Rock'n K progress and much more

Not long ago Pamela and I drove  to Groesbeck to deliver this quilt to it's recipient Jeremiah. 

When I went by the little guy slept almost the entire time.. 

Now he's giving Momma some sweet smiles.There's nothing sweeter.

His Tia Samara (my co-worker) went up the following weekend to capture the above picture of him and his Momma. And of course she couldn't keep her hands off the little guy.

Recently our friends, Ross and Sheryl with other family and friends went on a cruise to witness the union for 1 their 5 sons to beautiful young lady. They invited us but so much is going on in our life right now that I just couldn't say Yes.  Looked like we missed a great time. We wish this new young couple (Austin and Hillary) many many years of happiness. 

So we have this plant well actually lots of these plants/weed/whatever growing at the base of our property. My picture doesn't do it justice. It's kinda pretty and all pinkish and now it's ugly and brown. Next I need to pull one up and take to the nursery to figure out what it is. With the help of my friend Kathie M., I think it's called curly dock or it could be quinoa. I think it's the first.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In between all the stuff going on with the Rock'n K but we squeezed in time for some music at Main Street Crossing.   When walked in their opening act was Darbi Shaun. She graduated from CyFair ISD. We first saw her  the first time when she was around 16 and now she's a Texas A&M graduate.   She and her music has grown. She was good then and now she's even better.  Really enjoyed her part of the show.                                                                                     Of course Max and Heather Stallings are always great.                                                                                                              

 For Cinco de Mayo we went to Marquez, TX for their 5th annual Wing Ding Festival. What is a wing ding festival you ask well it's where teams of chicken wing cookers get together for a little friendly competition to see who has the best chicken wings. And the best part you get to taste every single one of them. This year they added a BBQ cook off too. mm mm and it was all so messy. There were some wings with no flavor and and couple were so hot you couldn't taste anything but the heat and then there was plenty of tasty wings. 

  A few of the booths even shared their ribs that they didn't turn in for one reason or the other. Great deal for us that came through for a test and a vote for our fave. The festival had a car show. Look what I found... a red truck. And there were a few vendors and lots of games for kids. 

 

After wings and ribs it was getting late and it was time to head to back to the farm. We did a few things in the cabin and then we sat back on the porch to smell the jasmine and watch the birds.


Like this momma mocking bird. She has a next built in top of the barn awning. She kept her eye on us. Once she actually landed on the porch railing and just looked at me. I moved and of course she flew off.








The builder staked out the house, garage and car port. Only a small problem....the guy he uses to move dirt was broke down. So nothing happened for a week and the builder went on vacation.  It's hard to imagine that area all staked out will one day be our forever home. Getting exciting.
Pamela had Sophie groomed and of course the groomer Misty @ Top Paw Pet Spa in Bryan had a new picture theme. For the life of me I don't know how she gets the dogs to sit still.  Sophie is a little ham. Kinda cute too.









On Mother's Day weekend my niece graduated from high school.  It's hard to imagine my tiny dancer is old enough to go away to college. Wow.  Here' a picture of her  and a fellow graduate and one with her Aunt Barb. 

Was glad to see this family picture of everyone. Was missing my sister Nancy and her kids but this was nice to see. Wish we could have made it up to Missouri.

I know Emily will go far in college and the world.

 David surprised me with flowers For Mother's Day only I had no clue where all my flower vases were. Well okay I know they're in a box in the garage possibly so I improvised and used the old watering can my grandmother always made tea in and the one my would use to take water to my dad when he was in the field.  

For Mother's Day we got together with my mom for breakfast at Harris County BBQ. They have really good breakfast foods. Lots of choices. We ate good that morning.
 David snapped this picture of the Mothers and Daughters above and below.
Me and Lilley..... Pamela and Sophie
Had a great Mother's Day. I know this is late but I hope everyone else did too


So our backyard at the rent house has become the critter nursery. This baby blue jay was in the grass behind Lilley's favorite bench. Lilley kept staring at it and would woof ever so often at it and then here comes momma bird swooping at us. I took Lilley inside and when I looked back out the window the baby and momma were gone.

Did I mention this post was full of photos and almost everything May... LOL

 While at work Tuesday May 15th my future neighbor Kerry at the Rock'n K texted me this picture.




YAHOO!
Bubba our builder got a dozier and they started moving dirt. Can't wait until we go up this weekend. LOL. Just to see dirt moved.
That Saturday while we were there they put up the forms for the foundation. Too exciting. 
It's hard to capture these little guys but I did my best. I'm pretty sure it's a ruby throat hummingbird.
I think the red throat was my clue. Now watch one of you bird experts tell me different.


They're so fun to watch. We had 6 show up at one point. I know he's tiny but you can see the red can't you?


Ruby brought a few more friends around.

 
So on the weekend of  May 18th we hung out at the farm while Pamela and 5 of her nurse friends took off for Fredericksburg. The girls had heard Pamela talk about our girl trip to Fredericksburg so they planned their own trip. They stayed at a house that slept 6-8 people. Out back of the house there were baby goats and I think the girls had as much fun playing with them as the did seeing the sights and drinking wine.  While she was gone we watched Sophie and stayed at her place.  
Pamela took them to two of our favorite places...Peach Tree Cafe and Alamo Springs Cafe.
 I sent a picture of the fur babies saying they missed her. They were ready for bed.  And see what I mean the girls loved the baby goats. Aren't they cute? 
 That Saturday morning (May 19th) the girls had lunch and jumped on a wine tour bus.
Pamela looks good in her hat she borrowed from one of the girls.  She has always told me she didn't look good in hats.  Not true.
















It was exciting seeing the dirt all moved around and staked waiting for a house. And then while there they came and set up the forms for the concrete.  
Well I think this blog is way long enough. 

So more Rock'n K progress to be shared in the next post. 

Until then...."We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." ~ Joseph Campbell

HODGE PODGE - CATCHING UP

It seems I have some very smart friends. When I last posted something about quilting my friend Ross came back with this reply.... "It would seem that quilting has woven itself into the patchwork fabric of your life as evidenced by this ongoing thread about your material interest in this hobby. Your bias is obvious and your addiction to chain stitching is out of control. Hope this keeps you in stitches!"

He's sew funny.  Then my husband adds to my post another sharp as a needle reply...

"What sort of thread have y’all woven on the web ?"

Okay these guys are good. Made me smile.

Our fur baby is such a cutie. When I get home in the evening the first thing we do is go out back so she can go potty but sometimes she runs straight to the bench to relax and let the wind blow in her fur. Eventually mother nature wins and she runs for the grass. She is such a joy. She cracks us up because she does get jealous when David pays attention to Sophie her fur baby. She gets her nose in there for her fair share of lovin. 

About 3 weeks ago on Taco Tuesday I was going to make fresh made shells only my corn tortillas kept breaking so I decided to turn them into tortilla chips. I hadn't done that in years. Pretty tasty if I do say so myself. May have to start making them myself again.  Probably cheaper and fresher than buying a half full bag of chips and the rest is air.

Then on a weekend that we were staying at Pamela's while working on the cabin at the farm, David didn't need my help on that Saturday so Pamela and I went to brunch and ran errands. Big shock this time, no wine. For brunch we went to our favorite cafe in downtown Bryan called Madden's. Their special that day was pulled pork migas with a poblano sauce served with roasted potatoes and flour tortilla's. It was so good. Normally I can't eat migas because for whatever reason green bell peppers aren't nice to me but this was cooked just right. So so good.

I guess I should clarify my statement about "on a weekend that we stayed at Pamela's" because I think David has been at her place almost every weekend since November and then I go up periodically to help David and hang out with Pamela. I clarified because I was up there the following weekend too. Hung with Pamela on Saturday then helped David on Sunday in the cabin AKA the mini mansion.

This was the weekend (April 21) that Barbara Bus was laid to rest in College Station at the George Bush Library.  We didn't walk through the tall grass to stand near Hwy 6 but I was able to a bystander of history and saw her motorcade pass to her final resting place. There were hundreds of people all along the motorcade route from Houston to College Station. Wish we could have been near the library to see the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets lining Barbara Bush drive up to the library.  I snapped a couple of pictures from the side of the road with my cell phone.

I saw this picture posted by KHOU TV of the Cadets. Wow. May she rest in peace. Barbara Bush was one heck of a lady. 

On this same day my brother-in-law Gary went on the in-active rooster for the Houston Fire Department after 32 years of service. Congratulations. Lynn and the girls went to the station on his last day for dinner one last time before he starts a new journey in his life. The girls even sat in the firetruck that their Dad drove one final time. Photos are from their FaceBook post. Proud of Gary and his service as a first responder. During the aftermath of Harvey he worked tirelessly helping rescue folks from the flooding neighborhoods. His own fire station was under water so he reported to the next closest station for duty. Not knowing when he'd be able to return  home. Good Job.

Check out the color in Pamela's back yard. Everything came back in beautiful after all the cold weather we had this year. The turks cap haven't gown up tall enough to be seen in this picture but now they're about 2 feet tall getting ready to bloom with red caps. She was all excited recently because she had 2 hummingbirds show up at her feeders.

More news .... My Tiny Dancer niece...


Emily is a senior and going to her final High School prom. Wow! 


How can that be? She and her handsome date John make a cute couple.  
Just doesn't seem possible that this fall 2019 she'll be attending the University of Iowa.       

Go Hawkeyes.






So on the last Friday in April Lilley was outside eating her breakfast when I noticed her running over by grill. Then I noticed her pawing at something. David walked outside and saw 2 baby squirrels. Where was their momma? Unfortunately one baby was dead and this one was still alive. 
David removed the dead baby squirrel that Friday but we didn't touch this one.  I wonder if they were sickly and the momma pushed them out or if the cooler weather was too much for them. So sad. I know they can be a pest but they can be entertaining and kinda cute too. 


After dealing with the dead baby squirrel we packed up Lilley and headed to College Station, dropped Lilley at Pamela's house and we went to sign our paperwork for the Construction Loan. Yikes. Exciting and Scary all at the same time. 

I recorded this silly snapchat video just after signing.
I mean it's official, it's time to build!

So instead of just heading back to Pamela's we went for lunch at a BBQ place in Calvert. Not bad and then we went exploring. We took a couple of back roads looking for a restaurant and music venue then We ended up in Taylor, TX at the Texas Beer Co. a craft beer brewery.

We had various tastings trying to decide which flavor to drink. 
I couldn't tell ya which ones we chose now but they were tasty and it was nice to get David to relax.  He goes 90 to nothing working and then goes to the farm and works some more.

Right outside the brewery was this statue that I had to have my picture taken with. It was Bill Pickett the Father of Bulldogging. Okay that doesn't mean anything to you but My step-Father's last name is Pickett. Maybe they are were distant relatives. Who knows.







After our beer and my photo shoot with Bill we walked over to an antique shop to browse around. Then I found this. A child's potty and a gourd. Really?!  I think someone was trying to be funny or I just had my mind in the gutter which happens often.  You decide.....

Then I saw this cool spinning wheel! Wouldn't this look cool in a my sewing room. No where to put it now and probably more than I wanted had to pay for it. It may have been worth every penny of $400 but I can't afford but it's still cool.

We didn't find anything we couldn't live without so our money stayed in our pockets this time.

We made a stop at the farm to do a couple of things but it was getting late so we didn't stay long and headed back to Pamela's for dinner.

Well this blog post ended up longer than expected but I had lots of news and pictures.
More to come...

Until next blog...There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book.   ~Josh Jameson