Thursday Night Game

Thursday night Mr. B and I hopped in the car and trekked up to our home town to watch my nephew's game.

I was pretty impressed. I didn't realize that the boys were pitching themselves in third grade.

The team played well. Unfortunately it wasn't enough.It's still early in the season. Maybe we'll have to try and make one more.

Bruce and Christmas Update

Friday afternoon I received this photo from Bruce and Christmas's new parents.

They are getting along well with their new brother Leroy. Everyone is happy and adjusting nicely. 

Technical Difficulties Yesterday

Tuesday I took some nice photographs of the irises that are bloom in my garden now. The plan was to get them up last night for you to enjoy. As you can see that didn't happen. Our Internet is slow to begin with. I'm talking second to last house on the line. Speeds slightly faster than dialup. We deal with it, but add a storm with allot of rain and high winds it slows it down. Yeah it took a few minutes just to bring up a web page.

Picture posting was not going to happen. Instead me and the boys snuggled on the couch, ate a giant chicken nacho, put Star Wars: Episode IV in the DVD player, and kept an eye on the weather.

Generations

Yesterday afternoon we went to Mr. B's parents house for a cook out. I was a special cookout. His sister and her husband were visiting from Mississippi. They brought their new baby, Logan.

He's such a handsome little boy. And a good baby. I did earn my auntie badge of honor, yup spit up on. Let's just say I was wearing a slight v neck. I'll let you figure out were that went. 

Grandma Francis stopped out. Four generations of Stubbes. 

This is probably one of my favorites of the afternoon. Grandma with her great-grandson.

Same laughs. 

Priceless.

Buppa Bernath stopped out. Four generations of Bernaths. 

Right as we were setting up to take the picture Dillyn announces to me that she's going poop. 

I wouldn't want my picture taken during that either.

That's better.

We Interupt This Broadcast

I'm forgoing the usual Wednesday post to give you some sad news, with a happy ending. 

Remember when I told you about the sassy geese. I omitted exhibit C. The truck. Bruce and Christmas liked to sit under the truck and nibble at the wires. While the ABS light came on a while ago and we finally had it looked at. The wiring needed to be done. To the tune of $300. Yeah Mr B. and I were not happy campers when we got that news.  After much contemplation we decided when needed to get rid of the geese. These two boys are by far the sassiest geese we have had in the past three years. I blame it on the fact they are males and we got them when they were older, we didn't have the time to bond with them like we did the other goslings. 

This past weekend I put on add up on Craigslist. By Monday I had received and inquiry. Tonight Doug and Wendy came and collected the boys. So yes it is sad that they are gone and I'm sure it will hit me tomorrow when I get home from work and there are no obnoxious geese to chase the car up the drive way. 

But it is happy. 

Bruce and Christmas are going to join Leroy, another Toulouse goose who is lonely, he lost his friends a few days ago. They will be spoiled rotten and get to eat all the cracked corn their bellies can hold. Did I mention they will have their own pond. No more kiddie pool, an actual pond. 

The fact that they are going to such a wonderful home with such nice people makes giving them up easier. I have been promised and update in the next few days which I will happily share with you. 

And don't think that this girl will be going gaggle-less forever. I'm sure there will be baby peep-peeps some were in our future. Unless I can convince Mr. B that a goat would be better, the Acres could use a Norma Jeanne.  

Scrappy Stars Quilt Top

This morning I woke up early. I was unmotivated to clean the house and it is cold and windy, didn't really want to work in the gardens either. I decided to get re-acclimated with Betty, my sewing machine. It's been months since her and I sat down to work together.

I had these star blocks put together since this past winter. All that was needed to do was to sew them together with sashing. A nice easy project to get back into the swing of things. A few hours later I had it all put together. 

Now to decided how to quilt this one. I haven't decided if it would look best hand quilted, machine quilted with straight lines, or tied. Or there is always the possibility of a combinations. Tying might look nice with some hand quilting  to highlight the stars.

Any suggestions? 

Now I best go clean the house...

Darn Geese

Bruce the Toulouse Goose and Christmas have a knack for getting into things they are supposed to. They are like toddelers, they have to put everything int thier mouth.  

Exhibit A:

My lily.

Good thing we have allot. I couldn't find geese damage on any other plants, yet.

Exhibit B:

The purple cabbage. I had them sitting on the goose food bin on the back porch. The wind must have knocked them down. There was only one survivor. 

This is why we put a fence around the vegetable garden. They would eat everything before it had a chance to ripen. 

Darn Geese.