Because when the guy finishes vacuuming water and sewage from my bedroom, I'm joining the others at my mom's condo in Auburn. They can't pump out the septic tank till tomorrow, so we can't use any water. Elvis has left the lake.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Before the Rain Came
The kids got some good float action in. This would be before the boat batteries died, the Seadoo battery died, and the septic tank backed up into our bathroom due to excessive rain. Lake Martin 2013 shall be the Trip from Hell. Worse than the year we got locked out and Dean climbed a ladder propped on a patio table to reach a second floor sliding door that was unlocked....worse than the year the dishwasher got stopped up and prompted a plumber's visit....worse, even, than the year a storm knocked out our power, ripped a shingle from the roof, and repeatedly knocked Jim's boat into the dock and sea wall....yes, worse than that.
Because when the guy finishes vacuuming water and sewage from my bedroom, I'm joining the others at my mom's condo in Auburn. They can't pump out the septic tank till tomorrow, so we can't use any water. Elvis has left the lake.
Because when the guy finishes vacuuming water and sewage from my bedroom, I'm joining the others at my mom's condo in Auburn. They can't pump out the septic tank till tomorrow, so we can't use any water. Elvis has left the lake.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Don't Try This at Home!
My brother's a grape salad addict...gonna die of a grapeskin embolism one day....
Friday, July 5, 2013
Fourth of July
We had a quiet Fourth of July, if you discount the noise from the ice cream maker and the howling wind that was just below hurricane force and lasted all day and all night. We started by hoisting the flag (the wind tried to take it).
Then there was a little feeding frenzy right next to the dock when a dolphin showed up.
I can't EVER get a decent shot of them.
Then a little bike ride...and I do mean a LITTLE bike ride. This is an adult-sized bike, but Drew makes it look like a little circus bike - ridiculous!
Then I broke out the Nostalgia Ice Cream Maker, which luckily matches my kitchen doors. I mean, what are the chances?! (They should pay me for advertising this thing.)
After our burgers and dogs, we lit up the sparklers, which lasted exactly 2.8 seconds in the gale-force winds. I love the look on his face when it flared up the first time.
He then proceeded to his fire-breathing act.
And I'll leave you with some crazy fireworks that made us wonder if something caught fire by accident. Turn your volume down to avoid hick accents, please.
Oh, PS - I've noticed a lot more traffic since July 1st (but not more comments, oddly). Is this Blog-Lovin' bringing you here? Am I just more interesting since I turned 46? What gives?
Then there was a little feeding frenzy right next to the dock when a dolphin showed up.
I can't EVER get a decent shot of them.
Then a little bike ride...and I do mean a LITTLE bike ride. This is an adult-sized bike, but Drew makes it look like a little circus bike - ridiculous!
Then I broke out the Nostalgia Ice Cream Maker, which luckily matches my kitchen doors. I mean, what are the chances?! (They should pay me for advertising this thing.)
After our burgers and dogs, we lit up the sparklers, which lasted exactly 2.8 seconds in the gale-force winds. I love the look on his face when it flared up the first time.
He then proceeded to his fire-breathing act.
And I'll leave you with some crazy fireworks that made us wonder if something caught fire by accident. Turn your volume down to avoid hick accents, please.
Oh, PS - I've noticed a lot more traffic since July 1st (but not more comments, oddly). Is this Blog-Lovin' bringing you here? Am I just more interesting since I turned 46? What gives?
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Candy Striping
I love knit stitches up close!
This is the second Nainai's Favorite dishcloth - these suckers are thick enough to be potholders, probably....but I'm not recommending you try that at home.
And this is the very cool Berroco cotton yarn my mom got me - look at that netting! I've never seen anything like it. It's going to be my second Yarn Girls shrug, since the first one lives in Japan now. Off-topic, I was checking the pattern book out of the library, and the librarian who had to help me find it (because I can't count, apparently) asked me how long I'd been knitting. She started 2 years ago and made lots of baby stuff, but the lady who was teaching her died. She's on Ravelry, but she didn't know she actually was a member once she signed up, so she didn't have a user name for me to look up. Resuming previous discussion...
BAM! Candy Stripes! This was on the clearance rack at Hancock a while back, and I can't pass up stripes on sale. This is the scoop neck T-shirt from the Sewing with Knits class.
This is a muslin, and the next one needs to be bigger in the armscye and chest, plus a swayback adjustment is in order.
Is this the worst-fitting pair of pants you've ever seen? And I paid money for them, so you see why I'll wear ill-fitting pants of my own making. I seriously need to give these away.
What do I love? The beautiful top-stitching with the triple stretch stitch, that I learned from Meg's Sewing with Knits class on Craftsy. I never knew I had this stitch - I thought the "triple stretch" was the same as the "lightning" stitch - totally not!
What do I hate? The bell-bottom sleeves I ended up with because my bands were SLIGHTLY larger than my sleeve, so I had to stretch it just a bit. They look like circus tents. Hey, wouldn't it be cool if you could do that to a skirt on purpose!
Seriously, I'm not wearing this shirt anywhere, so I'll probably serge off the sleeves and make it a sleeveless PJ top. Next up will be a V-neck version of the same shirt, in a more palatable fabric.
This is the second Nainai's Favorite dishcloth - these suckers are thick enough to be potholders, probably....but I'm not recommending you try that at home.
And this is the very cool Berroco cotton yarn my mom got me - look at that netting! I've never seen anything like it. It's going to be my second Yarn Girls shrug, since the first one lives in Japan now. Off-topic, I was checking the pattern book out of the library, and the librarian who had to help me find it (because I can't count, apparently) asked me how long I'd been knitting. She started 2 years ago and made lots of baby stuff, but the lady who was teaching her died. She's on Ravelry, but she didn't know she actually was a member once she signed up, so she didn't have a user name for me to look up. Resuming previous discussion...
BAM! Candy Stripes! This was on the clearance rack at Hancock a while back, and I can't pass up stripes on sale. This is the scoop neck T-shirt from the Sewing with Knits class.
This is a muslin, and the next one needs to be bigger in the armscye and chest, plus a swayback adjustment is in order.
Is this the worst-fitting pair of pants you've ever seen? And I paid money for them, so you see why I'll wear ill-fitting pants of my own making. I seriously need to give these away.
What do I love? The beautiful top-stitching with the triple stretch stitch, that I learned from Meg's Sewing with Knits class on Craftsy. I never knew I had this stitch - I thought the "triple stretch" was the same as the "lightning" stitch - totally not!
What do I hate? The bell-bottom sleeves I ended up with because my bands were SLIGHTLY larger than my sleeve, so I had to stretch it just a bit. They look like circus tents. Hey, wouldn't it be cool if you could do that to a skirt on purpose!
Seriously, I'm not wearing this shirt anywhere, so I'll probably serge off the sleeves and make it a sleeveless PJ top. Next up will be a V-neck version of the same shirt, in a more palatable fabric.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Meaningful Birthday Beauty
That was how this was gonna start, but after dinner at Mirko with my 2 boys (poor Deanie's on call tonight), I'm in a different mood. When your 16 year old says, "On the way to Mirko, let's play Madness [by Muse] really loud and have a sing-along," it puts you in a great mood. And when there's 2 guys there playing Dave Matthews and Babylon by David Gray, PLUS a bottle of wine for the price of a glass, it puts you in a really happy birthday mood (because you've got a designated driver and you get a free birthday Tiramisu). Oh, let's get the facial comparisons over with. This is me 2 years ago when I started using Meaningful Beauty, that moisturizer Cindy Crawford pushes that's frozen her face in time.
And here's me today. Jeez, my face is HUGE! No idea why, and Drew the coding genius couldn't fix it.
Here's the extreme closeup 2 years ago - lots of nasty red bumps.
Again with the EXTREME close-up, but no more red bumps. Wrinkles look the same to me and my mom - my face has been effectively frozen in time. Too bad my eyes look hardened and cynical.
My nurses forgot it was my birthday, and they felt guilty because they always decorate my partner's desk up real nice, so one ran to Winn Dixie and bought me a cake and plant. Very sweet of her to do that.
But the REALLY sweet thing was that my dentist gave me a birthday coffee cup that he painted - WHAT?! That one made my day...that and the tons of beautiful yarn my mother gave me - don't have a pic yet, but I will.
And lastly but bestly, go to the Orange Beach osprey cam and enjoy some birds in your FACE! They are so awesome to watch. We watched them eat a fish. I think there's one parent and 2 kids in the nest. Fascinating...but they drive Jake nuts.
And REALLY lastly, this is how I'm feeling right now. Where my chaps?
And here's me today. Jeez, my face is HUGE! No idea why, and Drew the coding genius couldn't fix it.
Here's the extreme closeup 2 years ago - lots of nasty red bumps.
Again with the EXTREME close-up, but no more red bumps. Wrinkles look the same to me and my mom - my face has been effectively frozen in time. Too bad my eyes look hardened and cynical.
My nurses forgot it was my birthday, and they felt guilty because they always decorate my partner's desk up real nice, so one ran to Winn Dixie and bought me a cake and plant. Very sweet of her to do that.
But the REALLY sweet thing was that my dentist gave me a birthday coffee cup that he painted - WHAT?! That one made my day...that and the tons of beautiful yarn my mother gave me - don't have a pic yet, but I will.
And lastly but bestly, go to the Orange Beach osprey cam and enjoy some birds in your FACE! They are so awesome to watch. We watched them eat a fish. I think there's one parent and 2 kids in the nest. Fascinating...but they drive Jake nuts.
And REALLY lastly, this is how I'm feeling right now. Where my chaps?
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