Wednesday, March 24, 2010

This, The Other & That

This article was in the neighborhood section today. Uncle George was interviewed about his bowling. It says he bowled a 247, but he told me he actually only bowled a 151..not bad. The 247 was with handicap. He won the jackpot that game. Mark and I went to court with him this morning, and you guessed it - we need to go back on April 9th. It was postponed until then. Because Frankfort hasn't been officially notified that he's passed his drivers test, and that will help reduce the felony charge to just a traffic violation, or whatever. I think Mark and I will just mark one day a month for the next year for court with Uncle George.

Let's see...I had lunch at Chili's with friends last week, and we solved the problems of the world, amongst other things. SO...the economy should soon improve, the wars should end soon, etc., etc., etc.

The house next to us, the big white one, will be going on the market soon. The one, if you're facing our house, is to our left. You know, the nuns. It's always interesting getting new neighbors. We've seen a lot of people come and go around here. But we're not going anywhere, boy. We're a permanent fixture on the Goddard Hill.

Well, that's all of my little news segment for now. Adios.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Celebrating Brian's 34th







Today we celebrated Brian's 34th birthday one day early) by having breakfast at Lynn's. It's always fun when we can all get together. By having breakfast, everyone's schedule was clear to watch basketball games the rest of the day, if that was his or her interest. If your birthday falls in late March, you always celebrate during March Madness. Lynn's had quite a crowd in there. We had a good time. Happy Birthday, Brian!

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Six Generations


I thought it would be fun to post one person from these six generations. Top left is Erin, now 5 1/2 years old. Next to her is her daddy,(my son) Mark Tabler, born in 1969. On that picture, he's 12 years old. Next to him is me, Mary Lynn Wagner Tabler born in 1946. I'm only 20 in that picture. Lower left is my dad, Ben Wagner, born in 1914, the photo taken in 1937. He was being quite silly. Next to him is his dad, George W. Wagner born in 1881. This is his first communion picture, so I'm guessing he was 7 or 8 years old in this picture. And the last photo takes us full circle to Erin's great- great- great- grandmother, born in 1861, died in 1959, and we have quite a few photos of us taken together. She'd be at our family picnics, come to our house for dinner, and I think it's so awesome that I knew my great-grandmother, born so long ago, and now get to share my life with my granddaughters.
Next I'm going to pull some old photos and play "name that baby." Look for it in the days to come! Or maybe just name that person. Who knows!

Thanks to Kevin's comment, I'm editing this blog. My great-grandmother isn't trying to keep her name secret. She was Mary Louise Fortman Wagner. Good comment!











Thursday, March 11, 2010

My Hooked Rugs



Not having completed another quilt yet, I decided to post the rugs I've hooked, just for the fun of it. They're hooked out of 100% wool. The the top rug shown is titled City Scape, and is 32"by 42" and the Bunny Rug is 29" x 40". I'm putting the final border on my applique quilt today, which means that I'll start quilting it within the next few days. I''ve occasionally been picking up the cross-stitch quilt I've been working on just for variety, but am pretty sure that I'll start another rug within the next few weeks. It's fun to have a few different projects going at once. I already have the monks cloth, which is the backing fabric I prefer. It has a tight enough weave, but is easy to work with.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

non-metal detecting


This is what I found this afternoon, with no help of a metal detector. My total for the year is 22 cents. Guess I'll keep track and post each time, just like BBB does. This was found in the parking lot before entering the movie where I saw The Blindside, which I enjoyed. However, a small bag of popcorn tipped the scales at $5. Can you believe it? From now on I think I'll be taking a snack in my purse, maybe some goldfish to snack on. That's just too expensive. And Sandra Bullock as a blond looks like Kathy Lee Gifford. At first glimpse that's who I thought she was.
Afterwards Linda, Sarah and I went over to Krogers and visited the Daisy Scouts, where we purchased a few boxes of cookies. There was no resisting buying cookies from Erin; she's just too darn cute. Bobby's cooking dinner while I post this. Tonight I quilt. Tommorow I'm having lunch with Judy. Last night Brian stopped by to visit. And Spring is here. Life is pretty good, huh.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Five Questions

I'm reading blogs and checking facebook, and don't having anything to blog about really, and am putting this on here just for the sake of blogging:
These are my questions:
1. Will we get any more snowfall before April 2010? and
2. If I take the flannel sheets off the bed, will we have another cold snap?
3. Why, if I like one book by a certain author, do I assume I'll like all books by that author?
4. Has Kevin given up blogging for lent, or has he already told us everything he knows?
5. What does Brian want for his birthday?

I must be pretty darn intelligent because I can't come up with any more questions. Does that mean I know everything?

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Faster Than a Speeding Bullet


Playing HyperDash is great fun! And the only way to describe Brian is faster than a speeding bullet. At first he was only going to spectate, and then his competitive edge emerged and he had to get in on the fun. Erin and Jill have so much energy that not only did they run on their own turns, but accompanied us on our turns also, as you can see in the picture above. I'm not going to take up the space to describe the game, but we felt that Brian has such long legs and long strides that he had an advantage. And what a beautiful afternoon we had to be outside for awhile after Bobby's birthday lunch.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Bobby's Birthday Cake

Luckily, the cakes I bake taste better than they look. Usually they're called earthquake cakes; however, this one has already been called the Chili earthquake cake. Here's hoping it holds together until we officially slice into it tomorrow. Every time I check on it, the craters are a little larger. Apparently there've been some aftershocks in our kitchen. And there's a top on this cake plate, which I removed for the picture. I don't have to worry about the cake sliding onto the counter. I could do sheet cakes, but there's no challenge in that! And anyway, Bobby likes his cakes to look like this.