Crazy WEATHER and it's Time to renew the Contract...

 I don't know what it's like in the rest of the world but it's been hot as hades around here in Texas. 100-106 actually temp and the index is higher. Well Thursday (27th) the morning started off really nice. We actually had a very very tiny rain and then David snapped these pictures.  He did good

That evening we had a quick hard rain and then a light shower for maybe 40 or so minutes. Well Friday was a total shocker and crazy. I'm in my sewing room and I hear the wind getting heavy and loud. I was sure it was a trick until all hell broke loose.

And that night I walked out to snap a couple pictures of the partial moon eclipse (8/27) Not very good but I am sharing anyway. 

Then the next day we had a sudden storm kick up and tear a bunch of shingles rip off our roof. Awesome since they were predicting that the storm coming into the Gulf was going to give us lots of rain. You can click on the highlighted word storm to see the storm since the video link seems to only work sporadically. 

If you click on the highlight word storm you'll see what blew in. I could hear the shingles flapping in the wind so I knew what I'd find when I was able to go outside. Not much on the front. The roof line got the biggest hit

 
The peak is ripped up but it's harder to see in the picture.

As far a storm from the Gulf and rain in our area never happened but Thankfully we have a neighbor who's owns a roofing company (Done Right Roofing) that could get us taken care of if it had. Thank God for Bill. Thanks Bill. And that's how August ended.

September arrived and before we knew it, it's been 48 years of freakin marital bliss. David loves that saying.  I just like that I've been annoying him that long and will continue to do so since we decided to take another trip around the sun together. oH HOW we've changed.

 

And annoying each other for another year.

For our anniversary we drove to Bastrop to eat at the Pine Creek Chop House. Our steaks were delivered without steak knives again. And again you could cut them with a butter knife. They were that tender and sooo tasty.

 

David snapped a picture of me but we forgot to snap a picture of us before leaving.  I managed to leave my phone in the car console so I was anxious to get back to the car when we left.  Bad me.

It was a lovely evening and awesome food.

Friday (9/4) We had a date with our friends Mark and Kathy 

at the Kenney Store for dinner some great music by Max and Heather Stallings. David and I have followed them since at least 2013.  Kathy and I had the Bowl. LOL it consisted of rice, black beans, corn, shredded cheese, beef fajita, pico, and avocado with Rita's green sauce. It was really good. David had chicken tenders and I've forgotten what Mark had but all of us had happy tummies. The opening act was Kevin Black from Katy and yes related to Clint Black. Great music by him and then there's Max and Heather. Now tonight he told a story I hadn't heard before about the one legged cricket. And yep he had a song. click on the highlight and you'll see/hear a short clip.

It was a great evening.
 On Saturday (9/5) David is off to the races at Little River Academy for the day.  He entered two classes to race in, one was Street and the other Mod ET. He lost in Street class before he got into the rounds to make money but he got 2nd in the Mod ET. Yahoo!  He came home with some money. The photographer Faith Santoyo caught David at the starting line. Nice photo

 

Way to go!

This book club meeting was a big adventure. Our neighbor let us borrow a van that could easily hold 10 and might be able to squeeze a couple more in to go to 36 North Winery to start our meeting. This is a great venue. The have wine, craft been and excellent desserts and some food to snack on.  Kelli and I are the only two that have been to wineries and do tastings, the rest were wine virgins. LOL  

There was 9 of us that made it out to discuss our book Hot Flash of Homicide by Dawn Dugle. We all really liked the book and want to read the next one in the series. The Main Character Wysdom turns 40, no one acknowledges her birthday, the doctor diagnosis her with perimenopause, her advancement in police force is being blocked and then she meets the God Among Men.  Fun book and It was so much fun discussing at the winery. The owner Tracy and her husband took great care of us. I did warn her we were coming and she had us a table saved inside. The ladies who don't normally drink wine enjoyed the experience and found that they even might like wine more than they thought they did.  After the discussion we headed to Joe's Italian Restaurant in Caldwell for dinner. Oh and Sheri was our designated driver. It was gonna be me or her.  Anyway thanks Linda for asking Bill your sweet son in law if we could borrow the van and thanks to Sheri for driving. 

and I'll end this blog with a bit of exercise. Sheri's super stars doing our final exercise.... Stretch and strengthen those calve muscles. Oooww ouch.

Sheri's giving me a look and telling me to quit stalling.  I would never..

 Well maybe.

Until next post..  “A one-hour workout is 4% of your day. No excuses.”

Books, quilts, dogs and my hero

And I'm off and running. Well okay, I'm not running but I'm reading and sewing. Which since I listen to most of my books I can do both at the same time. LOL Currently I'm listening to a book by Jane E. James called The Landlady. Wow she's starts off sound a little eccentric but she's evil. Her tenant has no clue.

Thursday (8/13) it's time for book club. Several of our members were off running the roads or flying. LOL But five of us carried on without them. We missed their contribution of course. Our book we discussed was Tom Lake by Ann Patchett.  It started off slow but then the main character continues to share her story of acting and romance with Peter Duke in the 80'2 and who is known as a famous actor. Her 3 daughters have begged her to share the the story as they pick cherries at the family orchard. The book is based in 2020 and the girls are home from work and college. The book is about family, romance, poor choices and good choices.  We had lots of fun and lots to talk about.  The food was good but the bar drinks were terrible according to two who ordered drinks.  No bueno

The kids have been going to church and the boys went with them and they received their very own Bibles.  Proud dad in the background.

David hasn't been to the monthly Bell Gang luncheon all year but Wednesday the 12th he was able to go.  

And he had his Taco Bell cap on that Kaleb got him for Christmas. 

He's been keeping it clean so he can wear it to the Bell Gang luncheon.

Friday (14th) I went to get my hair done. It was definitely time for a cut and some low lights. Frank did a nice job. My hair pretty much all white and my face gets lost in pictures. One day I'll just have to go with it I guess but not yet.

Oh and meet Minnie like Minnie Mouse. LOL

Look at the markings on her side. Okay it's like looking at clouds but I see Mickey Mouse, well Minnie in this case. I think 

I hang with some talented ladies at the Sassy Stitchers Bee.  Check them out.

This is the front of Terri's quilt and she made the back pretty too. Wow!

Then this is one of Judy's quilts. Love the colors and pattern and Thelma made a pretty wedding ring quilt..  There were several others but I won't overload you today. Maybe another day.

I did take a class using a 3 - 1  yard cuts.  Now if I could sew it wrong I did.

Not big mistakes. It was sewing the same colors togethers. I took it from Christine at Railroad Cotton Exchange.  The shop is doing a different quilt each month along with other classes. This was the pattern. I should have been able to complete most of it but when you spend too much time using Jack the ripper it don't happen.  

 

This was my copilot. LOL. She was so adorable and silky. Well this is just awesome I've forgotten her name. Stella, Cora...... Grrrr. I remember Dudley and Woodrow. LOL

 

I got the sweetest text from the recipient of my last quilt. Momma Kindra says 

Anora loves her new quilt.  She's a cutie. She's my friend Sheryl's first grand-daughter. She has plenty of grandsons. LOL

This little one has a big brother and her other boy cousins are most likely going to dote on her. LOL She'll probably keep those boys in line eventually.  

Several days earlier I had David come look at my computer. It was on, the cursor moved but I couldn't click on anything or type anything.  I rebooted, I got new batteries for the keyboard and the mouse but nothing.  David had the magic touch.  He's not sure what he did but it worked.  Other than  hitting Cntl Alt Delete.  Something worked. LOL   Then I had my desk drawer that was sagging and I needed his help to figure how to remove the drawer and see what needed to be fixed.  Crazy thing is the release of the rails is on the bottom of the drawer. Once we got the drawer out it was obvious the  rail had pulled out of the drawer so my Man got down on the floor to work on the drawer and rail.  Weeellll Sadie wanted to help....

She didn't lick or paw for attention. Nope she just squeezed in between him and the drawer. LOL  My hero to the rescue with a little help this time.

                                                                      David brought in the mail and said you got a package and tossed it to me.                           When I opened it, I said this is for you. He says it has you name and I say the T-shirt says it's for you. LOL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Well that's it for now..n  The perfect day…Quilt, Eat, Sleep, Repeat

Where's the month Gone To

 Dang it seems like forever since I've posted anything. 

July 25-26 - David drove to Ennis for a race. This one didn't have a happy ending. He didn't bring home the money darn it. 

Eventually he'll be pulling a slightly bigger trailer and it'll be red.  He's gonna set it up so he can sleep in it when the races are multiply days. The new trailer is in great shape but he'll need to customized the inside to suit his usage.  It's a blank canvas. His wheels are turning with the possibilities of how he's going to lay it out.

I like this new trailers rear door. It's a ramp door that will make it so much easier loading the motorcycle. I feel it's much safer that a ramp that's about 18-20" wide if that. That's my opinion any way.

 As I mentioned in my last post we sold our cows and instead we're leasing our land to a young man down the street.  He's helped David with our cows since we moved here when Garret was around 14. Garret is a hard worker and very knowledgeable about the workings of cows and now runs his own business. David told Garret one day when he was here that he might have to take the calves away...... He tells Garret that I've started naming the calves. LOL. Not all of them just a few of them.
Okay so I named this one Angel. It has an angel kiss on it's forehead. Then there's Bugsy.  They're all so cute.

Okay so I haven't named the next 2 so I'm not totally out of control. LOL

There's a bunch more but these little gals were close by.

While in Bryan I went to watch the boys at MMA only when I got there only Killian was sparing.  Apparently Braxton went to the doctor. Killian had improved since the last time I saw him.  Good Job Killian. If you click on his name in blue it'll bring up him sparing. The boys love MMA.

I began a quilt for my friend Sheryl's son and daughter in law for their baby to be... Sheryl has 5 boys. 4 out of 5 all have boys. Aaron has a boy but he and Kindra are having the first Grand Daughter. I think she might get spoiled being the only girl in the family. LOL My goal was to get it finished and to them before baby girl arrived well she didn't get the memo that her due date was in August.  Anora Kay arrived July 25th.  The quilt is finished and mailed.  By the time I post this they should have the quilt in hand. Congratulations to Kinda and Aaron. 

The fabric was little fairies. The quilting by Donna's Lavender Nest are flowering hearts. The pattern is called Daisy's and Diamonds.

Saturday (8/8) Would have been my Mom's 91st birthday. I sure miss our talks, her smile and laughter.  RIP Mom I love you.

Today was also Kennedy hang out time.  We took our friends John & Kelli Kennedy to JW Steakhouse in Carmine for lunch. It was pretty darn good. David and Kelli both ordered as one of their sides the cucumber salad but they got a surprise. It was the typical cucumber, tomato and onion in vinegar. It apparently tasted more like bread and butter pickles. LOL. After the initial shock they both decided they were bad.  Food and Service was good.

Our next stop on our outing was Koopers Family Distillery.  John and Kelli each got a whiskey flight, David and I had been before so we each ordered a drink. I had an old fashioned and David got a whiskey sour. Mmmm. 

After they finished their flight they ordered a drink. After lots of talk and laughter it was time to head down the road. While we were having a good time here we still had another stop to share with John and Kelli.

We took them to the Busted Oak Cellars. It was wine time. Since they'd never been here before they got a tasting to decide what they wanted to drink. And since David and I had been here we just got a glass of wine.  It's fun to share places we've been to but scary too. What if they don't like it is always in the back of our mind.  But so far so good.  Good times and memories made on this outing. 

Before leaving we took a selfie on the Big Maroon Chair. We were gonna head home after this but there was a place in Giddings called the Sixth Street Spirits and they were open until 8 so we decided to stop there since we'd pass right by it before going home. We have never been here either so it was an adventure for us too.

They had Bourbon, Rye, Whiskey and Vodka.  Today was a really fun day of trying  new drinks and places.

   

We got home after 9. Our puppies were hungry and happy to see us.

John and Kelli had to get home to their furry family too. Until next Kennedy date day/night. LOL

Well that's it for now.

Until next post....“Life is meant for good friends and great adventures” – Anonymous