Two...Birthdays, Hot and Needles.

Good morning, Friends...Well, maybe things will start slowing down for us.  It's been a busy Summer, of sorts.  Birthdays, family visits, work around the house...the hated word...organizing.  It seems that no matter how many things I clean and organize...I look around and there's more!

Two years old...goodness...

Gampa (Larry) made her a step stool for bathroom or kitchen chores.  Mommy Sam wants to teach her to skills in the kitchen as well as hand washing by herself...under supervision of course.

She loved it. Now she can help Mommy make cookies...etc.

Mommy Sam texted me letting me know I needed to watch the above video Sloane made for my birthday...needless to say my heart is smiling!

We gave her educational toys and books to but, when I saw the blinged  out back-pack, I knew she'd love it...She wore it the rest of the night, before bedtime...:O)

It was a really hot day here...even the pups got into the pool!  Fans were roaring while company shared tall tales and just enjoyed the get together. Had to have been 40 people, easy.  Larry and I finally gave up the ghost, after about 4 hours in...space was limited and we didn't know a lot of the folks coming in... People were still arriving as we were leaving...It was going on 7 pm and we were just pooped.  They hadn't opened presents yet...just snacking and visiting. The young carried on! lolol...

Taking a break from swimming...

So... back to regular programming....I made air fryer fried chicken...so crunchy!

For breakfast one morning, air fryer toast with eggs and bacon.

Larry grilled steaks for lunch...so tender!

Enjoyed the leftovers the next day for lunch!

This kielbasa sausage was okay...Larry likes it and cooked it so, I kept my lips zipped and smiled a lot... lolol

Need a guide for what needle, for your machine?

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Truth! lolol

Well Friends... I'm off to do some more work on my quilt...I've been so bad in getting it finished!  Maybe soon...

Well, that's another week in the bag of life.  I hope you all are doing well and are safe and happy.  

So, until next time...

 

God sent His Angel...A/C Dilemma, Yogurt and Hot Air.

Good morning, Friends...It's been a little busier around here, than usual.  Our air conditioner coils are leaking and Larry doesn't want to replace them.  Almost $3000 just for the coil unit...plus labor...and if anything else goes wrong with the a/c, more money, so...we are getting a new complete unit.  The guy starts on it today.  

Larry has been mowing our across the street neighbor's lawn, now for almost three years.  The husband (Al) owned an air conditioning business.  Before he passed away, he asked Larry to just be there if his wife Marie, needed help.  Well, Larry just started mowing her lawn, no charge.  And we are there if she needs anything else.  Well, that's the dilemma...

The last time one of Marie's techs (Al's brother) came to refill the freon (because it has a slow leak no one told us about it) Larry asked him to please work us up an estimate on a new unit.  Well, that was over 2 months ago and still no word.  Well...we then called a company called Jacobs-Cathey.  We worked with them a lot in all the years we worked in our plumbing business... (now we are retired, and Larry's brother and wife are running it).  Well, that was about two weeks ago...Larry went there personally to talk with them...they apologized and said the tech must have just gotten busy and forgot to turn the work sheet in.  ok...that estimate turned out to be over $11 thousand dollars...(grabbing my chest).  SO he called an a/c guy that our daughter and granddaughter had worked for years ago...Bailey AC.  He called Larry back about an hour later...came by an hour after that and had our bid for $8300 in less than 30 minutes.

Now...When Marie see's Bailey AC in our driveway...what do I tell her??  I know she's going to be upset about us using someone else.  

Larry said to just tell her the truth...her tech never got back to us..."it's business", he said.  I know she's going to be upset...I'll let you know how it turns out...say a prayer for peaceful waters.  We've had enough shocks this week...

We stopped at our favorite Chinese food joint...They are cheap and give you enough food for several days!  This was Larry's Chicken Fried Rice...

Waiting for our order...

After we got home, Samantha called asking if we could pick our Sloane up from daycare...they were going car shopping and didn't think Sloane would do well.  We picked her up at 2pm and they picked her back up around 9:30pm.  Nope...too long a wait for a baby.

We had a fun time and a change of clothes...got her banana all over herself...I missed the piece on her lip...lol

A new project all folded away when I get through with the quilt...hopefully, soon! lol

The material I found is so sweet...

I made air fryer Cornish hen...

I made Instant Pot yogurt...Seriously good!!  I never knew that the longer you leave the yogurt to ferment, the tangier the taste!  SO, I left it for just 6 hours and talk about delicious!!  Vanilla...

The other photo was my Lemon chicken...

Here's an upgraded plastic bag blower Larry made!  It works great and I can easily wash and dry them now.  Too darn expensive to throw away!

I made Chicken Salad...delicious if you like a sweet salad.  

Grapes, chicken chunks, mayonnaise, mustard, slivered almonds and about 2 cups of Cool Whip.  Mix well and refrigerate.

Serve on your favorite bread.

Well, that's about it for me...Hope you all are all well and safe.  Please pray for America...and the families of the shooting that happened this past Sunday.  Thank God President Trump turned his head...ever so slightly.  Pray for unity...and a peaceful election.

So... until next time...