Someone got a new house for her birthday and a "Barber" doll!

  Happy 3rd Birthday Ms Lizzie!

The move is now complete!

This is how it was done. 

 It took one big trailer. Trailer #1

 Two more trailers, #2 and #3

A long trailer, trailer #4

 Trailer #5

 Trailer #6

Trailer #7 is still in our yard. Some leveling needs to be done before it's unloaded. 


And what you don't see, is a couple of these might have been loaded more than once!


It took a crew of guys, but it all was off the trailers by noon. 

The boys have already taken a liking to the woods.

Miss Lizzie has picked the trampoline as her favorite!

The backyard is so peaceful!

  The side yard has an awesome flower bed, with lots of maiden hair and pampas grass.

Lori's thinking shutters might break up the dark brick.

And then the neighbors came over to our house!

Grandpa got out his 4 wheeler and off they took through the woods. 

Mushroom hunting was unsuccessful!


Welcome to the neighborhood guys!  Love Mom!

Meet the NEW neighbors

Remember a few weeks ago I told you about the neighbors moving out?

Well let me introduce you to the NEW neighbors!!!!!!!!!!

It includes one biker babe . . 

Two punk rockers . . . 

One river rat . . . 

and one hot Mama.

Regardless, they do clean up nice.


You might say, they look so familiar.  You are right, it's our son's family that bought the house in the neighborhood!


They will be  closer to us now.  If we walk through the woods it might be a five minute walk. If we drive it's maybe a mile. 


Either way, we are tickled to have them close!


P.S. I was the Realtor on the sale way back when Eric and Kathy bought it and again on the sale to the son.  For some reason I never saw a commission.  Maybe I should get a realtor's license next time.

Wesley's tulip

14 years ago today, I lost my brother Wes, at age 51. 

 Every March about this time, this tulip, that I planted from his funeral comes up.

 I see it out my kitchen window and think about him.

What do these 3 women have in common?

A. They all went to the same quilt guild meeting?
B. They had never met in person before this picture?
C. Most of them came equipped with a camera?


If you guessed A, you are correct.  If you guessed B, you are correct.  If you guessed C, you are correct.


It's me, Osage Bluff Quilter; Gerry, at GerryART; and Nancy at  . . . with thread in hand (Just not a camera LOL).


Claire of two draft Mom, had invited me as her guest to the Missouri River Quilt guild meeting tonight.  As we entered the big room, almost every table was full.  We finally found a table with room for us.  As my butt was hitting the chair, the lady across from me said "PATTI???"   I kept from screaming NANCY???   We have talked through Facebook and our blogs for a couple of years now.  At one point Nancy lived half away across the state from me.  Nancy does some awesome sewing, not only quilts, but cute things for her grand kids.   She also has remodeled a complete house in the past year.


Nancy had come as a guest of Janet's.  Janet's best friend Esther, happens to be a blacksmith's wife and a friend of mine too. 


Shortly into the meeting, guest and visitors were introduced.  As soon as I got my name out of my mouth, over runs Gerry.  She looks at me and smiles.  I recognized her by her beautiful white hair.  I immediately looked for her green socks. We had never met in person either, but talk weekly through our blogs.  She is an awesome knitter in addition to being an excellent quilter. 


After the meeting we posed for pictures.  I am so glad Claire asked me to go.  There were some awesome show and tells!  This time next month I hope to become a member, right Nancy?


P. S. Oh and I  met Betty at Luv2sew.  She had been following my blog she told me!


P. S. P. S I forgot to tell you blogger Carla of Lollyquiltz was the featured speaker. She is an awesome job showing her quilts and telling their story!

A meeting of lots of blacksmiths

This past Saturday, we attended the Blacksmith Association of Missouri meeting in Cedar Ridge, Missouri.  It was a beautiful, warm day in the country.

Here, our host Bonita, prepares hors d'oeuvres  on a cheese covered anvil. 

There were some very neat buildings on the property.

 Bonita plays with a 9 week old puppy. 

Apparently this little guy didn't like the crock as much as I did.

Inside the bunk house was this neat old trunk. I remember my mother buying me Poll-Parrot shoes. The blacksmith worked for International Shoe Company when we were first married. This was one of their products.

Thanks to our host Bonita and Hank for a wonderful time!

Out of the mouth of Babes!

Okay the babe happens to be my 10 year old Grandson.  One day after school this week he asked to use my computer, to show me something. 

The first thing he did was to ask, "Is this Google chrome"? "Yes", I replied.  He immediately signed me out and signed himself in.  He logged into his school's web page and then onto his page, using his password. 

He brought up the start of the document below.  It had the first paragraph.  He then proceed to type away.   He didn't finish his report at my house, but when I went back to my computer he had signed out of google chrome. 

Anyone Who Thinks Kids Should Not Have Phones, Read This!



Bzz. Bzz. Kids should have phones because kids need a way to contact
parents. Games would keep kids quiet. Also if all of the computers at home
were full, your child could use your phone to search. Ding! Ding! One
missed call!



First of all, some kids need a way to contact parents because what if
your child was at a friends house and something happened? What would your
child do? Also, if your child forgot your numbers they could use the
phone's call list. What would you do if your child didn't have a phone and
they needed to contact someone?



Reason number two is that games could keep your kids quiet. What if you
were on a long trip and your kids were complaining? You could just tell
them to play on their phones. Also, if you had a phone call, their phones
would keep them quiet while you talked.



The last reason is kids could search the Internet on their phones. If all
of the computers at home are full, your child could search on their phone.
Also, it would leave a computer open for someone else to use.



In conclusion, kids should have phones in fourth grade and older. My
reasons again are kids need a way to contact parents. Another one is games
could keep kids quiet. The last one is kids could search on their phones
instead of using the computer. Does your child have a phone?




Essay by: Brady Tappel

The next night, his Dad sent us his essay!

Amazing at 10 years old.  I mean could you even type on a typewriter at that age?  Of course if there was a computer when you were 10, it took up an entire room. 

Brady, Grandma is very proud of you.   Maybe Dad will buy you a cell phone.  If I did, I'd never live it down.  Your aunt Sarah didn't get one until she was a senior in high school!

Love you Brady!!