Back pack time

 Bob and I have been helping financially with Phoenix Family's backpack giveaway.... here's a photo of one of the recipients!!!

By the way.. 1000 backpacks were given out!!

check up etc

This morning  was check up time for my cardiologist.... everything fine and we, the doctor and I enjoyed a discussion about the primary elections last! Heart doing fine...

Then it was off to Hobby Lobby to pick up some holiday floral-type accessories... couldn't find where the polymer resin (Sculpey) had been moved to ...so will pick up some at Michael's  on my next visit...

Convinced Bob to stop at LaMar's donuts ... just had to have an apple fritter. Bob's Father really enjoyed them... The La Mar's weren't quite a good as Topp's in Geneva, NY ! 

I have really decided to "retire" from bear making..... December will be my last show. So I emailed another bear maker out in WA to find out it she wanted my mohair scraps! She was delighted and I am filling a box! This will help with the decluttering!!

Made a blueberry crostata...one of the best good looking ones... gorgeous brown crust and raw sugar sprinkles! 

Tigger

This is Tigger a long time ago! Robb found him at Wayside Waifs at 7 weeks as a friend for Jack! He is feeling a little unsure now that Jack is gone.... and wants to know where Bob and I are ( unless he's sleeping!).

He isn't eating any wet food just his dry.

Hope he will settle into his new position as "only"
 

Jack

 Jack the 20 plus striped cat took a turn for the worse yesterday... He didn't seem to know where he was or how to get up onto the couch When Bob put him on a blanket  on the couch when we went to bed , he was sure Jack would be gone this morning. But no! But he didn't eat anything... Bob took him to the vet for a quality of life check this afternoon and it was decided to put Jack to sleep. The process went painlessly.

We have not recognized that it was time with other pets but this time we did...  Nice to have a picture of him when he was younger!!

off to the veggie stand

The veggie stand "called" to me this morning!! Off we went and the tomatoes, cantaloupe, zucchini and peaches went into bags for us to take home!!

It seems like this years cantaloupes are bigger than usual .... bigger than basketballs!...when we got home I divided ours up into two glass with plastic tops containers! We'll be eating for days!

I also managed a large potato salad ...for dinner tonight! Bob's Mother taught me how to make it and it is our summertime  comfort food ( for the whole family). I start it in the morning and after adding the mayo,apple cider vinegar , salt and freshly ground pepper to the potatoes, onions and shallots let it rest till dinner!

The salad was good... the tomato and bacon open face sandwiches were good and the cantaloupes were too!  Bowls of ice cream made a great later in the evening dessert!! 

 

CT SCAN finally

All  the requirements for my CT scan were completed ( prednisone and benadryl) ... I am contrast dye allergic so pills had to be ordered and the schedule followed.... but today was the day!! The scan was completed and home we went.

No reaction... hooray... but I do feel whipped!

In between  all this I worked on a large mouse for the next show. It's taken more work since the Ultrasuede I am using for the tail , ears and so on is a heavy one and hard to sew through by hand!! Just  the the paw pads and I can stuff it!!

Weather hasn't been too bad though this area is on a flood watch for a couple of days. No rain for our area yet... but south of us can have up to 8 inches of rain!

Mouse is done...need to accessorize! 

oops

 I was supposed to have a ct scan this morning BUT they forgot to prescribe Prednisone and benedryl because I am allergic to contrast dyes.

So no scan...rats... especially  after working our way from Blue Springs to the other side of town!! I470 and I435 are a b*t** if you are not familiar with all the Friday morning traffic!!

Getting a prescription and a new appointment for next Wed.

So  when we returned home I finished a bear and Bob played on his X-Box