oh where the bison roam ???

  after the cabin disaster yesterday -- mom and I took a drive to see the bison -- the buggers were about 2 - 3 blocks from the road -- the new camera has a spiffy zoom lens eh?  .. they were contentedly grazing away .. it was a nice day

  it would have been nicer at the lake -- just saying -- i'm a little irked over that early winterizing .. a preemptive telephone call would have been nice ... just saying

  so today (since I had no happy place) -- I was at the office and working away by 9:30 am ... the endless payroll, financial statements, income tax returns and quarterly payroll reports wait for no one ...

  I'll quit whining about the happy place in a couple of months (hopefully) ...

soul soother

the happy place is my soul soother ...

and alas

Mr. Landlord shut off the water and winterized it this morning -- with no notice -- mom and I were packing up and heading out there when the text arrived ... WTH  it's a 65' day ...

they are worried about the forecast and cooler temps later in the week ..

dude -- you are jumping the gun

I have to admit -- I already miss the place -- the end puts me in a mood

it is the one place I sit in my chair, do nothing and don't feel guilty out doing nothing.

so -- we packed out more stuff ..

still need to be vac'd, the furniture cleaned and stored .. the fridge cleaned and shut off ... the others have some stuff out there yet ... 

shit -- i really wasn't prepared for the end 

or it ending today ...

yeppers

this is i ...

in all caps  :)

nope, no way, no how

Cousin Layla (3 years ago -- she's almost 4 now) 

Anyhow -- this was my reaction to a request for copies today -- Cindy took the call ... "my attorney needs copies of my tax returns from 1988 - 1994"   == what the hell --

-- I bought the practice in 1994

-- in 1998 an F3 tornado hit our building

-- in 2001 we moved to the new facility

it was 31 freaking years ago -- no we don't keep those copies ... there ain't no building big enough to store that much paper peeps ... there just ain't ... I bet the attorney doesn't have stuff that old in his files ...

and frankly, this client isn't really complicated/sophisticated to warrant keeping 31 years of documents .. I mean seriously ...

change

I really don't want to let go of summer -- I need more summer.  Part of it -- I really haven't had any time off - too much of my time is explaining tax policies of idiots at the federal and state level to others -- it gets exhausting.  Yes, that is what I do for a living, but it gets exhausting -- numbing, repetitive and endless.  Daily ... hourly ..   I'm whining and it is not attractive.

Imagine my dismay -- I thought it was 3:30 and it was only 2:30.  

The combine arrived over the weekend and yesterday it ate the soybeans at the farm -- I believe all of the soybeans are gone.  It doesn't take long anymore -- 16 rows at a time ... remember the days of 4 rows.. I do.  

The weather is changing .. it was an awesomely beautiful morning -- the clouds have moved in and the weather dude is predicting thunderstorms and rain.  Lots of rain.  My evening plans include my favorite (one of my favorite) TV shows and time at the Bernina .. binding and bags.  

pix of the week ..

these last minute shots out the bedroom window are just way to cool ... no thought process no planning .. literally held the camera over my head to avoid the screen on the lower half of the window ... and snapped the shutter ... 

Thursday night at the cabin ... looking into the hole -- it was almost perfectly still and the clouds kind of reflected on the scummy water .. water seemed scummy -- very little movement on the lake, boats, waves and otherwise

so since 5:10 this morning (like 4 hours ago)

I've

1.  pieced a crib quilt

2.  pieced a table topper (from the leftovers of #1)

3.  two loads of laundry -- wash and dried

4.  long armed a crib quilt .. struggled with thread breaking

       (fixed that -- moved needle)

5.  long armed a throw -- no thread breaking

6.  stripped the bed and tried to tidy up the bedroom - tried

7.  coffee .. 

and now we have a thunderstorm -- so I might as well return to the basement and sew some more ... 

maker fair 22 days and counting

perhaps I can also solve the water backing up from the drain issue -- plumbing ... argh

I really like

my new camera ...

it was a friday night drive -- drainage ditches, sileage cutting, mud on the road and home to check some new cement -- projects, the endless projects

happy friday y'all