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.