Cool Rainy Day.

Nice here in beautiful Janesville WI. Tired of summer lets get fall started .
  Two things going on this week going to start a diet and work on two quilts Mo's wedding quilt and my whole cloth quilt.
  My little cousin Steve died this week ,he was five years younger than me. He suffered from   Mental illness  for years . He took meds for this that  made him feel tired and dopey . He knew it was the pills that caused that and hated taking them. He was a great guy how agonized over others troubles. The pastor compared his feeling to Jesus who feels pain for others sins. A good  comparison . I think of the people claiming to be Christians that were cold or distant to Steve.  Perhaps they should remove the log from their eye.
   Today once again the reading was of the prodigal son. And forgiveness. How many listen to that verse and continue to hold grudges and judge others .
    Well more about the diet and quilts tomorrow.

Fishing in the Heat.

We went fishing this morning at 5 AM. So hot the water was even warm. Bill caught one good size Bass. Me ought ....as my mom would say. Well I  did have two strikes but lost them.lake Konkosing is a big shallow lake. really wide place in the river formed by the glacier . I guess it was a big swamp until they built the dam . It was so hot I worried about Jezebel getting too hot but she was fine a fisher girl at heart. Not to mention a fashionista. As you can see in her photo.

Trip to Ohio

We had a great trip to Ohio in June. Took the ferry across lake MI ,which is always fun. Next Granddaughters Milisa's wedding it was great , so beautiful. Then on the Great Wolf Lodge and Cedar Point with Bill's grandchildren in tow. I think the kids had a really good time. Bill was a broken man after two days with two giggling 14 year old girls at the Lodge. LOL But he survived. Pictures to come.

Cool Windy Day

It's Cold and windy hete today , 41temp tonight?.. It may be fall before we have a spring. But I do love living in WI never felt at home in Ohio. Closer to Home I guess.
   I finished planting our little veggie garden. Well it's actually it's a flower garden with two tomato plants and two pepper plants . But hey their veggies right?
  Youngest grandson graduated today congrats Will.  Seven more years and the greatgrand children will start.
       Memorial day got me to thinking about the friends and family gone out of our lives. Not just the ones that passed but the ones who choose to drop out of our lives. I reasantly found  out my estranged older brother in CA died two years ago and his wife or son hadn't even notified us. My one son that I hardly speak with , my niece who has dropped out of site with her controling husband for five years now. My nephew who chooses not to visit his mother. which is worse ? No doubt those who choose for selfish reasons. I think someday when  their families are gone they will be very sorry and resent they people who influenced this behavior.

Memorial Day.

I've been sitting here thinking of  the meaning of this day. I've lost so many friends and family over the years it's scary.
   The first funeral I went to was a grandfather when I was sixteen. Then over the years so many more ,grandparent, parents, uncles , aunts , friends. So strange, them lying there in their coffins, whole , looking as though their napping in their Sunday clothes , yet cold and hard.
   I want to cry out ,where are you standing beside me ? Are sitting in the front row watching the event? Your body is here but your not.
   I believe in god and an after life, but what? A heaven with streets of gold never was that appealing to me. Even as a child sitting in the pew with my parents I questioned the point of gold streets. I'm there's some plan god has just can't grasp what it can be.

Sad Post

Our son Mickey passed away Jan 6 2013, at just 46 he lost his battle with cancer. He will be sorely missed

50th HS Reuion

June 30 we had our high school reuion heres the group pic.  I'm second row from the top third on the left,dark hair, orange and pink carridigan over white shell.