Maybe You Should Learn

I had Susan’s two grandsons here for a few hours yesterday. They are 2 and 4. We spent the whole morning playing with trucks, coloring, and reading books. When the sun came out, we went outside for a while. They climbed on the tractor and played on the big trucks. I let them sit in the skidsteer. The older boy asked me if I could drive the two of them around in it. When I said that I didn’t know how to drive it, he said, “Maybe you should learn.”

Maybe I should, LOL.

We hitched up the wagon to the golf cart. They loaded some overgrown zucchinis into the wagon and we drove over to the chicken coop to feed the chickens. I love having those ATV tires on the golf cart.

My living room halfway through the morning:

Susan came and got the boys around noon. The three of them were headed up to watch the crane set trusses on the house that the boys’ dad is building for them.

If you aren’t having fun at Auntie Janet’s Summer Camp, you’re not trying very hard.

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A friend of ours is going on a hiking trip with her dogs this week. She asked if I could repair/modify one of the dog packs, so I did that yesterday afternoon. I sewed the straps with the 1541 and then used the rivet press to set snaps:

Wow, is that slick. I can see why Bedazzlers were so popular a few decades ago, because now I want to put snaps and rivets on everything. I bought all the adapters and dies I thought we might need. The husband has to put suspender buttons on all his work pants, and now he’ll be able to do that with the press instead of using his anvil.

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Mouse season has arrived. I spotted one running across the kitchen floor last week. I think we may have caught it—there was a dead one in the trap in my office this morning. Of course, it probably has relatives.

We got another round of soaking rain last night. The fires won’t go out completely until it snows, but this precipitation is helping. One of the rural fire departments was called to a rogue campfire again yesterday afternoon. I was listening to the call on the scanner in my office. The responding fire member radioed in to dispatch that he was clearing the call, and said, “Homeowner was counseled not to put any more wood on the fire until October.”—because, apparently, some people have to be told the obvious.

I made great strides yesterday toward getting the new project up and running. This idea came completely out of the blue, but I have a good feeling about it and I always trust my gut. I know I’m teasing all of you, but I think the wait—perhaps 2-3 more weeks—will be worth it.