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Well here we go, a new Coffee House, all fresh & clean.

I have taken baths for alone time. I prefer showers for feeling clean. I have gut issues when I take magnesium supplements. So in the bath they go. Skin absorption is best for me.
Sweet dreams, Carol. I am off to bed now.

Good morning. I was up with the sun and went outside to get a few things done in the cool of the morning. Now I will relax and get ready for the week ahead the rest of the day.

Good afternoon all, we have been busy cutting next years Winter wood.

I take an epsom bath each week...I buy the lavender scented kind. I agree Tina, it is a good way to get magnesium while de-stressing.

I had a good birthday on Friday..being treated to a Chinese meal with SIL and some new flooring(peel and stick but I gladly want it)from DH. Grandgirl also got me a metal birdhouse to plant flowers in. My mom topped it off with some money for me to get some new shirts.

How is the new baby doing Junie?

Oh no! we missed your birthday, Sunny. I went to the calendar and you are not on there. I know Carol is busy with new baby and recovering spouse.
Happy Birthday, Sunny!
I am glad it was a good day.
I buy plain epsom salts in case I want to use it medically. I can go out and pick a lemon or mint or something if I want scented baths. Lavendar is not my favorite scent.
I need to cut wood here. I think I have enough for this year but would like a couple of years tucked away.

No we did not miss Sunny's Birthday..
I first thought it was another day, but Sunny set me straight--BUT THEN I went to her profile & it was not listed, so I did not set up a Happy Birthday Thread...We will see what we can do about that next year.

I am so sorry Sunny. We did not forget I promise.

The new grand baby is great----Mind you with this new laptop I have yet to figure out how to load pictures on it.

I went to help them with Luke today, so Chris could get some work done.

When I was helping clean up the kitchen tonight, I fell---and boy am I sore...I soaked in a tub of hot water for awhile, I so hope that that helps some.

Oh, I hope it is good tomorrow, Carol. I'm sorry. Falling is one of my serious fears. I am very careful. (and epsom salts are very good for bruises and sore muscles).
Sweet dreams all. I need to head to bed.

I am sore and a limping a bit, but I am not as bad as I had thought I would be. As It happens I have some Epsom salts here, as it is one of the ingredients of that bath soak I make.

Sadly mine is not lavender scented...

Unscented is fine Carol. It works. I wondered how you made your famous foot soak. I hope you get time to soak your achy parts. It really works.

sometime tonight I will PM you my recipe, Tina.

We have tornado warnings right now---(& Rod is home)

I was looking at your tornado warnings. Keep safe.

Thanks Tina....They are pretty much passed for now---all we got was a small bit of wind and some rain. Nothing to even worry about.

I am glad they passed you by, Carol.

Thanks Tina..

All is quiet now, and that is good.

I am off to bed now, sweet dreams all.

Good morning all, I think my 'birthday' was removed with my name change...I'll fix it up. Thanks for the b-day wishes though.

Having wood ahead is a great thing Tina, we always try to keep a year ahead..sometimes a bit more. We have over half of next years cut so far. It has been a busy weekend.

I am hoping you are feeling better today Junie, falls can be serious. Grandgirl had a rough weekend, she fell on the pave and skinned her knees and hands, fell at my mom's and skinned her forehead and fell into the flower bed we were cleaning up and skinned her face up. She even had splinters from the hosta stems in her forehead.

And I must add that I am LOVING my new floor...peel and stick for 3/$1.00 at the dollar store. Cheap but still pretty.

Good morning. Is your grand girl going through a growth spurt, Sunny? My oldest used to grow in nearly visible increments and get very awkward and clumsy. Like she didn't know how to handle all the new body.
Today I will stop to shop on my way home from school. And gas up the van. Beyond that, I am not sure.

Evening all,

I have been doing school and helping Timothy with his model of Fort Clatsop.. it's quite a project.. made the base out of pencils with clay chinking in between so far.. hopefully it will stay put when it dries.. next will be painting it, already made the fireplace, cots, buckets and candles... even did a mantle for the fireplace... now we are figuring out the flag pole and flag... we used a skinny dowel for pole but can't quite figure out how to attach flag yet, may use thread... we have to mount this on foam board and then decorate that too.. trees, rocks .. using sandpaper for the base.. so I will look like rocks- going to cut branches off pine tree and make trees out of them for background... using corks for buckets and popsicle sticks cut really small for wood for our fireplaces... made tables and beds our of corkboard too and fake fur for bedding and hides to hang over windows, trying to make it as authentic as we can... have plans and pictures of the recreations we found on line so that part has been fun to research too...

We have had nice weather lately- it's been warm... supposed to be cold soon though.. the fall colors are really pretty... hope the weather holds so kids and have a good Halloween .. Timba is going to his first girl-boy party... seems like he is suddenly a lot older.... All of them are getting taller lately.. Timba is taller than me... Derek is about 2 inches behind and Nicoli is my shoulder height... all growing fast right now...

Well off to make some dinner for myself... Joe is eating brats and they don't agree with me so I am eating some tortellini...

Have a good evening all

Nana

That sounds like a wonderful project, Nana. I had to make a California mission in 5th grade. So did all of my kids. That was fun.
I hope your nice weather holds for you.

Nana. If you can find an old broom or mop that has a metal top (ie what the loop to hang it up on is attached to) THAT makes a great "cooking pot" to use for over a 'fire'.

I did that in 6th grade. We used small cheese cans as huts, (I cannot remember what we used for the roofs--perhaps flat toothpicks..

Did you get to go to ceramics today, Carol?
I am counting the minutes until I can go to bed. I never napped today. Although I laid down and tried.

Yes I DID go to ceramics today. and to lunch. it was grand.

I did a bit more on my santa face I am doing and I began painting 4 snow men I am doing for my sister so she can have them for her Daughter..

I am going to bed soon as well.

G'nite

Thanks Carol ... good idea.... will look at my brooms tomorrow... have a feeling they don't have caps though... did make one bucket with a cork cut in half- colored and used an ornament hanger cut in half for the handle.... think I thought of a rope for flag- dental floss... we are using a lot of hot glue too... my family room looks like a craft shop exploded but it's coming together nicely so far...

Well it's my bed time too so heading to my pillows... have more school tomorrow...

Nana

Your Grandsons will remember you for this, Nana, of this I am sure. G'nite.

Holy cr@p, what kind of schools did y'all go to...we never had to do anything as complicated as those projects. Although I would have loved it

You are a wonderful Nana

The weather is getting cooler by the week here...most of the leaves are off the trees. It is a lonesome sight.

If you don't remember anything else about the school year and all of the lessons learned, you recall this history project. And some of the history that was taught with it. And decided pretty much on the spot if you enjoyed the crafting that it brought along. Mine was over 50 years ago.
Good morning. Ready for Wednesday here.

Yes, one of MY projects in 6th grade was of a village of Africans from back in the day. (so it must have been history as well) We had huts around in a circle on a board, with some type of safety-fence thing encasing them. and a fire-pit in the center, complete with cooking pot. My girls had to make information boards of such as their lives (using pictures) and other science projects. I still have some of them in the house here. They were too nice to just throw away.
Plus I remember using a history paper I had written in High school for sociology in college so I kept many for Just-in-case.

Company coming tonight or in the morning. Rod's brother & SIL.

I really hope you have a pleasant time with the family, Carol. How long are they staying?
Yes, as a class we built an African village with everyone contributing their own hut. Altogether, we surrounded it with a "boma" to protect from rampaging elephants or something. I remember the words boma and kraal and that is about it.

My African village was on a 2 ft. square board. I wish I still had it, or at least a photo. And now I know why mine had what I called a fence. Thanks. I guess my daddy was a smart man...

My BIL & SIL will get here tonight at 9pm, I have no idea when they will leave--but probably Friday morning. This is just a token visit. They could not be bothered to come when Marie was sick, nor to help Rod move all her stuff out of her apartment. (he was too busy vacationing & visiting friends & OTHER family. I will say he did make it here close to her Birthday to see her.
This last few weeks, they have been up north for quite awhile visiting my SIL's siblings, I am convinced they worked it time wise so that my SIL will get to visit her sister who lives not far from us and then drop in to see Marie once for a small bit of time. (They will have to leave so my BIL can get home to do his interim preaching on Sunday. WE are the hotel. I guess you can tell he is on my "list".

Good news is the house is cleaned up & so am I

AND Emily & her family are getting photos made tomorrow so after Luke has his, he will come here so they can get the rest of theirs done in peace. Then they will "have" to come back here to get Luke so I will get to see Micah..YAY !!! again.

Yay! I am glad you are going to get some little boy time.

Going to bed after my company is settled in, so I am saying g'nite now. I'll be back as I can while they are here...

Sweet dreams and I hope it is a happy visit.

Time to down-size that house Junie

We are getting an extreme amount of rain...wishing I could send some to Tina

I wish we could all send weather where it was most needed, Sunny. I would love a good soaking rain about once a week for the next 6 months. Or more. 12 months would be lovely.
Good morning. Happy Thursday. I have no major plans. There is a concert at the park on Saturday and they are calling for evening drizzle. I am glad I had no plans on going.

And we are a quiet bunch with Carol busy with family. I did my shopping today but didn't really need much. Cleaning all of the leftovers out of the fridge and stuff. I might pick up fresh salad makings tomorrow.

Yes, yes I am busy. Today we kept Luke after he had his portion of the family photos were taken. Then Emily, Chris & Micah came and visited with Lee & Judy for awhile. My grandson who usually speaks perfect English for a 2 yr. old called Judy is Aunt Juicy...but hey we all need an Aunt Juicy, right ??
Then Emily & Chris took Micah to meet his Great Grandma so Luke stayed here some more. All in all it was a good day. Luke touched Micah's leg as if to see if her were real or a doll...it was so cute...When his daddy told him it was time to go home he asked if Mommy & Micah were going along..
Family is here until Saturday Morning.

Good morning. Toddlers with new babies are so fun, Carol. I hope this is a very nice visit for you.
I am ready for this week to end. Laundry is on my agenda. Makeup laundry for all I let slide during our heatwaves.

Good morning. I wish everyone a great day...

My Friday is done. Other than dinner, dishes and bed tonight. I'm tired. There is a country concert (Zac Brown Band) at the park tomorrow and I am not going out in the traffic. So I am here until Monday morning.

Sounds like you had busy day. Good thing that you can stay home until Monday, Tina.

Rod decided we should take his brother & SIL out today so I got to go to Grafton (a river town with orchards, a winery or 2, and antique stores galore.) Then we ate supper out on the way home. It was a great day out. I got my Mom's Birthday gift bought (Dec. 17th)..YAY me !!

Going to bed soon, nity-nite.

Good morning. My dog woke me early. He really needed to go out. But I can easily go back to bed.

I got up at 7am although my body could have slept longer--
My Company got on the road a bit after 8 my time. So all is quiet here now, & back to pretty much normal...well, Beowulf is still "vacationing" here.

Yesterday sounded like a good day, Carol. Was Marie pleased with the visitors that streamed through?

Yes she sure did. They had a fairly good visit. If you do not count all the things she was saying about her dead sister 7 BIL who were getting married.

Did I say though ? (as I am too lazy to read back)
Emily & Chris asked Lee & Judy to bring Marie outside into the Home yard & they took Micah to meet his Great Grandma. She sure loved that. She even remembered her manners & asked how Luke was doing. They had left him here so they could visit with her & not have to be constantly chasing Luke so he would not run into the road.

I just woke from my nap, I think I am all caught up now.
Last of the laundry in the dryer.

I got the last of mine in the dryer too.
I knew they left Luke with you. And I understood why they left Luke. Toddlers don't sit well. But are children not allowed to visit inside the building? Or were the kids trying to protect Micah from whatever might be floating around inside the home?

Children are allowed inside. But they had some stomach virus thing going around there. Just last Sunday the workers were wearing masks. They figured the baby would be safe but they were being extra cautious. You see, when Luke was very small, they both had that Noro-virus thing. They do not want a repeat of that, esp. since Luke would likely get whatever as well.

The nurse said it "was not" the regular flu. So they know what it is, they are just not talking.

That was a good plan. I was just remembering how much the people in the homes we visited really enjoyed the children coming in. Best not to share anything these days.

Hi all...I have been busy as usual. Hope everyone is doing well.

All is good here. Hope all is well there as well.

Busy is good. Time flies that way and work gets done. To me that is a win-win.

G'nite--sweet dreams everyone.

Time does not fly when I am dusting. I hate dusting. But I did some today. Along with laundry and stuff. I am tired and achy tonight from climbing ladders and reaching and stretching.
It is close to my bedtime. Sweet dreams.

apparently we were posting at the same time.
I hate dusting too..
G'nite Tina, sweet dreams

Good morning. Trying to decide what I want to cook today that will cover a couple of meals or more this week. Need to pull something out if the freezer that I want to look at later.

Good luck with that, Tina. I have long said that I would not mind cooking IF someone would tell me what to buy at the grocery, and what to cook each day..
Rod says a cold front is moving in tonight----I guess it had to happen..

Well, my plans for dinner were changed. Ted and I are alone tonight so I'm thinking just simple mac n cheese with some veggies. With Teddy it is best to be simple.

Dusting is the worst. I'd rather clean the bathroom than dust.

Mac & Cheese is always a good thing.

I had a pork chop, leftover zucchini/onion/tomato casserole & some cranberry coated goat cheese.

Sheri, I do not like dusting either.

Heading to bed soon, nite-nite.

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This is what Timothy and I did for his school project... sorry the pics are so big ...

Nana

Awesome Job, Timothy (and Nana)!
Sweet dreams all. I love being ready for the school week.

Thanks Tina,

I am just glad it's done.. Joe is taking Timothy to school tomorrow morning so it gets there in one piece... !
then I will have the younger ones for school time with me... I am getting pretty good at 3 and 6th grade stuff... LOL@
Well I am hitting my pillows now too- took almost as long to clean up the mess we made creating this fort as it did to make it... hubby was an angel and vacuumed all the stray pieces up ... now I have to find a place for all the extra craft stuff I have left- sure we will use it again eventually...

Well nite all..... sleep well..
Nana

Good morning, I love dusting...pick me up anytime to help y'all out

We had unexpected company visit once again...I swear that just kills me. Between trying to get next year's wood and catering to people it was the longest weekend ever.

Great job Nana.

Good Morning

Nana: great job! Congratulations to both of you! Thanks for showing us pictures. These are the things children will never forget (your helping him with such things)

Sunny--Oh My, unexpected company. I am so very sorry. While visiting is a nice thing, I do so hope that you were not put too far behind schedule.

Sunny,....Be careful what you say. some of us live closer to you than others...You could well hear a knock at your door some day....

Good morning. Happy Monday. I slept very well.
I guess this was company that you could not put to work, Sunny?
If anyone came to help me with housework, I would kill myself cleaning before they arrived. And it still wouldn't be enough. Right now, I have no spare beds for company. Maybe I planned it that way?

Morning all,

Thanks ,, it was fun making that fort but sure glad we are done and it is on it's way to school now... hardest part was finding stuff to make things with- directions said no plastic or "kit" parts.. good thing I keep stuff like small boxes and lids to things... bucket handles are tree ornament hangers, furniture was made with corks and popsicle sticks...

Well I need to make a batch of French toast for boys breakfast... hopefully they both slept last night- they still are having trouble staying on a normal sleep schedule..

Have a good day all... and I don't mind dusting and I too would clean house long before I let someone else come in and help... we don't have a lot of room for company anymore either- don't know if it was planned but unless you can sleep on floor like boys do on air beds you are out of luck....LOL!

Nana

You really did a good job with the fort, Nana. It is so nice when a project is done. Complete.

OK then, it is settled. You all can come here & help ME clean !!

I have 2 extra queen beds, 2 extra twin beds, and a day bed with a trundle. And oh, I have a baby bed too.

So, everyone should just come here & we will be cleaning fools. I'll even leave the dust just where it is.

However dust is not the real problem here. My keeping a lot of stuff is MY issue.

Well, we could at least be fools. I'd prefer to be in charge of cooking for the crowd of cleaning ladies, though.

Ok then !! You have yourself a job...

Sweet dreams everyone.

Sweet Dreams from me as well.

I could have sworn I posted this morning.
Good afternoon. I am home for the day. I don't have a lot on my agenda though.
i hope Carol got to ceramics today.

You know, Tina..I have that happen to me too. What I do not know is are we just getting THAT old, are our computers acting up, or is something else amiss. Oh well...no matter I guess.

Nope, Carol did not get to go to ceramics. I helped my DH this morning with phone calls and then ran some errands, THEN I did get to go to the Tea Room my Niece-in-law works at that had a 50% sale. Most good stuff was gone though, but I did get some Merle Norman mineral powder at a good price.

I am glad you could slip a little you-time into your day.
I took a nap.

Thanks Tina. I should have taken a nap. I am so tired, but if I go to sleep now, I will be up at 3 am.

Good morning...we are covered in a layer of frost so thick that it looks like snow. It does look pretty though.

I love a good sale...in fact I spent all my b-day money the other day at one Oh well, I now have some new clothes to go with my empty wallet.

How has the weather been lately, Tina?

Good morning. Another day to make what we will of it. Some coffee will help me out.

Yes, I think Coffee will help me out as well. I woke at 4:30 am and have not been back to sleep since. It is going to be a LONG day..

I have a bank book to balance and other things to catch up on.

I wish everyone a great day.

Sure is quiet in here today..I guess everyone is enjoying one of the last nice days of the fall ??

We had 2 gigantic shrubs, a holly and a camellia, that had gotten so big with all the rain we've had lately that they were taller than the house, cut way back and now I get sun in the living room. I love it. The holly was in place when we moved in 14 years ago and it was big but not gigantic. The camellia was planted right behind it and was small when we moved it but also had gotten gigantic. Now they are both cut in half and the sun is shining through. I had asked the guy to dig them up but he said "no no. I'll prune them way back and they will come back beautiful." So that's what we did. I'm going to keep them short. I love seeing the sun.

I am home for the day. I am about ready to stretch out on my napping sofa. I rose at 4:30 this morning too.