It's Valentine's Day!

 A busy week! Steph and Dan arrived Wednesday evening, just as the pizza they requested got here. You can't get good pizza in Oregon.

Thursday morning, Heather came up and we all went to First Watch for brunch for a pre birthday celebration for me.

 Thursday Baby Mary Jade Boone Oehrl turned one!

They went to the aquarium!

Friday was my birthday. Heather, Ed, Julianna, Dan and Steph took Ralph and I out to lunch at the Lamp Post, since Steph and Dan had "go to a diner" as one of their trip goals. 

 

I finally got a face embroidered on Sally! It took all of 15 minutes.

Today we're all going to Boone's birthday party, then going to Heather's house to visit. 

I have not been in the sewing room for a few days, but I have been working on the scrapghan each evening. It's probably halfway done. 

And, of course, F to the ice, the felon, and any fool who supports them. 

It's above freezing!

Right now it's 33, and predicted to go all the way up to 38!

Daily reminder to myself- F*ck the Felon, F*ck ice, and F*ck anyone who supports a pedophile grifter.

Nothing done in the sewing room yesterday. I was tidying up the living room, since Steph and Dan will get in tomorrow. 

I did some crocheting on the scrapghan last night. Using up skeins that are half used or more, working double crochet with two strands, one of white and one of leftovers.

I get my sutures removed today, yay. The skin is starting to overgrow, so they need to come out. 
  

I'm so popular!

 The younger kids think I'm great! Grandchildren Amary and Garrett and great nephew Benjamin got their bonus gifts. Garrett loves it when amazon packages are addressed to him, and said the flashlight was cool. I don't think Amary was quite as impressed, but liked hers. Juliette sent me a video of Ben screaming along with the goat, and asked if I was mad at her, LOL. Ben said it was the perfect present. 

After 4.5 hours, the sewing room is clean and organized!

Such a difference! This morning already we did a 5 minute task, cleaning out the coat closet in the dining room. A couple things will be moved to my closet, and a couple will be donated.  So I count that as a win. 

Granddaughter Julianna asked her mom who was playing against the Seahorses in the Super Bowl, so now they will be forever known in the family as the Seahorses. With Manda and Ben living near Seattle, it's their team of choice. 

One of the containers in my sewing room was from Mom's house. It was filled with empty thread spools, and old, faded spools of thread. It all went out in the trash, which freed up a container. 

The coat closet was one of today's goals. The other is to put a face on Sally Snake, now that the markers have been delivered. And to work on the current scrapghan tonight with the TV on in the background. I'm watching Matlock on Paramount, and much enjoying it.

And as always, F*ck the felon, ice, and anyone who supports either. 
 

10 and windy!

 The low today is going to be 5! And terrible winds. The weather forecasters are advising everyone to stay inside if they can. No problem! 

Doesn't it look so nice! I was able to close the doors after I took the picture! So far I'm 2 hours into cleaning. 

I went amazon shopping yesterday. I ordered a screaming goat for great nephew Benjamin as a bonus gift. Garrett loves his- it's only a few inches tall, and when you push a button it screams. LOL, Heather says there are days at the hospital when she needs one.

And I ordered flashlights for Amary and Garrett, a special from deals and steals on facebook. All the bonus gifts will be delivered today, and both moms know they are coming. 

I felt like a breakfast tortilla today, so I made scrambled eggs and bacon. Ralph skipped the tortilla, and I so enjoyed mine.

And finally, F*ck the orange Felon, and F*ck ice. 
 

 

Cleaning, the before

 My sewing room looks like a tornado went thru it, so the next few days sewing room time will be cleaning it. Here's the before:

 You could barely walk or stand at the work table! I was in the mood for some rage cleaning after seeing more about the Epstein Files and the ice latest atrocities. F*ck ice and F*ck all in the current regime of rapists, grifters and liars. I hope I'm alive to see the equivilant of the Nuremberg Trials.

Back to blogging- so I worked an hour in the sewing room yesterday, and plan to do more today. 

 I took time to browse baby swimsuits, and ordered this one for Boone's birthday. 

 Ralph took my phone and took pix from the dining room window. It's hard to see, but feral cats Lucy and Friday are perched on the trash cans, surveying their realm. It's sunny, so they emerged from their heated place to be outside for a while.

Another cold one

 Right now it's 19, with a projected high of 30. Next week we should see some warming, all the way up into the 40's! It's looking good for Steph and Dan to come visit. 

 I did another fabric wreath last night, this one a round one. It's probably going to be another birthday gift for Boone, to hang in her room. Her party is going to be on Valentine's Day at noon, at Mike and Donna's house. I was talking to my brother Mike yesterday, we usually talk once a week. He's such a good guy, and Joey and Boone are lucky to have him and Donna as grandparents. 

Today's time in the sewing room is going to be cleaning up! It looks like a hurricane hit it at the moment.  

 

MOHS surgery

 I had yet another area of basal cell carcinoma removed from my face this morning. I think this is #5.

 Even as she was stitching up the area, the dermatologist said there was swelling and bruising. She predicts I'll have a black eye. Stitches come out next Tuesday.

 In progress and finished! About a 3 hour project while watching TV, not counting cutting the 2x7 strips. I'm pleased with it. It was a kit that I got from Shabby Fabrics. Now I have the pattern!

I ordered non toxic markers to make Sally Snake's face, they should come tomorrow. 

And let me add myself to all the content creators who are announcing "F*ck Ice". Anyone who supports the brutal actions of ice and supports a rapist, grifting loser of a man, I don't want to associate with.