rain free? is this a trend?

now watch
august is going to be so dry that the ground will crack

we have a new bug out in the garden, it is a very large either millipede or centipede
it's black and yellow
the ducks ate one
that was the last one they ate
these things are pretty big........ about 2'' long!
and about 1/2 inch at the widest part of them
they are all over the place out there too

ewwww
i really hate bugs

i canned the cherries....... out of 12 half pints......... three didn't seal
hmmmmmmm
i can tell you the cherries are GOOD.....hmmmm

yup they are
and the other two jars are going into icecream
hahahahaha

i finished the magazine file, it's been sealed with a mat acrylic sealer and a label applied
i need to get a picture for you all
cause i am impressed
and i don't get impressed often
i may need something called a 'brad' to make sure that the label stays on, right now it's spot glued
i filled the manila envelopes with some patterns and put them in this file which was made for them
yes i can see me making quite a few more of these, some that match exactly and some that coordinate......... i liked it!

on the drawing board is a series of paper dolls i am drawing
they are softly inked of normal sized little girls
NOT skinny minny anorexic kids
just pretty little girls with average sized bodies ( think average from the 40's and 50's when it was ok to be normal sized, and not a lot of folks were obese...... not like today, where a lot are obese and yet the ideal is anorexic)

i am going to do the clothes soon as well, they currently are dressed in slips, or what could be ballet class clothes

while i wait to be able to draw ducks, this and halloween stuff is the stuff i been drawing
and i am enjoying the drawing and painting
so i am continuing to do it

bernie's foot is healing or healed.......... he said it's ok and not hurting him anymore
thank you everyone that's been asking

i had a nightmare that he went to texas to see colleen but instead ended up at his step-monster's house
oye

ohohoho i did the weirest and yet in a way the coolest thing yesterday ( and boy it sure doesn't take much for me does it.....?)

i put my rolled up tape measure in a dixie cup and it not only FIT, but it won't unroll, and it also fits in the drawer!
amazing this organization thing
ok, so i need a life...........so what else is new

last night for supper we had one of my big supper salads
loose leaf red lettuce, shaved onion, green pepper, tomato, cabbage, cucumber, olives, shredded cheese, mini raviolis, shredded chicken breast, croutons, and dressing

normally i like more veggies in there, but with the garden a bust, even the deck garden there just isn't
my snow peas i got ONE ......i planted three times on the deck
i got ONE
the summer greens are up but not 'cuttable' yet

i could eat one of these supper salads every night for weeks
a pint of my canned chicken, and a bag of frozen mini raviolis last the two of us a WEEK in these salads
cause you don't put much of any one thing in them, rather, a little bit of EVERYTHING
and every bite tastes different
i had some Caesar dressing on mine
bernie had vadalia onion on his

i am hoping this weekend to have the hot open faced sandwitches that i topped with my vinegar veggies which are sort of the counter point to these salads

btw, still no new mixer
i do have a number to call to see about getting this one repaired......
if it's too much money, then i have no choice
i have to get another stand mixer
i have a bosch for big batches
but need a daily mixer that will take what i throw at it
i need a tilt head, and i need a work horse
i would LOVE a 5 quart holbart
but who's got a spare 2 grand laying around
however not having a stand mixer is really getting to be a problem around here
when i do cookies........i cream the butter for about 7 minutes on low in the standmixer
just put it in and let it go
i swear that is the secret to my success at cookies
anyway, i can't make my oatmeal cookies (and i been saving dried cranberries for them too)
or the coconut chocolate malted chip oatmeal cookies for bernie
and I been craving cupcakes all of a sudden, lemon ones with lemon frosting (whats up with that?)
and i would LOVE a nice pink strawberry cake with boiled white icing
huh?
when did i begin to channel donna reed?
what's next? aprons and pearls?
HEELS? (heaven help my back)

and i am starting to clean............
oh my
quick someone get a thermometer, cause i am sure i am sick
after all i don't CLEAN

and i am way too old to be pregnant and nesting

so i have to have some sort of disease, or condition
no?

now this blog is late-ish today because thaddeaus peabody decided that he had to absolutely sit on his mommy
and purr
really really loud
while his tail smacked her in the back of the head
and she held his front end up in her arms and kissed his little fuzzy head

i don't know why

ask him.............
but remember.... even though he doesn't realize it
and most often doesn't act like it
he is after all a CAT
who knows what half baked idea was kicking around in his fuzzy little brain

so now that he's left ( gone but not forgotten as i got a wad of his angora like fur up my nose)
i will finish this post

til next time

vi