Some high lights from this week...

This week has been a rainy one...Sunday and Monday we had about 4 inch of rain. Then the rest of the week it kept being drizzly, not really raining, but not dry either! The cabin banister worked well for a substitute clothes line, and by Thurs, I was searching for more room too...Thankfully we are enjoying some more sunshine, and the weather is lovely, fact is it was so chilly this morning in our bedroom I shut the window for a bit!


Ok, so Tues we tackled my bedroom...and I got rid of a few piles. I even ventured out a bit and did a partial rearranging! I kinda like the outcome, and Ivan told me Thurs evening that he kinda likes the new look too! Its a bit aggravating tho', when you come out of the bathroom headed for the dresser...and when you get there...oh, thats right...the dresser is back over there! Oh well, this too shall pass!

Wed evening I decided I was in the mood to sew, after 3 people stopped in to get zippers for their sewing projects. So I cut out a dress. Thurs in between laundry, I got it completely sewed...except for the hem. Its still waiting. And guess what, Ivan asked me who I was sewing for and I said myself. He actually told me that he liked the dress without even seeing it on me!

Andrea has been making some cute little pin cushions. I actually saw the idea in a magazine that came floating in from somewhere, and told her that it actually might be an idea for a hostess gift for the upcoming chorus tour they are planning to go on. She also has been crocheting some baby afaghans for a friend at church. That isn't a real big time money-making proposition...but I think she is enjoying it.



And Geneva is getting into signs again...she has about 6 ordered, and is also doing some new fall ones.

This morning Maurita, Quinten and I went yardsaling! (Geneva is the one I can usually count on to go with me...but she had to work today) This is the weekend when they have the '10 mile' yard sale, the road from Barnwell to Olar. So its more fun than trying to hunt all over town, when you don't know where the roads are! We didn't find a whole lot, but a few useful items, and some a bit frivolous! Maurita saw a barn/silo salt and pepper set that said John Deere that she fell in love with. Quinten found one of those M-n-M (or like Ryan called it, the vegetable) dispensers with a pt jar on top, like Uncle Dannys always had. I told the boys they should try to recreate that one to sell.

Well, I was planning to intersperse some pictures in thru here...but for some reason...it won't come up...so may have to add them later!....Later...aha...it worked!

The piles in my life...

While I was doing grapes yesterday...I was comtemplating what I could write here...if I got a chance...then I forgot one of the things I was going to add.
Actually I said yesterday morning was the usual...cleaning, laundry, etc. Kylan usually cleans up their room and I discovered last week that he hadn't really done it for awhile! So decided maybe it needed some mom help this week! :-)
I was just planning to pick up the 'outskirts', you know around the edges...and it got deeper and deeper till I decided phooey on it...and completely emptied under the beds...'housecleaning?? with out the water'?? Anyway I've been noticing these 'nice' little piles by Kylans bed, and decided to inquire if they really needed to be there. Well, he had his reasonings...and in thinking it over later, I decided that maybe he is too much like me!! You know there was this pile of paper, that he might want to draw sometime and they had good clean backs. I inquired, what is in your desk drawer, is there room in there for it? Well, yeah, but I can't see it in there! And yeah, my bedroom has some of the same piles...If I can't see it...I forget it is there! So there it sits letting me see it...but never really doing anything about it...I've been waiting on a chance to go thru those piles, and reduce them...maybe that will be the project I will aim for this week!

Busy as Bees...

Ok, so I am hostess tomorrow...its fall...so a logical time to clean house...right? Mon while doing laundry, I thought I'd start with the dining room/kitchen. Well, I got the doors washed, and decided they needed a coat of paint. So...cleaning on hold, paint brush in hand, amid interruptions, got a coat of paint on all the outside doors, even did the cabin door, which had never got the first coat, by the way!
Tues, back to my house cleaning. I thought this would be good, cause Geneva had off work...well, she had promised to go to the soup kitchen in Orangeburg...so she was out the door about 10:30, home a bit after 2, and left again soon after 3 to milk! She did do the windows for me, but otherwise...I plugged away. Big rooms are nice for lots of people...but not when it comes to cleaning. After too many buckets of water to count, the walls are clean, the cabinets on top, outside, inside, and underneath...oops, guess not the last one! By the time I got that done, supper was baking in the oven, so I remembered today, that I still didn't move the stove. The youth had chorus practice that evening, and everyone disappeared, or so it seemed, so I went ahead and cleaned out the fridge after supper!
Wed, I gave the inside of the front door another coat of paint...cause I when it dried, there were big time skips...and the cabin door needed a second coat also, cause it hadn't had any before. Then I was at the shop in the afternoon, Andrea wanted to come in the house to wash her hair!
Thurs was laundry again, and was a bit more relaxed than the previous days, but was still trying to catch up corners from when I spent most of my days at the shop! I had got a turkey out the freezer the night before to thaw, so had a good supper all prepared, and Ivan said he wasn't eating supper!
Fri, was doing more laundry, and starting the cleaning, when Ivan called and said if I could be ready in 10 min I could go to O-burg with him...I never turn an offer like that one down...So, left about 10, back at 2, got the ice cream in the freezer, and tried to get most of the groceries away, left at 2:30 to go clean church. We found it works best to have the school childrens help right after school. Geneva wasn't too thrilled about going, cause she needed to go milk, but she got out of it last time...so I sent her on a guilt trip! Mean moms! Home again, and got the deposit ready, and off to Denmark for the normal Fri afternoon trip. In the meanwhile, Maurita brought 3 friends home from school, cause the Intermediate SS class was invited to the Mule Barn for supper. They were to find a ride there, and the teacher would deliver them home again. So she put her friends to work, and they got the jobs done in short order! Forgot to get meat out for supper, so concocted a cassarole with some of the left over turkey...we didn't have much lunch, and I think Ivan wondered a bit at my supper...he doesn't get real excited over cassaroles! Afte supper made French bread and a jello salad for Sun.
And today...normal Sat morning, laundry, cleaning...and about 2 I got 1 1/2 bushel of fresh grown Concord Grapes from NY delivered almost to my door. I didn't really NEED them...but couldn't turn down that one! So we spent the rest of the afternoon steaming grapes and canning juice. Have 19 qt jars, and 11 pts to show for my afternoons labor!
...And now...off to bed, to another blessed Sunday. Looking forward to open council meeting at church, then if there are any visitors...if not, see who I can snag to help us eat our lunch! So... Good night, sleep tight....

Shopping and finger mutilation...

As of last night...I was officially tired of shopping! Andrea had expressed interest in going to the Aiken library before we went to WI, so she would have some good books to read. So I decided to take them all to Aiken Sat to go school shopping, till Kylan arose in defense and declared he didn't want to 'waste' all day Sat! So as the van was in Barnwell getting a front end alignment on Fri, I decided it might be easier on me to take the younger boys along to Barnwell, and get that part over with! LOL! So we spent awhile going up and down the aisle till we found most of the things they needed that was on the 'school list'! When we got home I needed to make the Friday afternoon run into Denmark...so...
Then Sat morning I told Gwynndon to be in here at 6:30...apparently the girls didn't hear the time...or chose to ignore! Gwynndon expressed interest in the flea market, so I thought we could 'kill 2 birds with one stone'! Well, as it was 7:30 till we got off, they all declared that we better skip the fleas this time...and headed directly for Aiken, with Geneva muttering about what was going to be open at that unearthly hour...I told her, Walmart of course! There was a new route that Ivan and I had discovered that was thru horse farm country and some of them expressed interest in going that way. We actually found some nice yard sales along the way, which was an interesting diversion. I think all the school shopping is taken care of, I even found a lamp shade that we've been needing at the Goodwill store for $1.oo! We stopped by the Aiken library, and I think everyone has sufficient book reading for the journey...unless they get them all read before we leave. You know...I might should have confiscated them! Grin! Ivan called about 12:30 and wondered when we were coming home. I told him that we had 3 more stops, and he is like what in the world...I've been to Columbia and back! Oh well, shopping kinda can do that! And we even got Geneva home an hour before she had to go milk cows!
And...Friday I came home from Denmark to chaos! Maurita had called sometime and wondered what was for supper. I told her sandwiches and egg plant. She could peel and slice the egg plant awhile. Well, she didn't realize the 'new' v slicer had a safety lever, so little girls couldn't cut themselves...and she was pretty desperate about getting this thing out, and sliced a good sized sliver on her thumb. She went to the steps and hollared for Andrea, who grabbed paper towel and helped her into our bathroom, then immediately ran to the shop for Ivan. As I was driving in, I saw her out there, till I got to the house Ivan was gripping Mauritas wrist and said she bout to cut her thumb off. He said when he got in there was blood from one end of the kitchen to the other, and she was in the bathroom spurting blood! I took one look and knew it was beyond any superglue! Anyway, I got a hand towel around her hand so it would quit dripping, took over the tourniquet job, and we headed for Bamberg. Thankfully Dr Glenn answered his cell phone and we got instant attention at the office instead of having to go thru the ER! We were glad to turn her over to his attention! The cut starts on the right side of her thumb, arches down and across the knuckle area and back up the left side to the top of her nail. Ivan said something about it bleeding so much, and Dr Glenn calmly and cooly said, oh she probably got the artery! Anyway, imagine my horror Sat when we were on the way home from Aiken and Ivan calls and said he just sliced his thumb and left a blood trail from the vehicle to the sink! His is on the top side of the knuckle and he superglued his. It did pop open just before supper, and he glued it again, but it didn't take too well. He then put on a butterfly bandage and I am glad today is Sun...hopefully it can start to heal before he is back at it tomorrow! So this morning when Cheryl wondered if things were lining up for our trip...my answer was...if we don't have too many more mutilations!!!
Actually I enjoyed both shopping expeditions with the children...and am really glad that I divided it into 2 different journeys...I could enjoy them both better! But I am glad we don't have to do that real often!

What a bummer...

I had a post made under the previous title...and somehow...it didn't record...and I don't have time right now to repeat it!!! I tried! So maybe I will quick add a few pictures...but they won't even act right!!

Summer is tickin' on by...

Did I mention...that it is HOT!!

...Oh yeah...this afternoon on the way to deliver Ryan's "Jimmy" to Delmars...the bank themometer registered at 106*!! We've been having rather lovely weather up until now...and guess that I have been a prophet of doom...but mentioned the fact that a yearly temp usually averages out...and I was afraid that we would pay for the nice weather. Sure enough...it hit!!

But other wise we have been eating like kings! Fresh garden veggies are so delicious. Green beans, cukes, squash, still getting some broccoli, cabbage, fresh potatoes, and yes, we have had 2 meals of corn on the cob! Thorton has never got into that idea yet, and Sat when we started chomping, I noticed he had this funny look on his face, like you mean that I really need to do this! He never did eat it Sat, Ivan ended up cutting his off. Well this morning he was saying something about not liking it with butter and salt on, so at lunch time today I decided to try something, and gave him just a plain old ear. And he ate it!! Can't imagine eating it with out the drippy butter and salt...but maybe I should try it...just might be good! :-)

The beans are frittering out, but I have been diligently picking all 4 rows...for what...we did can another 7 qt today, and every little bit seems to help. They are reblooming, so I am really glad about that, cause wasn't quite sure that I should be done! Oh for the days...when 50 pt was enough!! Seems like we've been canning beans for next to forever! Then we also had cukes sticking out our ears today I did 2 batches of kosher dill and started a batch of 7-day. I didn't use to make so many of them, but my husband found out that they are good for what ailes you... so I will diligently make them for him! Our potatoes are starting to die down...so while we were out this morning before it got too hot ( what a joke, as it was hot when I went out at 8!)...but anyway we dug the first 3 rows of potatoes...so the garden seems to be winding down just a bit! Oh, and how did I forget...we are starting to get a few tomatoes also! So the question is not what veggie are we having for dinner, but which one will wait till next time! HA!

The other day one of our customers dropped off some watermelon and cantalope , so we have been taking turns on them for dessert. Actually I didn't say that right...I knew he was coming to the shop, and called and wondered if I could get some, and he offered to have them dropped off here, then wouldn't even let us pay for them!

Yes, as I alluded to the fact in the first line...Ryan is coming home tonight...his plane lands in Charleston at 11 PM. Darlene Diem also went for the street meetings, and as we had delivered them to the airport, Delmars are planning to go pick them up this evening. Ryan thought it would save them a few miles if his jimmy was up there. Andrea has been hankering on shopping at 'Roses', and when Geneva heard we were going wanted to go too. I also went to Piggly Wiggly to get a few staples to go with our veggies! So its been quite a day...I have a dress on the go... Maurita would like for it to be finished...and I thought about working on it after supper, but haven't got there yet. The only strenuous thing I did was to go pick up the potatoes from the yard where they were drying. The 3 youth at home, went to chorus practice.

Yesterday we got an invite to Wendell Heatwoles for lunch, and we had a very lovely time! Don't know why we don't do it more often...oh yeah...guess we gotta get the invite first! Ha!