Fun Fun in the Sun and Anniversary Celebrations begin

 Kaleb, Pamela and the boys went to Hockley to hang out with the O'Briens for the day to have some fun in the sun (8/17)  And you know the boys just hated swimming with friends. Braxton and friend Connor in the spa.

Pamela and Marlaina have been friends since elementary school. So the adults enjoyed their time too.

Killian had lots of fun on the slide. That's Thomas in the water. He's Connor's big brother. I miss having a pool but I don't miss the upkeep.

On Monday the 19th I went to my sewing bee in Cameron. Caught Judy trying to work on her quilt top. Then I snapped a picture of Colleen and Tammy. Tammy is working hard trying to finish up all her wonky stars. I still need to finish mine too.

 

 I love Colleen's pillow case she made. Another project I need to start and complete. I better get busy. And Colleen shared her sweet quilt top she finished for I believe her grand daughter.

 

 Our book club started reading the book It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover. Then someone sent out a text that maybe we should read it fast and go to Lunch then go see the movie. Well 6 of us finished and went to see the movie with Blake Lively. If we hadn't read the book the movie would have been fine but since we did read the book it was just okay.  The book was about trauma and domestic violence and helps put perspective on why women tend to stay in abusive relationships. Don't judge these women until you walk a mile in their shoes.  The movie just skimmed over the domestic violence and left several parts of the book out and changed the ending.  But us ladies had fun on our outing. 

 David and I are about to be married for 46 years. Damn that's a long time. We started our celebration at the Wilson Valley Mercantile & Distillery in Little River Academy. We saw an ad for steak night and we said let's go. David had a spicy whiskeyrita and I had a white russian. All made with their liquor. Very tasty. We behaved and only had one each. LOL In fact I had to bring mine home because I couldn't finish it if I wanted to eat. And oh yes I wanted to eat. The steaks were so tender, it was like biting into butter, the green beans were seasoned just right and a baked potato. There was salad too but I gave mine to David. Lettuce seems to sit in my stomach like concrete so it's not worth eating even though I like salads. There was a young man singing and I don't remember his name but he was pretty good. 

 

We enjoyed the evening. 

I'm coming along with my blocks for the 2024 Color Challenge by Patterns by Jen. I now have January though May.

January

 

February

March

 

April

 The newest block was May in yellow. I'm catching up. I've got June cut out. This is the first time I've actually done a challenge like this. Usually I have good intentions of doing a challenge or sew along but never actually start it. Yay for me.

  So I did a thing Saturday (8/31). It was time to get my hair colored now that I've started doing that again and I needed my layers shaped up. When I texted my stylist I asked if he thought I could add some red. He said sure but I kinda forgot to say I wanted it to be more auburn and blended. LOL My error in the way I communicated my desire for red in my hair.

So it's not a firetruck red or massey ferguson tractor red but it's red.

It's fun, It's different and I actually like it.

Now David, he's not so sure and Pamela goes that can be fixed by the time the wedding comes around, right? LOL

The funny part is that in our house lighting it almost looked purple but it is a red.  So are you ready..................

One thing about it... I'm not a white haired grandma or mistaken for the mother of my friend. So ha!

Wanted to say Thank you to another unknown commenter on the "What's that old saying. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." 

George Bernard-Shaw" blog post.    "Good times and special memories"   Thanks for the comment. You've got to have fun and make the memories while you can.

The month of August sure flew by. Dang.

Well that's it for August. 

Until next blog post....