We're Melting!

After my last post I got word that my new great niece in Missouri had arrived. Welcome to the world Whitney Rose. Momma Emily and Daddy John are very happy.  I've lost track of how many great Nieces and Nephews David and I have these days.  I have two more coming in the next few months.

I finished Whitney's quilt and got it to her  about 4 days maybe before she made her grand entrance.  Her quilt was the Highland Cow Quilt.

Working on finishing up the next quilt for a baby shower at the end of this month. I'll share pictures of that one once I give it to my Houston Niece and Nephew.

Got it back from the quilter so now to get the binding on and pictures taken.

It's been so dang hot out down here.  The last two days have hit 109 and 110. I feel like the wicked witched of the west from OZ.. "I'm melting I'm melting.  That will be the only liquid hitting our soil cracked ground.

Pamela and Kaleb had the boys for the weekend and set up a splash pad for them in the backyard to cool off for a bit. It's very refreshing. Killian and Braxton loved it for sure.

  

I recently David had posted a comic strip on FB and it looks so like our household. Our 78 pound lap dogs. They've gotten healthy and put on weight since they came to live with us. I don't know how because when they go outside you'll see them zooming around the yard chasing each other.  Bruno especially loves to climb up into David's lap.  LOL

  

Pamela took her two fur balls to get groomed recently and the groomer used a Barbie backdrop theme.  How many of you are going or gone to see the movie? I'm probably of the minority side in saying I think I'll pass. But Bri and Sophie had their Barbie moment. LOL

  

My Mom turned 88 this year. She has dementia but is strong and healthy. She's now in a caregivers home and doing great. Pamela and I went to visit her for her birthday. Ms. Purity the lady who cares for Mom decorated around the chair she likes to sit. We got her to sorta wake up long enough to take a couple pictures. LOL Otherwise she slept. I was tickling her feet and patting her leg but she wasn't having it.  She had just had her bath so she was all relaxed. Her hair has gotten long enough that had it pulled back in a pony tail.

I'll be damn I did it again. Our Gause Girls Book club met up on 8/10 for a discussion on our latest book, Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton and I didn't take a picture. GRRR.  I like the book and so did everyone else. It was good but not great. One reviewer said it well... "It's kind of like a Cinderella Story"  AnnieLee was running from her past to Nashville to find fame and fortune.  Right off the bat she hitch hikes but the seemly harmless looking older man became a horny old man but she put him in his place and steals his 18 wheeler. Now she only drives it as far as the next truck stop and left there for him. Her favorite saying was.... Had she done it before Nope, but she’ll figure it out.  She had never driven an 18 wheeler but she figured it out. Her past catches up to her in Nashville. She's like a cat with 9 lives.  

Warning next picture is a little sick if you have a weak tummy.

Last week Bruno and Sadie were playing chase on the patio and Sadie decided to duck under the table but she got dinged. She hit the corner of the chair with her head. It bled but it definitely cut the hide. It looks like someone took a hatchet to her head. 

David ran her to the vet and all they did was give him some antibiotic lotion to put on it for the past week. 

They didn't feel stitches were necessary.  Our poor baby girl. She didn't want to stand still for me but she did great at the vet. 

She's doing great. Not slowing her down.

Got a text from our friends Mark and Kathy asking what we up to on Thursday to see if we wanted to meet up for lunch.  They were going to be in our area.  Sounded great.  We met in Cameron at Ginno's. The food is really good and well priced.  David and I got a pizza to share and bring home left overs.  Mark and Kathy got pasta dishes. It was great catching up with them.  We sat there eating and talking for almost 2 hours.   And I should have taken some pictures but of course I didn't.  Bad me.  Next time.   

When we got in the car David took the scenic route home of sorts. He was craving some Blue Bell from the shop in Rose Bud.  Usually he goes in and get his ice cream and I go to the quilt shop next door but this time I was feeling dangerous and I went in with him and got a scoop of ice cream too. That was the most sugar I've had at one time in a very long time. Surprisingly it didn't cause me any issues. I wasn't sure but it sure was good going down. Obviously I won't be able to do that very often or I will be in trouble.

So we took a couple back roads back home after our indulgence in sugar and I did try to take some pictures of the feral pigs in the recently cultivated corn field and three younger ones playing in the river. I was surprised to see them out in this heat. The river made sense though.

Unfortunately the sun was so bright and we were just far enough away it's hard to see the ones running for the trees when David stopped the car.

  

  

Welp it's the weekend and there's not much happening. So I got in and wrote this blog post and now I need to go sew.

Until next blog...“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes happiness” ~ By Charles Spurgeon

How July ended and what will August Bring

At night the furry family members go to bed sometimes before we do. We started them off in the crate and that's where they continue to go at night. They even open the door to the crate before we ever get in the room. In the past month Sadie has been getting very comfy. It cracks me up.  We can come in and neither one of them moves. Rarely but sometimes Sadie will wiggle her eye brows but she doesn't lift her head.  This has become her favorite sleeping position wherever she is. Upside down.

So summer break is almost over and my 2 friends from CyFair ISD hadn't made it up for a visit in quite a while so they decided to spend their last Friday off with me. They work 4 tens Monday-Thursday and get Friday's off. So Friday morning Tammie and Donna Marie arrived at my door.  We hung out at the house for a while and decided on a place to go have lunch. We ended up in Hearne at the Pony Express. It used to be the old post office now turned restaurant. Very tasty food.

I forgot to take a group photo so I made them send me a selfie.  LOL After lunch we drove on up the road about 45 minutes to Bremond where Tammie and her husband had a home built. For now it's their weekend get away or family gathering place. Cute Cute. I started taking a various pictures of the house but forgot to walk to the front of it to get a good picture of it. I'm getting bad about taking pictures.  mmmm. Anyway it was a fun time and a good visit.  They brought me back to my house and I hoped into my car to head to Bryan to pick up the grand pups.

On Wednesday the 26th Kelli (the other Kennedy from another mother) joined the gym that I go to so she could go work out with me and we'd keep each other accountable. We did good for our first time together. Now we must keep it up so my knee will continue to heal and she'll get strong and healthy. Hopefully I will too. LOL 

Kaleb and Pamela took the twins to the Guadalupe River in New Braunsfel to hang with their friends Marlaina and Josh with their boys at Marlaina's parents river house. Also there, was Kristina and her husband Ryan and their twin girls. Pamela said they had a blast just hanging out in the water and visiting with friends while the kids played. The first couple pictured were the hosts.

Pamela and Braxton

Kaleb, Killian, Pamela and Braxton.

Everyone looks happy.

This time all the pups got along great. Sophie being the oldest did get a little sassy when Sadie would swat a paw at her to play but Bri, Sadie, and Bruno played well together. They might actually get used to each other. LOL maybe. 

David turned on the patio fans and his big garage fan for the pups while we hung out with our friends Larry and Sylvia. They came to visit and we took them to Lake Belton to eat at the Dead Fish Grill.  Yes the name is something else but the food is really good. We hadn't been together to hang out since like last September maybe so it was time. We ate out on the deck over looking the lake but by the time we left the air had warmed up considerably. Their big fan wasn't much help this time. But we got our tummies full and got lots of visiting in.

From here we drove to Salado and the guys had a beer at Chupacabra. Sylvia and I had water. I found us a table in the middle of all the dogs. It's a dog friendly place. There was one that looked like Sadie and then a Rottweiler, a couple of Aussies, a husky, a big fluffy white dog. They were everywhere. And as long as the owner was okay with it Sylvia and I were loving on them all.   Great day! Hated to see it end but they needed to get home to their dogs too.

Monday July 31st was my last day at physical therapy. Insurance cut me off. My therapist threw the book at me. Well he didn't throw anything but increased the bike level on the bike, now that my knee will do the full rotation, he increased the weight on the leg press and curls, and he had me do my squats on an incline. He said it was my last day so he wanted to make sure I got the most out of it. Thanks. I think I've worked with every PT and intern there at one point or another. Advance Therapy in Bryan/College Station is great.  Even the office staff are super friendly and helpful.

I started with them in 2021 when my knee got so bad that I was using crutches and I came back this year after knee replacement. And when I do the left knee replacement I'll go back again I'm sure.  

So they called today 'graduation day' and I got a T-shirt before leaving.  She asked what size and I said a 2X but when I picked up Pamela and showed her the shirt she made me go back and get an XL. In my mind I'm still a 2 or 3X but I guess maybe not.  Well I'll be damned I can wear an XL..  It hugs the booty a bit but wow. I've cleaned out most of closet of the jeans and dress pants that are too big for now but I guess I need to clean out my shirts too.

I did lose 3 more pounds finally in the last week of July.  

My hair pulled back in a pony tail is so white it blends in with my design wall. LOL

Excuse the baggy shorts. I found them buried in a drawer. I haven't wore shorts in over 5 years. They may be fluffy but for now they're good for wearing around the house.

To the anonymous commenter who enjoys my blog Thank you for following along and your kind words. 

That's it for now.

Until next blog..     When you can't control what's happening, challenge yourself on how you respond.   That's your power ~