Beading Supplies

If I had kept my head about me this is what I would have...

But then I went awry...

Grandmas don't know everything....

This one really did make me LOL!


Little Tony was 7 years old and was staying with his grandmother for a few days.
He'd been playing outside with the other kids for a while when he came into the house and asked her :

'Grandma, what's that called when two people sleep in the same room and one is on top of the other?'
She was a little taken aback, but she decided to tell him the truth. 'It's called sex, darling.'

Little Tony said, 'Oh, OK,' and went back outside to play with the other kids.

A few minutes later he came back in and said angrily,

'Grandma, it isn't called sex.    It's called Bunk Beds.
And Jimmy's mom wants to talk to you.'

Recipe du jour Guys

I have to tell you about my guys- the recipe du jour guys. There are three of them, Rich, Tim and Walt. Those three have been friends for years. Writing and cooking are the passions of these three. I have followed them since 1998 or thereabouts and then I lost them for the past year or so. Well, I recently went on a search for them and  now they are back in my email life and I am very pleased. They brighten up my email in the best way.
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January 10, 2013 by Recipe du Jour

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RDJ– Bloody Mary Steak, 05-14-14

May 15, 2014 by Recipe du Jour

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Volume 17 Number 85

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Bloody Mary Steak

1 cup tomato juice
1/2 cup vodka
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
1 beef flank steak (about 1 1/2 lbs.), fat trimmed
4 large red onions, cut crosswise into 3/4-in.-thick slices

In a bowl, whisk together tomato juice, vodka, lemon juice, Worcestershire, salt, horseradish, and celery seed. Add flank steak and red onions to marinade and chill at least 4 hours and up to 16 hours.

Prepare a hot charcoal or gas grill. Grill steak and onions, turning once and basting halfway through cooking, until onions are browned (6 to 8 minutes) and meat is done the way you like it, 10 to 12 minutes for medium-rare (cut to test). Makes 4 servings.

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(nutritional info not available)
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Rich’s Note: I Found It

Last Sunday one of the women at work borrowed my pocket knife to cut the sealing tape on a box.

I like my knife. There’s nothing remarkable about it, but I like it because it’s small and flat and fits comfortably in my pocket and is stainless steel. My mother-in-law gave it to me one Christmas over 25 years ago. In all that time I have never lost or misplaced that knife. Until last Sunday.

We were busy. I didn’t notice that Victoria had not returned my knife until the next day. She was off. Then I was off the next day, but I called. She didn’t know where the knife was, thought she had given it back. I didn’t panic. I didn’t cry or scream or go out and squish stray worms. I decided to be an adult and accept that nothing lasts forever. THEN I cried and screamed and went looking for stray worms to squish.

The next day I found my knife in a drawer at work where we keep staples and pens and other such things. Someone called Victoria at home to tell her she could stop praying. Stray worms were once again safe.

All was right with the world.

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The above column is copyright © 2014 by Richard Rowand. All rights reserved worldwide.
Rich can be reached at rrowand@gmail.com
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Link of the Day:

Incredibox is an inventive, addictive website that can swallow up your afternoon if you let it. It’s incredibly simple to use: just drag and drop a looping melody or beat onto each animated character and let the groove take over.

You can experiment with twenty different beats, melodies, effects and voices, all composed by the musician Incredible Polo. Each sound loop is represented by a cartoon animation to add some visual flavor to savor.

As this is an intensive website, it might take a while to load depending on your connection speed.

http://www.incredibox.com/en/#/application

from Wendy
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Do You Remember?

Crying Time
Ray Charles 1966
Music & Lyrics : Owens

Oh, it’s cryin’ time again, you’re gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin’ Oooh
That it won’t be long before it’s cryin’ time

Now they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder (fonder)
And that tears are only rain to make love grow
Well my love for you could never grow no stronger (stronger)
If I lived to be a hundred years old

Oh, it’s cryin’ time again, you’re gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin’. Yeah now
That it won’t be long before it’s cryin’ time

Now you say you’ve found someone that you love better (better)
That’s the way it’s happened every time before
And as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow (‘morrow)
Cryin’ time will start when you walk out the door

Oh, it’s cryin’ time again, you’re gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin’. Alright now
That it won’t be long before it’s cryin’ time
(That it won’t be long before it’s cryin’ time)

The Ball is Rolling...

Maybe rolling is not exactly the word but some things are happening in getting our 3 season room started.

 The two stakes that are not attached will be the west wall . May be a bit easier to see in the bottom picture. The ell shaped boards are merely to help the builders keep things online for the digging, footings etc.

As you can see from the top picture my view from my computer area will be greatly changed. But then I can go into the new room with all the windows and see everything in 3 directions.

And then there are BEADS!

What else is happening? I have started on the bead sorting and OMG!! Way back when I started beading I said I was going to stick with peyote because I did not want to give up the space, time or money to invest in a larger bead inventory. I knew that if I spread my wings into other beading it was going to take a much greater variety of beads. My instincts were correct! My peyote inventory is very small compared to what I classify as all other beads. Too late now! But it is going to tax my brain in the next few days to get them all organized.

I also need to get started on my outside work, getting flowers planted and weeds under control etc. But I have a couple of days reprieve as it is too cold to be out there anyway. This mornings temp at 6:00 AM was 35 degrees!

When we are in Texas the weeks roll around so fast. I thought it was because we are very busy down there but I am finding out it does not matter where we are or what we are doing they simply fly!

Hey all, I am always interested in what you are doing too. Don't forget to keep me informed as well. Either by email, facebook, phone, text, or commenting on the blog entries.

Happy Birthday Elise!!

She is officially  four, unofficially twenty. 

Today's Project

People frequently ask us about our bed. After living 10 years in an RV and sleeping on an RV bed I decided that was the way to go in our tiny home. That and I could not fathom giving up all that storage space under the bed. Butch took the measurements from our RV bed and duplicated them in the house. And the result is what you see here. The IKEA headboard works very well too.  I do think I need some artistic feature above the headboard and will keep that in mind for the future.

Journal entries

I keep this blog as a journal and on occasion I refer back to it for info concerning time, places and events. I also use my google calendar for that.

Yesterday we had the carpet cleaned in the motorhome. We used the same fellow this year as last. He asked me to give him an evaluation online and I agreed to do so but could not remember his name and all he did was initial my statement. I eventually found it using google search. Business name is Heavens Best and his name is Loren Turner. He did an excellent job. Motorhome is clean and ready for its next excursion whenever that may be.

Next I finally managed to get some organizing done. I worked on inventory and organizing my Swedish Weaving supplies. Next is doing the same thing with my beading supplies. That one will take longer.

Butch has been taking the beginning steps in getting the 3 season room started by contacting the right people for the many steps it will take. He is also getting some golf played in between rain showers. Last year we had a rainy Spring and then it did not rain the rest of the summer. It will be interesting to see if that pattern repeats this year. It would be helpful to us in room building but not so helpful to the farmers.

Panora and Lake Panorama were hit hard with the Sunday night storm. We used to live on Lake Panorama and still have friends in that area. We have been thinking of them and wondering how hard they were hit. The area has been deluged with storm lookers so we have not gone down and added to the chaos. Might today though.

Jason and Laura brought me a big bouquet of flowers and this small one. Jason made it from a light bulb. So save those old light bulbs! Jason has also become a fan of Pinterest. This is my noncomputer son so this was a surprise. All it takes to become computer/Internet interested is the right button!

Safe and Sound

It was a stormy Mother's Day but we made it through unscathed. Not so true for Panora and Lake Panorama, located 26 miles south of us. It is a big plus that no lives were lost. Just things.
We did go out to Leo and Keri's where they have a cozy basement but only because the news guys were telling us to take cover. Our cover spot is not as comfy as Leo and Keri's. We went out and visited for a time and then came home.
Earlier in the day Jason and Laura came over for a visit and flowered me up for Mother's day. Having the kids here is always a treat.
Just a quick note to assure you we are A-Okay.