Week of end of July

The kittens are in a full time play mode phase.  

The guinea pigs spent some time in the yard

Shake from Five Guys.  Shake Shack is better (but much farther away.)

 Cake mixes at the grocery store.  The soon-to-be 13 year old didn't want to go to the store but wanted to pick his cake.  Strawberry cake with chocolate frosting this year.

How is the Cranky Old Lady Summer Checklist Going?

I made more cards.

How is my summer going?

My summer to-do list:

scrapbook 

quilt- almost, it's ready to go

cross stitch-- I could not see what I was doing, will try later with a lamp

knit

make cards

crochet

bake I made a pie today

garden  currently picking green beans, the occasional zucchini, and waiting impatiently for the tomatoes

learn to can food   cherry jam at least

read (a lot) -reading yes, a lot is debatable

become a crazy cat lady (we are on fosters #6 and #7) fosters 8, 9, and 10 think so

write- what's that?

fix things

farmer's market- going on Thursday

sew

play card (and board) games -not really

finish watching Parks and Rec and Quantum Leap (on DVD) and Manifest (streaming) a few seasons from finishing Parks and Recreation, then onto the other two

go for walks 

go to parks

make ice cream- once

bake bread

word puzzles 

listen to records/CDs

color  I don't have enough markers, it was annoying me

practice piano

make mugs/t-shirts

and various house projects and decluttering.   

So much done, so much left to do to obtain my cranky old lady badge...

Things not on the list that I've accomplished: 

went to the grocery store way too many times, seriously I should just move in.  

 Applied for a different position (in my current kitchen) and didn't get it

 had a yard sale

got stung by yellow jackets

am rereading (at the request of my 12-year-old) the Harry Potter series

am repainting my kitchen cabinets

Hopefully the 2nd half of the summer I can cross a few more things off the list.  

Days 36-41

 photos from the last week, in random order

made some cards

yard sale stuff no one wanted

cat

found on my phone, the only reason the boys go in the pool, to float boats

went to Shake Shack.  Previously I've only been to the one in Washington DC, but knew we had one here.  I have now been there.  Thanks to my child for holding my milkshake for this photo.

The Titanic lives! 

yard sale in progress

Finished documenting the June 2025 trip to Washington DC.  

I think I got off track which day of summer vacation I am actually on...  oh well.  

33-35

 

Kittens are starting to play

We're cute, feed us.  

Weekend plans...

29-32

 

I got behind on this mini-scrapbook, and am catching up...

Kittens!

On the way home from the vet, sick kitten... 

My kitchen 2013.

My kitchen 2016 and today minus the yellow tint, three drawers left to paint, and not clean because I think all my kids have ADHD.  Almost done with this project, yay!  

Days 8-27

 Because I forgot I had a blog, days 8-27 of my summer vacation, in random order.  

The Beach!

Weird washed out pictures from the beach, not a filter.

Fancy vacation house.  So clean...

Whose ready for some foosball?

Or some pool.

Or some basketball game?

Bookstore.  I bought Dungeon Crawler Carl, I haven't started it yet.  

Seafood.

Bald Eagle on the beach.

New foster kittens.  Currently named Velcro, Zipper and Buttons. 

They can't seem to stay clean, and have had to have baths...

For who knows what reason, my mom gave us a rotary phone...  Thanks mom?  

Trying to take bumblebee photos.

Got the pool set up.  Child #4 can now try to float his Lego boats.  

Parking at the airport.  The husband had to go on a work trip.  I needed to remember where I put the car...

The youngest has a new Lego table.  He decided to build a city on it.

Salad cookbook from the library I really like.  

Child #2 and friend got themselves a spot at a neighborhood art show.  

Long overdue summer project, repainting the repainting of my kitchen drawers and cabinets.  Long story...  

More photos of the cats.  Two are nearly identical you can only tell them apart by the number of toes  (18 and 24.)  The other kitten has 22 toes.  

Look at that innocent little face... Velco/Boots is also the loudest...

All caught up.