Holly Hobbie

Years and years ago my Mom embroidered Holly Hobbie on this jean shirt for me. I think I was in middle school at the time. It was when Holly Hobbie was huge. She always told me that I could never get rid of the shirt because it was so much work to embroider it. So like a good daughter I kept it all these years. It just hung in my closet and moved with me everywhere I went. This summer when we went up to Diane and Rod's for the Becker family vacation I thought I would be funny and bring it up. I surprised Mom and wore it one day. It was funny, the first thing she said was how much work it was to make it :) I guess I will have to keep it a few more years......

The weather is finally turning colder and I am happy about it. My allergies have not been the best these last few weeks. I was glad it froze last night, that should help a lot.
We have made it out hunting a few times. I had a doe and two fawns come in the other night. I could have shot a fawn but I did not want to shoot such a little deer. The doe never came in where I could get a shot at her. Rick went out last night but I did not. I hate leaving for work at 5:00 in the morning  and then not getting home until 8:30-9:00 at night. It makes for a very long day especially if I have to get up the next day for work. Rick and Jese went out this morning. I have not heard from them yet so I don't know if they got anything or even saw anything. I hate morning hunting because I always get so cold and can never seem to warm up.

Yesterday was the Waseca Marching Band Classic. It is a huge deal in Waseca, bringing in high school bands from all over the state. They have a parade in the afternoon and then all compete. At the end they put on this huge fireworks display. I thought it would never end last night. Poor Dexter hates fireworks almost as bad as thunderstorms. One of these years I will actually have to go down and watch  the parade etc. Everyone is always telling me it is really good.

I am working my last weekend for this rotation. I am glad to be back on my 4 and 4's. Next weekend we are going camping with Jane and Paul at Beaver Creek State park. It should be a nice and relaxing weekend. We also have 2 weddings and I have the half marathon in Oct. It is going to be a busy month. I really need to get out running more. It is hard to fit it in between, work and hunting. I did have a very good 6.5 mile run the other night. I felt like I could have ran a lot longer. The cool weather helps.

I finished sewing my second dress yesterday after work. I don't like it as much as the first one I made. I think I will wear it for Thanksgiving.

Well I guess that is about it for now.

Later Sharon

Vote NO in NOvember 

A little Bible Study......

"Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die-there will I be buried. May the Lord do thus and so to me, and more as well, if even death parts me from you!" (Ruth 1:16-17)


This is a beautiful bible verse that is often read at Christian wedding ceremonies and used in sermons to illustrate the ideal love that spouses should have for one another. What most people don't realize is that these words were spoken by one woman to another woman.  The Scriptures says without apology, embarrassment, or qualification-that Ruth felt the same way toward Naomi as spouses are supposed to feel towards each other. Far from being condemned, Ruth's feelings are celebrated.

I am in no way an expert on the Bible. But I firmly believe that when you read the bible you interpret it to say what the person reading it wants it to say, what that person believe is right or wrong. You can take any Bible verse and twist it's meaning to what you want it to mean. I great example is the above verse. 

Another example is the issue of slavery. Back when slavery was the norm the good "Christian" woman of the south studied the Bible and they interpreted the Bible as endorsing slavery, Genesis 9:25-27.  Today only the most bigoted Christian would argue that the Bible endorses slavery or that Genesis 9:25-27 is a curse against Africans. Times change and so do peoples views and interpretations of the Bible. 

Prejudice can influence how we read the Bible.......


The reason I decided to write about this is because every time the subject of Gay-Marriage comes up someone will say "the Bible says it is wrong, or it is traditional Christan family values." Well I am saying you interpret the Bible the way you want it to read. Throughout history people use the Bible to justify there prejudices and bigotry. War after war is started because of religion and both sides always believe that they are justified because it is what there "holy book" tells them is true and right!


So when you get in that booth in November stop and think about it....In my Bible God loves everyone........


Vote No in NOvember

Later Sharon  

"Only a fool says, "It's just fabric.-unknown

So here it is the dress I sewed on my days off. I dragged Rick with me to Joann  Fabric on Tuesday night to help pick out fabric. It is always nice to get  a second opinion. I was going to go with a cream color but could not find one I like. You would think all cream fabric would be alike but it is not! I ended up getting this purple. It was really hard to get a picture of the color, when we took it inside it looked blue. Now the picture is pretty shadowy but you get a idea of what the dress looks like. I think it turned out pretty good and will look even better when I am actually all  fixed up nice and have on some nice shoes etc. The pattern was a Vogue pattern and I have not used them much so I was a little worried about it. But it turned out to be pretty easy once I got it started. I did have a little bit of a panic when after I had everything cut out I found one of the pattern pieces on the floor that still need to get cut out. After some finagling I was able to cut it out of one of the scraps of fabric.  I can officially say that I now have the sewing bug. I just wanted to buy more fabric while I was at Joann fabric. It is a good thing Rick was with me or I might have come out with lots more :) I am already thinking about what I should sew next.

Other then sewing on my days off I just did not do to much. I had to pick Liam up from school all week and take him to daycare. On Wed. I kept him at my house after school because it has been forever since he was there to visit. We had a good time together.  When Rick got home from work he took him to the archery club to show him how to shoot a bow. Liam was super excited about it. Rick said he is still a little to small but he did really good on figuring out how to hold the bow etc. He should be ready next year for the class Rick teaches. For this year Rick said he will just take him down and help him once in awhile. I am pretty sure Liam missed Rick way more then me. He hung on Rick like glue. It was pretty cute. Now I need to have Josie over for a play date too.

I did get to see all four of my grandkids this week. Liam, Josie and Eli stopped over last night while Adam was bringing over some things for the garage sale that Amy and Christa are having at my house. I also got to see Oliver when Christa was setting up the garage sale.

Oliver just wanted to walk around the yard so I followed him around while Christa worked. He discovered the deer target in the yard. I was pretty cute, he just looked and looked at it. I think he was trying to figure out if it was real.

Today I am back to work and trying to catch up on all my work. After sitting in the office all morning I am about done.

Tomorrow is the beginning of bow season. I hope to get out after work. It looks like it is going to be a very nice weekend.

Later Sharon

Proud of my sister!!!!!!

Linda, Cassie and myself before the race.

Linda, all ready to go!

Linda and Cassie almost done

Linda and Cassie crossing the finish line!!!

On Friday Linda, Cassie and I went to Minneapolis to do the Greek Festival  5K run/walk. I am so very proud of Linda. This was her  very first race, she did wonderful, finishing it in 48 minutes. Cassie walked with Linda and cheered her on the whole way. Linda has lost over 60 pounds this year! She is going to the gym 5 days a week and eating better and walks on the weekends. Doing her first 5k was a great accomplishment and I am so happy that I was there to watch her cross the finish line. I am very proud of her!!!


Also just wanted to add that we wore our Vote No shirts while running/walking the race and to the festival at the church after the race and we got so many positive comments from people! Many, many people said they were voting NO and thanked us for wearing the shirts. I was very happy about it!


Later Sharon 

Dollhouse

Here it is, the finished dollhouse. Well really only the outside is finished I still have all of the inside to do. I am going to put it away for awhile so I can get my sewing machine out and get my sewing projects done. I think the house turned out cute and I think Josie is going to love it. Rick helped me finish it up. He put all the shingles on and glued the window boxes and door on for me.

Yesterday I ordered tickets for Trans-Siberian Orchestra. They are coming to the Xcel at the end of December. We saw them a couple of years ago and loved them.  This year they are coming out with a new show so we thought we would go see them again. Rick and I are both excited.

The new Kindle Fire finally came out yesterday. Of course they have several to choose from! I don't know which one I am going to order. I really want the one that has 4G but of course it is the most expensive one. I am going to think on it for a couple of days before I order. You actually have to pre-order it since they are not shipping it until Oct. I have been saving my Amazon points on my Amazon Visa so I have around $160.00 to put towards it. So many decisions!!!!

Tonight I am going up to Minneapolis to run the Greek Fest 5K with Cassie and Linda. I am going to run it and Cassie and Linda are going to walk it. It is Linda's very first 5K and am excited to be there when she does it. It should be lots of fun. After the race we get to go to church and eat Greek food. We did this race 6 years ago and the food was so good. I am looking forward to it.

Saturday is going to be a sad day as it is the day for the memorial for my aunt.

It is the busy time at work for me again as students all return. The bright eyed freshman all came in on Tue. and the upperclassmen come in  over the next three days. That means I will have lots of parking applications to take care of. I actually like it because then I am busier at work and the days go by so much faster.

Last night we went to look at a duplex that Rick's Mom is gong to move into. It is very nice and I think she is going to be very happy there. She is ready to move out of her house and all the responsibility of lawn and house upkeep. She is very excited. Now she had to put her house for sale and start packing. She will be able to move on Oct.

I love the weather today, bring on the cold!!!

Later
Sharon

Random words.....

Today I have some random words to blog about so here gos........

This weekend pretty much SUCKS. I have to work 12 hours today so with drive time that makes it a 14 hour day. I leave at 5:00 in the morning and get home at 7:00 at night. That means when I get home I will eat something for supper, make my lunch for work on Sunday, maybe watch an hour of TV and then off to bed. Then I get to get up at 4:00 and do it all over again. Well I get to have a 10 hour day on Sunday so I guess that is a LITTLE better. It does not happen often that I have to work 12 hours but I sure hate it when it does.

Putting drops in Dexter's ears has not been going well. He HATES it. He runs away as soon as he sees the bottle then when I catch him he does everything he can to get away. We have to pin him down and hold his head so he does not bite us. It is really stressing me out. Last night I only got it in one of his ears and then it was not really in his ear but more like on it :(  I have tried every trick in the book to get them in and nothing works. Thank God we only have one more night of it.  Of course as soon as we are done all is forgiven and he comes running over and JUMPS on my lap like nothing happened. But I feel like I am torturing him. I sure hope he does not get another ear infection and if he does I hope they can give me a pill for him.

Yesterday after work I went for a 3.5 mile run. I was running by the lake and saw a Vote Yes sign for the marriage amendment in someones yard. I was so SAD. I so wanted to just rip the sign out of the ground and stump on it. But I did not because even if I hate it the person has a right to there opinion too. And I would be really MAD if someone took my sign down.  I just cannot get my head around the fact that people are so narrow minded that they think gay people do not have any rights. I get so sick of hearing those people say it is a sin. Really if they think it is such a sin what do they care, how does it HURT them. If as according to them they are committing a sin then that sin is not against them, it is against themselves. Those holier then thou people will still get into heaven even if gay people get married because they did not sin only the gay people did, according to them that is. I just don't get it.......It makes me sad.

I signed up for the Mankato HALF-MARATHON on Friday. I have been putting it off because I was afraid that as soon as I did something would happen and I would not be able to run  it. Well Friday was the last day to sign up without paying another $10.00 so I did it. As soon as I did I got all nervous, I know it is silly but I could not help it. I know I can do it and I know it will not be that bad but I always get nervous about it. But I do it because NOTHING gives me a bigger high then running. I ran  from my house around the lake on Monday, it is 6:67 miles. It went very good. I just RAN it in a nice steady pace, around 10 minute miles. Not super fast but that is okay I just want to finish. I figure if I keep training GOOD I should be able to do it in around a 9 minute pace. I have another 2 months to train.

I am SUPER glad it got cooler out yesterday. I turned the air off as soon as I got home from my run. Rick wanted me to keep in on but I said NOWAY. It was wonderful sleeping weather last night. I hear it might be hot tomorrow again but it is only going to be for one day and I will be at work so WHO cares anyhow....

I have Monday off so I hope I can talk Rick into CLEANING out the garage with me. Amy and Christa want to have a garage sale at our house in Sept. I told them they could but they need to run it. I am working the weekend of City wide garage sales so it is up to them. Amy has TON of baby stuff to get rid of.

I guess that is about enough random WORDS for today.....

LATER
Sharon 
 :)