tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58246482011-04-21T14:32:29.230-04:00OverdyedMama--Got Silk?Sometimes I stitch; sometimes I just think about stitching. When all else fails, I buy stash!Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1122933372951557552005-08-01T17:48:00.000-04:002005-08-01T17:57:07.836-04:00YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW!!!!Congratulations to the Wilton (Iowa) High School baseball team. This weekend they completed an amazing season by winning the state tournament (class 2A) to finish with a record of 42-0. They are the first Iowa team to have an undefeated season since 1973 and only the seventh in state history.I was pleased to be able to watch the webcast of this game. The tournament Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1107906067507846992005-02-08T18:34:00.000-05:002005-02-08T18:41:07.506-05:00It's tax time again. We managed to file very early this year and have both the federal and state refunds already. Our state refund arrived one week after we filed and the federal came just three days later. Want to speed things up without paying an arm and a leg for those stupid refund loans? Go to the IRS website and check out the Free File program to see if you can file your federal Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1097475964795525182004-10-11T02:10:00.000-04:002004-10-11T02:26:04.796-04:00The little one turned two on Thursday. Hard to believe! She's a good kid. She's still small but her weight is back on the growth chart now. Got a new washing machine today. We chose the Maytag Neptune top loader. The old machine was dying rapidly. The floor in the old house was very uneven and it threw the machine way out of whack. The new machine in much quieter and should be more efficientBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1094571854751986402004-09-07T11:16:00.000-04:002004-09-07T11:44:14.750-04:00Guess what? My last post mentioned a dying hard drive. Bought a new computer in February. In August the new computer's hard drive (serial ATA) also bit the dust. It is currently in the hands of a local geek shop in a data recovery effort. Of course the new machine is still under warranty so a brand-spankin' new drive is installed and I bought a second hard drive for data files just in case. Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1074740720716855822004-01-21T22:05:00.000-05:002004-09-07T11:16:49.356-04:00Arrrgh! I turned the computer on this morning and it worked fine. When I came back after lunch it was wearing the Blue Screen of Death with the message that it couldn't write to C: and data might be lost. Uh Oh! It wouldn't budge from the BSoD so I had to force a reboot. Then it said it couldn't find the hard drive and I needed to insert the system disk. By this time I had one of my famous killerBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1073765553794249982004-01-11T03:11:00.000-05:002004-01-10T15:13:50.170-05:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1073765461650065482004-01-10T15:11:00.000-05:002004-01-10T15:12:18.043-05:00It has been over a month since I've hit the blog. And what a month! Sending out the Christmas cards really "paid off" this year since we got far more in return than usual. It is great to hear from people all across the country and see pictures of their families. We took the large holiday road trip to see the 'rents & assorted others in Iowa. Miracles happen as we all stayed healthy. We did Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1070732897035389632003-12-06T12:48:00.000-05:002003-12-06T12:48:58.436-05:00Odds & Ends "Weird Al" Yankovic's latest album "Poodle Hat" has been nominated for a Grammy. Congrats! It cost us almost $100 to send out Christmas cards/letters this year not including the pictures inserted in the cards. This is to only 83 people. Over 1/3 of that was just the postage. I did get a perm the other day so I've gone from tousled Pia Zadora to foofy-and-wild Bernadette Peters.Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1070570286217507872003-12-04T15:38:00.000-05:002003-12-04T15:38:45.793-05:00To anyone considering placing an order for doors with Thermo-Twin Windows (HQ in Pittsburgh, PA area), DON'T!!! These guys have chapped my hide for the last time and I want everyone to know how stupid they are. DH placed an order for exterior doors in January of 2000 since the old house had ancient wood doors which were in dire need of replacement. They sent a person out to measure for a Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1070245644615787792003-11-30T21:27:00.000-05:002003-11-30T21:28:00.623-05:00Still recovering around here. We picked up our photo order yesterday. DD & the Puppy are so cute! Spent a good portion of last night working on Christmas cards and we dropped them in the mail today. Our Christmas tree is up now. DH started working on it while I was working at the Bloodmobile on Friday and we finished it this afternoon. The house that is across the street behind our house isBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1069932563534269622003-11-27T06:29:00.000-05:002003-11-27T06:57:21.826-05:00Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I've started my turkey day off the right way with a breakfast of a peanut butter and M&M sandwich. Here's a funny for you to watch. No big plans for today other than lots of rest. DH is recovering from pneumonia and I've got bronchitis (AGAIN!) so we really don't want to be around anyone else. The puppy keeps trying to figure out which one of us needs her more. Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1069148742920912682003-11-18T04:45:00.000-05:002003-11-18T04:46:05.950-05:00Round one with the pulls went well. The master bath is done and three out of four are mahvelous. The fourth is slightly crooked but I can live with it. I also got some drawers lined and organized in between phone calls to take utilities out of our name at the old place and more address changes. Also had to find out why the garbage collection company wanted more money from us when I just paid Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1068946168989040952003-11-15T20:29:00.000-05:002003-11-15T20:29:49.966-05:00Success! There are now knobs on the cabinets in the half bath, the hall bath, and the drawers in the master bath. I would have done more but the drill needed to recharge. That takes care of all the single-screw knobs. The remainder for the master bath and the kitchen are two-screw pulls. This will require a bit more effort. The one goof I've encountered is the length of the screws. The 2" Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1068665525190294772003-11-12T14:32:00.000-05:002003-11-12T14:32:02.473-05:00Last Saturday DD went to her best friend's first birthday party. What an event! She had a great time since there were several other tots around. Ever since the party she has been far more confident about walking instead of crawling. I figured if she saw other kids doing it, she would too. She has also become a much better eater so we are hoping her weight is now closer to normal for her age Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1068198023283646312003-11-07T04:40:00.000-05:002003-11-07T04:40:21.240-05:00Big Bird is done. I think this is the first time I've done all the backstitching in one day for any design larger than a coaster. It is actually rather cute. My foot is gradually getting better although it got stepped on while we were at a restaurant a few days ago which set things back a bit. We had family pictures taken last week and have been examining proofs. DD was hungry and grumpy Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1067458982710603062003-10-29T15:23:00.000-05:002003-10-29T15:23:01.823-05:00It has been a very busy week. We've spent a lot of time unpacking and organizing. I've done tons of laundry since almost every blanket, comforter, and pillow was used as packing material. Then there is still the normal, everyday work. To top it off, I'm supposed to stay off my feet. Well, foot to be more precise. The top of my right foot started to hurt one week before the move. I just Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1066793481726814082003-10-21T23:31:00.000-04:002003-10-21T23:31:21.396-04:00We are in the new house. We still have stuff to bring over and lots of cleaning to do at the old house, but we are living here and as far as I know nothing was broken during the move. And we are tired... We have phone service--the dude who did come out Saturday to fix THEIR external line problem said he was going to charge us $110 for it. We have complained. Will complain again if it does Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1066450234134337762003-10-18T00:10:00.000-04:002003-10-18T00:10:34.150-04:00It took us about five minutes on Thursday to sign the papers. The house is ours! We've moved over some essentials and think we are mostly ready for the big move in about nine hours. We negotiated with the buyer all week and got them to come up to our bottom line. Our realtor is supposed to bring the papers over early tomorrow while we are still loading up the moving van. It will be nice to Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1066112898378754022003-10-14T02:28:00.000-04:002003-10-14T02:28:18.150-04:00Wow! This is really happening. We will have a new house in about 60 hours. The grading is done, the garage door opening is installed and working, the drywall touchups are done, a bunch of the little things are finished. The paint crew will finish their work today and Wednesday and the cleaning crew will make it look better than it ever will again on Thursday. The packing is, well, kinda Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1065677669724013112003-10-09T01:34:00.000-04:002003-10-09T01:34:29.400-04:00DD took her first steps without hanging on to anything! She was standing in front of the TV and walked to DH and then over to me. She was quite proud of herself. The walk-through of the new house was basically good but took longer than we expected. The foreman was very displeased with the work done by the paint crew and marked a lot of things for their attention. The garage door opener needsBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1065592904636064252003-10-08T02:01:00.000-04:002003-10-08T02:01:44.756-04:00The open house was well attended and it sounds like there may be three serious parties as a result. This afternoon we get to do the formal walk-through of the new house and then we get possession next week. That's right--ten days until the big move. Packing is in full swing around here. We went out to the new place to take a picture now that the driveway and sidewalks are poured. Looks good!Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1065334966210930782003-10-05T02:22:00.000-04:002003-10-05T02:22:46.060-04:00We had another showing on Friday and an open house this afternoon. One of the showings from last week sounds promising--they want to come back and show the house to their parents. The Master Of The Move will get to go out and see our house for the first time this afternoon. Then he can plot and plan to make all of this work like magic. LOL A mountain of boxes are now filled with a large partBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1065107016747460232003-10-02T11:03:00.000-04:002003-10-02T11:03:36.873-04:00How disgusting! It was snowing when I woke up this morning. It won't last but I didn't want to see the white stuff until after the move.Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1065061792332405362003-10-01T22:29:00.000-04:002003-10-01T22:29:52.160-04:00My cough didn't quit; turns out it is bronchitis. Quite unpleasant. At least the doc can prescribe better cough syrup and let me know that it isn't pneumonia. The additional computer memory is helping to keep programs running. The difference is most noticeable when I'm online. DH talked to the construction foreman this evening. Almost everything is done on the house. The siding was being Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1064863776383819162003-09-29T15:29:00.000-04:002003-09-29T15:29:36.196-04:00Wow! Our house was shown five times in the past six days. That's the biggest flurry of activity we've had so far. Of course it is a bit of a pain right now since we are moving in 2-1/2 weeks and trying to sort through things and box them up. We went out to the new house yesterday during one of the showings. Our construction foreman asked us to do our own walk-through before we do the formal Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1064525812987507202003-09-25T17:36:00.000-04:002003-09-25T18:04:53.196-04:00The house was shown on Tuesday and Wednesday this week and is scheduled to be shown again tomorrow and Sunday. Not bad! Hope someone makes an offer soon. I spent some time this afternoon trying to get our online photo album updated. It took some work but all of the latest pictures have been added. It is good to get that project caught up again. The house is coming along nicely. We went Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1064260524704480022003-09-22T15:55:00.000-04:002003-09-22T15:55:24.106-04:00Many Styx fans were saddened this weekend when it was officially announced that Glen Burtnik will be leaving the group to spend more time with his family. He is also working on a solo album "Welcome to Hollywood" which will hopefully be ready to release yet this year. Good luck, Glen! I've scheduled an appointment for someone to measure the windows for blinds where needed. Drapes can wait if Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1064184142160926872003-09-21T18:42:00.000-04:002003-09-21T18:42:21.746-04:00We ended up getting a little over two inches of rain from TS Isabel and no strong wind or severe weather. I know we were lucky compared to millions of others who saw the brunt of the storm. We found a box of ancient documents in the back of one closet. Those have been shredded and that gives us another good box with handles to use for packing. We did some shopping for drapes and blinds and I Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1063928657254642562003-09-18T19:44:00.000-04:002003-09-18T19:44:16.806-04:00Still waiting for the winds and rains of Isabel to reach us. Since storms usually come at us from the west instead of the east, we are seeing an unusual sunset rainbow before the storm tonight. The sky is brilliantly colored in the west also--reds, pinks, and oranges like tropical flowers. The closet cleaning continues and I have another huge pile of bags ready to go. We were supposed to haveBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5824648.post-1063811741727166592003-09-17T11:15:00.000-04:002003-09-17T11:21:14.230-04:00Right now I'm in one of those time frames where (when?) I can only think about stitching. We move into the new house in 4-1/2 weeks. Yesterday I managed to tote 68 pounds of old clothes off for donation and threw out even more that is beyond use. The upside is I finally found my old black hightops. Once I get the big closet emptied, I can start loading boxes and hide them in there so the Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131272152333309006noreply@blogger.com