I'm pretty proud of the chocolate cream pie that I made Gene for his birthday. It's a recipe I used to make him when we were first married and almost never make anymore.
He was very happy with it.
George and Alonzo came over and we grilled steak.
Then they finished drilling holes...see paragraph #3.
The wind kicked up last night about 8p.m.
It's been a steady blow for the last 24 hrs. of 40 mph with gusts to 60.
I HATE it and so do the dogs.
It can really get on your nerves after awhile.
San Angelo (about 3 hrs. from here) had a possible tornado and golf ball sized hail...lots of wind damage.
I did see a 15' tree uprooted here in Pecos.
Gene had on shorts at work today and said that the blowing dirt was stinging his legs.
Everybody's hair is a mess, our eyeglasses are never clean and it can ruin the paint on your car.
The air just FILLED with dirt...it's SO gross!
The night before last Alonzo came over and he showed Gene how to drill holes in cement. We are building a cover for our patio in the backyard so we can have some shade. Let me tell ya it was slow going....you can see in the pictures it got dark on them. Each hole was taking 35 to 45 minutes. We were going to have 10 poles to hold up the roof...I thought from the beginning that it was ridiculous idea...the space is only 10' by 14'. Before the drilling ever began we decided on 8 poles...then as the drilling progressed we settled on 6 poles...haha...it was such hard work everyone agreed 6 poles would do fine.
So...lots of cursing and we've hardly started.
The picture of Gene taken from the rear is amusing, no?
Friday George will come over and begin putting the poles in and framing the roof part. He used to be a roofer and Alonzo knows how to do pretty much everything.
While Gene is out of town next week I'll start painting the poles and frame work.
THAT'LL keep me busy for awhile!
Then we're going to top it off with that wavy, corrugated metal stuff...like what is on our carport roof.
Will it hold up 60 mph winds? It better!
Ya know if we had some acreage I'd have some goats and a few sheep and a donkey to watch over them all. Goat cheese anyone?
TWO different people called the Radio Hotline wanting clothesline poles? Did the wind blow theirs away? Gee, not many folks use clotheslines anymore.
Needleworks news:
That's where I work in case you are new to my blog.
When the store was burglarized about 10 days ago a high school kid called to ask if his letterman jacket was stolen....I had to laugh. We are monogramming the kid's name across the back. He must hold the jacket in high regard and probably worked hard to get it.
The incident was advertised on the local Crimestoppers and a reward was offered.
When I worked on Monday the police sargent came by and asked to step outside to see if some clothes he had belonged to us....they sure enough did! Later that day 2 houses in town were raided and some of our stuff was recovered.
The new Texas flag and American flag that I bought Peggy (from Dixie Flag Co. in San Antonio) arrived and they are just jim dandy! Peggy was very happy and I am proud now to put out our flags.
Peggy goes to Alpine every Tuesday to the Needleworks there. She called me from there on Tues.. and said "pull every size 11 shoe that we have and hold it back for the Alpine store for next week." I was amused...not many ladies wear size 11...she said the customer was 7'2"!!
Recent monogramming:
J&J Trucking, the local EMS, Terazas Restaurant and Home Healthcare Hospice. Next I'll be working on shirts for the sheriff's Dept.
Thank God we have this side thing for Peggy to fall back on when business is slow!
My vacuum cleaner quit which is a catastrophe if you've seen how much caprpet we have and know how anal I am about vacuuming...and the pets are shedding. The durn ting is not even 2 years old!
On that note....I'll say goodnight.
MDP
P.S...we found nothing in the hidden room. An old rotting rug, alot of dirt and a hole in the roof that needs repairing.
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