Steam punk...yeah , right....

Stuart and I had an interesting opportunity a couple of weeks ago. Some friends asked Stu to take tickets at a Steam Punk Ball.  I didn't even know what that was. I had to ask Angela, who knows more about that genre.
We were supposed to dress up for it...Well, you know us..we don't have alot of costumes or choices- this was the best we could come up with on short notice...It was a very strange experience....different than anything I have have ever attended before. The people had some very detailed costumes and they had a very well known (not to us) Steam Punk Band from Seattle.

 

Stu looks like he might fit in, as a bouncer or something. I just look, well, like I at least tried!

 

Hurray for new things!

 

This makes me happy

Sometimes I am asked , "What makes you happy? " I have thought about that, and I have several answers: 1. My children all like each other and like to be together as adults. 2. That they are productive and "nice" people. 3. That they are good parents. 4. That they like my baking.
Hmm...well that last one is a little different than the others, but I like the "mmmms" I get when they eat pie, or pizza or rolls or any other thing I made them as children and they still like.
I guess I think I have done an ok job as a mother if they still like my "stuff"!

Are we ever really adults?
Maybe I would like to be a child forever!!!

whew, it's hot out here!

It's a scorching 65 degrees out today. You may say,"That's not hot!" and maybe it isn't to you, but when you are shoveling compost/topsoil into a tarp, then mixing it back and forth, then dragging it over to the flower bed, then dumping it in and raking it..IT IS HOT OUT THERE!
Here is my finished "try". I hope the roses and Rhody's live through all the trauma. I wish my two grandfathers were still here to call and ask about their gardening skills. I am lucky to have my father to call and ask about these things. He is also a great gardener- must have either inherited it or learned as he grew up.
It's funny how I think about my Grandmother Binns most days. I wish I had talked to her more about her life and her health and her raising and supporting her family. I miss her! ( I am putting a picture of her and Grandaddy (the best tomato grower ever!!)  on this blog.)
Hopefully I will be a good grandmother, too. I want to be remembered as a fun grandma and not a crabby one! ( I am occasionally the crabby one  :(...oh well!)
We are happy this week because Stu sold a house he and Jared bought a while ago. We have paid off our vehicles, and had enough left over to go get a bunch of year supply items. Ended up spending 6 or 700 dollars worth of food, bathroom supplies, etc.... Makes me feel a lot more secure, considering the economy and who knows what will happen next year!

So, I hope you are all getting ready for the winter and you are all ants and not grasshoppers!!

so long

So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, goodbye...
We sold our old trailer today. we bought it in 1993 or 4 from a friend, and took it to our lake property for sleeping, and changing clothes.
We played many a card game and made many sandwiches at that table! (especially since it ALWAYS rained on Memorial Day and Labor Day, when we were at the lake!)
We drug it home from the lake last year, because it was hard to maintain it there- got mildewy, and mossy there-lots of mice, etc..
We don't use it anymore because Stu and I got a camper for our pickup.

So, we sold it to a couple who want to live in it. I wish them all the best. I am a little sad, but that is one less thing to maintain!!!