Friday Meanderings

May 1, 2015May 1, 2015 by KTgreen

I’m back!

I love visiting Bismarck/Mandan. What’s not to love? Got three beautiful grandkids there and my son and daughter-in-law that I adore.

The scenery is beautiful. Deer, pheasants and turkeys in the back yard almost every day. The Missouri River and Alan has a pontoon boat that we go out on in the summer.

I can drive downtown in the capital of North Dakota at NOON or at 5 PM and there’s no traffic jam. Yet, there’s excellent restaurants, trendy shops, fun thrift stores, a great music shops. Along with all the chains like Target, Macy, and Barnes and Noble.

Seriously, if it wasn’t for all that weather with cold, ice, snow, blizzards, snow, cold, for like 9 months of the year, I’d live there!

So what’s going on here in Citrus County for the weekend?

Nothing!

Just kidding. I plan to just lie around and absorb all the sun and quiet. The weather is wonderful. Maybe do some kayaking.

According to the sign at MacRae’s yesterday, Sarasota Slim will be at the Shed on Sunday at 2 pm. Sometimes the sign doesn’t get updated until Friday but if that’s right, we’ll be there!

There’s a new restaurant in Crystal River. River Ranch. It’s in the same location that was the former Mullet Hole . Which was previously Cafe on the Ave. Open 7 days a week. Couldn’t find a website. I tried. Yes, I tried.

Talked to a participant at the Crystal River RibJam that I recommended last week but couldn’t attend. It was a bust. The organizer stole the money and ran. Of course, that’s just an opinion from a local that had his bbq smoker set up at the event and depends on these kind of things to make a living. Haven’t seen anything in the newspaper about it. According to the source, the RibJam was even shut down on Sunday. Anyone got any info?

Now some serious stuff. We need more members in the Homosassa Civic Club. This is a great organization that puts on the hugely popular Homosassa Seafood and Arts and Crafts Festival in November and does good works in our community. If you live in the area and are looking for a community organization to join, this is the one. We have been recruiting new members and have been very successful. But we need more people. More volunteers for the Seafood Festival. The next meeting is Monday, May 4th at 7 pm at the Homosassa Civic Club. Be there!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Kathy

DIY Day

April 30, 2015 by KTgreen

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

My new DIY blog will be up NEXT WEEK!!

Can you hear the trumpet fanfare???

This little web design challenge shouldn’t have taken so long but…

I had the new blog all ready and up and beautiful and then decided that it wouldn’t work. Beautiful yes. Useable no.

So, back to the drawing board. Or computer keyboard. And it’s a month later. Maybe this one will work. And I’ll be happy. And there will be peace in the world.

Or maybe not.

But next Thursday, I’ll post the new website. I’ll also put up the new DIY for the week on this website. Because I don’t want to lose all my Pinterest peeps who have been faithfully following for years and years. Just kidding. But I do get a lot of web traffic from Pinterest.

On the new website I plan to put a new project every Thursday. Sewing, quilting, mosaics, gardening, photography, or anything else I might be working on will be covered. I’ll also be featuring one of my older DIYs at least one other day of the week. Re-worked, re-designed, and re-cycled!

When Michelle is ready to do some DIY, she’ll own Wednesday.

One more week!

Friday Meanderings

April 24, 2015 by KTgreen

I’ve been in North Dakota for a week.

North dakota

Watching three grandkids while their parents take a fun-filled 10-day vacation in California.

And that’s what Grandmas are for!

My late night flight to Bismarck turned into an early morning arrival. Thank you United Airlines. Little Miss Piper was very sad because she was planning to be there to pick me up. But not at 2 AM.

Everything else has been great.

Got to go to Riley’s track meet and see him win second in the hurdles and in some kind of run. I should know what that distance was but ….. Hey! I was there!

Last time I went to one of Riley’s sports events he got knocked out and missed the rest of football season.

He’s got another meet on Monday and I’ll be there. (Unless it snows again–Come on, these track meets are outdoors–and I’m from Florida, jeeze)

If you follow my “Project 365” page, you’ve seen the pics. We had SNOW! OMG. Did not sign up for that!

But it melted. Right away. Didn’t have to drive in it. So I can’t whine a whole lot about it. Just a little.

I’ve seen deer, pheasants, and turkeys in the back yard. Different from my typical blue herons, manatees, and otters, but so COOL!

deer

Okay, back to Citrus County.

The Old Homosassa Heritage Council’s t-shirts have been a huge success. There are a few available at Watsons Art Gallery if you don’t already have one. More are coming and a long sleeve version will also be available soon. I’ll be posting the new order form late next week on the OHHC website. (After I get back)

tshirt

So, if I was in the sunshine state this weekend, this is what I might be doing….

There’s a RibJam at the Crystal River Mall from Friday through Saturday. Ribs and music. What more could you need?

The 6th Annual Crystal River Boat Bash will take place at the Crystal River Preserve State Park on Saturday. Live music, boats on display and demos of boat-building and boat-handling skills

Terry will be at the All Corvettes, Camaros and Cadillac XLRs Car Show on Sunday at Crystal Chevrolet.

Have a great weekend!

Kathy