State Track here we come...........................

CONGRATULATIONS to the Osage Girl's Shuttle Hurdle Team!!!! They qualified for the Iowa High School State track meet in Des Moines. They have worked so hard and everyone ran great last night! We are very excited for them...............this is a memory they soon won't forget. What a great way to end your senior year...........yes, that's my Natalie on the left! Right now she is so excited she probably won't be able to sleep.......even though she has been up for 48 hours!!

Bless This House

This is Mom's latest project called Bless This House. She was stuck out in the shop while her house was torn apart and look how much she got done!! A little each day goes a long way to getting a rug completed!! This is a new rug for us so check it out when you stop in the next time!

Last Track Meet

District track meet this afternoon. This will be Natalie's LAST track meet in high school! Tomorrow is her LAST day of high school! Where or where have the years gone? Wishing the hurdle team good luck...............run fast and fly high over the hurdles!

Replacement windows leads to............................new fireplace?

Last year Mom and Dad decided to replace some of the windows in their house. The contractors were there putting them in and suddenly the house filled with gas..........lucky Mom didn't lite her usual candle! To make a very long story short they are now replacing the gas fireplace as well. The old fireplace was not up to code and in order to replace it changes had to be made..........which required more mess. Now the house looks like...................well.............mine! :) Mom says she is getting use to the mess...............unfortunately this does happen!! The stone for the fireplace could take up to 4 weeks. Those of you that are coming for the BYOP should be able to "see clearly" and enjoy the presence of a new fireplace!

Tuba Solo

In February each of the middle school students prepares a solo for band contest. The judges also choose students that do an outstanding job. If you are chosen you play your solo at the last band concert of the school year in front of an auditorium full of parents, grandparents and teachers. My youngest son Sam plays the tuba and was selected as an outstanding solo. So last night he performed his solo. He did a great job despite the fact he was nervous! Didn't know it took that much air to make a single note......................wonder where he gets ALL that hot air? :)
It was a wonderful concert and fun to hear how the kids have grown in sound over the school year.

Way to go Sam!! Nice job! I am glad your choice was to play the tuba!!

Banana Bread

This is Sam's banana bread he decided to make at 8:30 this evening! He has taken an interest in baking this bread. I have LOTS of bananas in the freezer and I WON'T complain about someone baking! FYI this bread is only 15 minutes out of the oven and this is all that's left of a full loaf. We all had to have a sample! :)

More greens?

Yellow and Blue make Green. Right? Well, that depends on what yellow and what blue that you use. The bottom two piles are using prochem dyes and the top pile is using Majic Carpet yellow and Prochem blue. The top picture is a poor picture of what the green looks like. It is actually very pretty and will be used in my library.
Have some fun.............hit the pot.......................dye pot that is! It's fun experimenting and the best part is...........you can't mess up!!!!