Well, I finished up sewing a bag for my mom and it turned out pretty well, so i decided to start a new project. I made Cara a patchwork dress. I found the idea through a blog as i was surfing the internet because looking at crafty blogs seems to be my new thing.
http://indietutes.blogspot.com/2007/05/patchwork-circle-skirt.html
Anyway, so I decided that i could just eyeball it instead of actually following a pattern. (Patterns scare and confuse me.)
I think it turned out pretty well!
I'm going to try and insert a picture later. The goal is to do it right and not get too angry if i screw it up.
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| She wouldn't let me take one of her standing up. Goober. |
Our church likes to celebrate Pioneer Day. It's the 24th of July, and that's the day that the Mormon Pioneers entered the Salt Lake valley. ANYWAY, our ward had an activity at a park on the 23rd, and we had lots of fun. There were hamburgers and hot dogs, and lots of other food. They had pioneer games like stick pull and three legged races and stuff, but Cara was not interested in any of this, she liked splashing in a puddle of spilled something on the floor of the pavilion and then i finally took her to the playground! So we took one of the Fujii girls with us, Saya (sp?). It was hard to keep track of two two year olds on the playground, but i was doin' alright with the Sister missionaries helping me. The girls wanted to swing, but there was only one swing available, so i made them take turns. Saya was fine with me holding her, but when it was her turn to swing, Cara didn't want to sit still while i pushed Saya, and Cara decided to go play. She didn't get too far before she crashed! She had a big knot on her eye. I'm surprised it didn't get cut (I think it was close). So, i tried to get both girls back to the pavilion where i knew they had ice, but trying to get both of the girls to cooperate was like herding cats. The sis. missionaries can't pick kids up either, so they were trying to hold hands, and anyway... i ended up calling Geoff and told him to grab ice and meet us half way. Fortunately for us--well, Cara, he answered his phone and saved the day.
It's been a few days, but she's starting to get a lovely eyeshadow look to it.
Can you tell? it's on her left eye... I know, not the best lighting.
Let's see, what else have we been up to...
Oh, Sad day... We found out that our favorite restaurant here in Hopkinsville is closing soon. August 7th will be Dot's last day. It was a nice find. A "well kept secret" of sorts. It was a home-style, down home, Sunday family meal type of restaurant, and we've always had great service. Geoff and i love to get a plate of their friend green beans with horseradish dipping sauce. "Weird", you might say. "Delicious" is all you think about after you've tried them! Love 'em, and i'll be sad when i can no longer get them.
On to other news, i have CARROTS in my garden! It's kind of sad to admit, but i can now tell the difference between WEEDS, and my carrots! hee hee, i'm not the world's best gardener, but i'm trying. On a sad note, my strawberry plants are dying. :( But i am getting sunflowers. And my midget corn plants are getting tiny corn! it's hard to explain, so out to the garden with my camera i go...
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| These are carrots, not weeds. |
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| My dying strawberry plant |
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| Isn't Corn supposed to be tall... like sunflowers, not 2yo daughter? |
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| yes, my corn is as tall as Cara... |
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| see? they're carrots! |
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| my "midget" corn. (i know, politically incorrect) |
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| my sunflowers |
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| My grumpy gardener |
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| After I tried to come back in, she didn't want to. |
So, i'm not sure if we're going to have a successful garden as far as the corn and things go this year, but hopefully we'll learn and do it better next year. I think we over fertilized, and i think that hurt the corn. I think i'm also going to (sadly) get rid of a few stalks as they grow so the strong one (or whatever's healthier looking to me...the inexperienced gardener) can grow without fighting the others. I think i might also do a little bit MORE than i did this year because if you see that empty space by Cara, that was supposed to be zucchini, but i never got around to planting them.
Well, onto something other than gardening...
The Seeleys came to visit. Those of you who aren't related to me that might be reading this... that's my aunt and her family. Vicki, Kevin, Sheraya and Austin.
We went out to the Jefferson Davis memorial. I'd just gone with mom and dad when they were here, but we found this little Mennonite store. They had all sorts of jams and jellies, pickled things and he even had a USDA approved meat processing plant in the back. Vicki and Kevin bought tons of tomatoes and some corn and squash. We ate lots of fruit and veggies that night. I even showed her Aldi's (yeah, geoff was sad he didn't get to go) we got 99cent strawberries and blueberries too. (And some oranges.) We had a good time. They weren't here for very long, but we had a good visit. I took them to Fort Campbell and we tried to see the museum, but it had just closed, so we came back the next day. We saw where geoff works, and a helicopter motor pool and stuff. Walked around the PX for a minute or two. Then we got hungry, so we met up with Geoff, and decided to go to Cheeseburger Charlies in Clarksville. It's one of those challenge restaurants. Good burgers, but i don't know if i would want to do what Austin did. He took the General's challenge. Five burger patties, fries and two burger toppings in thirty minutes. He decided to get mushrooms and.... something else, but that was A.LOT.OF.FOOD! He was sooooo close, but he only had about five minutes left and realized he just couldn't do it. I have a picture on my ipod, and when i figure out where i put it, i'll upload the pictures then.
So, i think that will be all for this blog post, but i'll keep ya posted!
Camilla
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