Busy Monday, September 10th

Wow it really has been since March since I've been on.
I've been crazy busy.

First I'd like to say my eldest graduated from High School. My parents came out to visit for it and were here for a few weeks which it was nice to see them but it was so hot and humid they could hardly stand it.

We did have a good time though and I drove my mom to Paducah, KY for a big quilt fabric store they have there. We wanted to go to the quilt museum too but we just didn't have enough time. We had an adventure though getting there and then getting lost on the way home.


We gained a new member of the Sims's family.
Meet Copper.
On the left is about a week after we adopted him.
He's about 7 months old now and about 55 lbs! He's my big baby.

We had several Marksmanship events with Katherine this summer. Unfortunately because of marching band she wasn't able to compete in the state competition thi
s year.

She did excellent though. It's normally two steps forward and one step back with her growth and practice and being 14 now she's a full blown moody teenager who would rather text on her phone since she just got her first actual phone instead of a pre-paid for a weekend.

Katherine started High School this year and also joined ROTC so not only is she busy 3 days a week after school with Band practice but she shows up 2 days a week early to school for ROTC and she has events during the weekend so she is definitely a busy person!

Her sister attends college here in town for the time being and so the family dynamic really hasn't shifted too much.

I've also been doing some arts and crafts when I can find time.
This is a wreath I just made.

I'm also doing embroidery and beading. We had a craft show event myself and another lady attended this summer and we started an Etsy store though unfortunately I'm really bad with Etsy so I have to reset it up because things got messed up.

It is on my to do list though that list has gotten pretty long. Today I'm just focusing on finally putting up this post, making a meal plan and shopping list which I haven't done for weeks and enjoying the fact that after the tropical storm remnants came through this past weekend our temperature has dropped and it finally feels like fall.
I also canned a lot of corn this is only about half of what I did. They had corn 10 for $1 so I was able to can up enough corn for us to eat it once a week for the next year for $10. I didn't think that was too bad of a deal.

I also made a bunch of strawberry jam this spring.







Meal Plan

• Malibu Chicken & salad
• Steak, Corn, Mashed Potatoes
• Tacos
• Teriyaki Chicken, Veggies & Rice
• Pizza
• Pork Tenderloin Roast, Peas, Roasted or Baked Potatoes (haven't decided)
• Chicken nuggets & French fries.  

Well I better get back to it that's about as much time as I can spare at the moment. It's been good to touch base again. 

Busy Monday, March 19

So it has been since September since I've posted.
This particular one won't be very long because I'm hopping from one event to the next.
I've been busy with kids primarily.
I'm still leader of the STEM club so that eats up time... today I was working on the molecular make up of Borax... I'm not joking here.

Needless to say things are a bit crazy and getting even more so as a friend of mine and I are trying to start an etsy shop to pay for our crafting hobbies. I'm embroidering for it and she's sewing for it. It' been quite the ordeal so far. 

Today I squeezed in a nap though I shouldn't have on top of getting the car tags, meeting my new business partner about more supplies to giggle and contemplate, dog had to go tot he groomer,  I met my husband for lunch and then had to get new car tags, a new driver's license and then go get my monthly injection down at the hospital. Kids are home now we'll be leaving in an hour to go down town. Yesterday was the area schools Bands playing today is Choir both of which my youngest are in and tomorrow is Orchestra which my oldest is in.

It is non-stop busy. I was suppose to be working on the borax experiment this afternoon but I was just too tired.

I better scoot I didn't have time for a shower this morning thank goodness I don't have to show my license at bars any more but I'd rather not feel icky going down to the performance tonight.

Hope everyone is well. I haven't forgotten about this place I've just been so busy and so tired that I just can't will myself past staring at the TV once dinner is done.