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.