Monsoon!

We're getting the remnants of a tropical storm, and it's teeming out! So in we'll stay.

My new project! It's going to be huge, almost 30 by 36 inches!

It took me a couple of days to gather the floss, there are 90 colors! 

Being old school, I start in the center. This is just one of the bazillion pages of the chart! I'm trying something new that I learned on the last kit I did. Instead of 2 thread crosses, I'm doing 3 thread half crosses, except for a small area that is real detailed. That should cut the time a lot, so LOL, maybe 6 months instead of a year. 

Yikes, we had a leak at the gutter over the back door, Ralph did a temp fix and called the roofer. Then he just went downstairs, and there is water coming in the breaker box! He's down fixing that.

Independence Day

It's July! It was weird having the 4th celebrated by some on the 3rd! By now, I'm totally not sure what day it is. 

Our new roof! A lot of money for something that wasn't even fun. And we lost our skylight. The company recommended closing it off, and I left it up to Ralph. It sure makes the family room dark.

I finished this, now I have to get it framed so it can go to it's new home. I always used AC Moore for framing, and they closed.

Snakes are up to date, halfway done! Ralph borrowed them and took the dinosaur pic. 

The one closest to the loveseat is Garrett's, the low temps in Mill Creek. The nights there are boringly consistent, between 50 and 55 degrees. 

We all survived our first year without Joseph. 

Next up craft wise, I want to try some crocheted water balloons for the kids. It's been in the 90s every day, so I mostly stay in. 

Tomorrow is my baby brother John's birthday! He'll be 63, hard to believe. He and Mike will always be my little brothers.