ah Thursday

  next up is Friday ....

  I managed to work until 7:30 last night, sleeping in recliner by 8:15, move to bed and slept like a rock until the alarm when off which brought on more drama ... sometimes I just can't figure out how to shut the damn thing off fast enough .. and of course it is located on the other side of the bedroom.  Or I'd never get rolling.

 Second Friday is Scrap Shack Friday -- need to decide on a project or two ... might be the night to create some Christmas treats -- pincushions, rice bags, been thinking about a new tote bag for my crochet projects.  hummm the possibilities are endless.

 I'm going to leave my older Bernina up there with a kit of basic sewing supplies ... less stuff to drag around and well, it needs a home.  I've already left an ironing board and iron .. good thing I have a full size truck to haul all the stuff eh!

 Got gas for Bessie yesterday -- under $50 to fill the tank (insert huge smile) !!!

M

One word Wednesday

 

 

snow.



tuesday dilemma

  I'm not in the mood to work.  seriously.  I really am not in the mood to be here at the office and being my productive self.

  I worked until 8:30 last night (over productive) .... and took in most of the Voice on TV.   TV at the office is probably a good thing (at least in an Olympic year) ....

  I'm on window winterizing #3 ... and cleaning room #2 .... will need to actually work at some point in time this afternoon.

  I got up to toss a load of  laundry into the washing machine this morning -- and ended up at the Bernina for 1/2 hour ... 'tis the best way to start the day.

M

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

this is sooooo wrong ... I have much to do before the white shit begins to fall from the sky ......

it had better melt quickly  -- remember

 



 

  11/13/10 and the crap never melted until April and we were not ready for it then either ... the plow truck got stuck in the yard ...

 

 

or April 16, 2013 this year when we got dumped on ... ( a mere 6 months ago) ...  no no  no

 

and Karen's was trying to open ....

argh .....

I want fall back (or at least a week of Indian Summer)

 

 

Diva

 

Sunday on the farm ....

the great white hunter (elder #1) ... downloaded 300 pictures off of his deer camera to my desktop computer .. not really necessary is it? ... not sure what he was up to or why he feels the need to save these pix.  the "deer cam" has been in the cat shack for a month -- all part of "critter control" ... getting old peeps, getting old.

 



 

my first and certainly not last carmel frappe from McDonald's ... pretty dang tasty ....

 

a hunk of panera bread left over from lunch ... microwaved to warm with a spot (okay a lot) of strawberry jam ... doesn't get much better ... and yes, I'm drinking out of two different beverages at the same time ...

 

 

first Christmas present of the season!   ha ... a new record for me, I've become the excellent gift card giver and well, this spoke to me ....

 

yes, a stream of dis-jointed pictures -- confused yet .... good -- it's that kind of confusing weekend.  I managed to do nothing yesterday --- well, almost nothing.  Went to Chris' funeral -- nice send off for a nice guy!  After that -- nothing and I mean nothing got done. 

 

So, this morning I bonded with the vacuum cleaner (sucky job) ... and elder #2 and I decided to go to Mankato for lunch -- hummm nothing spectacular there ... Panera .... hummmm ... I needed lamps for the office ... always need more lamps (yes, Mrs. H) ... Gordman's had some deals -- then Menards. 

 

Marie rule #1 -- avoid Menards on a Sunday afternoon.  $137 later -- 2 more lamps, light bulbs, paper towels (40 rolls), over sized Xmas ornaments, Halloween candy bars (on sale), plastic window kits and tape, amarlys bulbs, dish soap -- and a whole lotta old people in my way ... good thing I own a truck. 

 

I earned that frappe peeps ... truly ... then get home and the wind has ripped off part of the fascia on the house ... argh.

 

 

The colors of fall

 

We've got an "Autumn Flame" maple tree in the back yard ... always good for some color opportunities ... the sun had already set when I went out for these ... no flash just me and the cheap Nikon? Canon? not sure even sure of the brand (that's bad) ... lately it (the camera) seems to eat batteries ... it may be on it's last leg ... the cheep ones don't seem to last long!

 

 

Smokey, the lone female barn kitten, of this "season" felt the need to supervise.  She's fairly tame -- for a barn cat around here.  NO she is not coming to the office.

 

 

decorative windmill - not a functioning windmill -- keeps the squirrels on the move ...

 

The plan for Friday was to actually accomplish a project or two -- wrong again.  Crashed big time mid afternoon and slowly slid downhill after then --- hoping to work up the energy to sew was merely a dream .... I truly crashed at 8:30 ... and slept soundly until 6:30 ... I tell ya peeps -- I need a boost of energy -- the fatique end of this is the pits. 

Today is a family friends funeral -- after that I hope to be home and sewing or at least spending some time at the Bernina .... I've been dreaming up projects for a couple of weeks!  Seriously weeks !!!!

Happy Saturday ...

M


pssst.  Don't forget it is daylight savings weekend -- extra hour tomorrow ... just what I need an extra hour of sleep......


the BLOOM ....

  as in the blooming Corpse Flower ... Mom and I took it in ... it reeks .. but it's kind of cool  -- 7' tall and the "bloom" only lasts 8 - 10 hours.  we got there after supper and it was already wilting in on itself -- they (the greenhouse geeks) thought it would be history by morning ....

   I'm glad we took the time to go ....

 

the greenhouse guides made the comment it has been the most photographed bloom in the Valley today -- no doubt -- the cameras and phone cameras were clicking away ....

 

already spent side of the bloom

 

note the chick in the white jacket -- holding her nose ... it does smell like rotting flesh ....or so we were told -- after the skunk invasion of 2013 -- I've smelled worse.

 

LINK TO CORPSE FLOWER AT GAC

 

 

name this waterfall in Nicollet County -- better yet, spell it .... beyond my ability.