Wednesday, August 22, 2007
August 18th Through The 21st!
Let me start by saying I’m sorry I was absent. I can’t get an excuse from my Mom because she has shuffled off this mortal soil. Or as the family lovingly says she is where it is acceptable to wear plaid shorts with argyle knee highs, bless her heart! The only thing I can do is tell you what has transpired in the last few days. So if you are ready --here we go!
On Saturday after the plum fiasco Friday Jay and I went out to pick raspberries. I had said the day before that I didn’t think my 72 year old feet would let it happen. But by some miracle I found myself bending over Blackberry bushes picking.
But when it came time to pick the red ones I turned chicken and bought the twelve pints I needed. The results can be seen at Jay’s Jammin’ under Plum Crazy! A full day believe me.
I knew Sweet Thing ( daughter Cindy ) was coming up on Sunday afternoon with another project. She had worked the night before so it was after 5pm went she and David got here. She brought with her three zucchinis a co-worker gave her to make bread with.
As you can see shredding is not the most satisfying job in the world but she got it done after Jay tried to shred his thumb into the first batch! The results were two zucchinis used with four loaves of bread ( with chopped Maraschino cherries and nuts in them) and a Chocolate- Zucchini cake. We managed to squeeze in a partial pinochle game that the girls ( I use that term loosely) conceded because we were too tired to think.
On Monday I picked up the afghan that I found in the box of yarn I had mistaken sent to Jay’s cousin’s house in Yale, MI. It measured roughly 27 inches on one side and I had several skeins of the yarn in the box to finish it. I called Pammie and ask her to measure the ‘7 inch square’ afghans she has been sewing together for The Ghana Project so I could finish this one off as one piece. The results were 36 x 50 inches so I worked on that all day on it.
On Tuesday we had an appointment with Dr. Webb at 11am so It was drive down to Southfield and back. He told Jay that he needed to do the next procedure and tentatively set up Thursday for surgery. So after making lunch and then supper I cleaned up the kitchen and sat down again with the afghan. I was bound and determined I would not put it down until I was finished.
At 4:00 am this morning this is what I had! It is ready to be shipped out and that little ball of yarn is all that is left of that yarn.
Oh I forgot to tell you about the mower deck in the back of our truck. In trying to change the blades on Sunday David was unable to get them off. So he loaded the deck into the bed of the truck. Then yesterday afternoon I took it to Keene’s and they removed and sharpened the blades without removing the mower deck from the truck. Now I still have it in the bed of the truck but at least it is sharp. I am hoping my oldest son can help me get the blades tightened so we can remove them next time, get the deck out of the truck, and onto the tractor. Boy life sure has it’s challenges don’t it.
