Oh Boy, Almost 2024

Man alive I have really been slipping up on keeping up here.

It has just been one thing after another. The world doesn't stop because I want to do something else, lol.

My 42 year old sewing machine had about the only piece of plastic in the whole thing some kind of washer fall out when I opened the left side door and it clunked more when sewing. It is a New Home bought it in MO. in 1981 and they were made in America then. Before they were sold to Japan. We order a Janome as that is what they became. Learned the company had been sold to one in Taiwan. We had to send it back as it was not what it cracked up to be anymore that's for sure. :( Disappointing.

We went back to hunting for a good machine and ended up looking at Husqvarna Vikings. I am trying one out. I didn't even know they made sewing machines. My dad had Husqvarna chain saws for years working in the woods. They are Swedish but assembled in China, the only thing I didn't like. I have been sewing on for 2 weeks, so far so good.

The weather has been crazy, like the L'Nino weather in 2006 to 2007 winter. Cold, snow, warm, ice, rain cold, ice, rain, snow, warm. lol. Back to cold I hear in the middle of Jan.

After the snow melted we had quests.

Thanksgiving was at J and J's as normal. We took a ham, jello, and 2 pies. It is not a hardship on anyone to have everyone bring something. We all volunteers something and then the holes are filled in. We rally miss those that didn't come. It was nice to see so many of the adult kids grands and great grands. It was great to see in laws of J's. 

A son D and his son A came for Christmas weekend. Daughter T was supposed to come Monday but a flat tire happened so she came Tue. :)

We also had the Manger scene up, odd Christmas decor. and 3 snowmen that you set small tea candles in to glow :).

We had to get a new fridge :( but found one on clearance because of damage on the right door, :) it is a side by side. Big deal.

Then the doors had to be taken off on the old one and anything else sticking out, ack. The doors it had to go out were 31 1/2 and 31 with the doors on. So, doors were taken off and we just barely scrapped out onto the deck with it. Take the fridge and freezer doors off the new one and get it inside.

There was no getting it through the kitchen door as the stoppage would be that door and the back porch door are short and narrow. With a very short angle to get anything large in, no way. We even cut down the counter between the dining room and kitchen that former people had cut through the house wall and made the back porch the kitchen. Now that has to be kind of remade but makes for more room going through there.

Kitchen side you can see the boards from the outside of the original back porch. One can't just buy 2 tiles wither. We are going to piece in pieces from what we took off.

I managed to finish a short book called; I Lacked Vital Information. It is linked on the same page with it's paperback. Link to books

I just put away all the Christmas things last night, the containers only need to be taken to the barn now. Just the small tree box and 3 plastic containers.

We want to wish everyone a Happy New Year to come.