Exciting Weekend!

I have to say this weekend up at TSH was by far the most exciting we have EVER had!

Saturday we went to Lawrence Lake, the lake the new house is on, to kayak in the afternoon.  We wanted to check out the opposite end of the lake from what we had seen two weeks ago.  Jene ventured first as the boys went back to the island to swim.  Jene took he and I down a little stream that feeds into he lake and as he was paddling along a Sandhill Crane popped up out of the tall grass and started to come at him.

It chased him about 50 yards staying right at the end of the kayak for a good portion of the time.  It about peed my pants as Jene was screaming "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!  No!".  I could hardly paddle to get out of there because I had tears running down my face.  I later asked Jene what yelling "no!" was supposed to accomplish and his hysterical reply made me laugh even harder, "Well the dog understands it!!!".

OK, so as if that was not enough.  Last weekend  something dug out a huge trench from under The Little House, we filled it in,  the next morning it was dug out again.  I suggested to Jene  to call a Critter Gitter and he said "we just need the live trap, it's a woodchuck".  I said it is obviously something persistent and aggressive.  "It's a woodchuck!"  "OK"

So we brought the live trap up this past weekend, set it Saturday night and at 4am Jene woke me up to tell me "we got something, you gotta' see this".  I told him "I don't need to see anything at 4am that I can't see at 7am".

Ends up Jene caught a skunk! 

I was so angry with him because he had not listened to me about calling a Critter Gitter (which he denies I ever said grrrr!) so I had a hard time wanting to help him but I did.  Everyone I spoke with and everything I found on the internet suggested throwing a blanket over the cage "because then it won't spray because it can't see you" but no one knew the next step.  We ended up calling his uncle and he came up to help us.

What an exciting weekend (especially for Jene!).

Kendra 

Chairs

We are back up at TSH and I promised that when we got up here again I would get a picture of the chair that I had to hunt down after seeing it at a garage sale and then thinking about it for a day.  Remember I said I ended up with twins?

 The one on the right is the one I went back for.  It is obviously in a bit tougher shape but after all is that not what we prims are all about?

 This is the REAL reason that I fell in love with it (don't tell Jene, he would be disgusted that I like the worse one better lol!).

This is the better of the two.  Very nice finish and I love the spindles!  I need to get a bit of Old English or try out some Briwax on the other and it will look just as nice (but with a bit more personality due to the make-do repair ;)

Yesterday we celebrated the 12th anniversary of my 29th birthday.  We went for a drive to a consignment auction about an hour from TSH.

(loved this little double bladed ice skate that was there)

We discovered a granite quarry swimming hole along the way.  Beautiful crystal clear water.

 There were beautiful flower peeking up from between the granite.

Saw some neat buildings on the way.

Then we went out to a late lunch at some friend's restaurant up here where John made his special pizza (come to find out they made it a regular on the menu now-used to be a special that I would request the week before my birthday) and a huge brownie, then we stopped at my in-laws across the lake  (there are such pretty flowers in their yard)

My MIL, Judy,  had made a rhubarb cake and brownies for me (mind you we bought a strawberry rhubarb pie from an Amish bakery!)...lots of fattening sweets around here so after we got back to TSH we planted the four trees that we had delivered on Friday.

 Then I watered Burning Bush that we planted last weekend.

We finished the evening off with a movie and some of the pie.  All in all a lovely day. 

Thank you :)

Kendra
         

Swap With Francine

Francine and I did a "cutter quilt" swap and when we got home for TSH this evening Hiney came running over to the truck with a package that had been by the door.  Look at what Francine sent to me:

 An old doll quilt in the back ground, "welcome" frame with a bit of quilting along the bottom

(this is going to the new house :), Americana house bowl filler, trinket box, and wool star (which I am going to add a pin to the back of, it will look beautiful on my brown winter coat).

This is a close up of the side of the heart trinket box.

I love the stitching on this!

 My camera phone did not do the coloring justice but I wanted you to see 

a close up upper view.

Thank you so much Francine, I am so glad we did this swap!

Before I go...on a drive today Jene turned around for me because I missed seeing these guys on the first trip by them:

 These little guys can't be over a week old.  

Are they just the most precious thing you have ever seen?

The water is green with Duck Weed, a tiny little plant that is typically found along shorelines, not mucky water (in fact this lake does have very clear water!).

I did hunt down and get the chair that I went back for (in fact I got twins!) but I forgot to snap a photo of them before we left TSH so you will have to wait until next week to see them, sorry :(

Blessings,

Kendra  

Checking in!

See what I got for an early birthday gift from my friend Dorothy over at Paws for Stitching!  I was so surprised when I stopped over there the other day (to pick up some silverware for more plant tags!) and she gave me one of the beautiful planters she makes.  As soon as things slow down a bit I would like Jene or one of the boys to work the area where the sandbox used to be over so I can do a shade garden there and it will sit there.

I was out by Gram's the other day, I was not going to stop at the house but I had to pee soooo bad so I stopped in and was met by knee high grass!  I felt horrible, if Gram was around she would be mortified!  I thought that I had lawn care arranged but I guess not!  When I called the company I was told they have been to busy to get to it (thanks for letting me know!).  So after I got home Jene, J, Hiney and I all loaded the tractor, weed wacker, rakes, and weed spray up and headed back for 3 hours of hard labor (12 man hours to tame 2 acres!).  Guess Redneck Lawn Service has a new account!

 So on the Redneck Lawn Service note (which mind you started as a joke!), J now has 5 lawns he is doing and has two more (big ones!) that are interested in his services so for his birthday (a bit early) he got a little start up investment help from the First National Bank of Mom and Dad:

He about busted up when he went to pick them up and saw the camo baseball cap and yellow snow goggles up in the corners.  He asked if we could get them (3) washed when we get home from TSH on Monday evening so he could have them for work on Tuesday. LOL!

We saw this the other day at a restaurant in a little craft area they had.  It is a plain white gift bag with a bit of a gloss coat on it but someone painted it with lovely sunflowers to dress it up.  Some of you talented ladies that paint could do this (I would not be one of those talented ladies though lol!).

 Lastly, we went to a green house yesterday and saw this poor overworked dog...in the middle of the greenhouse floor lol!  Not a care in the world that people were walking around him...wonder if his name was Matt (as in floor mat!).  They did have a warning up for the other dog there that if he brought you his tennis ball and you threw if for him he would "stalk you until you left"...he must have found someone to throw the ball because we never saw him.

Well we are off to another greenhouse today (searching for a fence-like hedge), a favorite restaraunt (we can have several favorites right?), Walmart, and I NEED to find a garage sale we stopped at yesterday to see if they still have a chair that I have been thinking about since we left there!

Blessings to all, enjoy this lovely Spring day!

Kendra

Plant Stakes

For those that read my last post but were unable to see many of the pix please recheck it...not as many pix but I think you will be able to see what I was able to get on there now.  My phone locked up while we were out on the lake so J called Verizon from the kayak and got it fixed (the guy from Verizon didn't believe us at first when we said we were in the middle of a lake kayaking lol!) so I think that may have something to do with the pix not transferring.


OK, on with the plant stakes that I was making into dusk last night!  I went on 'til I ran out of silverware, I was just having so much fun!  If I can find more today at a thrift store I will take more pix and do a tutorial.

I was thinking I could do some that say "Happy Birthday", "Get Well", "Welcome"...any other ideas?
I am hoping to do a Spring craft show next year and will try selling them then.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!  I am off to Habitat for Humanity's Restore and then the thrift store for more silverware!

Please pray for those in Oklahoma throughout your day.

Kendra

Kayaking at Lawrence Lake

I promised you pictures but I will warn you, some are fuzzy because it was windy.  From a bobbing kayak clear pictures from a camera phone are near impossible lol!

 

Our fearless leader, Jene

 Boys playing on the "big" island

 boys playing on the "medium" island

I love these stairs made from granite slabs.

I was snapping pictures and the gal who lives there came out on her deck and asked if everything was OK.  She thought I was with the DNR lol!  She came down and talked with us for quite a while about the lake and the fun events the association does through the year.

 

 

I had more pix to start with but they were not transferring over from my phone and the other way I tried to transfer them wasn't working because the pictures were not showing up (this computer is about to get the boot!!!).           

Kendra

What I Have Been Up To

 Tiling shower stalls:

Laying flooring

Finding treasures

Sight seeing

Tomorrow will bring a kayaking trip around the lake by the new house since we didn't get to go last weekend so I should have some pretty pictures to show you from the trip!

Blessings,
Kendra