Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Large Cross Stitch

 Jen used yarn and a peg board to make a giant cross stitch piece of art!


 I helped with a few stitches... not many. 

Yesterday we crossed a bunch of Fall "stuff" off our list.  Leaf mulching is still happening...my baby brother came by with his huge mower/mulcher and that really helped out.  We blew the leaves out of the rocks on both sides of the house.  Of course more will collect there!  Hoses were disconnected and brought into the garage, the tomato plant was history so we clipped it down stem by stem and then pulled it out of the soil.  The deer will finish it off back in the woods. 

What's Cooking?  Walleye, baked potato and corn. 

Minnesota Weather:  Really nice for October!  High was 67F or 19C    Low was 43F or 6C 

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Land of

 Sky Blue Waters! (Hamm's...the beer refreshing)  If YKYK


My sister Julie sent a few photo of her plane ride on Sunday.  It gives you a beautiful view of Minnesota in the Fall.


The Tamaracks are just beginning to turn golden yellow.  I see a few Maples and probably some yellow Piss Popples (Aspen). 

Sunday Far Guy and I went and got our vaccinations at the corner of Happy and Healthy...Flu for me and both Flu and Covid for him...his arm was sore...I slept all afternoon on Monday and spent the day in jammies. 

We can cross something off of our "to do list"

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Monday, October 19, 2026

Pink Ribbons

 Far Guy is a Breast Cancer Survivor...in a few months it will be a year since his last radiation treatment.  His Breast Cancer was found by our Dermatologist...so far he is her one and only male breast cancer discovery.  


The local clinic had pink ribbons to sign and they are hung in the window. I signed one for Far Guy.


I also signed one for our sister in law who is a 20 year Breast Cancer survivor!

Breast Cancer is a struggle and everyones struggle and treatment are a bit different.  My hats off to them all as it is not a pleasant journey. 

Ladies remember to get your mammograms!  AND men can do a breast exam just like women can...I watched Far Guy's Oncologist do Far Guy's exam... men just do it!

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Sunday, October 18, 2026

A gift

 Peach painted me a gift at daycare.


A gourd mostly covered in blue paint.  It is a work of art and I love it!!!

The craft sale was fine, I saw lots of friends and a couple of relatives...however I did not make enough to retire...oh wait I am already retired...I can buy more yarn!

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Saturday, October 17, 2026

The Greats

 I had two appointments in Grand Forks on Friday...a recheck after my change in BP meds and an MRI of my Thoracic spine for the pain management Doctor. 

On Thursday night we had pizza with the Greats!

Baby K is getting her molars...hence the bright cheeks! 

Peach do you have your shoes on the right feet? 

They are a busy bunch of kids! 

We got home just in time for me to load up stuff for a craft sale on Saturday.   We shall see how it goes!

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