Now here I was thinking all these years that water was the only thing that did not have any calories........ guess I was wrong, now we have diet water! I am wondering if next they will be telling us that there are also calories in the air we breath....

I was not going to go on a fall fishing trip, but since the spring one did not go as planned, I think we will have a go at it again in Sept. But this time it will only be for one week. If it rains all week I am going fishing anyway...well maybe I won't got if it is lightening out...but otherwise I am going no matter what!
Now that I am really far behind in my sewing I have to work extra hard to catch up. If I stay up and sew all night for a couple nights I can maybe catch up a bit...But the next 2 days will be devoted to cleaning...
Tuesday is supposed to be the day with the longest daylight, so maybe I will just stay up all night on Tuesday and sew....

Vacation?

Some vacations are better than others....
This year was not good. Reading 2 books in 3 days means I was stuck in the cabin, while the weather outside made it impossible to do anything else. The only thing biting were the mosquitoes!
Let's see, it rained, hailed, lots of thunder and lightening, it was cold! We had 52 mph winds one day, and white caps on a 108 acre lake!
Woke up one morning with no electric, the storm the night before, blew down a tree on the transformer....
The usual boat traffic for Memorial Day was non-existent...it was 45 degrees! Who knows what the water temp was. There was one tuber out on the lake, we saw 2 people on jet skies, but one pass on the lake and they were gone...guess it was too cold for them too!
Of course a vacation is never complete unless on of us ends up in the Emergency Room, this year it was my turn....
After 6 days of a 15 day vacation, I had had enough and packed up and we came home! We never even got the boat off the trailer.....
Maybe next time will be better.....

How many rods and reels do you have to have to have too many? This is

half of my collection. I think I am done now....well at least until I see another one I can not live without... You don't want to see my collection of lures.......those got out of hand years ago....Which reminds me, I really do need one more. I have one I love, but want it in another color.....Have to see if they make it in the color I want...

These little owls are so darn cute I just can't seem to stop making them! I am telling myself this is the last one! This one is no longer residing in my house, but has flown to a friends house.

REMEMBRANCE

Never give up on a dream, dreams can come true!

Never give up on a dream no matter how slim the odds of success are. Dreams can come true!
I have spent almost 50 years searching for my birth Mom and against all odds, I managed to find her, and she was still sharp as a tack at 87 years old.
I got 1 year, 9 months and 25 days to get to know her, we only exchanged letters until October of 2010, when she called me and I finally heard my Mom's voice. It was a miracle!
After she consented to let me call her, we had long chats and got to know each other.
We discovered that we both loved ice cream, and we both loved to read mysteries.
We both liked Christmas trees that went to the ceiling, though she liked to put garland on hers and I liked to put tinsel on mine.
We both liked Ketchup on fries, and mayo on fish.
Like me she could not just sit in front of the TV and had to be doing something, she liked to crochet and knit, and I like to sew.
She doesn't like fishing, and it is one of my passions. Neither of us can swim.
She does not like to sit on the lawn, because of all the crawly things that can be there. I don't mind sitting on the grass.
She told me she had 7 children.
And today I met them!
I wished it had been under different circumstances.
Today I went to my Mom's funeral.
I would have loved to have the opportunity to meet my Mom while she was still alive, but that was not meant to be.
I discovered she has a wonderful family, and today they welcomed me in to it!
I have lost my Mom, but I have gained brothers and sisters...Something I have never had.
I can't wait to get to know them all.......

More Owls

Remember the cute little owl pincushions that I was making, well now those little owls should never have been left alone........now there are 2 more! Introducing the twins! They were a bit harder to make than the bigger ones, but they were fun as well....
I was even thinking that they would make cute stuffed animals if I were to enlarge the original pattern about 250%. But I have too much to do right now to explore that option at the moment.....

Closet secret bag

This was a little pattern my granddaughter and I designed using a plastic coat hanger and a large piece of paper. The paper was used to draw out the pattern, which was then pinned to the fabric. I know it is a bit hard to see, but she added a zipper to the front of the bag. This time her zipper went in perfectly. Her sewing is getting so good soon she will be able to sew whatever she likes.
This little bag will hang in her closet, to hold all those things little girls like to keep to themselves.

EASTER

HE IS RISEN!