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T Tuesday: Think Pink edition

Today is October 1st…you know what that means.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

This is a cause near and dear to my heart. My mom is a survivor. She had cancer in 1968…before I was born…heck, before my parents even met. She had a radical mastectomy and prayed for the best. The best is what she got. That was 45 years ago.

In a little while I’m heading to the salon for a haircut. I’m having my gal put in my pink streaks in honor of my mom. This will be my third year of “going pink” for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I love that people ask about my pink streaks and I get to remind them of Breast Cancer Awareness.

We have company coming in from Wisconsin this evening. They are staying with my in-laws but we are hosting the evening meal. So much to do…so little time.

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T Tuesday: Random edition

If you’ve read my blog much, you know that I’m all over the place when it comes to arts and crafts. So for today’s T stands for Tuesday post, hosted by Elizabeth, you’re going to go on a whirlwind ride with me. What is scary is that I’ll be showing you how my brain works. You may not want to know.

Before we get started I have to say THANK YOU for all the birthday wishes for my mom. We had a nice day out together.

This morning started at 5:30am as usual. By 5:45, coffee is made and the first of 3 lunches are packed. I have 5 mins left before I wake Big J to start his morning routine. Now fast forward about 2.5 hours and I have the house to myself. Well, Gracie is still here but she’s having a sleepover with her friends.

So what do I do with my time beyond the list that never seems to end?

For one, I play with corks. These are going to be a new item on my table at the an up coming craft sale.

I’ve been editing senior pictures for the neighbor.

I finished the miniature terrain pieces I’ve been working on, complete with with simulated battle damage. Did I not tell you that you might be frightened of how my mind works?

And what’s this? A pile of rags? Nope…you’ll find out about that one in a later post.

And now I must move on with my crazy day…filled with paperwork, friends, knitting, groceries, ortho appt. and lets not forget the ever growing list.

I also wanted to mention especially to my fellow T stands for Tuesday friends that I am no longer able to answer each of your comments as I had in the past. I just don’t have the time but I wanted you to know that I read and enjoy every single word.

I may be late visiting your blog but I’ll get there ladies!

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BirThday T Tuesday

I’m going to confess right now…there is no cuppa anything in this post. I have a crazy busy day and of course I didn’t plan this post ahead of time as pre-planning is not my strong suit.

I’ll be taking my mom out for the day to celebrate her birthday. She’s 84 years young today.

Stop by Elizabeth’s blog for more interesting T stands for Tuesday posts!

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Quiet T Tuesday

The buses have come to get my kidlets for the first day of school.This is the last year for each of them in each of their schools. Next year they each move up to new schools. My days as an elementary school library volunteer are numbered.

The house is extremely quiet.

Gracie is already napping.

I’ve been working on my list.Somethings are must do today and some will stretch out to the rest of the week.

I haven’t used a list most of the summer. It feels good to get back on track.

So where is my beverage of choice today since it is T stands for Tuesday after all.

Well, my coffee was gone long ago since I was up at dark:30. My cup has already been washed and returned to the rack. How’s that for efficient?!

Wish me luck keeping that pace.

I’m skipping knitting today in favor of setting the house to right after a week of everyone including Mr. G being home.

We’ve been busy soaking up the last bits of summer even in the extreme heat of last week.

We went to the fair that was being dubbed the Great Minnesota “sweat-together” rather than get-together.

The day we went it was about 95°F with a heat index of 105°F. We came home about 2pm since Little J had school open house that afternoon. Just as I was going to shower to get presentable, our power went out. Little J and I each had a nice candle lit shower. We went to school with wet heads since a hair dryer wasn’t an option. Oh well.

Luckily our power was restored in fairly short order so we could enjoy the A/C and fans overnight.

I’m not really sure what’s going on with our power grid around here but it’s starting to make me nervous.

This last photo was taken from the Space Tower. You can see the Minneapolis skyline in the background. I had never been on the Space Tower before. I was glad we did it right away in the morning because I’m sure it would get very hot and stuffy towards afternoon.

Enough blather from me…I need to tackle my list!

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T stands for Tomatoes!

Thanks for joining me today for T stands for Tuesday…or in this case…TOMATOES!

As much as I hate the heat and humidity that always seems to come with the end of August, I love the tomatoes that my garden is producing. I’m also still getting a good handful of green beans each day. The cucumbers have been a bit of a disappointment but at least they did something.

And just look at all these yellow pear tomatoes!! They are so sweet and yummy. They sit like candy on the counter waiting to be nibbled in this lovely basket that I won from a fellow blogger a couple years back.

The garden is starting to look a bit haggard but just look at those lovelies on the vine!

I’m watering them from our rain barrels twice a day in this heat. I’m afraid I’m going to reach the proverbial “bottom of the barrel” very soon if we don’t get any rain.

Our family is planning to brave the heat one of the days this week for a visit to the state fair. We may melt in the heat. Hopefully I’ll get some fun pictures to share of “The Great Minnesota Get-Together”

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T Tuesday: a week in review

Here it is Tuesday again and I’m linking up with my friend Elizabeth for T stands for Tuesday. I’m pretty sure time is speeding up as we approach Labor Day and the start of school.

Little J and I made use of the time that her big brother was at camp last week. Being a teenage boy, he hates shopping. I’m not so fond of it myself but my girl…she can shop!! We went to Kohl’s 3 days last week. Yikes! The third was unscheduled…we stopped by my mom’s and she wanted to get something to wear for an upcoming wedding.

Little J and I also went to Goodwill twice, Costco, the Mall (not MOA), ACE hardware, Target and of course, the grocery store. Geesh. We didn’t buy a lot but all those add up to a lot of time and moola. But now with the exception of shoes for the boy…I am DONE!! No more shopping for school.

We had a quiet weekend with a neighborhood bonfire Saturday. Late Sunday evening was a bit more exciting. We were watching a movie when the power went out. Everyone seemed to come out from their homes to see if the world was ending or if it was just them without electricity. Power was out for a huge area even though it was a gorgeous night without a cloud in the sky. We have yet to find out why.

In addition, we’ve been still Cuttlebug crazy. I’m going to get it all packed up and give it back this week. I want my family room back!!

Since the hot humid weather has finally found its way back to MN…we went for a dip in a friends pool. Ah, refreshing.

Today we have another busy Tuesday on tap. It’s going to be a scorcher too! Yuck.

What are you doing today?

Maybe you should stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s for a spell.

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T Tuesday: the monogramed mug edition

I picked up a new mug from the clearance rack at Menards, of all places.

One lone mug with my initial…I had to buy it.

It’s much bigger than my standard size so I’m not sure I’ll use it for coffee or tea.

Maybe I’ll use it to hold my paint brushes….

I usually keep them in a cute little pink bucket.

Hmmm….decisions.

Although, it might work better here on my desk. I’m going to leave it here for a day or two and see how I like it.

Next on the list for today is knitting group, Target and grocery shopping.

I actually have been get some projects finished while attending my knitting group.

Here are a few dish cloths to prove it. :)

And can you believe this!?! We have leaves starting to turn already. I haven’t even picked a ripe tomato yet. Our growing season was majorly shortened this year.