This whole stove incident has to be a joke. I know not to say this but it should take a lot of effort for something to go this haywire! On June 20, we went into the big box store and bought a stove. We were told it was a stove that someone had ordered and never picked up. It had never left the store. It was still in the box. We bought it and it was scheduled to be delivered on Friday, June ...
Redbird Sampler
The next sampler Jo is doing with Stitchery Nook is Redbird Sampler by With They Needle & Thread. The start date is set for August 1. You can find all the info here on Stitchery Nook's website or here on Jo's blog. Yes, two Redbird Samplers in a row. This chart was chosen as an introduction to samplers. This one is fairly small - the stitch count is 135 x 117. Jo has all the various ...
Sweet Potatoes
My sweet potatoes are doing great and making me very happy! The other day I was watching a video of someone who had planted their sweet potatoes several weeks before I did. They're an expert and mine actually look like they're farther along. Of course, the only thing that matters is the end result and there's a lot that can go wrong with bugs, drought or an early frost since I'm going to need the ...
More Bagworms
Yesterday evening Vince came in and asked me to come outside. He had found bagworms in the front in Juniper under the River Birch trees. Over half of the Juniper is already dead. None of the worms were there just a few days ago. We were standing out there looking. One of the neighbors walked over. He had his sprayer in his hand . . he was out spraying too. He said another neighbor has ...
Not Staying Home
Every night, I wash my hair. Aren't you glad to know that? :) Every night, I ask Vince "Are we going anywhere tomorrow?" If I know we're going somewhere, I don't ask but we so rarely go anywhere that I mostly always ask. He almost always says no and that means, I go to bed with wet hair. My hair is somewhat curly so you can imagine what it looks like when I wake up. I kinda just use some hair ...
War on Bag Worms
Until last year, I had never seen a bagworm. I wish I had still never seen a bagworm! They are horrible this year. We thought they wouldn't kill full grown trees/shrubs but could seriously damage young plants. We contacted the nursery about the Little Giants they planted here last year and they told us to spray with BT as soon as we see little yellow worms. We did and it may have helped but ...