I'm late for a very important date... Something every day.

So Friday May 10th was Kaleb's birthday but we didn't all get together this year. He was wanting a quiet celebration with him and Pamela but instead they found out the boys had part in Pre K graduation so the plans changed. Such is life when kids are involved. Right?..

So Saturday they came up to the farm to celebrate his Birthday and Mother's Day.  I was wanting to test out a cake recipe I found on them so he got a cake. My decorating skills are lacking and the cake was so so. It was called a purple velvet cake but I'll be damned if I could get the chocolate to turn purple but I got the icing to be purple. 1 out of 2. What can I say.  I'm gonna go to my friend Debra's and have her teach me a few tricks and maybe a better recipe.  Kaleb didn't complain. LOL. I at least cooked a decent penne pasta. I think anyway.  Pamela provided the salad and some rosemary bread. So no one starved.

On actual Mother's day (Sunday) David said he'd take me out to eat. He gave a couple choices and I chose Oscar's Store just outside Temple. 

Well image our surprise when we got to the road to turn on when we saw this. That water was running fast over the road. And we could see cars at the Store. We had to drive just a bit past this to turn off and go in the back way.  We had never even noticed that there was a creek there. We know now. So I got to have a yummy dinner and had leftovers for a lunch another day.

On Monday (5/13) Sadie was going nuts barking but the cows weren't in the back pasture and it was a frenzied kind of bark to get outside so we figured she had a snake or another raccoon. OH THANK GOODNESS we didn't just open the door this time to let her out. IT WAS A SKUNK!  What is it this year with all the critters up by the house.  I forget exactly how David got it to move on so that he wouldn't get sprayed but he did and it shot under the fence from the back yard to the garden area.  That would have be horrible if Sadie had gotten sprayed. We tried that poof stuff they advertised on TV. Didn't work.

I couldn't get a clear picture of our stinky friend so can't share.

Tuesday (5/14) Gary and Lynn came up to the farm and we drove over to Lake Belton to eat at the Dead Fish Grill. The weather was nice and the Lake is way up.  

As always we had a great visit. They'll be taking off soon for adventures in the mountains and such in their RV Home.

So in 2019 I was in What was called a Round Robin. My friend Margie got various quilters together and broke us up into groups of 5. Each group would pass the quilt to add a border onto the owners center medallion. Mine was a Cowboy Santa.  Each border was done by a different lady. I got it back in 2020 completed and this is what I got back. So in 2021 I put it on my design wall trying to decide how to add and what kind of borders to add to make it big enough to go on a queen size bed.. 

Well I couldn't decide and I knew what border it needed but I wasn't ready to tackle it so the top went back into a box as an unfinished project. 2024 was the year to complete this baby and have it on the bed for Christmas. I tackled the piano key border after adding a couple plain and simple borders. Surprisingly it went faster than I expected but it needed a tad more to make it hang on the queen size bed. 

I was determined to finish this. I added a small inter border of red sparkle and then came the fun. I didn't have enough to add the final border so I had to get another fabric because the store didn't have the same fabric from 2019 of course. It was really close and the girls didn't notice the difference when I sent them pictures.  

Oh and I still had to improvise by adding corner stones on the last border to have enough fabric to finish it off. I used a white/red flannel for the backing.  

Holy crap but I am done and I sent it off to the quilter. Her name is Jane Plisga in Katy. She did a nice job on it.  Now I need to square it up and bind it. Soon.  Right now it's laying on the pool table to admire. LOL

 

I'm ready for some new projects which I have several started. Imagine that. 

While David was in Houston at the Bell Gang Luncheon and picking up my quilt above from the quilters I was with Pamela. Her wedding dress had come in and we had to pick it up until it's time for alterations in October. It's hanging in a closet here at the Rock'n K. She tried it on again with the shoes and jewelry. She had the biggest smile. I didn't have to tell her to adjust her face once. One of her bridesmaid that didn't get to come the day she said Yes to the dress came for this fitting. Chelsie thought she looked beautiful and she did. Wish I could share but I can't until after the wedding.

That's enough for now. 

Until next blog post...Everything in life is easier when you don’t concern yourself with what everyone else is doing.

Line'em up, Knock'em back, Fill'em up.. Gonna have some wine glasses, quilting and reading. LOL

 Well... I was actually almost caught up to my own adventures. Well I was when I started this post and then life happened. LOL

Pamela and I had 2 more wineries left on our Bluebonnet wine pass so we made plans for Friday the 19th.  We invited Kelli to come with us. She had been telling me the next time we go do wine she'd love to go. So Friday rolls around and we're off. Of course we needed put food in before wine and I had been telling them both about WhiteHall Ice House & Cafe so that's where we stopped for lunch. They had a full menu since it was Friday. Kelli got a BBQ plate, Pamela got a catfish po-boy and I got a chicken wrap. 

Everything was really good. I could only eat 1/2 my wrap and some of the chicken out of it. Pamela ate 1/2 her sandwich then ate the most of the fish of the other half.  Kelli almost made a happy plate.  We finished up and headed to Bernhardt Winery. While it wasn't a new winery to us it was on our pass and we each got 3 tastings. Pretty relaxing since hardly anyone was there. We enjoyed our tastings and then headed to our next stop which was one none of us had ever been.

We drove to Golden Oak Micro Cellars in New Waverly. Our route took through the Sam Houston National Forest.  Thank Goodness. We were afraid it was going to take right through Conroe onto I-45 and on a Friday I had no desire to do either. Luckily it had us turn off Hwy 105 just outside Montgomery, Tx. It was a really nice easy drive.  The Winery a home turned winery and cutely decorated inside. Very homey. The owner Catherine was very friendly. Her husband, herself and 2 daughters run the place and produce the wine. 

They had some nice wines. Pamela bought me a bottle of the mango peach wine and one for herself and Kelli bought a bottle of it too. They won't be making this wine again they said it was too much work.  Too bad. Time to head home. Our route took us back through more of the Sam Houston National Forest. I got everyone home safely.  It was a fun day.  Even if the owner thought I was Kelli's Mom and Pamela's grandmother... Really.. I may color my hair purple or red after that or rainbow. Whatcha think?  LOL  She's the second person now to call me Kelli's mom.  That would have made me a mother at 11. Talk about being made to feel old. 

Did I share this picture of my great Nephew yet? He's a cutie. His Grandma sent me a picture of him laying on the quilt I made him.

It's nice to see it in use. That's the best Thank you and compliment to a quilter (I use that word loosely when it applies to me) LOL.  My quilts are made with love and hugs but they are far from perfect. 

Went to the eye doctor on Monday (4/22) and got a good report. My eyes have changed some but I can continue to use readers and up the power. Nothing bad going on on the inside. No cataracts, macular-degeneration and no damage from diabetes. The diabetes is now being controlled with my weight less and diet. Yay. No more pills or shots!  Then Thursday David and I went to our favorite dentist and hygienist back in Cypress. I have to be nice to the hygienist since she puts sharp objects in my mouth and she's related. LOL  And then the following Tuesday (4/30) I went to my bariatric surgeon for a 2 year follow up. Not gaining weight but I've stopped losing so she's had me up my protein intake. That's hard to do but I'm gonna work on it. My body still tells me when to stop eating or I'll suffer for taking that next bite. 

On Friday (5/3) I went and had a wine night with the ladies down the road. We sat out on the carriage house front porch with a nice breeze to keep us cool and mosquitos away.

I didn't want to go empty handed so I made a charcuterie board or in this case a "K".

I didn't have a clear short bowl so I had to use a red bowl to hold the olives but it turned out okay. The red bowl kinda over powered the whole thing but it is or was what it was.  It was a fun evening with Gloria and Linda. Next we were told that Kelli wanted to join us. The more the merrier. No one danced on the table or got too loud.  LOL We were well behaved.

Okay so I didn't go pink but I did get low lights put in my hair. It has really toned down my very white hair. 

Now it's 2- 2 1/2" shorter with low lights 

I feel better now. LOL

 

When Pamela and I went to the Navasota Bridal Walk she saw where they put charm pictures of loved ones that have passed and attach it to the boutique and I ordered the charms, found the pictures and put them in the charms to surprise her. All I need to do now is put the glass in that enhances the pictures. I shared my creation with her recently and she loved it. It's a win.

We recently had our first encounter with a raccoon that was probably sick. We tried to scare it away and it wouldn't budge. The dogs didn't scare it, David took a shovel and shoved it out into the pasture, then he got the gun and shot right in front of it thinking it would jump and run. Nope! It just kept coming towards us. Then it ended up in the pasture with the cows and the cows knew there was something wrong with it.  They attacked it to protect the calves.. Totally crazy. And keep in mind this is all happening during the day. Raccoons are nocturnal generally.  

The video I caught was not for the faint at heart. The Momma cow is brutal and this was her second attack. Others had attacked it prior to me videoing it.. I mean the cows and bulls were bellowing and on their knees attacking it.    I have never seen this before.  We think it was rabid. Definitely sick.  It finally sat up straight and then fell over dead.  It had to be a zombie raccoon. I watched the 'Walking Dead' series they needed to stab it in the brain to kill it right away.

Monday (5/6) was quilt bee time with the Sassy Stitchers. We had show and tell. This butterfly quilt was put together in 3 weeks by 3 ladies for a raffle for the Garden club in Cameron for scholarships.  I won't share all the pictures but several of the girls are working on a wonky star block for a swap. They each have to make 20 of them.

  

Everyone is doing a different color. Can't wait to see all the colors put together once they do the swap.

Thursday (5/9) was the G3 book club meeting to discuss the latest book choice.  The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Gran chosen by Kelli. This book is about the killings of the Osage Indians for their Headrights/mineral rights living on the richist land in Pawhuska, OK. You see Native American indians were considered ir-responsible and not smart enough to manage their own finances and were assigned guardians. White men.. This is a historical based book. It's not a guts and blood kind of book. It's very interesting but with all the names of people involved it can get overwhelming but it's still a great book. Now I want to see the movie. And these ladies make the meeting crazy fun.

Well that's it for now. More to follow later.

Until next Blog..I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.  ~ Arthur Rubinstein