Fishing holiday

Well, I made it through the 4th of July. We went fishing, only caught a bullhead and a perch. It was fun though. We have to do some work on the motor, something with the carburetors. Took the front cushions off so I can put on new vinal. I will do that today with Amanda's help.

The best thing was getting the boat into the water. I'll back up and tell you that when we got the boat we tinkered on it to fix this and that and make sure everything was okay and ready to go. I said to hubby maybe we should put a new rope on the reel that hooks to the boat cuz it looks realy weathered and old and he said I'll do that when we get to the lake and unload. ya okay. So we got to the lake started to unload. Hubby loosened up the reel, thought he had it locked and then when he started to back into the water I said "It is rolling off of the trailer." He stopped and said "Oh, I forgot to lock the reel." so he started to wind up the rope to pull the boat back onto the trailer. he didn't get it on too far and then said "I'll go back it up farther into the water, the rope should hold." He begins backing up then all the sudden Snap, Bang and I yell "It's unloaded!" He jumped out of the pickup and he's all upset and in shock so I say "Honey, hate to tell you I told you so about that rope, but it's unloaded."
We didn't do any damage to the boat thank goodness. Another one of those building memories days.

Otherwise house cleaning today. In the summer time the inside of the house always suffers. So much to tend to outside, and working full time, that I really don't care if the dust is making layers. Oh and not to mention that I have to save some time to do some quilting.

I did get my two quilts back from Deb Z, my longarm quilter. She did a beautiful job. Just love them!!!! I will take pictures and post them soon. I have to get my binding fabric together and do the binding yet. I always think about every quilt I just finish and think it is the prettiest one I've done yet. I hope that I will always feel that way about every one of them I do.

Housework awaits for me.

Grateful for:

1. My new straw hat
2. New kitchen broom (instead of a junky dollar store like one I had)
3. Having a good friend who has a longarm quilting machine that makes my quilts even more beautiful.
4. Always having trouble trying to pick just only 4 things when I have so many.

The weekend

Had a somewhat busy weekend. All of the yard is mowed and it looks great!! Hubby got the shed cleaned out and looks good. Played a little basketball with our daughter Amanda. It is not really a game.. just shooting hoops or trying too....



Back to work today. Hubby bought us a little boat. Needs some tinkering but it will serve the purpose of fishing. It has been a while since we have been out in a boat fishing. We have been just shore fishing for about 2-3 years. So I'll have to get my sea/lake legs back again. I wonder how ZuZu will like the boat. This will be her first time on one.



It will seem like a short week this week. 2 days work'n-1 off- 2 days work'n then the weekend again. Wow it seems that the older I get the faster time flys. Remember the days when you were a teen and monday would roll around and you just couldn't wait for the big doings coming up on the weekend and you thought you would die before it would get there!! I remember and wish time would stand still like that on the weekends or holidays.



Have a Great 4th Of July!!!

Greatful for:

1. Naps in the afternoon
2. A husband that can grill the best chicken
3. Straw hat to keep the sun off my face (I need a new one)
4. Air conditioning in my house