Things I Have Learned #1

"People only ask for a second opinion, because they do not like the first."
~Me

Have you ever noticed this to be true?

Work Day

Mr. Fixit and I had a lovely car ride to his family home area - and the weather was simply beautiful!  His Mom prepared lunch: meatballs, scalloped potatoes, peas, rolls, bread, (and for the guys) liver and onions and gravy.  Dessert was a cherry cake or pumpkin pie.  It was all scrumptious!

After lunch, Mr. Fixit and two of his brothers set to work outside.  They worked at removing two tree stumps, cleaned out gutters, raked leaves, sorted and organized two garage areas and made sure the yard was ready for winter.  It was a full day!

I couldn't resist snapping a shot of the crew in action.  Thank you Mom for a delicious lunch and wonderful hospitality!  Have a terrific week!

Rocks, Paper, Glue

I took on a little babysitting gig today for a friend's two delightful daughters!  Dad had a day of work ahead of him, so we had a day of fun planned.  Mr. Fixit delved into his projects, and we set off for a nature hike in the pasture!

It was quite windy today, and we each had a zipper bag, ready to collect our nature items.  We were collecting items for a nature collage.  We talked about things we could glue to our papers, and things that we could not.  I think the rock detail got lost with little "A."  She collected a sackful of rocks, instead of plants!  So, I gathered a few extra things.

The bonus was that I finally got my craft stuff unpacked.  So, I had sequins available to add to the artwork, and each person had her own glue bottle.  Double bonus!  Soon, my young charges decided it was quite fun to squirt lots of glue and pile sequins onto the paper.  Well, needless to say, we certainly were successful at cleaning out my art supplies and using up old glue!  The artwork will be delivered to the artists soon -- we are waiting patiently for the glue to dry =)

In the Game

Mr. Fixit and I had the awesome opportunity to watch a women's basketball game where our college, FHSU, played against Kansas State University.  What was even better about it, was the we knew one of the FHSU players - a neice of one of my good friends.  I made signs to, of course, cheer on our favorite player and her team.  A number of her family members were present and were terrific cheer leaders too!  The girls played hard, but did not get the victory.  Keep up the hard work Tigers!

Hosta Haven

I love plants, and thankfully, so does Mr. Fixit!  He has been pretty accommodating when I have said things like, "So one of my co-workers has some tree saplings that we could have," or "A bicycle rack is being installed at work, and we need to find a home for some hosta plants."

This week was operation relocate hosta plants!  I transported several five gallon buckets to the office, and the digging commenced.  The plants were quite large, so I had room in the two buckets, plus one adopted box, for seven very, large-sized plants.

I loaded them up, and hauled them home.  Mr. Fixit and I expanded our hosta bed, and we are quite excited for them to begin a new year of growth next spring.  The plants may only be here temporarily though, because it is highly likely they will be transplanted to a new work landscape project next spring.  So, we are going to enjoy our visiting plant guests, while they are here!

Halloween Fashions

I set up my Halloween treat distributing station at my good friend's house in the city.  You see, people don't really venture out to the sticks to collect Halloween goodies!  I took photos of my favorite guests, so you can enjoy the costumes too.  I had a green crayon (my totally favorite color), a poodle skirt theme, diner waitress, a witch and Ariel.  There were about 60 visitors in all.  Thanks for coming to visit!  Oh, and my glow bracelet was still working yet this morning - and I am munching on a few left over fruit roll-ups.  I think it was a yummy evening!

Pumpkin Emoticon

I found a fun -- and easy pattern -- for my pumpkin carving!  It was the wink emoticon!  I traced the design onto my pumpkin, and carved away.  I should have placed the design on sideways, but had it traced before I realized my directional error.  So, my one eye looks like a nice eyelash instead.  I decided that this simply added conversation and originality to my pumpkin!  I also did not have a candle, so I used some glow bracelets to light the pumpkin instead.  It worked ok; I would have liked it to be brighter, but it was a fun experiment just the same.  Happy Halloween everyone!