Another month!

 And just like that, it's September!

 Another first day of school that I don't have to be a part of! It's Eddie's last first day of college, and Jul's first first day of college! Garret's first day of 5th, and Amary's first day of 7th!

 We had all our girls in the same place at the same time! This only happens every few years. They went to NYC to see Hamilton, and stopped at Liberty Park on the way home.

 My older grandchildren at Lake George, NY.

September 2 was the 4th anniversary of nephew David's death. I got Jul this sweatshirt in memorium.

 

And just for fun, I sent the little kids hot chocolate mix, which they were delighted to get.

One the crafting side, while Manda and Steph were here they went thru my charm packs and claimed several. Steph wants fall coasters, and Manda wants coasters and a table runner. 

I also started a rectangular granny, to use up yarn and give me an excuse to watch TV! 

Getting ready!

 First, Hello August!

 

The horde is coming! Manda, Ben and the kids arrive tonight! Then they and Heather and Jules head to NYC in the morning, where they'll pick up Steph at LaGuardia. They'll do some touristing, then they are seeing Hamilton tomorrow night, staying over in the city, and coming back here Saturday. 

OMG, she's rocking the bathing suit and shades!

 

Inspiration pix!

Ralph is at breakfast with the Vets, then I have PT, then last minute tidy ups! 

Still July

 Still hot and humid with thunderstorms. I've been going to PT on Tuesdays and Fridays, and have a few home exercises to do. Each thing they have me do is not hard, but at the end I'm wiped out!

 This girl is now 12! Can you guess what she spent her birthday money on?

I sent this to Heather, because Jules loves her crocs, and got back "omg!"

 

I don't know how I missed the DD Warren books so long, but I'm working my way thru them now!

 I saw this on a facebook ad. Isn't it amazing?

Hot, humid, and thunderstorms

 It's July in jersey! The forecast is the same every day. 

 I bought the pdf pattern for this, I'm picturing it in other colors.

Miss Boone was patriotic for the 4th!

 

This was so good! Long, almost 600 pages, but it went by so fast!

OMG, Baby Boone is 5 months old! I told her parents they better start thinking about a car for her, LOL

 

We had lunch at our favorite drive up burger place, Webers!

I started PT yesterday. My right leg is significantly weaker than the left! My PT said we're going to start with strengthening my ankles, and work our way up. I have homework, of course. I already did my first set of exercises this morning. Here's hoping! 

Happy July!

 It's a busy month! Birthdays for Dan, Steph, John, Kenzie, Connor, Amary, Polly, and an anniversary for Steph and Dan! Yikes!

 Yay, we got S6 all threaded and bobbined! It took Ralph reading me directions while I threaded, but we got it done. Not hard, just so different than the 6500, especially the needle threader! 

 The blue one has been gifted to Charlotte, and the bottom one (terrible pic, I was in a rush) to Sharon. I have 3 more of this batch to quilt.

 Sandie had read and enjoyed this book, so Cookie Swap is all (maybe) reading it or going to read it. After finishing it, I found that while it's a standalone, the author has a cast of recurring characters he uses. Now some of us are going to read all of them! 

What's a blog post without a baby picture? It's hard to tell from the picture, but Boone is in a floatie in a pool, taking a snooze. 
 

 

Summer Funk

 I just have not felt like making a post. 

Look at this nugget! She's 4 months old!

A pic of my late dad when Eddie was a baby. Dad died in 2007, and Eddie will soon be 22!

 

Picked up the Skyline 6, and Ralph put filler because she has to sit on top of the table. I'm having trouble treading her, and I'm sure it's me, not her.

 Jul graduated, and Baby Boone was the life of the party! Aunt Sharon nabbed her, but later let her be passed around. It was such a terrific party that we stayed til 1 a.m.- Boone left much earlier, a girl needs her sleep!

Thunderstorms

 It's so  dark and dreary and rainy out. 

 Our Jake, Mike and Donna's baby, got engaged to his Molly! They've been going together for about 5 years, and plan to marry in another 5! Jake turned 25 yesterday, Molly is about the same age. 

 What book with a twist! Now I have to see the movie!

 Carol's Memorial service was so nice. It was great to see everyone, and Carol will be so missed.

 Carol was the queen of Longaberger, so there was no more fit place to put her ashes than a basket- Kamee assured us there was another container inside, LOL. We loved it!

I just paid the rest of the month's bills online, yay. The only thing I pay with a check is the quarterly MUA bill, they want a $7 "convenience fee" to pay online. Not happening. We drop off the check at the office. 

I'm working on the next set of table runners!