tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67133554102677197682024-03-19T04:30:26.172-04:00Shall Run And Not Be WearyTrying to "Mount up with wings as eagles"Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.comBlogger832125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-59188526009659133792022-08-23T14:00:00.003-04:002022-08-23T15:19:19.873-04:00Photo Dump- August<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROhCcUx1car8sJzYy7kzvsDYsvSFR48-jbrYTNyk2bfzqGEOgNVVQiI645MmQpLkNSMzJ2ISlCManqWK8SIk1fp75y4wsX_iWbkj8sHc5nAqiJOuH5AKCLRlRtms1BpNfBXPKXz4sAhq1ue2hRRNeBbu1-i6gAhPKqWSQzbTa6pJ6ugJKg8qnxQ4TCg/s1440/IMG_20220728_214225_526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROhCcUx1car8sJzYy7kzvsDYsvSFR48-jbrYTNyk2bfzqGEOgNVVQiI645MmQpLkNSMzJ2ISlCManqWK8SIk1fp75y4wsX_iWbkj8sHc5nAqiJOuH5AKCLRlRtms1BpNfBXPKXz4sAhq1ue2hRRNeBbu1-i6gAhPKqWSQzbTa6pJ6ugJKg8qnxQ4TCg/s320/IMG_20220728_214225_526.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A quick card wallet, keep all your cards in one place</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWft2dqPQZc8Q0O_5Qz9keM9R-gaPau6wHb56i14yfBzJa7et1AGvCveJiiZxybpDCTPaIfXeix1KAE3bZvFZ_6Rzywqw2ggvqgg-bFn5C6XAV4jcwUtiJt-5vOKaQMXKsf_RU5rg3eRD2IVTIFQtzhH1IubOYZuRZ02ooxx18R5lPvrbUDxQl2U0r5A/s1440/IMG_20220728_214225_439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWft2dqPQZc8Q0O_5Qz9keM9R-gaPau6wHb56i14yfBzJa7et1AGvCveJiiZxybpDCTPaIfXeix1KAE3bZvFZ_6Rzywqw2ggvqgg-bFn5C6XAV4jcwUtiJt-5vOKaQMXKsf_RU5rg3eRD2IVTIFQtzhH1IubOYZuRZ02ooxx18R5lPvrbUDxQl2U0r5A/s320/IMG_20220728_214225_439.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These minimalist wallets are all over the internet, but the men in my house still like separate pockets in their wallets</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7qzReMiw7ZdWB1Ey-W8eKvlqZpjE53PW8JFgsJmkqCOCyHwL72SgUAB2MRuICq3VyqFoKFrcF5U54fXn3VjnsNDjy8AUIB9ty1WO78VQvomYd1B9k3h5EQ1_iMJYvB9O-8JIvyZsfND6pXfBQAY6dtn9fcDMPdQPRWXoKGOUvYGET_R1JRU5eQ2D3A/s1440/IMG_20220728_214225_385.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7qzReMiw7ZdWB1Ey-W8eKvlqZpjE53PW8JFgsJmkqCOCyHwL72SgUAB2MRuICq3VyqFoKFrcF5U54fXn3VjnsNDjy8AUIB9ty1WO78VQvomYd1B9k3h5EQ1_iMJYvB9O-8JIvyZsfND6pXfBQAY6dtn9fcDMPdQPRWXoKGOUvYGET_R1JRU5eQ2D3A/s320/IMG_20220728_214225_385.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like the business card holders. I'm planning on having these at the Farmhouse Market </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in October.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkywPmjxdkfhymJvmUsIAvqH_4erzlemZd1WpxZN26NQImKk-WvV8obb7eN8HdY1yUNxJ6xZ8QBonLMcVaU3a_QQoAugwQ4MVJ4I61EDdb1_U54dfGZwDVixR2y48fs08HjKS4nJWJtQEJtlx2mbF29HfLlvoovlmNVDstnnq4iQyfUeoSVvA6t26Wzw/s1440/IMG_20220719_221428_729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkywPmjxdkfhymJvmUsIAvqH_4erzlemZd1WpxZN26NQImKk-WvV8obb7eN8HdY1yUNxJ6xZ8QBonLMcVaU3a_QQoAugwQ4MVJ4I61EDdb1_U54dfGZwDVixR2y48fs08HjKS4nJWJtQEJtlx2mbF29HfLlvoovlmNVDstnnq4iQyfUeoSVvA6t26Wzw/s320/IMG_20220719_221428_729.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My daughter NEEDED a bean bag chair for her AG doll</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I told her to make it herself...she did.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjdCn2diBtz29MdrdY2DIpiOKsII8Et42sBiOwm4Wx2BirLfllzEHsXQtD8r2Tutv7yix3NcsDOPGGw6qjSIMrL0fEKld02dfjpb-tjtQF4kdHW4daZG8r5dnYK7jP0Qm0ccnPsFECtaLb9XXCs1DWOqjP7_pT3IrpfDGItVPT4EhqhuMILxAii6yPw/s4032/20220712_110516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjdCn2diBtz29MdrdY2DIpiOKsII8Et42sBiOwm4Wx2BirLfllzEHsXQtD8r2Tutv7yix3NcsDOPGGw6qjSIMrL0fEKld02dfjpb-tjtQF4kdHW4daZG8r5dnYK7jP0Qm0ccnPsFECtaLb9XXCs1DWOqjP7_pT3IrpfDGItVPT4EhqhuMILxAii6yPw/s320/20220712_110516.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A custom order</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9BPIJ40nvcuPGvGtCmuFPf3NBFv1CzvQIML22ztlUVZoGyn8O0Zvk1RK3uq7ZELa8eq0Lq4X7ZvW493NS9lwHv6zIWATUSqzAEW2Ieb_g8f1Gpnt2h8Wbn82WTYr9mdu7kJj0P2NZ-jVy2BUgjbYfrpuFBfj3nKFuOehKeCfSGxG7kjbz_0OZpNnAg/s1440/IMG_20220624_191204_788.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9BPIJ40nvcuPGvGtCmuFPf3NBFv1CzvQIML22ztlUVZoGyn8O0Zvk1RK3uq7ZELa8eq0Lq4X7ZvW493NS9lwHv6zIWATUSqzAEW2Ieb_g8f1Gpnt2h8Wbn82WTYr9mdu7kJj0P2NZ-jVy2BUgjbYfrpuFBfj3nKFuOehKeCfSGxG7kjbz_0OZpNnAg/s320/IMG_20220624_191204_788.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another custom order...my son saw my leather pin cushion and thought it was just</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the right size for his ear buds...if only he could open it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So we added a zipper.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZLpnnb6zsjIM7qj2eCtrJ1M-lXxA3dC5HrWxWj08GB4yiKatikaM9PSDFJaDoRd0_m1HLd1Ze8uBIZJQfumPY5ADBASaFH7dMhnqxl4EWd4C2jwX8GNU4KviB7L9ER7vqwpg-TNns4Ve0azm9ebGDkcbhImzjhJ0g-zz1pL68hsvVWf6XziKsWNeGQ/s1440/IMG_20220624_191204_710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZLpnnb6zsjIM7qj2eCtrJ1M-lXxA3dC5HrWxWj08GB4yiKatikaM9PSDFJaDoRd0_m1HLd1Ze8uBIZJQfumPY5ADBASaFH7dMhnqxl4EWd4C2jwX8GNU4KviB7L9ER7vqwpg-TNns4Ve0azm9ebGDkcbhImzjhJ0g-zz1pL68hsvVWf6XziKsWNeGQ/s320/IMG_20220624_191204_710.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That lizard skin on top adds interest.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoT0XLnf574izklbb8jA8OjkkaLJ39t6-7dNXD5mgg-y2XwNsVOK_EftLz4XqMP62F7KdEuBGxewBnp3usv70CAMnMuqAFObnQ3t8uhycaFJR6TD8dfIzEjG6zWyABxacRkyg8oKlGAUdFHznH_PAneTC-km086RFnmitqYPHKHbxgT99xFF_i6TrF6Q/s4032/20220609_090801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoT0XLnf574izklbb8jA8OjkkaLJ39t6-7dNXD5mgg-y2XwNsVOK_EftLz4XqMP62F7KdEuBGxewBnp3usv70CAMnMuqAFObnQ3t8uhycaFJR6TD8dfIzEjG6zWyABxacRkyg8oKlGAUdFHznH_PAneTC-km086RFnmitqYPHKHbxgT99xFF_i6TrF6Q/s320/20220609_090801.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Card wallet with money clip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">special request.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7545n3glgAKpTVeFG3KQceeAL8V3v9gitsQlzGhkudxgVxS4Y3OUhKKdm9kKznNO93qRXB32LZ31VQ8I5pd1yzZvDf2DZgfz_G1aKLqnfjpeVVPJb3k8aXvaJEW1CDKCF-nJtnuChR6p6anc3hKIzFlb3r8frBSGpY-3-5UBcFa9shPGANLbj8gEtA/s4032/20220609_090736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7545n3glgAKpTVeFG3KQceeAL8V3v9gitsQlzGhkudxgVxS4Y3OUhKKdm9kKznNO93qRXB32LZ31VQ8I5pd1yzZvDf2DZgfz_G1aKLqnfjpeVVPJb3k8aXvaJEW1CDKCF-nJtnuChR6p6anc3hKIzFlb3r8frBSGpY-3-5UBcFa9shPGANLbj8gEtA/s320/20220609_090736.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A journal cover</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFWkid5JleuEmTyC2s-Aoa7VJO4kcqwNh01J8-IHOxWmFVCpaTA38ntG9h86WKmR5z-ouJbklK29HaxxaGyQXlrBwkKI-5uGa7GSEslLqCBJHKXl_es9L_IH9vL2n1lW5xZDAtQRK3BQkE3xn8a_OQthWUwJN7x5I48c1MCsQ8kjvUigDNTVkry8vDg/s4032/20220530_143257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFWkid5JleuEmTyC2s-Aoa7VJO4kcqwNh01J8-IHOxWmFVCpaTA38ntG9h86WKmR5z-ouJbklK29HaxxaGyQXlrBwkKI-5uGa7GSEslLqCBJHKXl_es9L_IH9vL2n1lW5xZDAtQRK3BQkE3xn8a_OQthWUwJN7x5I48c1MCsQ8kjvUigDNTVkry8vDg/s320/20220530_143257.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These tape measure holders are popular with the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">people my husband works with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They apparently are tired of their belts being chewed up by tape measures.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2pCCgb0gPbyNzjEC5PKtsZGR3nEd_XiBBIdt_8DuGfg23_o5MtatqhGUxJBeOXhGu-y_i8AZ127DpHmY-DWzXxIDFAjc-jhfvwoI8Vrz6SDDWl2f0fmUiKYHvkADYkwDbpXRwOwVh1V3iAtGU9pd6h_R8iIN1CfuaEw-qwwHe9Vts_gliXLTkFEfsA/s4032/20220526_193137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2pCCgb0gPbyNzjEC5PKtsZGR3nEd_XiBBIdt_8DuGfg23_o5MtatqhGUxJBeOXhGu-y_i8AZ127DpHmY-DWzXxIDFAjc-jhfvwoI8Vrz6SDDWl2f0fmUiKYHvkADYkwDbpXRwOwVh1V3iAtGU9pd6h_R8iIN1CfuaEw-qwwHe9Vts_gliXLTkFEfsA/s320/20220526_193137.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I messed around with these glasses cases, for a simple pattern</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sure made a mistake every time!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77boWaLxggxMjN8h5H-N7nBsWIr2QWaQ9UaZ6x4-3pGy2CU-udFzVBkijCkF26znUg9-PstxpVa_OF0YVrQBKX65zXfzyc-j6g3-vwuzJsnom3IeyLS13Bu67lUG_9L75_XW9uUxzNLxeFCgwRgjCtWNrDvWqjzx7uZvumAr0SpUKcsZDUsWp6cBt8A/s4032/20220519_200120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77boWaLxggxMjN8h5H-N7nBsWIr2QWaQ9UaZ6x4-3pGy2CU-udFzVBkijCkF26znUg9-PstxpVa_OF0YVrQBKX65zXfzyc-j6g3-vwuzJsnom3IeyLS13Bu67lUG_9L75_XW9uUxzNLxeFCgwRgjCtWNrDvWqjzx7uZvumAr0SpUKcsZDUsWp6cBt8A/s320/20220519_200120.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another custom order. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No, I did not do the tooling, this leather comes from Springfield Leather in MO.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadieJKwfCZazo14kKLUQPbv-MYjm4m0kqXEJVrrlMp4dvEO9_9VKtn1Cwfoc7ZR1ZNOD_kxo8d1_mL48-Rc9r5S8xlmqobxQ52tufrof0YSk76m-BzTMO3_CeS70XU5CsIxXA9-ztUCNWZvtPTc97WZmoBHeEkn1DIGO7m7SwaFsdyrbHp3bamvt__w/s4032/20220502_220340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadieJKwfCZazo14kKLUQPbv-MYjm4m0kqXEJVrrlMp4dvEO9_9VKtn1Cwfoc7ZR1ZNOD_kxo8d1_mL48-Rc9r5S8xlmqobxQ52tufrof0YSk76m-BzTMO3_CeS70XU5CsIxXA9-ztUCNWZvtPTc97WZmoBHeEkn1DIGO7m7SwaFsdyrbHp3bamvt__w/s320/20220502_220340.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This too was a special order, She wanted a portfolio for her court paperwork</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for her foster children.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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When I saw the free pattern online, I just had to try them!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzplxQors6P4B_XFgOGHsgQ3YTy5fUb8gnZR1dNHsS-YTxNdWq-PWlyE9ENlUlMfWoAy7qLZOiSmziYmRQAg1hASGxUMtxXoZuGqESsrp0tV11DtbpeKzYWISMkifzJC4oOtCt5toLq-uksF2hodrv5uhCgPC-z1Aq5fKgJzQnIV3LWHVZf_SVDvhUvA/s1440/IMG_20220426_075003_290.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzplxQors6P4B_XFgOGHsgQ3YTy5fUb8gnZR1dNHsS-YTxNdWq-PWlyE9ENlUlMfWoAy7qLZOiSmziYmRQAg1hASGxUMtxXoZuGqESsrp0tV11DtbpeKzYWISMkifzJC4oOtCt5toLq-uksF2hodrv5uhCgPC-z1Aq5fKgJzQnIV3LWHVZf_SVDvhUvA/s320/IMG_20220426_075003_290.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My daughters say they are my best sales people and they are.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDY37_mNrdYq5yvH52DdMYdzDIxT4YJbh1rolH7Oe8eyhUgTg4Kwh59R4ju-qhQPlmK1cp1lLNeySKbCJo5hPSla_FN4zJJvBZAlvC3jZe5zJVX6be1LBVzeqfhFDLwdgf8041z1IGLtA3122KN8lO9XaqqUqgvZvVlxGsR-nKtmmp_maNgQ8QcCOWQ/s1440/IMG_20220426_075003_378.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDY37_mNrdYq5yvH52DdMYdzDIxT4YJbh1rolH7Oe8eyhUgTg4Kwh59R4ju-qhQPlmK1cp1lLNeySKbCJo5hPSla_FN4zJJvBZAlvC3jZe5zJVX6be1LBVzeqfhFDLwdgf8041z1IGLtA3122KN8lO9XaqqUqgvZvVlxGsR-nKtmmp_maNgQ8QcCOWQ/s320/IMG_20220426_075003_378.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little backpack actually I ended up making 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">went to my daughter's co-workers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8k8Rw63ip658Ks-TbZHmFnQxTLhSh88LUvgFC8mXd_C7Rt7T8f2YwK0u-AqdEyss7kWLL_IcZUSkVFCXrMh8TA_0UdQcPKXnSkDSTPuiR20-FDts9roEM84gdkMZmfrmFWwlk_FJHXLDIWnCzVsn5pm0QQssbZQdLfAO1objzNffNbHR3JzTys3rKAg/s1440/IMG_20220426_075003_400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8k8Rw63ip658Ks-TbZHmFnQxTLhSh88LUvgFC8mXd_C7Rt7T8f2YwK0u-AqdEyss7kWLL_IcZUSkVFCXrMh8TA_0UdQcPKXnSkDSTPuiR20-FDts9roEM84gdkMZmfrmFWwlk_FJHXLDIWnCzVsn5pm0QQssbZQdLfAO1objzNffNbHR3JzTys3rKAg/s320/IMG_20220426_075003_400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmambyCIqHWsmGHvrh3qXwkk5WQeqRuoY9PXNzOEpelvnVNAZmFhGLb4r0speM3-Xecsm46qrATMufsEP0DAikFsG58o9XvO-BiAaSGHQhBZ22hBYhIUfLFuCwKeEO494ZsfwJ-DRkwzsniVSGxp_Gs4yXIBGTPUGUAMWe-kealeWRVHkeeMv6ReNC5A/s4032/20220425_165354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmambyCIqHWsmGHvrh3qXwkk5WQeqRuoY9PXNzOEpelvnVNAZmFhGLb4r0speM3-Xecsm46qrATMufsEP0DAikFsG58o9XvO-BiAaSGHQhBZ22hBYhIUfLFuCwKeEO494ZsfwJ-DRkwzsniVSGxp_Gs4yXIBGTPUGUAMWe-kealeWRVHkeeMv6ReNC5A/s320/20220425_165354.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The butterfly bag def needs to be made again, but I'm concentrating on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">making masculine designs since I'm having a booth at the Farmhouse Market and I can't be bringing women's purses. (There is another leather stand there with women's purses)</div><br /> <p></p>Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-74896943427862186062022-03-20T08:40:00.004-04:002022-03-20T08:40:35.349-04:00photo of the day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJWQ4PoMQi65eQf2DdWi0sDXEkN0JRJC8apeRUV5_onhxxLvacmHwObHO93ZNytDT_m5utNo-bT7Ooa7fzQZ5uSBZZnRL8lPzTztbQL8CXnmsSs0SB4OMFS9HEqt-NlP00_6m7fii5kVxu0N1cqFi4iBcTclnBqI-BV-prAPZpZvgYwIPyo0A87VvOHQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJWQ4PoMQi65eQf2DdWi0sDXEkN0JRJC8apeRUV5_onhxxLvacmHwObHO93ZNytDT_m5utNo-bT7Ooa7fzQZ5uSBZZnRL8lPzTztbQL8CXnmsSs0SB4OMFS9HEqt-NlP00_6m7fii5kVxu0N1cqFi4iBcTclnBqI-BV-prAPZpZvgYwIPyo0A87VvOHQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /> Rice for lunch. I have made pounds of this stuff over the years.<br /><p></p>Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-2948405007618522302022-03-15T13:12:00.000-04:002022-03-15T13:12:55.856-04:00Backpack<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxPznnK_ZtN2D-tdrWZroxvgiButoJQZ1_8-Gsv0uUYbqHTEVM9CC3dmIpGXGQbaYuZb3Z3Q4sfhTEnCjWR9WRGzZpSCLGXymZT99zQDBIl-dbeSC90EjNrrKDS0lR5X7PH1jBrXoAf-oAL97ypsg4P1AMQuQpgFCxMs-1oDDfYe9S0sA1Uz5Vr-HW0w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxPznnK_ZtN2D-tdrWZroxvgiButoJQZ1_8-Gsv0uUYbqHTEVM9CC3dmIpGXGQbaYuZb3Z3Q4sfhTEnCjWR9WRGzZpSCLGXymZT99zQDBIl-dbeSC90EjNrrKDS0lR5X7PH1jBrXoAf-oAL97ypsg4P1AMQuQpgFCxMs-1oDDfYe9S0sA1Uz5Vr-HW0w=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I forgot to ask permission to post their faces. I was impressed with their skill.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw4vJ4t-PZ9nmcK2L69dsKE4LpReJLqqDfZTnDWPyLYKfnLhGXuNBR6M-afzX98x0GvLTQwKMi5FbGKizChRYN443CS83jVBZmet5-OaswWfZx94n5BIBoYLLSry4k9jJbbZOTd0GePknj6iZ0S1mMmhKdVd3Z3xI3J2Hbt8O3ifJzNjmzCiuAEI3INw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw4vJ4t-PZ9nmcK2L69dsKE4LpReJLqqDfZTnDWPyLYKfnLhGXuNBR6M-afzX98x0GvLTQwKMi5FbGKizChRYN443CS83jVBZmet5-OaswWfZx94n5BIBoYLLSry4k9jJbbZOTd0GePknj6iZ0S1mMmhKdVd3Z3xI3J2Hbt8O3ifJzNjmzCiuAEI3INw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-HPKDdXo6ValLYk2z8giO6Ziq4DCO6gnS5UMMlbV7c3vlbMZukda1AkCBmLCHK_OTGUNIqvpkHBuzZOmptAt_eeGClmD60twebOeo2tA1X6qHOHuNPY-vYtxvxz_ULBWXMmIbuLXZz4Nwa6we4b4ntd5wfk7Z-jjHGX2GOSKz7Lnqps0yXPoYxt3hjw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtpzmZ69h_b4xflSGVKk1JM6w10L02LtM2sS83bcemJkiqGqiXgJXu8ojYoc4WRtzxC0vTOUVcVsOXn7KGsY3ulKWSMC-sLGY50LnI6o4WMT4A0mBabBVrPGUBqqXdy6ATWlVMaLaJHHo_6euxz7xbhGqx6rN37F72ny2ubox5vN3bhmjO2R3gMyBJZw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtpzmZ69h_b4xflSGVKk1JM6w10L02LtM2sS83bcemJkiqGqiXgJXu8ojYoc4WRtzxC0vTOUVcVsOXn7KGsY3ulKWSMC-sLGY50LnI6o4WMT4A0mBabBVrPGUBqqXdy6ATWlVMaLaJHHo_6euxz7xbhGqx6rN37F72ny2ubox5vN3bhmjO2R3gMyBJZw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-18133350349003462162022-03-02T21:25:00.003-05:002022-03-02T21:25:47.953-05:00Co-op Leather class<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmddv7iZOrBOBPbwTBhmDaYnI1C-gGt3ddQ5Owu3aj9aiC-AV-1foJFakgmunwF87pCiN3Qw2W6_3wInfV-QMwaEYQnR0-n-qIxsGaUJ6QSKYTQeKWcw9HydbNsTzithuKLnYa-ujy22PTk18vTSwJYOhYpU1QWX34CPzzLlFUUdza1_96C3ov-iZXCw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmddv7iZOrBOBPbwTBhmDaYnI1C-gGt3ddQ5Owu3aj9aiC-AV-1foJFakgmunwF87pCiN3Qw2W6_3wInfV-QMwaEYQnR0-n-qIxsGaUJ6QSKYTQeKWcw9HydbNsTzithuKLnYa-ujy22PTk18vTSwJYOhYpU1QWX34CPzzLlFUUdza1_96C3ov-iZXCw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few weeks ago, I started teaching a leather crafting class at a co-op</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">17 students stretched my abilities a bit, but I had three mom-helpers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRQewAEP2b7bJKeaMpwupGow9UsGVlw_W9BkdLMP9nWmdRihEaUjvgkYaXtQigagXvnrAW5nbHgxNtptmKildkNzpFi7zqvE27tPhS6surrcUeSmPPz8k4uVG8Otnwz-hUujKxFR_yFgfm2Hb8b22LZtL4ioDF0lLJvJw3PuT56xak5cZiVPA0cMTEKg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRQewAEP2b7bJKeaMpwupGow9UsGVlw_W9BkdLMP9nWmdRihEaUjvgkYaXtQigagXvnrAW5nbHgxNtptmKildkNzpFi7zqvE27tPhS6surrcUeSmPPz8k4uVG8Otnwz-hUujKxFR_yFgfm2Hb8b22LZtL4ioDF0lLJvJw3PuT56xak5cZiVPA0cMTEKg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the students chose to stitch zippered boxes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the patterns were from Diesel Punk Ro</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The clasps came from Leather Republic</div><br /> <p></p>Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-77449558411705548502021-08-18T09:24:00.004-04:002021-08-18T09:24:40.579-04:00My Body My Choice?<p> Hmm I guess that depends. So I've been a volunteer EMT for over 30 years, I've seen a lot of things come and go. I was taught how to use MAST trousers- yeah I'm that old.</p><p>So when I first started volunteering, the HIV crisis was in full swing, HIPPA was just a mis-spelling of hippo and the old timers pooh-poohed at wearing gloves. "Ya can't do anything with these on your hands."</p><p>The one thing I soon learned in healthcare was that people get to make their own decisions...at least if you are a patient. "My body, my choice"</p><p>You want an abortion?</p><p>You want to be a girl/boy?</p><p>You want piercings and tattoos?</p><p>You want to cuss me out for being a .....? </p><p>You can go right ahead. </p><p>The politicians and healthcare systems were fully supportive. If you are over the age of 18 you get to make decisions and the rest of the world has to live with it! And I had to treat them with respect.</p><p>HIPPA was passed in 1996 to ensure that I don't talk about your decisions to anyone. When HIPPA went into affect foster parents were told that they were not allowed to know if a child was potentially HIV positive. This was in the days when we didn't know what was causing it or for sure how it was transmitted.</p><p><br /></p><p>But now, suddenly whole systems are mandating that your medical history is available to your employer and if you don't receive the COVID vaccine by a certain date, you will need to have the COVID test every two weeks...or lose your job.(Currently the case in our area of Pennsylvania.)</p><p>"Big deal," you say," they will hire more help and all will go on as before."</p><p>It does matter</p><p>Hiring many replacement nurses, paramedics, EMTs destabilizes a system. Yes, new hires are great --in small doses. You can absorb the mis-steps and hesitations that come with working with a new partner. But, from experience, I don't want that hesitation to happen when it's my patient OR when it's my loved one. </p><p>Last year this time these same unvaccinated nurses, paramedics and EMTs were HEROS! </p><p>We had bill boards along the roads praising us. This year they are expendable. Something isn't right in the world....well I know there are a lot of things not right, but this one is bugging me this morning.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I have my vaccine, - it was my choice. Let's allow others to have a choice and not de-stabilize our healthcare system any further. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-4407834186729633302021-07-12T08:38:00.004-04:002021-07-12T08:38:46.312-04:00Treasure Hunting<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQLHNX2d1qMQqYrrJAJ90j3fJGx2gOcC04dr8nlEJJjuyWp1hoRDKrLM-2YNivNeyr6a_S6EkIqOF-y-79d3IArcaiCzHuKfMeGryyJefB6icyz77X8BuLaTbcDj6qTNNBmDlXf4oc0s_/s4096/IMG_20210702_135301309_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQLHNX2d1qMQqYrrJAJ90j3fJGx2gOcC04dr8nlEJJjuyWp1hoRDKrLM-2YNivNeyr6a_S6EkIqOF-y-79d3IArcaiCzHuKfMeGryyJefB6icyz77X8BuLaTbcDj6qTNNBmDlXf4oc0s_/s320/IMG_20210702_135301309_HDR.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So the other weekend we decided to save a little money and instead of renting a cabin we </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">invited our family to camp in the front yard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But since grandma's front yard isn't quite as much fun as a campground or someone else's cabin, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we did some thinking about </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">FUN!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grandpa came up with the idea of a treasure hunt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ordered a bag of 200 foreign coins off Etsy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They came just in time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmD6qmLv2nKw8jUG-K6N-wXrtj2z1KHBx0GLsaA9TiIv_iv4t26iZdCmOqgA4JyCi6_enD3lnIs9HcZGJTc5ojvYSweRAcwPGUFRHPVmL56sBf3j1YC57eiywXAlizCLYDacUY2jQ2yYhL/s4096/IMG_20210702_135304964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmD6qmLv2nKw8jUG-K6N-wXrtj2z1KHBx0GLsaA9TiIv_iv4t26iZdCmOqgA4JyCi6_enD3lnIs9HcZGJTc5ojvYSweRAcwPGUFRHPVmL56sBf3j1YC57eiywXAlizCLYDacUY2jQ2yYhL/s320/IMG_20210702_135304964.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also stopped by the bank and got some half dollars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and some dollar coins (The Eisenhower ones, not the little ones)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In all he buried 240 coins in the yard- before you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">come digging up my yard, most of them are not worth anything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3XKyybMMh9As7Cv31PcO23kMG1yZHUtZyys6sP71RRJjSxqaaHDmWYuW3LoS33PBMmywK4320IvjiBZv6CBrHsRN6dy68W9N72UaCJa26t4PN1NwsoF-DD9Rs9jdmrEXlfe1sSjdtMmg/s1600/IMG-20210712-WA0000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3XKyybMMh9As7Cv31PcO23kMG1yZHUtZyys6sP71RRJjSxqaaHDmWYuW3LoS33PBMmywK4320IvjiBZv6CBrHsRN6dy68W9N72UaCJa26t4PN1NwsoF-DD9Rs9jdmrEXlfe1sSjdtMmg/s320/IMG-20210712-WA0000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But we made treasure hunters out of the kids and grand kids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They will be searching for years.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UDjWOh6VDCIqd9vwat1lt-ukQco5j-jv5MEexkhKPrZ2ZV9rmxYWArYTZRzLnuuWxEFlTTZM63RQVtCfEE-FFgqVQmygfYK95VxlYgTfa6Xo51G6I-IMWS3SCQBm7wKLOAaSEZJnk3G1/s4096/IMG_20210703_164755625_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UDjWOh6VDCIqd9vwat1lt-ukQco5j-jv5MEexkhKPrZ2ZV9rmxYWArYTZRzLnuuWxEFlTTZM63RQVtCfEE-FFgqVQmygfYK95VxlYgTfa6Xo51G6I-IMWS3SCQBm7wKLOAaSEZJnk3G1/s320/IMG_20210703_164755625_HDR.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our version of the ice bucket challenge-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you actually grab a coin out of the ice cream- maker bucket?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took quite a few tries- salt water is colder than they thought.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxipMcDAoY4WmcPm5CApgLEXvm-ws3ec9UudKi6YjK98lqHhATNh3XFWKWBHXCWRbsPn2R4-ZkveKMc77ScY-_pllrk2k_0qV6KrNsEQ665j_fNwHrX61KI6hPCPBBmJsvrMvpQGHKugs/s4096/IMG_20210703_105732726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxipMcDAoY4WmcPm5CApgLEXvm-ws3ec9UudKi6YjK98lqHhATNh3XFWKWBHXCWRbsPn2R4-ZkveKMc77ScY-_pllrk2k_0qV6KrNsEQ665j_fNwHrX61KI6hPCPBBmJsvrMvpQGHKugs/s320/IMG_20210703_105732726.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This new 4- square volley ball set up is fun for all sizes- You can adjust the poles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for different heights.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It think we will use it quite a bit, as long as we don't trip over the ropes too often.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwHU0lPGUjqxnmPhaSIsTdZkQ48fb68t8x4T2IE8AW2syN8C30vjANfAneyx6onvfOonEaCgylYnDqn8ZmLS8rYHsIbI3YxdWXAovq968ZPr1GZVSqJjQ7Y3xRcjO-b4v-brpYjecynVL/s4096/IMG_20210702_173339505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwHU0lPGUjqxnmPhaSIsTdZkQ48fb68t8x4T2IE8AW2syN8C30vjANfAneyx6onvfOonEaCgylYnDqn8ZmLS8rYHsIbI3YxdWXAovq968ZPr1GZVSqJjQ7Y3xRcjO-b4v-brpYjecynVL/s320/IMG_20210702_173339505.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tight rope wasn't used as much as I thought it would be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqSG8ZDCEFBHeb3lnaLrRLk8XDuY9Kncg_c3zhDq6ggOHLobPxOMjV3GtL0dtCy835aMuDhuMLllpJjsyKSYAW6DqithDz538EWCs53MKJM0DTwEZyjt1vAefUFovgGrX_8Rxqh43l9qf/s4096/IMG_20210627_184717991_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqSG8ZDCEFBHeb3lnaLrRLk8XDuY9Kncg_c3zhDq6ggOHLobPxOMjV3GtL0dtCy835aMuDhuMLllpJjsyKSYAW6DqithDz538EWCs53MKJM0DTwEZyjt1vAefUFovgGrX_8Rxqh43l9qf/s320/IMG_20210627_184717991_HDR.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then this happened! Ahhh! How did we get here already?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFffT7DmswMx-pDTgLBOHYFFuy4zbg5J892MQPPzP_XBE5vkjbx-_BP5fujoAouaU25BbmZJ-RHzWhpocODKeK4HGmlr3N9mtzhOMTTAtBOeppM_iRUd9gRzbXf-I5Ez2VRIx4YZJXdXw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFffT7DmswMx-pDTgLBOHYFFuy4zbg5J892MQPPzP_XBE5vkjbx-_BP5fujoAouaU25BbmZJ-RHzWhpocODKeK4HGmlr3N9mtzhOMTTAtBOeppM_iRUd9gRzbXf-I5Ez2VRIx4YZJXdXw/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> QOTD :As we were driving along one day, "Mom what does the 'plus' sign mean?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought she'd studied the driver's manual! It doesn't mean "increase"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>QOTD #2 We were sitting in the DMV waiting for our turn and a real tough dude swaggers in and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sits in front of us. His t-shirt had some writing and I glanced at it and groaned inwardly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My youngest was of course reading it too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I leaned over and said "don't read it out loud."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"What does it mean mom?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">" I'll tell you later."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later: "Mom what did that guy's shirt mean?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Umm, it's a really rude way to talk to people, we don't use that word."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Mom, don't you know what it means either?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hmm, how to explain the f-word....<br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSRftc8oAxkuv3RDU9H63RLCURifeDWobIW0D1leV4igYWYiwWNRBdkN-AQI_ATl4sxjKoBjbJuM1ihcvZBwMz6ZjaHHxLp_lr4Bib-3E-dU7Hqvqq_ddBlK4cxrbzw_qzlicqaHNPBdV/s4096/IMG_20210626_135308955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSRftc8oAxkuv3RDU9H63RLCURifeDWobIW0D1leV4igYWYiwWNRBdkN-AQI_ATl4sxjKoBjbJuM1ihcvZBwMz6ZjaHHxLp_lr4Bib-3E-dU7Hqvqq_ddBlK4cxrbzw_qzlicqaHNPBdV/s320/IMG_20210626_135308955.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd rather talk about tie-dyed shirts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Those kits from Wal-mart ain't all bad.</div><br /> <p></p><br />Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-72160082236891928142020-10-16T08:05:00.000-04:002020-10-16T08:05:01.818-04:00Emptiness and Fullness<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">‘Tis the season” “this too shall pass”<br /><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s a season of empty and full</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Empty gardens, full larders</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJzFEUcOPPsAAuN2DAgKb8GZXti5SRbPlY4ENhVxNBNdxjWTr3ye81bamECeOWB74zMwR6ED0zb3fQ5FyFYprKH77Gqyn7qfrTwSfImd_PymLy8Ht2U0hPHTaV0WYU-r8yuic2U8zNx03/s4032/20201009_103739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJzFEUcOPPsAAuN2DAgKb8GZXti5SRbPlY4ENhVxNBNdxjWTr3ye81bamECeOWB74zMwR6ED0zb3fQ5FyFYprKH77Gqyn7qfrTwSfImd_PymLy8Ht2U0hPHTaV0WYU-r8yuic2U8zNx03/s320/20201009_103739.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">It’s a season of emptiness inside of me too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasjHAw6ehJ-fvjgwTsyDXvLdhVp5pejFLPoa8jWr4qRxh2Lf4StkbK7rbIqSEw3HvgrHK-Q_PiKix9iaOMqs4a6AbcufqeFJMv7Uu8IL2Hf6KJzqQ2K3Y0Rp9aH0JSjY8fpIApy9f7J8H/s4032/20201009_104511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasjHAw6ehJ-fvjgwTsyDXvLdhVp5pejFLPoa8jWr4qRxh2Lf4StkbK7rbIqSEw3HvgrHK-Q_PiKix9iaOMqs4a6AbcufqeFJMv7Uu8IL2Hf6KJzqQ2K3Y0Rp9aH0JSjY8fpIApy9f7J8H/s320/20201009_104511.jpg" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A waiting on test results for my dad. You sure can’t hurry
the medical system.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A phone call this morning, “mom, I’m not sure what to say.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And I also don’t know what to say—the things we warned of
are now happening and we are told we should not “enable”—so we commiserate but
that’s it.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I look inside and have no answers, I need to leave it all
with One who has all the answers.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My heart is full…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Two anniversary celebrations, one from our oldest who was
married nine years ago, the other celebration is for an eight year anniversary.
Nine years ago we were blessed to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>add
our first daughter-in-law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eight years
ago today I met a feisty little two-year-old in a far away municipal building.
A little girl whose picture we held for almost a year before we met. Though I
had loved her for a long time (you can love a picture, you know) I was still a
scary stranger to her.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My heart is full…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a husband who loves me and loves our children.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have children and grandchildren to love on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtEkrw6l_W78xP-cT8VlT0KcszABIHMVqHiZuPUWgnYeQrsvHITdl10HiW7osuLmArF2ymLilLdl40gUKOypp82VT6kXDLQZ33hz7svZqMFCP3FObRJZYh17LRk-l_ffoeP6Htwi5sR9z/s2592/20200905_193039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtEkrw6l_W78xP-cT8VlT0KcszABIHMVqHiZuPUWgnYeQrsvHITdl10HiW7osuLmArF2ymLilLdl40gUKOypp82VT6kXDLQZ33hz7svZqMFCP3FObRJZYh17LRk-l_ffoeP6Htwi5sR9z/s320/20200905_193039.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have work that I love- a hobby that can actually support
itself.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlfc569oc-RkTG8_YiAhA96kS1PlO6oU4IP9p2A1rI6qTTls4EnZOYI0jJfSAyyYU-V0UslfEClQH51HoGePG-2c1PtopO6pdD0phCNJDYh2jibkkiICGx3DC7m1gSy2derVxtgLuH6ua/s4032/20201016_080107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlfc569oc-RkTG8_YiAhA96kS1PlO6oU4IP9p2A1rI6qTTls4EnZOYI0jJfSAyyYU-V0UslfEClQH51HoGePG-2c1PtopO6pdD0phCNJDYh2jibkkiICGx3DC7m1gSy2derVxtgLuH6ua/s320/20201016_080107.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But all that cannot fill that other empty feeling…that takes
Someone much bigger.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So I turn to the mundane tasks, refill the kombucha jar with
strong sweet tea, bake bread and rolls for lunches, empty the dishwasher, and
pray. I am thankful that my hands can do those tasks without my brain actually
engaging…tho the dishes might have ended up in the wrong cupboards.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A year ago, I could not have imagined all that we would see
and do in that coming year. We stayed at home except for my “essential”
workers. And it was a blessing, we pulled closer as a family sitting in the
living room having a more relaxed church. It was a time of learning to do
family.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I sit now and
look forward to the next year, I can’t help but <s>worry</s> pray that we can
find joy in the next year as we did in this past year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joy in the little things. I pray that I can
hold on for the duration.</p>Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-55897010072054833592020-10-11T15:18:00.006-04:002020-10-11T15:18:48.543-04:00September Recap<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAURxo8oTT0Csgx6k7a9UP0m6sMO6v-ff1zQ-9zaQeF-2T0PfbD1wQB1mgyQXyUdgI31YtTVOwgwk4lP10t_Hf5UGdDbJAftrX1gWR4856fexpC19PRsny68BMAsftMz2aMUc4ktMV6iff/s4032/20200906_173111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAURxo8oTT0Csgx6k7a9UP0m6sMO6v-ff1zQ-9zaQeF-2T0PfbD1wQB1mgyQXyUdgI31YtTVOwgwk4lP10t_Hf5UGdDbJAftrX1gWR4856fexpC19PRsny68BMAsftMz2aMUc4ktMV6iff/s320/20200906_173111.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was the month we got back into the school routine "for real".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shekinah also has been honing her hair-styling skills. Her My Generation dolls both have long hair. Then she decided to do my hair, I normally do not check the mirror afterward, but when she takes my phone and then laughs uproariously at the pictures she takes--I wonder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am also hearing that the "tough" summer routine I had her do---math and typing classes--paid off . yaay!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9v45s17LyPZM0sS9KOUL0ylhs2EpRA5XHq7FT82jv-rJ1hBRFeaWLkfmyPLeZLDbStTLDrUYsDlU-xXAtTN5MPfq3AEPbWBN1jGKdf1c6LIhbSeIfB_a_MXHGcPO29PpB4aKV3UdQojsh/s2592/20200907_201605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9v45s17LyPZM0sS9KOUL0ylhs2EpRA5XHq7FT82jv-rJ1hBRFeaWLkfmyPLeZLDbStTLDrUYsDlU-xXAtTN5MPfq3AEPbWBN1jGKdf1c6LIhbSeIfB_a_MXHGcPO29PpB4aKV3UdQojsh/s320/20200907_201605.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They do keep my on my toes, one of them came out of the bathroom very concerned and said "Mom the toilet is smoking." I few hundred possibilities went through my mind as I checked up on the toilet.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46xpAAexBrDVOBn6qzMjQVXpmC9OlIpJAV0SuXql6mWDPZyJeH-GBFP47Gas72bP9WuDqEPKvvkaA8TpVbRrt6pJpX2xjMTVw9WnrWy8VEhLphF41iYIvBdnglEewymerTC0YzQyFQ29W/s4032/20200908_213002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46xpAAexBrDVOBn6qzMjQVXpmC9OlIpJAV0SuXql6mWDPZyJeH-GBFP47Gas72bP9WuDqEPKvvkaA8TpVbRrt6pJpX2xjMTVw9WnrWy8VEhLphF41iYIvBdnglEewymerTC0YzQyFQ29W/s320/20200908_213002.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Silly girl!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqULW1gZVSQp9t8-FeccCcXdcQlGCWSSPVFsTG-1k6o1-T-xjMMba72mEyHnlpfhsK6R4r_7WVHpPrw7PsrlOjHPFOqWMtY9WpoBkQnTP7NlHHs5rN18nwxDdIdSu4jJ2OYs82IKrjGOs7/s4032/20200908_111019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqULW1gZVSQp9t8-FeccCcXdcQlGCWSSPVFsTG-1k6o1-T-xjMMba72mEyHnlpfhsK6R4r_7WVHpPrw7PsrlOjHPFOqWMtY9WpoBkQnTP7NlHHs5rN18nwxDdIdSu4jJ2OYs82IKrjGOs7/s320/20200908_111019.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This dog watches me very closely, she has learned that when I bake bread, I brush egg on the loaves before I bake them. I used to dither about what to do with the little bit of left-overs. Put 'em in the fridge and they get lost, throw it out--wasteful! So I started microwaving the left over and eating it--until the dog started following me around with a woeful look in her eyes. She needs the calories, I don't.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TvMTEkJMR7UUTnVDlj9syPJeHwYK14I7AdB3djJo-fNZfMJAvSqgUhhuuxPCfyz65StK7t80vezK7LZ9FSVYm6i31PotW80Zn4sXHpLrszZ-LRRrMT1ncva4QvYkBVGztO-g3ujfz-t7/s4032/20200912_084751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TvMTEkJMR7UUTnVDlj9syPJeHwYK14I7AdB3djJo-fNZfMJAvSqgUhhuuxPCfyz65StK7t80vezK7LZ9FSVYm6i31PotW80Zn4sXHpLrszZ-LRRrMT1ncva4QvYkBVGztO-g3ujfz-t7/s320/20200912_084751.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In early September we celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary and hubby and I went away for two days. It does get easier to do that after the kiddoes grow up a bit. We found inexpensive lodging in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The internet informed us of a nice hiking area called Seven Tubs Nature Area. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a bit chilly and we had the place to ourselves for a good part of the morning.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWCdRhqSBNHPWLAdHO9zz2WLm4cyR6taQkydwdFJT6o6XagTzrUoDFDKT1eFGalt1qVCPlzAcvovSG7JwrBonIDbIVLYaFSkAmC4kfSEupD9BjCTloOIQcKbW0ppZJA16R7bXfR90KHXj/s2592/20200912_092025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWCdRhqSBNHPWLAdHO9zz2WLm4cyR6taQkydwdFJT6o6XagTzrUoDFDKT1eFGalt1qVCPlzAcvovSG7JwrBonIDbIVLYaFSkAmC4kfSEupD9BjCTloOIQcKbW0ppZJA16R7bXfR90KHXj/s320/20200912_092025.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No, we do not do selfies very well.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyTbK3pwgeWUM3jslL8JvbUVGi9lSvgdqKL9rR8heh7vpKxTOk270rlslpqc1N5M9kjPctqMK0rZVyvgGQLpTJv4ejSS7_uN6qb5r6jE7aPIXfHUe_xhF3JpMDQlmhqXJulopF6WD-iSl/s4032/20200915_204228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyTbK3pwgeWUM3jslL8JvbUVGi9lSvgdqKL9rR8heh7vpKxTOk270rlslpqc1N5M9kjPctqMK0rZVyvgGQLpTJv4ejSS7_uN6qb5r6jE7aPIXfHUe_xhF3JpMDQlmhqXJulopF6WD-iSl/s320/20200915_204228.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He even brought me flowers!</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkG3dBh81sVExVWektbgKSlQwXifUp_rSufpr_MNV1Vx6RWjkbyUWEXrUNC8zGZdjc_e4g64A2VhYEdJ-nfzGqKHgqmhf02OAMfjvPSpEA_CVqRiBkLFnGX9GSmkIzFvkc0XuPUtHo10C1/s4032/20200905_094515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkG3dBh81sVExVWektbgKSlQwXifUp_rSufpr_MNV1Vx6RWjkbyUWEXrUNC8zGZdjc_e4g64A2VhYEdJ-nfzGqKHgqmhf02OAMfjvPSpEA_CVqRiBkLFnGX9GSmkIzFvkc0XuPUtHo10C1/s320/20200905_094515.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Labor Day weekend we attended a local craft show with our leather items.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was held in the concourse of a baseball stadium- we were back lit so the photos didn't get great.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWOST6g3pkoLBb7WAa3lNt_UAl7KojnEQjyLdAUp8VWz9VCaPYuY_vNelLn9wPQ9RxR8vxsoqRWc4gyNxdiupKDgKlZWHMhlm97hxi5fH8InIa6-DvldaAnWOW0U-wzCW1DN243HmuKil/s4032/20200905_094540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWOST6g3pkoLBb7WAa3lNt_UAl7KojnEQjyLdAUp8VWz9VCaPYuY_vNelLn9wPQ9RxR8vxsoqRWc4gyNxdiupKDgKlZWHMhlm97hxi5fH8InIa6-DvldaAnWOW0U-wzCW1DN243HmuKil/s320/20200905_094540.jpg" /></a></div>I'm looking forward to the next three which will be inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm busy punching holes and stitching, Faith is concentrating on school right now so it's just me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1DB3xr_p-8TUqcLc6vjPV09OJRXn_l9IRlSYzwJb12p1Bg6EryJhU8QTKybrDmeEL30SPDQzeTLaShyphenhyphen35-e3k-TEdv4URI6rJghxPfWluvCZ4uTIcm47E3AYtu8wNKRp6QVhz78fvlSP/s4032/20200914_193407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1DB3xr_p-8TUqcLc6vjPV09OJRXn_l9IRlSYzwJb12p1Bg6EryJhU8QTKybrDmeEL30SPDQzeTLaShyphenhyphen35-e3k-TEdv4URI6rJghxPfWluvCZ4uTIcm47E3AYtu8wNKRp6QVhz78fvlSP/s320/20200914_193407.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, this pattern gets punched one hole at a time! I know there are 6-hole punches, but only the super-expensive ones get good reviews. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqPaXDGTz0Qpt8n4eXnnvJhTi-LuLNkTW5PTqnVRXR2yFMSeokMppwryeQBnl_GREDeU0n5yfCwM0-LH6C3YZQz2lE9PJTj9s1wqLqZxq4KHr0uPsseOxJUTHYzALYnDkY4sVVjUG1sgZ/s4032/20200928_112847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqPaXDGTz0Qpt8n4eXnnvJhTi-LuLNkTW5PTqnVRXR2yFMSeokMppwryeQBnl_GREDeU0n5yfCwM0-LH6C3YZQz2lE9PJTj9s1wqLqZxq4KHr0uPsseOxJUTHYzALYnDkY4sVVjUG1sgZ/s320/20200928_112847.jpg" /></a></div>I just had to try a back pack...and now I really want to make a couple more...Let's see October 31 (the next show) is 3 weeks away. There are other things I should be doing too, like cleaning out some corners. I did manage to clean the windows where we took out the air conditioners on Saturday. It is so satisfying to clean a window that actually needs cleaning!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also have Adoption News ( 4 times a year newsletter) to get put together, but some of the topics I need to discuss are so dark and heavy. Wayward and wandering children, school issues (not ours) and other deep topics make me want to hide out with my leather and make beauty and function.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not all the topics are heavy, but "hurt people- hurt people".<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">( I slept better after a certain someone finally answered his phone after ignoring texts for days)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZgdWUVUqS0RAWjoFl9QPgp9VtNX5woVQQvtK6DeT6z6pljTz6ggt5iYHACDaufnMpoRkXGEvw8o-qN38Fy19yDubKpr2KgTz6-Krz4M7aDiAYE_Xo2uZe12MvksVTy9efXHWTV716M-u/s4032/20200918_203904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZgdWUVUqS0RAWjoFl9QPgp9VtNX5woVQQvtK6DeT6z6pljTz6ggt5iYHACDaufnMpoRkXGEvw8o-qN38Fy19yDubKpr2KgTz6-Krz4M7aDiAYE_Xo2uZe12MvksVTy9efXHWTV716M-u/s320/20200918_203904.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was privileged to help serve food at 3 events in the past three weekends. I didn't go out looking for that side job, but a lady from church does cooking at events and she asked for help last year at an event.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like to see good food get consumed, but it is almost ridiculous how fast hours of work gets consumed in about 15 minutes....well not that fast, but almost!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVV5kuM6mjO-PLKC3JDXGWUXLMKH7mjVOcYPvnYFOZf37VMTzZidiZ_b2huMmqYubhJvCALFaOfGZU-xsw_5X2CjscZLP-L07NFw1yOOgLEcda67YuT-RKKHGOMSJt3fAUfPSzrvleWVY2/s4032/20200919_115930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVV5kuM6mjO-PLKC3JDXGWUXLMKH7mjVOcYPvnYFOZf37VMTzZidiZ_b2huMmqYubhJvCALFaOfGZU-xsw_5X2CjscZLP-L07NFw1yOOgLEcda67YuT-RKKHGOMSJt3fAUfPSzrvleWVY2/s320/20200919_115930.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I must say the huge group of ladies probably was the most appreciative of the work the food entailed.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMouHZGW3KyP9bKupdORIIKYSXoOldx9BHcTDSYQPV2txdIlPiteqGMFW3Fu_5lhxPLZcCLQ3Cav4I2qXRZpmLdBAiaJ1ztqArixKDfxhr4W7vOXB46KMLKxQp8KJvbmxC9-Z1QnbNg6Em/s4032/20200926_103327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMouHZGW3KyP9bKupdORIIKYSXoOldx9BHcTDSYQPV2txdIlPiteqGMFW3Fu_5lhxPLZcCLQ3Cav4I2qXRZpmLdBAiaJ1ztqArixKDfxhr4W7vOXB46KMLKxQp8KJvbmxC9-Z1QnbNg6Em/s320/20200926_103327.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Open air weddings and flexibility were the norm for this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I'm very glad I am not in charge of any wedding this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am very glad that I have a God that is in charge of this year and His plans for the next years/days are much better than any plans I have.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes I take a huge shaky breath when I say that though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcF1AtPRExyFiT74eQ6xaJax6u1o76-2RWsWnjcmSJW1VOOOJtd2gkVcxd-7E1UtVQGRDwOIq8DgqZJKsoSAY1U3IZ-ZIjnlJzq7FafwEBB9xKzTFSS_Ud0_ZFGOs8r8HaV6D8b7AwzksF/s4032/20201003_153648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcF1AtPRExyFiT74eQ6xaJax6u1o76-2RWsWnjcmSJW1VOOOJtd2gkVcxd-7E1UtVQGRDwOIq8DgqZJKsoSAY1U3IZ-ZIjnlJzq7FafwEBB9xKzTFSS_Ud0_ZFGOs8r8HaV6D8b7AwzksF/s320/20201003_153648.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMHJItXM8_QzYUmIGpXYCMtGQJATdKAjX0tMiGYry9P_Y4AtTLZFL7G1sfxbboBa8n9YnAz0VJyBUvIMzzyNb3XokMi1sfCO4OAlwFAKdWNVWq6IdOYAXV2FS2v41Heyl6xZMFXsNJ1ej/s4032/20201003_153652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMHJItXM8_QzYUmIGpXYCMtGQJATdKAjX0tMiGYry9P_Y4AtTLZFL7G1sfxbboBa8n9YnAz0VJyBUvIMzzyNb3XokMi1sfCO4OAlwFAKdWNVWq6IdOYAXV2FS2v41Heyl6xZMFXsNJ1ej/s320/20201003_153652.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvTqx9o7-ZBkTMiZfnREsjlmvRzZa3wsOofSPPF6TMOFEGQ4Bly2BSOyxjQjSTYx36xOn5G4ngp6pE5hfg4E1hFRvQqxvgxANi9VK9rK3j9baRtghx1QFQ9AUQHr6fKxmZmxAPNAJbz2f/s4032/20201001_162639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvTqx9o7-ZBkTMiZfnREsjlmvRzZa3wsOofSPPF6TMOFEGQ4Bly2BSOyxjQjSTYx36xOn5G4ngp6pE5hfg4E1hFRvQqxvgxANi9VK9rK3j9baRtghx1QFQ9AUQHr6fKxmZmxAPNAJbz2f/w300-h400/20201001_162639.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Parker was very pleased with the praying mantis that grandpa brought home on his shoulder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hudson wasn't so sure he wanted to get too close.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No, Parker did not grow long hair, Shekinah posed just perfectly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRB05BwJEExEx9U-IdV3yGndLe2dCseBNIJz-07pnRq7MWsYzvU4J4vToEse1FzL4zHLdTAsFu8O2cDoYhF-AErc3hnK-aLDCQiqHlanAnE0YYtpyG0_IROQrXszKna4-w_btOf3AMXBB/s4032/20200920_163500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRB05BwJEExEx9U-IdV3yGndLe2dCseBNIJz-07pnRq7MWsYzvU4J4vToEse1FzL4zHLdTAsFu8O2cDoYhF-AErc3hnK-aLDCQiqHlanAnE0YYtpyG0_IROQrXszKna4-w_btOf3AMXBB/s320/20200920_163500.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One Saturday morning at 3AM we got a call from our electric company telling us we were out of electricity and it would be back on at about 9AM. Thanks guys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got ready for our women's event, by flashlight and gas lamp light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boiled water for tea on the gas ring on the porch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went out on the street later to see this contraption...the wire runs from one transformer to the next.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess our street is fairly safe from saboteurs.</div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp7TBxAVlpygFyVjxfz7jBTN6QElemztiQEvbQLWhEJ4WcS1sSY_mBr8N5pmkNTrIjrd3eosk9ndb6Pz9IL6RHiOpZ14nE3YqCbcfJ3kOfJbwSeKyyr0CsIorU4gfTtYLDx4EMYfzy8r6/s4032/20201004_135045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp7TBxAVlpygFyVjxfz7jBTN6QElemztiQEvbQLWhEJ4WcS1sSY_mBr8N5pmkNTrIjrd3eosk9ndb6Pz9IL6RHiOpZ14nE3YqCbcfJ3kOfJbwSeKyyr0CsIorU4gfTtYLDx4EMYfzy8r6/s320/20201004_135045.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then more critter control. A hive of yellow jackets took up residence behind the siding. We've swept up hundreds and they still keep flying. The dog alerted us to how large the problem was when she started being very interested in the wall on the inside of the house. I first thought she smelled a mouse, but she actually acted afraid of the wall...glad we figured out it was bees, I thought the dog had a problem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is interesting watching bees, I saw them taking stuff into the hive...well down my sweeper hose...but I wondered what it was- it was too big for pollen. I was informed that it was probably a spider for the purpose of feeding newly hatched bees. Said spider is kept alive but anesthetized so it is good food for baby bees. The world in an interesting place.</div><br /> <p></p>Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-22936464579847797272020-08-23T20:33:00.001-04:002020-08-23T20:33:24.759-04:00The Summer of 2020<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wFWFC7b7MSU8_mx6uZ15ylTmIaH_-N451a4jzDmC3k-UheqmvPjf9FXFcbCEF8MYvtwPfzFOzhsQ5B_XhSQMSe3ZbjGw970odTGsb4Zh1_5NzqcDDJDXsQzFUiknxCYo9uvXOyUz72_p/s4032/20200627_183848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wFWFC7b7MSU8_mx6uZ15ylTmIaH_-N451a4jzDmC3k-UheqmvPjf9FXFcbCEF8MYvtwPfzFOzhsQ5B_XhSQMSe3ZbjGw970odTGsb4Zh1_5NzqcDDJDXsQzFUiknxCYo9uvXOyUz72_p/s320/20200627_183848.jpg" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wFWFC7b7MSU8_mx6uZ15ylTmIaH_-N451a4jzDmC3k-UheqmvPjf9FXFcbCEF8MYvtwPfzFOzhsQ5B_XhSQMSe3ZbjGw970odTGsb4Zh1_5NzqcDDJDXsQzFUiknxCYo9uvXOyUz72_p/s4032/20200627_183848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wFWFC7b7MSU8_mx6uZ15ylTmIaH_-N451a4jzDmC3k-UheqmvPjf9FXFcbCEF8MYvtwPfzFOzhsQ5B_XhSQMSe3ZbjGw970odTGsb4Zh1_5NzqcDDJDXsQzFUiknxCYo9uvXOyUz72_p/s4032/20200627_183848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This summer has been a long one. I enjoyed a lot of it. This little one has been</div><div style="text-align: center;">a joy. She likes her "gu-gu" and her "grandma". For whatever reason I have been "gu-gu"</div><div style="text-align: center;">to this little one and her older brother. "grandma" is her other grandma.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxquXG1OcHSxIObzJQfEel7mlF6pkMNzQLPeoiTvS6RwVXt7Ibw7Ai65hdjGNDpJqOTRbVTSF1ERipPycYkGEjaMM0zdTQll4HcZ0bfGoIOy95eqSSCxlSPPSkZrmyLDk2wa_CBLP00TtO/s4032/20200627_190912_001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxquXG1OcHSxIObzJQfEel7mlF6pkMNzQLPeoiTvS6RwVXt7Ibw7Ai65hdjGNDpJqOTRbVTSF1ERipPycYkGEjaMM0zdTQll4HcZ0bfGoIOy95eqSSCxlSPPSkZrmyLDk2wa_CBLP00TtO/s320/20200627_190912_001.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She's easy to babysit and hasn't gone through the stage where I was only tolerated like most of my grands have done at one point or another.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJJ7EFu7hr8YSdbculzA4SB0bNEMM-knClzi5mXMpFF0pjLRVYOcUdEZ4VywhhN00-6GvSqhmQwWMgyNZ8GT5FrX_NtrZjIhxr4F4YkzivLAjgnWTFMWt-tN7tTnBQq0gcd6MiJJmv3TL/s4032/20200625_100549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJJ7EFu7hr8YSdbculzA4SB0bNEMM-knClzi5mXMpFF0pjLRVYOcUdEZ4VywhhN00-6GvSqhmQwWMgyNZ8GT5FrX_NtrZjIhxr4F4YkzivLAjgnWTFMWt-tN7tTnBQq0gcd6MiJJmv3TL/s640/20200625_100549.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other necessity for this summer was a new set of swim suits for the girls and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the first time--myself. Hopefully these last for three years like the last set did.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLgRGLfOs02_MJUoQY7AK0Nfz7-wPahiw8dkT_0HWSbYSp1OLXUoiyqap1s9wQsgKygbBf6lpXdvC8mtSdWZNLjjEd4yqsQtFzbGaTtT781j_kZQCuYYRjgb8IQL8va8amBRv2p1SvGAV/s4032/20200628_184339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLgRGLfOs02_MJUoQY7AK0Nfz7-wPahiw8dkT_0HWSbYSp1OLXUoiyqap1s9wQsgKygbBf6lpXdvC8mtSdWZNLjjEd4yqsQtFzbGaTtT781j_kZQCuYYRjgb8IQL8va8amBRv2p1SvGAV/s640/20200628_184339.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After finally finishing the patio we had a stretch of hot and humid weather and really</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">didn't feel like using it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwn1JtiX7wc6ul56OjsYPOg6qItQ97EYa7MTczz9t7zDwn3A32udiU8m0GZ8XMetSPLlk8_d13H7Hkp7sRgl-aPfYI3ss5Z5eel4PmrwA3xn5KetC4so4p4mVI_A0QeXNM8HWDaf5pl2u/s640/20200713_121821.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then the past two weeks were blissful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I should try to come out here for my morning devotions, but</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">somehow the kitchen table still works the best.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUP3zNBueVipftYyQmSw4JgrnRo7vl42b_Gz3R2qQ6BCVpqIhnjfXqaY8iRXByG8vLPTIl0NBcF0oCl6PrCL5NR2DiCEfU7pofJpG_TctTj0QgekjrMY0CJId1UzUaky_EeaONN3puL82Z/s4032/20200808_193858_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUP3zNBueVipftYyQmSw4JgrnRo7vl42b_Gz3R2qQ6BCVpqIhnjfXqaY8iRXByG8vLPTIl0NBcF0oCl6PrCL5NR2DiCEfU7pofJpG_TctTj0QgekjrMY0CJId1UzUaky_EeaONN3puL82Z/s640/20200808_193858_001.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This girl has spent the summer honing a new skill...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well actually a few--one was a cartwheel- no it's not perfect but she has worked hard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd love to share the video she made when learning the skill,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Even you, at any age can learn a new skill"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglb9sc36ZU6BRLFNwyXiNgPC1fur3bsGi2P6fMmscRYXIpEPzaHzzYnFdX3mXEys1pLYFMjfzjNu5O0Dg2JHmLGnf2r6yM3cZF3Bf_VHD4n9JwjYBOIyD31CpTc3zJSX94qd2fsyTViKbs/s4032/20200804_130650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglb9sc36ZU6BRLFNwyXiNgPC1fur3bsGi2P6fMmscRYXIpEPzaHzzYnFdX3mXEys1pLYFMjfzjNu5O0Dg2JHmLGnf2r6yM3cZF3Bf_VHD4n9JwjYBOIyD31CpTc3zJSX94qd2fsyTViKbs/s640/20200804_130650.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trash can sitting isn't one of them, but a decent level of typing proficiency and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I broke down and bough Times Tales download and I think we have mastered those</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pesky times tables once and for all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fEJ8I4aPd1aCOg0fyX4UB93TPl24b4E0BTGkcyqjhNcSedvP10TkShiUdtaVGJhZF7wgYsKpHxtI7X9K2lPaK3GUOudYfQpPErY1594Fr7C4olzysulsdn0eV3Ie1F8TDe7r8HfgBX44/s4032/20200625_170006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fEJ8I4aPd1aCOg0fyX4UB93TPl24b4E0BTGkcyqjhNcSedvP10TkShiUdtaVGJhZF7wgYsKpHxtI7X9K2lPaK3GUOudYfQpPErY1594Fr7C4olzysulsdn0eV3Ie1F8TDe7r8HfgBX44/s640/20200625_170006.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a small scare when a raccoon decided to spend the day in our garage acting very out-of-the-ordinary. After it hid behind a pile of salt bags, and wouldn't come out we/he took drastic measures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgUTxcz0-ouaVyEFXjWJmR-EADyf6VIOo4PtE0CQvOkxufnUk0YXOcTu2x8tscgzKljreQ7isi_eSZhosv2xBZQNvihvdI5ZPVARhk7VybAp3bYHQkon1Tbpc7uMrVC6vKrcHogzVHyN4/s4032/20200705_084610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgUTxcz0-ouaVyEFXjWJmR-EADyf6VIOo4PtE0CQvOkxufnUk0YXOcTu2x8tscgzKljreQ7isi_eSZhosv2xBZQNvihvdI5ZPVARhk7VybAp3bYHQkon1Tbpc7uMrVC6vKrcHogzVHyN4/s640/20200705_084610.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDP0DXFlNDVq_Ibbgx4B9AjZJkmDZ12LN30RhPtrUNOHNNV2q3zfG2zvqqrJT_zUT4yF4i0OjnZjOrxgQvaHD_rt4mxCO4fR9_wCQBTSpSAgHQKbUOaEYaIhTiJYEUjCS1FnLURIWbeeG/s2592/20200819_121410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDP0DXFlNDVq_Ibbgx4B9AjZJkmDZ12LN30RhPtrUNOHNNV2q3zfG2zvqqrJT_zUT4yF4i0OjnZjOrxgQvaHD_rt4mxCO4fR9_wCQBTSpSAgHQKbUOaEYaIhTiJYEUjCS1FnLURIWbeeG/s640/20200819_121410.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As of this summer we know much more about "universal precautions" than at</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">any other point in history.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn45J0PAJdFZXsW9vm2w6Q2x0C8TZac14o1eaNJu-JmY2lQm3VDr77lMG2UmVgD5cNdxzZ-yO5FrKqiQShZ1MEHfgiVVvjG1btCJ5CPvNMFFAEqbchPsUaqFvKri8UYVciDab1u8nGvnVr/s4032/20200714_130103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn45J0PAJdFZXsW9vm2w6Q2x0C8TZac14o1eaNJu-JmY2lQm3VDr77lMG2UmVgD5cNdxzZ-yO5FrKqiQShZ1MEHfgiVVvjG1btCJ5CPvNMFFAEqbchPsUaqFvKri8UYVciDab1u8nGvnVr/s640/20200714_130103.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ohh and stay tuned for an announcement from Once Mine Boutique in BlueBall.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xL8-FRZ2NOsUOSvteRvj6x-nCZAcRomWuYkbQuS2YCffO_BomQjp1EhZ-iAq7HByzMxEIA8M-qoXPh5X6cbtqFhgIw0XqLHZUDBphHewHI_FLjfSXzaeKzfzv2nrrF0Oc7Z4ZqCMz4QO/s4032/20200802_190252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xL8-FRZ2NOsUOSvteRvj6x-nCZAcRomWuYkbQuS2YCffO_BomQjp1EhZ-iAq7HByzMxEIA8M-qoXPh5X6cbtqFhgIw0XqLHZUDBphHewHI_FLjfSXzaeKzfzv2nrrF0Oc7Z4ZqCMz4QO/s640/20200802_190252.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A great summer project...splitting ice with hammers, looking for treasure.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJHLjrhQLcu8VV_95wLCwm5zzEr4OrVd9fUAvDL7gVlqjTWQS6qO5G_CxtY7qcSh_hLJ7XAIBzmBXXY_VlUd3IEvhmem24MARx7uZ5dIP_Bf24D4e0hLU7UwPh-lrNlbwd3BCHgAS2cP9/s4032/20200802_190254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJHLjrhQLcu8VV_95wLCwm5zzEr4OrVd9fUAvDL7gVlqjTWQS6qO5G_CxtY7qcSh_hLJ7XAIBzmBXXY_VlUd3IEvhmem24MARx7uZ5dIP_Bf24D4e0hLU7UwPh-lrNlbwd3BCHgAS2cP9/s640/20200802_190254.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkvVde-SOEZRua20nxEeyoC_65bHkHAkJjFb8mbZZC50MLV0wskCSymOKYrPmfgd6-vaGhJzktmeSK2aQYXDx3S6WvivCVQLKP_1AtdUEYu-DyGEXXjEPLvCZov7FOAFZwKw4rkIJIhmH/s4032/20200814_104023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkvVde-SOEZRua20nxEeyoC_65bHkHAkJjFb8mbZZC50MLV0wskCSymOKYrPmfgd6-vaGhJzktmeSK2aQYXDx3S6WvivCVQLKP_1AtdUEYu-DyGEXXjEPLvCZov7FOAFZwKw4rkIJIhmH/s640/20200814_104023.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then suddenly it's August 8 or 10 or something and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I FORGOT to register my home schooled student!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You get a letter in the mail.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeybH3qILTLFd_6KzDuC-B0Pf8cJrH_KX9URvHTiXSGtfw67ZFyO8R4FQeKmDPSdxrKjF3WB26XgB4UCxHOwFUWCLJs-lQVxowH2uRrrB7iFRXopyJQBRhtdThXYfdaHDrhe0_Vhva5_vg/s4032/20200816_200337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeybH3qILTLFd_6KzDuC-B0Pf8cJrH_KX9URvHTiXSGtfw67ZFyO8R4FQeKmDPSdxrKjF3WB26XgB4UCxHOwFUWCLJs-lQVxowH2uRrrB7iFRXopyJQBRhtdThXYfdaHDrhe0_Vhva5_vg/s640/20200816_200337.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are trying to play more board games...The Logo game is a new one for us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're learning new things.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuYbELHbzQJttvs3lB4kvgblgVZ1ysDUAbkL43anB8DwFuMAMak497ywMVe0ZYKmCMTqpvg88XsTQAmDiv-CnGasgvkMpem5HcYCmi7NOJyH-mwAd04KrZI66EMiy15Dj8ZqHcWhWB2YC/s4032/20200822_070633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuYbELHbzQJttvs3lB4kvgblgVZ1ysDUAbkL43anB8DwFuMAMak497ywMVe0ZYKmCMTqpvg88XsTQAmDiv-CnGasgvkMpem5HcYCmi7NOJyH-mwAd04KrZI66EMiy15Dj8ZqHcWhWB2YC/s640/20200822_070633.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And since our youngest has never slept in a tent...outside, we needed to do that this past weekend when the older kids were away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She snapped a picture of her sleepy old parents.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because Saturdays are still not a day to sleep in!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIAMMvBZJJNPvvn__M_5KaIT3vq2lSSXlm9lhleof8fIIqbtDsaWA0MKTzIzUOD-oQ0Z_MOTdhPCgNsK3Y2XZfQSc9h47_ZIKPmU8LXGLfpw35IJ4TY9LnX08osydgq9dQHgB9uWSaEO8/s4032/20200822_074406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIAMMvBZJJNPvvn__M_5KaIT3vq2lSSXlm9lhleof8fIIqbtDsaWA0MKTzIzUOD-oQ0Z_MOTdhPCgNsK3Y2XZfQSc9h47_ZIKPmU8LXGLfpw35IJ4TY9LnX08osydgq9dQHgB9uWSaEO8/s640/20200822_074406.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Hope honed her photography skills with some semi-willing siblings.</div>
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I'm not sure what was happening there but Shekinah often gets those kinds of looks from her big sisters. They are good for each other.</div>
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Somebody read most of the Mandie series and set off on an adventure one day.</div>
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Daddy made a splash pad/pool with an erupting fountain.</div>
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In keeping with distancing things, both girls blew out their candles by waving objects at the candles. (Might actually keep that tradition)</div>
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Shekinah demonstrating her CPR skills, she hasn't been in a class lately....</div>
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but she knows that manikins are a great size to wear all her doll clothes.</div>
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Any stray (clean!) PPE that is around the house, gets used for dress-up.</div>
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Holiday weekends are for cousins!</div>
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One thing we've probably spent too much time doing lately is watching YouTube videos. We enjoy Kara and Nate's travel vlogging videos. They love food and I often go looking for recipes after they eat something that looks tasty. This time we tried "Schwarma" It sounds like it should be a German word, but it's middle eastern and is great eaten with our fire bread (probably the closest thing to Naan that I can make). It contains chicken, chick peas, sweet potatoes and many spices...and it was yummy.</div>
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Thanks to modern technology, we sat in suspense and watched history being made when "Bob and Doug" blasted off into space.</div>
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Other things are going down in history too this week that are hard to talk about. A man who when he took his job, swore to serve and protect the public and from all appearances has utterly failed.</div>
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People are also passing judgement on a family who made some really hard decisions in regards to their child. I have learned so much from people who blog and vlog, but it is tricky to know what to share. </div>
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QOTD: When I have kids I will NEVER spit on my finger and wipe something off their face! That's just gross." There now it's recorded for posterity.<br />
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As we all blew on our soup at lunchtime, Shekinah noted, "We could all try that Life-hack I saw, we could just patiently sit and wait till it cools instead of blowing across the table."Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-77591540239217726522020-05-17T16:47:00.003-04:002020-05-17T16:47:32.889-04:00Mud Kitchen, Bag Inserts and Tack Strips--and Thought for the Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week I was determined to finish this chair. </div>
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The covered buttons worked out pretty well and I could easily place them at the original spots because they had cut holes in the foam when the chair was manufactured in 1984.</div>
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I bought tack strips in an effort to replicate the original work.</div>
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I was not really sure it was worth the effort, but I'm </div>
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The skirt even fit back in place!</div>
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So I started with these two chairs (I'm sure there is a better picture somewhere)</div>
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and ended up with the ones above. I Scotch Guarded the fabric afterward and hopefully they will look decent for a few years.</div>
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I'm trying to think if there are any good lessons I learned from doing these.</div>
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Was it worth the money? I think so...$113 for the fabric (bought on E-bay) and I still have some left. I started with 12 yards of 60" wide fabric and have almost 2 yards remaining.</div>
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I bought the covered button replacements at about $15</div>
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Metal tack strips..$27 and I way over-estimated what I needed and used only 1/2 of what I ordered.</div>
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Staples...not sure what they cost.</div>
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We had a staple gun...about them...I would probably have looked into getting a better one,</div>
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BUT the whole idea was to save money.</div>
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So I spent a little less than $75 a chair and about 2-1/2 weeks of "me-time" .</div>
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Yup, I think it was worth it.</div>
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So school is over...all except the report cards.</div>
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Someone needs to write a book about the "Longest Summer EVER!"</div>
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One might have a job but this one...</div>
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She is busy reading the Mandie series, thanks to our neighbor who loaned them to her.</div>
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We are doing a math curriculum and learning to type (much to her dismay)</div>
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Actually most days she does enjoy it.</div>
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But what about the hours in between? There are times when independent play would be a good idea.</div>
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I was scrolling through Pinterest the other day and came across a "mud kitchen"</div>
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It might be a hit!</div>
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I love when my grands ask to call "ga-ga" and reach for me when I show up.</div>
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<b>Thought for the day</b>: About social distancing...I've sat through a few lectures on how trauma affects children. Most experts agree that safe touch is especially healing for a child of trauma. Most of those same experts say that our current (back then BC=Before Covid) hands-off approach to our children in schools etc --while understandable was not a good way to work with hurt children.</div>
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Meanwhile a friend/customer messaged me and said she could pick up her order.</div>
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I also used my daughter's French press to try a hack that Shekinah told me about. I used it to froth my warm milk for my coffee. It worked!</div>
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What did he get Shekinah?</div>
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I got this mop and bucket and Hope bought me a frying pan that I've been wanting.</div>
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This week I hope to finish up this bag.</div>
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Shekinah used another hack to carry her eggs into the house.</div>
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View during church this morning...we are going to have to brush up our</div>
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A few crab apple blossoms that I stole from a tree.</div>
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Yet another week of quarantine are we closer to "opening day" or will they move the goal again?</div>
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Yes, I know that we are closer to some kind of resolution but our governor (bless him)</div>
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We will celebrate some important days while under quarantine.</div>
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Hope was less than impressed with the status quo, but we tried to make the day special.</div>
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I want three things for my birthday.</div>
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No cooking</div>
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No teaching math.</div>
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I know the gift I'm getting....</div>
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This is the sixth Sunday of quarantine and there are rumblings of discontent in our state and others.</div>
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People are debating the value of masks, social distancing, and wearing of gloves.</div>
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People are mostly willing to help each other.</div>
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When we heard there was a need for fabric masks, many people dropped their plans</div>
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donated. Some of those people that were sewing were not able to go to their normal jobs, but</div>
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many other the sewists (sewers....just looks like "sewers" and how is anyone supposed to learn English?) were moms who had plenty of other stuff to do.</div>
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serve any useful purpose. Thanks to all the nice customers that smiled from behind their masks and were understanding when the young clerks seemed frazzled. Keeping up with all the new mandates placed on essential businesses is nerve wracking.</div>
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We learned that info gathering can be a confusing task.</div>
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Please if you have chest pain, shortness of breath, left arm pain, or jaw pain, don't ignore it!</div>
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The above are signs and symptoms of a heart attack.</div>
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Arm weakness</div>
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Speech difficulty</div>
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Time to get to the ER.</div>
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Even if they symptoms only stayed around for a short time.</div>
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These are symptoms of a stroke.</div>
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airplanes and hot air balloons were not very masculine.</div>
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Out came the primer and the paint.</div>
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Something else we learned with this pandemic...sometimes you realize that you recognize people by their walk and mannerisms more than by their face.</div>
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This girl got her birthday treat from school. She had a choice of Pop Rocks or a Slim Jim. "I'm glad I picked a Slim Jim, those Pop Rocks are gone in no time." After she saw the size of the Slim Jim. "I'm gonna save this to eat during church on Sunday." </div>
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I don't know if we can really call them challenging and yet... We are definitely living in different times. I think the biggest reality check I had was when I went to our local grocery store and saw many shelves completely bare. And Sam's club says they are out of Ramen noodles! Yes, we see that kind of thing when a snow storm is predicted, but the next visit to the store has the shelves stacked back to normal.</div>
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Of course the other big change is the masks, we used to smile smugly about other country's customs of wearing masks when out and about. After the thousands of home-made masks that home-based sewers have made in the past few weeks, I'm thinking we all should have plenty. "No, my dear, you don't need to have one to match every dress."</div>
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I am thankful that my husband's job was deemed "essential" or we wouldn't have any more trees in the forest in front of our house. Actually he was planning to take trees down sometime this summer and just started earlier.</div>
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I am very thankful that we didn't have a graduating senior this year. I also learned something about myself--as much as I complain about running around on the road, I do like going away!</div>
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We of course decided to join the thousands of people doing home improvements. This week out new roof was put on. It was scheduled in March and the virus postponed it.</div>
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If you figure the time it took, it really wasn't less expensive than buying a good used one, but right now I have time, not money. (My CPR classes have all been cancelled for a few months). The chair turned out pretty good. It's still a used chair, but it's ours.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">The girls repainted their room with a little help him dad and Zeke. </span></div>
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I miss going to church with other people. The one thing I started doing that I will miss when church resumes is illustrating my sermon notes. Somewhere along the line, I found watercolor pencils and I rarely get the chance to use them.<br />
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Our small youth group had had to cancel all their planned events. But the youth advisers came up with a few home-based activities. One week they were challenged to cook a meal for their family and take photos for their chat group. They then voted for the best looking meal. There were some pretty impressive meals, but I know the one at our house was very good. Hope worked most of the day to present this meal and I didn't. That makes a delicious meal every time.<br />
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QOTD: Daughter that was supposed to clear the table after supper,"Wait, I'll just eat the rest of that stuff so I don't have to put it in a container for the fridge."<br />
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Scallion pancakes remind me of my childhood. When I was very young, my dad worked with </div>
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a man from India. We visited their house a number of times and they made the BEST</div>
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Last night when I ate a cold corner of one of the scallion pancakes I realized that I believe </div>
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my Indian friends made their bread with a similar method, only without the scallions.</div>
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Hope is telling me the style she would like me to make for her.</div>
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I guess that is fair compensation for the advertising she is doing over on Instagram</div>
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Go look for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hfsleather/">HFS Leather by Christine Weaver</a></div>
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Cross body strap, short handles</div>
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Made from oil-tanned leather to give you durability and softness.</div>
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Zipper on the top-with a little tab on the zipper (that needs a few stitches yet)</div>
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And it includes a simple wristlet wallet-two credit card slots and a bonus slot.</div>
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The wristlet fits nicely inside the bag.</div>
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I'm asking $95</div>
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The things we do to drill in those multiplication facts!</div>
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But it's working! Tonight she said all of the 6,7,8,9 without looking and with few errors.</div>
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I am really liking the weather this winter- especially since I don't really like snow.</div>
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Shekinah doesn't often get too much help playing in the snow, but Zeke </div>
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challenged her to run around in the front yard in bare feet like the older boys used to do.</div>
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Such a screaming and shrieking!</div>
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When these grands come for supper, they like to "watch something"</div>
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It is very difficult to memorize facts in which you have no interest.</div>
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States and capitols , multiplication, and random facts about old dead guys aka history are </div>
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the baby we met at church and the snack I forgot to get....those are important facts.</div>
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So I dug out the old wooden puzzle that her biggest brother used</div>
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The map is reversible with the world on the reverse side. USSR rules a large chunk of the world.</div>
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QOTD: Parker to his mommy, talking about grandmas</div>
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Mommy: "So how do you get to be a grandma?"</div>
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Parker:"Well first you need to get pretty old....thenyouhavetobenicerthanmommy"</div>
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OOH Parker!</div>
<br />Chris Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355967172432898028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713355410267719768.post-67905155988420169532020-01-01T22:08:00.000-05:002020-01-01T22:08:17.013-05:00Favorites from 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are not necessarily the best photos of the year, but they each have a story.</div>
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This year I barely needed to wrap any egg rolls. These two have improved their skills alot.</div>
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So we figured out that my oven thermometer wasn't working when the cheesecake was burnt black on the top even though only half the baking time had passed.</div>
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Thankfully my husband is a smart man and Amazon carried the control board we needed.</div>
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The girls and I went out for Thai food over Thanksgiving vacation. We of course had to do the silly selfie. I treasure the craziness that teens bring to my life...well some of it.</div>
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This young man! He grew up so much and got glasses.</div>
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The Sunday that Hope dictated we NEEDED to get a family photo...it was cold</div>
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and the lighting was dark but photos were taken.</div>
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This one of Faith "watching" the grands. Hudson barricaded himself so </div>
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Avalon couldn't wreck his stuff. The dog of course was guarding.</div>
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In November, the girl grandchildren outnumbered the boy grands.</div>
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Welcome Brielle Shalom.</div>
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Vashti was impressed.</div>
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Our first stand selling leather at a local craft show in September.</div>
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September in China....can't even figure out which is the best photo for there.</div>
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This girl traveled like a trooper.</div>
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These two! They mixed paint and water, they convinced me to make glittery skirts and</div>
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Big boys celebrating their birthdays.</div>
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This is a very blurry photo, but I'm still proud to be part of this group of people.</div>
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June birthday selfie</div>
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Faith is a favorite auntie of this little guy.</div>
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Joe getting to know his niece.</div>
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These two! Friends and relatives.</div>
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In March, Avalon Faye joined our family!</div>
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If you ever need your house power washed....here's your person.</div>
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It's sad when you remember a book that you read to your big kids and want to get it for the grandkids and find out it costs anywhere from $900 new - $13 used paperback.</div>
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It's almost as bad as the book "Who's Got the Apple?"</div>
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I said "yes" and worked like a crazy woman on Monday and Tuesday.</div>
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I even found fabric to quickly make leggings for the child who had "none to wear".</div>
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This stand is set up at Choice Fitness for a Monday morning opening at 7AM.</div>
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QOTD: Shekinah tossed a rude comment to one of her older siblings, who of course tossed it back with relish. She blandly stated, " I'll take that as a comment."</div>
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Most of this week was spent in getting <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HFSLeatherbyChris/">leather</a> ready for a craft show on Saturday.</div>
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I did OK, it was quite a small show, got some great tips from Jayna at <a href="https://www.jaynahandmade.com/">https://www.jaynahandmade.com/</a></div>
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I did take some time with the grands. Avalon is learning to get around...see Hudson barricaded off in the corner with his cars. She kept "helping" him play.</div>
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Pom-poms and pipe cleaners were fun for awhile.</div>
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I declared war on my sewing/leather/office room.</div>
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This is the one corner.</div>
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QOTD: Me going over the schedule for next week: "Monday, nothing, well except cleaning the sewing room. Tuesday, chiropractor in the AM, date with a hunk, and flea and tick."I was about to mention "dentist for dad on Wed" when ...</div>
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"do I get to go along on Tuesday?"</div>
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"Who's the 'hunk' ?" </div>
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"That's not nice, isn't that like calling someone 'muffin-top'?" </div>
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"I'm assuming the flea and tick is for the dog?"</div>
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So the culture gap is that huge?</div>
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"Well I'm never going to call my husband a hunk!"</div>
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"Cutie Patootie maybe but not hunk!"</div>
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I don't know...this doesn't look a lot emptier.</div>
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I know it's missing a bag of chick peas, a box of pancake mix, a box of tea.</div>
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It does feel funny to not go for groceries.</div>
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never-ending chimney fire. I heard mutterings about things being built funny.</div>
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Then Saturday when the temps hit 21 degrees at 7 in the morning.</div>
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It was a perfect day to be the EMT-in-waiting at a horse event.</div>
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I was fairly productive, I stitched leather to keep my hands warm.</div>
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Finally replaced DH's wallet that he lost on our China trip.</div>
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Sad QOTD: " I don't want you to call."</div>
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But the good news is that I actually went to the grocery store for supplies for a fruit salad </div>
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(Was for a youth group event) and the only extra I bought was chips for lunches.</div>
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Let's see, I gotta use up some bread crumbs and groats this week.</div>
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Ok, this dog might be a bit of a mess, but she loves her littles.</div>
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The clean-out-the- closet thing has inspired me to try to get rid of some other stuff too.</div>
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Half of these pin cushions are sold, some of Shekinah's too-small dresses are gone and some of </div>
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Shekinah loves finding money under the door mat.</div>
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I also managed to finish two wallet bags this week.</div>
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And the newest news! Look what Vashti found at her house!</div>
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Yes, she has a new sister named Brielle Shalom. She weighed 8#</div>
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