Sad trip

 I rode to Florida with Heather and Ed. I'd forgotten how long the ride is. He drove 12 hours Thursday, and 5 on Friday. Ralph rode with Michael and Jake, and Mike, Donna and Joey went in her car. We all met up at Star Island. Steph and Manda and the kids got in by about 7 pm.

Saturday morning was the funeral.

Michael and Jake got John there, and set him up in the Gator, which is like a souped up golf cart. 

 

It was Morgan's wish to be buried on the farm. Years ago they had Florida designate as area as a cemetery. Her sister Lisa gave an eloquent eulogy, talking about how Morgan went from being Lisa's baby sister to being her best friend and partner in crime. Nick spoke, a pastor spoke, and John sang You are my Sunshine to Morgan, and had us all sobbing. 

The funeral people released a white homing pigeon, which flew around the farm then took off for home. We adjourned to the pole barn for refreshments.

When the floor of the pole barn/workshop was set, John wrote in the cement.

 

John let Garrett drive the Gator, and Garrett had such a good time with that! John talked to everyone, then he was sore and exhausted, so he had the guys drive him back to the nursing home, and we all headed back to Star Island.

Gatherig and packing

 We leave tomorrow morning for Florida, for Morgan's funeral. I have "Do not forget" lists, and today I'll pack. Neighbor Dave came over and got a key, and will feed the cats and get the mail for us. He's the best neighbor ever! 

I did the first few rows on a ripple baby afghan so I'll have a project to take with me to work on in the truck. The cross stitch is not a travel project, as it's the project in the qsnap, five boxes of floss, and a laptop with pattern keeper on it. 

I'm taking the kindle, the iPad, my apple watch and of course my phone. And chargers for all. And meds. 

I'm 9.97 % done on the cross stitch. 

I hope to finish this today. 

I won't post while I'm away. But I will think F*ck the stinky pedophile every day.
 

Florida bound

 I was not originally planning to go to Florida for Morgan's funeral. I don't travel well with my balance issues, and Ralph won't fly. He was considering going down on the train, a 24 hour ride. 

Then Heather asked if I wanted to fly down with her and Ed. I immediately said yes. 

Then we found out Jacob and Michael already had a trip planned there to rent a new pickup, drive down, and trailer back a truck of John's. Ralph could ride down and back with them. 

Then Steph decided she was coming in from Oregon for the funeral, as she'd visited John and Morgan several times, on work trips.

Then Manda decided that if we were all going, she and the kids were also flying in from Seattle. 

Heather and Steph were exploring hotel options.

Then Heather was totally stressed about flying. No direct flights from AC to Orlando, so the plan was to fly from Philly, which stressed Ed.

 Then Heather asked if I was up for driving with them. Yes. 

Then she booked Star Island thru her time share. Hotels for Michael and Jake were booked, first in Lakeland, then near the time share. 

Big Mike positively was not going. Then he might go, but wasn't flying. But probably not. Then as of last night, he and Donna are driving. 

That's the plan, the latest version. It's exhausting. 

 Pix from last week, at Jake and Molly's housewarming. They are surrounded by fields, and the barely visible house in the distance is the farmer. That's Michael, Samantha and Boone in the shade. And of course, Boone in shades! 

And the F*cker's reflecting pool is full of algae, just like his soul. 

A new week

 Morgan's long battle ended yesterday.

 Rest in Peace, Morgan. She fought the good fight with grace and dignity. We are heartbroken for John.

Hot weekend

 Morgan is slowly declining. As long as she's kept comfortable, that's the important thing.

Today we are going to Jake and Molly's house for a housewarming. It's about an hour away. I'm giving them a check, and an afghan that my mom made for my dad. When she passed, I brought it here and stored it for when Jake is grown up. That time has come!

 Over 8%! Because of the bulk, I had to use a grime guard, and can't get too close to the edges.

I finished Ophelia the shark! She's a panel from Patchwork Plus in VA. I saw her on one of their videos and had to have her. First- and last- time I've worked with Minkee fabric. It's linty, slippery, and shifts even when pinned. But she's so cute!

I hear the UFC fight at the White House comes with possible thunderstorms, bats, lots of bugs, and a bunch of two legged parasite. And of course the taxpayers are paying for it, thanks to the spineless Republicans. F*ck them all, especially their grifting leader.
 

Updates

 My sister in law Morgan is slowly drifting away. John has been able to spend time with her, playing music and talking to her. It's just so sad. 

 

I've had this conversation with many people. Is it better to lose a loved one suddenly, or to have them gradually pass? Both have good and bad facets.

 Cousins! My late nephew Joe's son Joey, Steph, Heather, Michael holding his daughter Boone, and my youngest nephew Jake. Joey is 13 and shooting up tall so fast! 

I finally hit 8% on the cross stitch, and moved the qsnap!

And F*ck the tangerine twatwaffle and his band of thieves. 

The good, the bad and the ugly

 We're having a hot spell, sudden summer. The good:

 I filled the qsnap and had to move it last night! Almost 8% done, about 30K stitches done.

Boone is the star of any gathering she's at! She claps, we all clap. She takes steps, we all applaud. She conducts us like an orchestra!

 

Ralph and I were so happy  to have Steph and Dan staying with us for a few days!

 Eddie should hear soon when he takes the boards and can start work in the ER.

Now for the bad and the ugly.

My little brother John's wife Morgan has been admitted into in patient hospice. She's stage 4 lung cancer, and doing poorly. Her sister is there (they live in Florida), and her son flew in yesterday. John is frantic, of course, and we talk every day. I'm so sad for both of them.

And F*ck that tangerine crook and his band of deplorables, and his family. Good for the French who boo-ed the drunk sectretary. 

Hello June!

 May zipped on by!

 The past several days were busy, with Steph and Dan in. Most days we saw them in the morning and at night, they had people to see.

Eddie's party was epic! 

 I made 5 pounds of sausage and peppers in the crockpot to take. I used turkey sausage, and it came out great. Ed was so happy that he could eat it. There was so much food! There was about 80 people there. Of course Baby Boone was the star of the show. 

I barely cross stitched while they were here. Yesterday, they had breakfast with Dan's parents. Heather, Eddie and Jules came up to see them before they left. It's hard for Heather when her sisters leave. 

So today Steph and Dan are home in Oregon, Heather is at work, and Ralph went to Tim Horton's with his brother. Life is back to normal.

And F*ck the tangerine twatwaffle and everyone associated with that grifting pedophile. 

Spring is back!

 After a dreary week, nice weather is back. Good thing, since Eddie's party is Saturday.

And Steph and Dan are in the air on the way to visit! It's a long flight, 6 hours. I've done it many times.

 6.9 %! I missed my 1% per week goal, because I've been doing a lot of fill in of confetti. I don't know how much I'll work on it while Steph and Dan are here, though they will be out as much as they'll be in.

I'm making several pounds of sausage and peppers for the party. I'm getting turkey sausage, so Ed can eat it. The alpha gal is a bitch, and not a lot is known about it since it's so new.

And now that orange f*cker is having E Jean Carroll investigated! sure, investigate the victim. F*ck that twatwaffle and all that support him. 

Sewing project

 Most days I watch the video of the day from Patchwork Plus, a quilt shop in Virginia ( or maybe West VA, I forget) where she'll show things available in the store. I fell in love with Shark Attack.

 The quilt shop has her sitting on the counter wearing sunglasses! She's minkee fabric, which is notorious for being linty. Yesterday I cut out all the pieces.

It's going to be a rainy holiday weekend, and chilly. A good time to stay in and read, sew and cross stitch.

Eddie in front of the ER entrance, posing.

 

Ed and Heather took the kids to Myrtle Beach for a few days to recover from graduation. They also escaped our 90+ heat days! It's a ten hour drive. 

Next weekend is the graduation party for our new BSN. And Steph and Dan get in Thursday night, so they'll be here for the party!

Sigh, I woke up this morning and the tangerine twatwaffle is still in office. Sigh. 

Another scorcher

 Yikes, 95 again today! Then the heatwave breaks, and in the 70's the rest of the week.

 6.06%. Once a week I do the math, and my average is 460 stitches per day. 

The plumbers are out front digging up my yard to replace the leaking water pipe. I'll breathe better when they are done.

And now the F*cking rapist is going to give "reparations" to the Jan 6 criminals. Jesus F*cking Christ. 

The Graduate!

 Yesterday Stockton University's Class of 2026 graduated!

Now Eddie can write BSN after his name!

 

My baby pinning her baby! 

Next stop- NCLEX, the exam he has to pass to put RN after his name. It's a whole process, and he's hoping to be able to take the boards in June. 

We're so proud of him. BSN is the hardest program in any university, which the university prez confirmed in his speech. It's an endurance race, and is made harder than it has to be. 

And I was happy to see that his class had a bunch of guys in it. For years, men in nursing was only about 10%. As the numbers rise, so will the salaries and benefits. It's not fair, but it's true. 

For years, my dad referred to Ralph as a "male nurse" and I'd always correct him that Ralph's an ER nurse. Old attitudes are slow to change.  

Nursing school pinning ceremony

 We were happy to go to Eddie's nursing program pinning ceremony.

 

Eddie, BSN, with Ralph and me.

 And we were all delighted that he got one of only 3 awards! I had never heard of the Daisy award, but it's a BFD. When the professor described the award, we were all kind of zoning out, then he announced Eddie's name and we all snapped to attention. Jules kind of squealed, and we all applauded. He later got a text from one of his professors saying she'd nominated him. 

Three generations of nurses! 

After the festivaties the newly pinned BSN's headed off to Sweetwater to celebrate, and we went back to Heather and Ed's. We treated them and Jules to pizza, and we visited before heading home. Such a lovely day.

And I stayed off the TV and instagram, because I didn't want to spoil the day by the latest goings ons by the tangerine twatwaffle and his band of thieves. F*ck them all.
 

Work in Progress Wednesday

 Christmas Shoppes, crop 1.

 I hit 5% after 43 days! It's finally starting to look like something!

A new week

 It's feeling like a blue day, even tho rain is predicted off and on all day.

 I'm so not good at taking selfies.

4.75 % done!

 

 

A warm day!

 Back into the 80's today. Spring is so unpredictable.

Two lousy pix of my pairs glasses. I look awful inthe bottom pic, but oh well.

 

3.89 % done! I printed out the pic of what each page of the pattern covers, and seems like the qsnap covers about 3 pages. 

Saturday a tooth popped off of my partial dentures. I took them to the dentist yesterday, and the lab can hopefully just glue it back on, but they need it a full day, plus pick up and delivery. So I'm without the dentures til Wednesday afternoon, which is part of why the pix are so bad. Just another annoyance of life.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! No tacos for us today, soup for me.

And F*ck the tangerine twatwaffle and his treasonous grift gang of pedophiles. 

Hello May!

 May will be a good month! Oldest grandson Eddie will graduate Stockton University with his BSN, and already has a job offer in the ER. There will be a party to celebrate his accomplishment.

May is also our anniversary. 54 years! Yikes!

 54 years, three beautiful daughters, three fantastic sons in law, two grandsons and two granddaughters. Life has generally been good to us.

My new glasses with the sparkly frame toppers!

And of course, F*ck the tangerine twatwaffle felon, pedophile, grifter and his band of awful people.
 

April is ending

 The month went by pretty fast. This week is rainy, and cooler, but that's ok.

At 11k stitches, and almost 3% done, Christmas Shoppes is starting to look like something. When doing colors with a lot of stitches, it goes pretty fast. I did 800 stitches last night, a dark brown and a black. 

I picked up my new glasses yesterday. I love the toppers to it. 

 I got a bunch of toppers, including a sunglasses one. Ralph likes the sparkly green the best, so I'm wearing that one right now. 

Every evening I've had the electric fireplace on, and it's so cozy!

And of course, F*ck the tangerine twatwaffle and his band of grifters and pedophiles. 

 

Rainy Days

 We again went from shorts to long pants,  from the windows open to closed and the heat on. April.

 We started with this- the gas insert out, electric added.

To this! I like the ember look rather than the log look, and the orange rather than the blue or purple. It has so many color combinations! And it puts out heat when I want it to, the remote has a thermostat. We got it from the Fireplace Store where Reilly, my great nephew's fiancee works. Great nephew Connor did the installation for us, since he used to work there also. 

 

Two  percent done!

 I had seen these cuties on instagram, so Ralph added them to his Lowe's order. I'm not sure what I'll use them for, but they are just too cute!

Color me cynical about the latest episode of the tangerine twatwaffle and his merry band of grifters. F*ck them all. I'm not the only one to doubt the whole thing was legit.