It was Gary's 48th birthday, believe it or not. I chose not, since I am right behind him. But it was a happy day since there was carrot cake and brownies and ice cream involved.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Day#323
Sam and Gary went scout camping this past weekend. Sam brought home a wooden pistol in a leather holster he made, this iron post we call Shook (get it? It's an "s" hook) that he made, and a wooden one-legged stool he made in case he needs to take up milkin one of these days.
Day#322
I went with the older boys to Washington, Missouri for a band competition on Saturday. I was a chaperone on one of the five school buses taken; we left by 7 am and got home after midnight. Tired campers for sure.
The band competed in a parade in the morning, the field competition in the afternoon, and made the finals, meaning another full performance in the evening. It was a bunch of hard work just as every day of practice has been since they started back in June (!), but the benefits were realized as they took home every trophy they were in contention for except one. They won fifteen.
They won the parade and it's subcategories except visual, their class and it's subcategories, and then the whole shebang out of 27 bands. The kids' mouths dropped open when the results were announced. I don't think anyone expected it, but of course everyone from E'ville was very proud of the outcome.
Day#321
And this is what I made onto our original coffee table, original meaning the one we used when we first got married. Thing is, I didn't really plan my project before I started it and now I find the acrylic I want to pour over the caps to make it a usable surface costs $70 a gallon and I was wanting a basically free project.
So now it sits.
In the dining room.
In limbo.
But looking like a bunch of cool-ly arranged bottle caps.
Collecting dust.
Do I put 'gallons of acrylic' on my Christmas list? Or scrap the project?
Day#318
Just realized I hadn't mentioned my latest project even though it's been in the dining room now for weeks. It started as an ice cream bucket and cooler full of beer caps I got from Ross's rental house. [They were accumulated long before Ross rented the house--I am sure of that. Some had a 2004 date on them.] This is the state between them drying after I ran them through the washer and my starting to sort them. I never did count them but I would guess more than a thousand?
Day#317
We went to our friend Bolton's party the other night and enjoyed a chimney log. It was his son's 21st birthday so this was like a big candle. Keep your eye out for hollow logs--they are fun to burn.
Day#316
I love crazy coincidences. I recently saw this album cover and it cracked me up just because *70's!* so I googled the name Jay Ferguson and realized I knew his song Thunder Island well, I just hadn't heard it in years. And then it came on the radio! You should listen too, you will know it. Well, unless you didn't get to *70's*.
Day#315
Girlie got her braces on. This is her Day 1 of approximately 730. She wasn't really that happy afterwards, but even her fake smile looks great.
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