Although the thermometer was a little lower yesterday I think! There was rain all around Kansas the night before last, but I think we only got 0.007" of it. Not enough to really count in my opinion. But as I keep telling myself & the dogs - it won't be long! It will cool off a bit & maybe even rain again! It is so very dry around here right now!
My dh has been off work this week with a plant shut down happening. So he is now darker, but with a bit of a reddish tinge from working outside all week. We have just about 1 acre of land & he has been trimming trees, etc. He's gone to the dump a time or two. The last couple of days I have gotten almost hourly reports of some hawks that have decided he is doing something wrong. He thinks it might be a mother & her babies, but there are 4 of them. At first it was the biggest one almost dive-bombing him. Now yesterday he called me to tell me they were even following his van as he moved around the yard with his trailer attached & even down the road as he left the yard! So every so often, he gives us & comes in to just take a nap.
He has also gotten in to get his eyes checked and is in the process of getting new glasses. About 3 years ago, he had cataract surgery on both eyes and so there are some changes. Recently he talked about not being able to see everything he wanted while driving. Our prescriptions are not too far apart, although his eyes are a little worse than mine. A few years ago, I was working at a company where the outside doors were kept locked & for various reasons, I also needed to be able to see which phone line was ringing when I was a distance from my desk before I answered. But if I am wearing glasses for distance, I couldn't see what I needed to read or the computer screen in front of me. So I had a pair of trifocals made to use at work. So when D. started talking about what he wanted to see, I had him try driving with my trifocals. He liked them, so has decided to get his own. So right now, he is down having 1 of the fittings done that he is going to need to do to also get them done as a pair of safety glasses for work.
I did finally finish the socks I had started on July 5th for my mil. My dh will get attending a family wedding in the Seattle, WA area in mid-August and his mother lives in the area and it will be her 84th birthday the day he flies home. So I wanted to send something with him for her. I am still deciding if I will make the soles non-skid so that she can wear them as slippers socks. They are made with worsted weight Cascade Pacific and so I think they are too thick to wear comfortably in shoes. But I would hate for her to fall & break a bone because of trying to wear them without her shoes. So need to maybe do some checking around soon to see what I can do. I have heard of a product that The Home Depot might have for coating tools that can be used to make them non-skid & I have also heard of using puff paints to do that as well. I made them in a burnt orange color - orange is her favorite color - so not sure if I can get a good color to go with it.
After finishing the socks, I picked back up my latest shawl to get it going on Chart B & am about 10 rows of 30 into that. Not sure if I will make it through all the chart by Sunday when the next chart is posted, but maybe! This weekend is a weekend with a granddaughter & this granddaughter likes to knit as well, so maybe we can watch some movies while trying to stay out of the heat & do some knitting!
Next week I need to start doing some baking, probably in the early morning so that the house doesn't get too hot. A great-niece will be having her Quince celebrations on August 11th & I have volunteered to make her cake as my gift to her. Her colors are yellow & white, so that will work out great for making the cake! I like to make the cake ahead & freeze it so that I can get the 1st coating of icing on while it is still frozen to
trap crumbs, so that they don't show through.
This year is 35 years since I graduated high school, so some classmates & I, that have reconnected on Facebook, are putting together a weekend of fun for us. We are planning for the last weekend of September, which is still about 2 months away, but when you think of it in terms of only 8 weeks, it seems closer than that even! I had such a miserable time when I was in school, that for years, I swore I would never attend a reunion! I didn't figure I had any reason to. But then I got on Facebook & started to get brave enough to ask former classmates to be friends, went to a couple of Junior High reunions (planning to go again this year too!) where my son went with me for emotional support. Then last year we had an informal 34th high school reunion that was great! I realized that while some things happened - both at home & in school - that made me be a loner, most of it was when I was younger & I got into habits that made it so that by the time I got to high school, I didn't even give anyone a chance to be my friend! I was in my own little circle & all I wanted was for everyone to forget that I was there! And now it has been many years, I have come out of my shell a lot & we are all different people, so why not? It has been great! I can't wait!
The job search hasn't turned up a job just yet. I had 2 in person interviews this past week. Have heard nothing from the 1st (and yes, A., I did send a thank you!), but I am not really surprised by that. He told me at the time that he really thinks the person they are advertising to replace will change her mind & that he is in no big hurry to hire someone. The other, that I thought had gone well, I got a letter yesterday saying they will keep my resume on file for 90 days, but no job. Another that I had emailed my resume to emailed back saying they will start narrowing things down next week. I really am hoping for something full-time, but could take part-time, if it has a chance of working into full-time! But will keep looking! Something has to be out there!
So how has life been treating you lately? What is on the needles, if you are a crafter? How has your weather been? I would love to hear from you!
Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
My dh has been off work this week with a plant shut down happening. So he is now darker, but with a bit of a reddish tinge from working outside all week. We have just about 1 acre of land & he has been trimming trees, etc. He's gone to the dump a time or two. The last couple of days I have gotten almost hourly reports of some hawks that have decided he is doing something wrong. He thinks it might be a mother & her babies, but there are 4 of them. At first it was the biggest one almost dive-bombing him. Now yesterday he called me to tell me they were even following his van as he moved around the yard with his trailer attached & even down the road as he left the yard! So every so often, he gives us & comes in to just take a nap.
He has also gotten in to get his eyes checked and is in the process of getting new glasses. About 3 years ago, he had cataract surgery on both eyes and so there are some changes. Recently he talked about not being able to see everything he wanted while driving. Our prescriptions are not too far apart, although his eyes are a little worse than mine. A few years ago, I was working at a company where the outside doors were kept locked & for various reasons, I also needed to be able to see which phone line was ringing when I was a distance from my desk before I answered. But if I am wearing glasses for distance, I couldn't see what I needed to read or the computer screen in front of me. So I had a pair of trifocals made to use at work. So when D. started talking about what he wanted to see, I had him try driving with my trifocals. He liked them, so has decided to get his own. So right now, he is down having 1 of the fittings done that he is going to need to do to also get them done as a pair of safety glasses for work.
I did finally finish the socks I had started on July 5th for my mil. My dh will get attending a family wedding in the Seattle, WA area in mid-August and his mother lives in the area and it will be her 84th birthday the day he flies home. So I wanted to send something with him for her. I am still deciding if I will make the soles non-skid so that she can wear them as slippers socks. They are made with worsted weight Cascade Pacific and so I think they are too thick to wear comfortably in shoes. But I would hate for her to fall & break a bone because of trying to wear them without her shoes. So need to maybe do some checking around soon to see what I can do. I have heard of a product that The Home Depot might have for coating tools that can be used to make them non-skid & I have also heard of using puff paints to do that as well. I made them in a burnt orange color - orange is her favorite color - so not sure if I can get a good color to go with it.
After finishing the socks, I picked back up my latest shawl to get it going on Chart B & am about 10 rows of 30 into that. Not sure if I will make it through all the chart by Sunday when the next chart is posted, but maybe! This weekend is a weekend with a granddaughter & this granddaughter likes to knit as well, so maybe we can watch some movies while trying to stay out of the heat & do some knitting!
Next week I need to start doing some baking, probably in the early morning so that the house doesn't get too hot. A great-niece will be having her Quince celebrations on August 11th & I have volunteered to make her cake as my gift to her. Her colors are yellow & white, so that will work out great for making the cake! I like to make the cake ahead & freeze it so that I can get the 1st coating of icing on while it is still frozen to
trap crumbs, so that they don't show through.
This year is 35 years since I graduated high school, so some classmates & I, that have reconnected on Facebook, are putting together a weekend of fun for us. We are planning for the last weekend of September, which is still about 2 months away, but when you think of it in terms of only 8 weeks, it seems closer than that even! I had such a miserable time when I was in school, that for years, I swore I would never attend a reunion! I didn't figure I had any reason to. But then I got on Facebook & started to get brave enough to ask former classmates to be friends, went to a couple of Junior High reunions (planning to go again this year too!) where my son went with me for emotional support. Then last year we had an informal 34th high school reunion that was great! I realized that while some things happened - both at home & in school - that made me be a loner, most of it was when I was younger & I got into habits that made it so that by the time I got to high school, I didn't even give anyone a chance to be my friend! I was in my own little circle & all I wanted was for everyone to forget that I was there! And now it has been many years, I have come out of my shell a lot & we are all different people, so why not? It has been great! I can't wait!
The job search hasn't turned up a job just yet. I had 2 in person interviews this past week. Have heard nothing from the 1st (and yes, A., I did send a thank you!), but I am not really surprised by that. He told me at the time that he really thinks the person they are advertising to replace will change her mind & that he is in no big hurry to hire someone. The other, that I thought had gone well, I got a letter yesterday saying they will keep my resume on file for 90 days, but no job. Another that I had emailed my resume to emailed back saying they will start narrowing things down next week. I really am hoping for something full-time, but could take part-time, if it has a chance of working into full-time! But will keep looking! Something has to be out there!
So how has life been treating you lately? What is on the needles, if you are a crafter? How has your weather been? I would love to hear from you!
Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
I found your blog via thesockladyspins. I too am from KS. I wonder if your dh has encountered Mississippi Kites. They've been bad at the college I used to work at; dive bombing the students, etc. Also, I've heard they get bad on golf courses. You have a great blog. I'll visit again soon.
ReplyDeleteMartha from Kansas
Thank you Martha! My paternal grandmother's name was Martha! I'm glad you have you here. I doubt these were Mississippi Kites, but I don't know for sure since I didn't see them. He says they were hawks. When we were building our house in the 1980's he had a problem then as well - it is a bi-level with the basement 1/2 out of the ground & these didn't like him being in the rafters at that time.
ReplyDeleteWhat area of KS are you from, if you don't mind my asking? I am in the Hutchinson area.
We're in Manhattan. My cousins grew up in Hutch...many years ago.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a mother of 3 and grandmother of 5!! Don't you just love being a grandmother? Don't have any poms though :-)
OK - we have a daughter who attended K-State. Didn't graduate from there in the end, but came close. Then our other daughter was at Fort Riley for a while when her 1st husband was stationed there. Two of the 5 grandchildren were born there. And yes, being a grandmother is terrific! I believe I will get to spend 1 on 1 time with 2 granddaughters this weekend & should be able to see all 5 at one point during the weekend. They all do live close by.
ReplyDeleteDepending on the area your cousins grew up here in this area & their age group, I might possibly know them. I have been in the Hutchinson area since 1962.
Do you know any Dickersons from the Hutchinson area? They're all probably older than you except my cuz Nancy. She probably graduated from HS about 1970 or so. They lived in Hutch but since have all moved to other states.
ReplyDeleteI moved to Manhattan so I could babysit three of my grandkids, ages 1,3 & 5. The others have an Army dad so they've moved around and I don't get to see them often enough. They are 6 mo and 2 yrs.
Yay for grandparenting!!
I graduated HHS in 1977, so it seems like I might have been a bit later. So I might know by a married name, if married more than maiden. I don't recognize Dickerson off hand. Might look up on classmates.com to see if the face looks familiar. With selling Avon, I also get some, but wouldn't necessarily know by maiden names always.
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