaughter house.  Our home is missing our Golden Abbey, we had to put her down a few weeks ago, she was 12 and suffering from bone cancer. The last of the 3 old doggies we brought from Wisconsin.  We do have a shelter dog, another old, fat girl, she's a doll and we just love her so much!!!!  I think she is enjoying being Queen Bee!!!

I am still on my upcycle projects and denim beads have been a fun project.  They are made like the old fashioned paper beads only out of denim, old jeans and beads in between.  I just love them!!!

And at a Christmas show I met a gal with a tons of her Dad's ties, they thought the purses would be a neat way for all the girls to have a bit of Grandpa/ Dad.  There were alot of ties so this is only a portion of the bags I have created for this family!!!

My latest ideas have been necklaces from recycled sweaters, ties, jeans and mens shirts.  More on that later!!!!

                                                          Happy Spring!!!
                                     

Fall is Here!!!!

Finally a bit cooler weather, trees are turning, air is crisp!!!  It's been busy as usual around here.  In September we road tripped to Hot Springs for the neighbors daughters wedding and had a fabulous weekend with all the festivities.  We stayed in another neighbors 1950's summer lake house and it was a hoot!!!  All original, turquoise, paint by number artwork, just darling!!!  Mom and I got shoes off the super sale rack for $15. a pair at Munro Shoes, one of the last shoe brands actually made here in the USA, manufactured right in Hot Springs, AR.

Then a week later I went to Aurora, IL. to see my friend Carolyn and we hooted around and found some neat shops and chatted up a storm.  She and her husband have moved to a lovely over 55 subdivision with a brand new house and all the fixins'.  Then I went to Middleton to visit some friends, had Chinese with Linda, dropped in on Brit, Terri and the Manors and off to the Dells to see the Hendersons and Cranberry Fest with Linda.  I was so sorry to miss Jo and Bob but the Bobber was sick and no, I did not need to take that home!!!???!!!  Another night in the Dells with the Henderson's and fun to be with their family, really appreciated that visit, had been a long time!!!!  Cranberry Fest was the best, very nice weather and lots of good stuff!!!  Linda and I have done this 15 years or more, it's always great!!!  Then back on the road again for White Bear Lake, MN. to see Lynne and hoot around her neck of the woods.  Made a trip to see Dennis and some other folks, much fun!!!  Tuesday I fired up the HHR and headed south at 5:30 am to miss the Cities traffic, made that just hunky dory and then proceeded to get lost 3 times, beautiful day and lots of great Iowa scenery (and I really mean that, hilly, colors etc).  And I made it to the Lake in 9 hours and 45 minutes despite all the wrong turns, almost 600 miles!!!

Back to the grind here!!!  While I was gone a cat arrives, orange and white cutie pie, I'm not a cat fan but he/she was really cute and super friendly, lost or dropped off????  So we fed it and took it to the shelter and he bolted could not find him.  The next night after a wild night of storms he was in front of the shelter and they got him.  He got neutered on Monday, actually I thought he was a girl???  I know zero about cats!!!!  So hopefully someone will adopt him!!!!

I have been walking and washing dogs at the shelter and took a liking to Shelly, a rather fat dog who really needs a diet!!!  She is sweet as can be and so friendly.  I thought I'd just foster her but you know how that goes!!???  Shelly was found at the Shell gas station in Lake Ozark 2 years ago, she has been passed over repeatedly because of her weight.  So she is home with us, Abbey isn't charmed but they are getting along and I believe they will be fast friends soon!!!

The folks are getting along, they are slowing down but then at 91 and 92 they are not running marathons!!!
                                Happy Fall to all!!!