Singing in the Dress... Slides, Food and Church

 

Good morning, Friends...

I've been a little busy lately, cleaning things out.  I think it's that video I watcched about Swedish Death Cleaning on YouTube.  It really gets you to thinking!  I have a lot of uninteresting...stuff.  At least to the people in my life that matter.  If me or Larry pop off to another existence, I don't want to leave her a mess to deal with!  Losing your parents is hard enough without having to come in behind them and have to do a mass cleaning!!   

Other than cleaning things out, I haven't really been doing a whole lot.  Went to visit Samantha and our new little Lottie...Sloane was there as well...she's always fun.  I had bought her a new play-dress...she performs for you, below in the video...lol

We were in Walmart the other day...Okay!  I couldn't help myself! lol,  Sloane needs TWO play dresses!  Well, she Does! lol... I'm the typical Greatgran...she loved it, by the way.

The cleaning of Larry's deceased Dad is something else...I found their slide stash...goodness.  It's taken me days to get them loaded onto the computer!  I had to buy a special slide converter from Amazon to transfer them.  I did a lot of weeding out, as well!!  A tree?  A bird?  The ocean??  The backs of people we don't know?  Their trips to China?  Australia? Russia?  Finland?  The islands?  They traveled a lot...On and on...well, most of them are now in the trash.  A vase?  A chicken?  Oh well...they meant something to them...All I saved were family shots...Larry in Vietnam etc....1970-the late 80's. Oddly, there weren't very many physical photos.  Oh well...I have a special scanner with software coming for photos.  Should be here tomorrow.  They might not have had lots of physical photos, but I do!  Going to be uploading photos in between cutting fabric for a new quilt.   

Here's me holding onto our daughter, Crystal, 11.  She is so sweet and special...she never changed.

Big Sister Sloane with our little Lottie Lynn...

My heart!

A Mexican restaurant...good food but forgot the name! lol

I made Tomato and Eggs...always good.

We live in Texas!  Gotta' go to the Dairy Queen!

Air Fryer chicken...

Ate Chinese at The Summer Palace...always good.

Thin crust pizza...pretty good.

And yes...we went to church Sunday!  It always feels good...you can close your mind off to everything but God...and be grateful...and the coffee and donuts are always good...Just Saying! lolol

Well...I'll stop bending your ears...eyes...for now.  

Hoping you all are well and safe and not worrying about Iran.  God has this!  All WE need is faith...in Him.

Until next time guys...

Lottie Lynn Parker...1949 Singer, Family and Nasty

 Good morning, Friends...

Goodness...it's been a pretty busy, last several weeks around here.  I don't usually stay away this long but...life just keeps coming at us...of which we are extremely grateful to God.

Introducing our newest addition...

Miss Lottie Lynn Parker.

Sami had an easy time of it...nothing like with Sloane.

Thanks be to Jesus.

Sloane's first visit as a Big Sister...

She was so excited to see Lottie...

and to hold her...

as was I... Oh how sweet!

Not sure what happened here but I'm sure things will be just fine...lol

We'd all met at Miller's Meat Market in Lott, Texas...sort of a last get together before Lottie was born.  Its owned and operated by the Mennonites.  We're no longer a large family but what we don't show in numbers, we make up for, with lots of love.

I made an Italian soup one day this week...would you believe we ate it for breakfast?  We surely did!  And it was delicious.

Breakfast...Cream of Wheat with Crasins.  Not fancy but very good on a rainy morning.

After seeing Lottie in the hospital and after Larry's doctor's visit...we ate lunch in an old haunt of ours...The Cotton Patch in Waco, Texas.  Images can be deceptive!  Greasy...and tasteless.  The gravy was one of those mixes.  The fries were swimming in grease...and Larry's fish basket was just as bad if not worse.  The fish literally fell apart!  Red hot...just out of its grease bath.  

And we were so sad to see the shape the restaurant had fallen into!  Floors were nasty and sticky...as was our tabletop.  The lack of cleaning wasn't due to lack of patrons...there weren't any people in there!  Just us and two other couples. By the time we were seated, it was 12:30...lunch time!  This used to be stacked with people...and long lines!  We ate there often over the last 30 years and have never seen it like this.  I guess it has run its course over time.  

Two basket lunches...that's it...and just waters with lemon...

$32.00...and a $5 dollar tip...I kid you not. 

$37 dollars...sigh

We were given a complimentary dish of "fresh", hot rolls.  They were cold and dry.  When the waitress asked how we liked them...I'm sorry but I had to tell the truth...I also had to quickly tell her (from the look on her face) that it wasn't her fault!  She'd been kind and sweet and we left her a nice tip.  

No manager came around to the tables to ask how we were enjoying our lunch like they always used to ...so... I guess it will be closing soon if someone doesn't fix things.

And whose brilliant idea was it to use these wire baskets??  I lifted mine up to see a little puddle of grease on the table...

We're Done with Cotton Patch in Waco, Texas!

Larry was at his dad's house meeting with a man that wants to lease the land for cattle grazing.  When he got home, he gave me this Singer Featherweight 1949 sewing machine that had been his Mom's. I tried everything I knew to fix the tensions on it, but nothing worked.  Just by chance, my quilt lady suggested I try an old man in Hewitt, Tx.  Well, we ran it over to him last week and I'm still waiting to hear from him.  He was busy so I just need to cool my heels...patience is not a virtue of mine! Lol  

I finally got little greatgran Sydney Jo's quilt finished.  I also made a phalange binding!  First time trying that...cute, but a pain in the proverbial butt! 

Dad and Mom, Tylar and Sara, are being assigned to an air base in Arkansas from Hungary.  They'll move in September.  I'll just wait to send it to them when they get settled.

Next quilt is Sloanes Dresden Plate...gotta' get moving on that one.

We've started car shopping.  This is our favorite.  A GMC Terrain 2026...fully loaded with all kinds of buttons and bows.

Well...there were other happenings that we were a party to but boring for you.  So... I guess I'll leave off here and let you get back to your work or play.  It's been raining here off and on for weeks but I loved it!  This is a hot state in the Summer...

Have a wonderful weekend and take care!

It's Just Been a Long Month...

Good Morning, Friends...

Well, the month of May is drawing to its close...I must say I'm happy to see it go.  Larry and I have had enough sadness.  Yesterday, we went to visit our neighbor in the Nursing facility and find out he's been put in Hospice...he didn't know us...and it's only been about a month since we last saw him.  We would have gone sooner but with Larry's Dad taking center stage, we just didn't go.  And... his daughter (our friend's) is the Admissions head for the facility, and she told us she may have colon cancer... That family has had nothing but sadness, for years.

SO... yes, I'm happy to kick May to the curb.

We went to lunch yesterday at the Fish City Grill.  I think the look on Larry's face is exactly how we both feel.  We are SO blessed as a family...it's hard to see other's go through so much pain knowing that all you really can do for them is pray....

Okay...enough gloomy Gus...Our little Sloane is all we need to perk us up!  These nuggets of love are truly God's gift to us... She had to change into her fluffy skirt play dress.

Our lunch at the fish place...of course we got fish & chips.  They were delicious.

I had made breakfast of bell pepper scramble and sausage.  The sausage must have contained sugar!  Look how brown they got...and only after a few minutes!  I had to turn the heat down all the way and put a lid on them.

I don't know what I'd do without my airfryer!  This fried chicken had been frozen from a previous meal, thawed (the crust was soggy) then I put into the airfryer.  They turned out fresh as the day they were fried!  Wonderful! 

This looks promising!  We loved Downton Abbey...and have been missing the era dramas.

The series will broadcast on UKTV's free streaming platform U and U&DRAMA in the United Kingdom on June 18 and BritBox in North America.

Well, so much for May and all its surprises...Hopefully, June will be a happier month.  Our daughter Crystal has a birthday on the 28th...I think I'll start figuring out what to do for her...and I have the next baby blanket (Little Sydney's) at the longarmers so, I need to get the binding made...and the label.  That leaves one more for Sloane...the Dresden Plate.  Still making the blades for that one...it'll be a while. lol

Sorry about all the doom & gloom...I know life is a beautiful gift for us all.  And God certainly knows better than I do, what needs being done...so on that note...

Stay well...happy and safe and we'll see you again soon...