Once upon a time I subscribed to The Perpetual Page-Turner blog and she had a post titled "If we were having coffee together." I thought to myself "What a clever idea." This type of blog post is for when I have a lot of little things I want to share. She still has a blog. Amazing!
So, grab your coffee/beverage of your choice and join me.
If we were having coffee ... I'd ask, in all seriousness, what the heck happened to June? I feel like all I did was blink and here we are at the start of July.
I think I know what caused it. I took a lot of vacation time in June. The work schedule was conducive to it, and my hubby was able to take time off for similar reasons. So we had nearly two weeks of free time to do what our little hearts desired.
All in all, June has been a pretty nice month.
I was looking through my phone's camera and realized I didn't take as many photos as I thought I did. Also, I was pretty boring this month, when I get right down to it. 😆 I puttered in the garden, I knit, I cross stitched. I fretted about the weather and if we were ever going to get rain. (Spoiler alert: We did. Then it turned humid and gross for a while)
If we were having coffee ... I'd let you know that after 25 days (I was told) I got my beloved Rav back. Oh my gosh, I missed having *my* vehicle so much.
I got the call earlier this week letting me know that the parts arrived and the techs were working on it. Then about an hour later I received a call lettting me know everything was done and I could come get it.
I went up to the dealership the next morning, signed the necessary papers and very happily gave them the keys to the loaner.
I was so excited to see my Rav that I didn't even ask where it was parked.
I meandered around the parking lot a bit before spotting her.
If I could have, I would have run over there.
Instead, I clicked my fob and unlocked the vehicle, to make sure it was mine.
Then I opened the door, slide into the seat, relished the familiarity I felt, and sighed contentedly.
A quick selfie was taken and sent to my husband, with the message "Did you hear that sigh of contentment?"
If we were having coffee ... I'd tell you that I had a very nice birthday. It was quiet on the day, and I sort of reveled in it.
Jessica over at Lumistitch gave me a copy of her "Cherries" chart, and gave me three copies for a giveaway. I decided it would be perfect for a SAL. I started a cross stitch stitch-along/start-along for my birthday.
Here's a photo of my start.
It's a fun, quick stitch and sort of potato-chip-y and I don't really want to stop working on it. My friend Milka is already done with it!
My husband made me my traditional birthday steak dinner. Yum!
If we were having coffee ... I'd chat real quick about Amazon Prime Days and how we managed to mostly abstain from shopping. Almost.
We decided to order a pressure washer. It arrived on this past Friday. Oh. My. Gosh. It is a beast!
The first project we used it for was to power wash the deck so we could re-stain the deck and rearrange the furniture a little bit.
After power washing the deck. I cleaned so much old stain and grime off the deck.
The next morning we stained. But first ... we opened the can of stain I bought and immediately declared it wasn't the right one. Bah! So it meant a trip to Menard's so we could exchange and get the right color.
With the correct color in hand, we went back home and started the project.
Looks great, right? We decided it was maybe a little *too* red, so we we got another color and used that for a second coating.
We are so happy with the end results. And this new set up.
I took this photo right after it rained.
If we were having coffee ... I'd chat real quick about some of the other crafting I've been doing.
I worked a little bit on my Porcupine Island shawl.
Squares for the Battenberg blanket have been worked on.
I haven't touch my Battenberg blanket, or my Maeve crochet square project in ages. I'm trying to get those projects back in to the rotation.
If we were having coffee ... I'd give a sneak peek at the garden.
Oh! I just remembered something. We have caterpillars on the milkweed. At least we did this past weekend. I haven't checked to see if they are still there. And all the photos we took are on my hubby's phone. Shoot!
If we were having coffee ... I'd mentioned that it's the Fourth of July holiday this weekend. I've been enjoying seeing all the patriotic stuff I've been seeing on social media. Am I doing anything special this weekend? I'm really not sure. It depends on the weather. We've had some rain this week. More rain is in the forecast.
Okay, well, I guess that is it for now. It's been quietish around the homestead. I've been in my own little world probably more often than I care to admit. I'm sure I'm forgetting a ton of stuff to write about, too.
Thanks so much for reading my nonsense. I appreciate it. ☺️❤️
