Agawa Train Ride

We crossed in to Canada so we could go on the train ride we had heard about.  We were actually a bit disappointed.  It was a slow noisy ride all the other people were busy talking talking. 

Camping

 We tried for a family camping trip Labor Day week end but it  only worked out for 3 of the 5 families to make it & we camped only one night.  It was Sunday night we camped.  We (Dad/Grandpa & Mom/Grandma) had not been camping in years.   We dug out of old tent & checked to see if it was water proof, it wasn't.  So we treated it.  But when we went to go to bed, I couldn't handle being "trapped" in it.  So I went out to the van to sleep.  So some how in the process of sleeping out there I turned on the DVD player so when we went to leave the battery was dead.  So we had to have a jump start so we could leave. 

Do you want a bag?

We were in Canada last week.  I went to two Walmarts to see if they had cotton yarn that I use to make dish clothes.  I am always on the out look for new colors.  The first one didn't even have that kind of yarn the second had a lot of colors I didn't have.  So I picked 8 12 ounce skeins.  The check out girl as me "Do you want a bag?"  So did she think I wanted to walk out carrying these eight skeins with out a bag.  I thought it was a silly question.  What do you think?

Another Load to Give Away. :)

 We finally took the yard sale left overs to a place locally that is sort of like Goodwill.  This is how our van looked loaded up.  Glad to have this taken care of. 

Tree :(

One morning before I got up I heard a sort of fluttering sound.  It sounded like a branch was falling down & disturbing the leaves on other branches.  We tried looking but didn't see anything.  A couple days later I heard it again, not quite as loud or as long.  Well a few days later we happen to finally notice that there is a good size top of a tree down.  It has two major size branches that are now leaning on other small trees.  So we will need to get it cut out of there soon.  

You can sort of see where the top of the tree is.  It is off middle at the top right side.
It missed the corner or our bedroom area of the house by about 6 feet.  Also just missed the LP tank.

Curtains, Curtains, Curtains

I needed to redo curtains in our kitchen, dinning room & living room.  I had it in my mind & was thinking on them for several months but had other things that were more pressing.  Part of it too was I had in mind what I wanted for the kitchen but was having trouble finding the right kind of fabric.  The picture at the top to the right it the kitchen curtain.  I have also cute chicken accessories sitting in the kitchens too.  Middle picture is the dinning room.  I had to piece it to make it work.  So I covered the seam with black ribbon.  The bottom picture is the living room curtains.  Most people won't even know they are new as the fabric is the same.  I had left over fabric from making them before. Since we liked the pattern/design we wanted to just use it. There wasn't quite enough so I had to add a dark blue ruffle to the
bottom.  So I am well pleased as the curtains didn't cost us much, just mostly my time.

My Knee Surgery

         


 March 1st I had knee surgery for a torn meniscus.  This is my first knee surgery & Ed has had many & he said this would be a piece of cake.  So I went into it thinking that.  If this was a piece of cake I don't know as I want to have any more.  Guess I should back up a bit, first I had to have an MRI & a stress test as my EKG looked bad. (It ended up being just a bad machine).  I have catastrophia So both were very stressful for me.  But I got to surgery day ok & all went well.  A few days later I started bruising which made the leg really hurt.  Of all of Ed's surgeries on his knee only once did it bruise like mine & he said that one hurt more than the others.  Sure wished mine hadn't bruised.  I am still have pain in the muscles behind the leg.

 

Visit to Arizona

 We made trip to visit our oldest daughter & her family in Surprise, Arizona.  We were there Jan. 28th to the 4th of Feb.  It had been 5 years since we had been there.  Following is just a few pictures of the time there.

Speical Dates

This is our latest project.  It started out as my idea but since I couldn't do some of it my hubby did most of the work.  He is such a sweet guy.  We soon to have 22 grand children & I thought it would be neat to have all their birthdays listed like this.  We also put in our kids birthdays & their spouses plus their anniversaries too. 

Happy 91st Birthday

 My Mom turned 91 on the 23rd of September.  We had a party for her at Pizza Hut.  She enjoyed herself. 

New Cast

 Off with the old cast.

 The incisions are healing nicely.

 The under layer.

 Then two layers of the cast material.

All set.

Sunset on Little Traverse Bay at Petoskey

 We took a couple days for a mini vacation.  We went to Petoskey.  Stayed at a motel with a good deal of half off.  They also have meals all day long & free hair cuts.  The name of it is @ Michigan Inn & Lodge.  While there we went to the beach & got these pretty pictures.  It was not the prettiest sunset we have seen but pretty all the same.