I didn't fall off the face of the earth, I swear!
July is speeding by on me. I got the text notification that my paycheck was deposited and I was like "Oh snap!" Two weeks, or so, have sped by me.
The last few weeks have been a bit atypical and definitely not how I expected July to be going. Events mentioned in this blog post may be out of order. Because, well, I can't remember what order things happened. This is what I get for not sitting myself down and writing. I've been kind of all over the place this month.
It started with the long holiday weekend. We were able to get out and do some fishing.
Proof that I've been successful fishing this month.
Something wonderful happened.
Way back when, either for a Mother's Day, my birthday or Christmas, my husband promised me a new fountain for the back yard. We were waiting for it to go on sale, for at least a year. I was beginning to think it was never going to go on sale.
Then it finally went on sale! My husband checked the Menard's website, just on a lark, saw it on sale and said "Guess what we are getting today?"
I know, the box isn't so great to look at. This is the one we've been waiting for. It's over 6 feet tall and it is perfect for the space by the deck.
It's so pretty at night, too.
The cherries finally started ripening.
I still need to get out there and harvest them before the birds spot them and eat them.
The sweet, darling, little babies ...
Well, they started getting their feathers in and stinking up the house.
This girl in particular ... she is so smart. Any time I opened up the tote to do anything she immediately flew up and out of the tote and then I'd have to give a quick chase.
Out they go!
It was kind of a job to get them an outside space set up. See, I wasn't really anticipating getting chicks this year.
I got them in a big open space and they were SO happy.
The big girls were hanging out next to the open air coop, checking out these new neighbors. Then quickly lost interest.
The big girls are doing well.
I saw these girls laying in the grass when I was looking out one of the windows. What a life they have. Laying in the grass, in the shade, without a care in the world. I haven't done much cross stitching this past week, or so. I got to a certain point on my projects and then decided to iron them and have them all pretty for my next flosstube. (Yes, I know I'm late recording)
I did decide to pull a project out of hibernation.
I forgot to retake a photo after I got the eyes on it and it was all done. Once I decided to do it, it was so much fun. My hubby took it on a work fishing trip this week and he caught fish with it. I was pretty stoked to hear that.
This isn't the full stash, of course. ... I have more than 6 totes full of yarn. I had it all out on the deck, spread out, and I was sorting it by acrylic yarn, wool yarn, cotton ... sock yarn. (Told my hubby sock yarn doesn't count as stash. He looked at me funny. 😆 )
In other news: Independence day weekend I started having what I thought was a flare up. It got bad enough that I contacted the doctor's office and discovered my body decided to be extra, or something. Despite my body trying to remind me who's in charge, I managed to get some stuff done. It was (as still is a little bit) painful when I bend down or stoop down to do anything. I took it easy whenever I could. Last week I wanted to record a flosstube in the early part of the week. Things were just too hectic and then the latter part of the week I needed to focus on publishing deadlines.
