Too Wordy for Me

I love words. 

 I said this before in the other three posts of idioms and sayings.  I found a list on the internet and they are called idioms. Most of them I would call sayings. Sayings that make our language more colorful and more confusing to someone learning it. I love the twists and turns that words can make. I added to that list of things that I know and use.

Add insult to injury

All the tea/rice in China

At the eleventh hour

Avoid like the plague

Back to the drawing board

The ball is in your court

Barking up the wrong tree

Beat around the bush

Bell the cat

The best thing since sliced bread

Beside yourself with joy

Best of both worlds

Black sheep of the family

A blessing in disguise

Blow hot and cold

Between an rock and a hard place

Bite the bullet

Blind as a bat

Blow off steam

Your back against the wall

All in the same boat

The ball is in your court

Bit off more than you can chew

Bob's your uncle*

A bolt from the blue 

Born with a silver spoon in your mouth

Break a leg

Break new ground*

Brought everything but the kitchen sink

Burn your bridges/boats

By the skin of your teeth

Call a spade a spade

Call it a day

A cold day in July*

Come rain or shine

Couch potato*

Cross that bridge when you come to it

Cost a bomb*

Cry for the moon*

Crying wolf

Cut corners

Cut to the chase

Cut some slack

Don't cry over spilled milk

Don't give up your day job

Don't judge a book by it's cover

Don't run before you can walk

Down for the count

Draw first blood*

Eat like a horse

Egg on your face

The elephant in the room

Face the music

Fair and square

Not the only fish in the sea

For land's sake

For goodness sake

In full swing

Full as a tick

Full of beans

Get out of my hair

Get your act together

Get your wires crossed

Give it a whirl

Go cold turkey

Go down in flames

Wild goose chase

Green thumb

Your guess is as good as mine

Hold a grudge

Have a beef about

Have bigger fish to fry

Heard it on the grapevine

My heart is in my mouth

Hit the books

Hit the nail on the head

Hit the road

Hit the sack

Hold your horses

Ignorance is bliss

The last straw

Johnny on the spot

Jump on the bandwagon

Jump ship

Keep an ear to the ground

Leave no stone unturned

Left in the dark

Like a fish out of water

Looking to your laurels*

Look before you leap

Lose your marbles

Make a hash of

Miss the boat

My old stomping grounds

Not my cup of tea

Once in a blue moon

On cloud nine

A one trick pony

Over my dead body

A penny for your thoughts

Play devil's advocate

Play it by ear

Play your cards right

Pot calls the kettle black

Pull someone's leg

Raining cats and dogs

Rain on my parade

Right as rain

 That rings a bell

Run around in circles

A sandwich short of a picnic

Sat on the fence

Scrape the bottom of the barrel 

See eye to eye

Sell like hotcakes

Shed light on

Shoot from the hip

Sit tight

Sleep on it

Something the cat drug in

A stone's throw away

Smell a rat

Snowball effect

Snug as a bug in a rug

So far, so good

Spanner in the works (UK)*

Spill the beans

Speak of the devil

Steal someone's thunder

Step up your game

Straight from the horses mouth

Swan song

Taste of your own medicine

Like two peas in a pod

Take a back seat

Take it with a pinch of salt

Tickled pink

Third times a charm

Throw caution to the winds

It takes two to tango

Through thick and thin

Two shakes of a dead lambs tail (or maybe a live one)

Under the weather

Up in arms

When pigs fly

The whole nine yards

The whole shebang

Wouldn't be caught dead

You can say that again

*these are not part of me

If there are double between my posts...too bad.

New Year -- New Project

 We are replacing the flooring in our main living area this winter. Two winters ago, we replaced the upstairs windows and added insulation and new trim and very nice that has been to 

our gas bill and comfort.

This year, it's the floors. We decided to replace the carpet in the dining room, entry and hallway with vinyl planking, later to change the carpet in the living room, to more carpet. 

When we moved in we put new flooring in these areas so it is all 34 years old. I've learned a few things from those decisions. Thus, it's better to have flat vinyl in the kitchen, carpet in the dining rom is iffy and the pad even more so, and as beautiful as my high quality, smoky blue was don't buy 

carpet that is all one color. 

Actually, we started this project in December using the extra time off over the holidays to get work done. The first part was a vote for the color of choice.  Most people chose the darker color.

Jim started in the entry. Here as in all areas were spots that needed leveling. Jim had to plan for that because the concrete like stuff had to dry before laying the pieces.

After Jim finished the entry and the hallway, including trim. He started on the kitchen, doing the floor part under the fridge, then moved it back before finishing the dining room. 

Using the fan helped dry the leveling stuff.

Now for the rest of the kitchen.  Jim planned on doing the kitchen in sections so that the stove and the dishwasher weren't out of commission at the same time. 

That was all well and good, until he discovered that the floor in front of the sink was pretty "squishy".

So, he took up the floor there, put a new section of floor down, and then the underlayment. 

Jim had intended to replace the underlayment in the kitchen, because kitchens tend to have more water involved in spillage and leaks, but the subfloor was extra. Any project always has something more than you bargain for. Another extra we hadn't planned on was the underlayment for the kitchen and dining room were thicker than the hall and living room.  That didn't matter when we changed from vinyl to carpet. Jim planned on replacing the underlayment in the kitchen, but not in the dining room.

Finished kitchen and dining room. 

The trim around everything but the kitchen which is done with coving and no photo.

Jim put felt pads on the chairs so the legs wouldn't scratch the floor.

The pad system is rather neat. Jim drilled a hole to reduce the height of the pad.  This little ball is screwed in, and the piece with the felt rotates on the ball so the chair will stay level. 

October's Bright Blue Weather

October speaks to me in tones of blue and gold.  It's one of the prettiest times of the year.  One year I was driving west on I-80 and the cottonwood trees by the river were dressed up in yellow shiny leaves against the best blue sky that October can offer. Blue is my favorite color and October blue is the best blue there is. 

A lot of other good things happened in October this year and they all add up to family:

The sweetness of a new baby.

The bittersweet days of remembrance.

The joy of boys and cookies and leaves.

Baby cuteness...And...

The love that keeps our family together. 

 

We don't gather to play in the leaves every year.  It depends on weather, wind, and leaf fall and whether or not letting the leaves lie interfere with lawn mowing. It's a little fun time to make some memories and take some pictures.

Moments in Time

 September 28, 2022

On this day a baby was born. 

3:16 AM, 6# 13oz., 18 inches

On this day, a much awaited baby girl to add to the story of the Troyer family.

A baby girl all the more precious following the loss of Bennett Wilder in April 2021.

Calla arrived after a harrowing labor very early Wednesday morning. We got the news at getting up time and started to make our plans. We arrived in Indiana Thursday night and got our snuggle time  at the hospital.

And now, on the way home to start a new chapter of life. 

A New Season

Pieces of this summer have been very busy and in September we aren't seeing any let up. Zane, in 8th grade still has afternoon football games and Barry and Christian had a month of soccer. 

Christian and I haven't done much piano playing lately, but here we are playing 

"I love coffee". If you don't know it, look it up, you'll probably recognize it. 

Earlier in the year Barry found this kitten in a park where they were playing baseball and begged Papa to keep it, so we did, needing a mouse-catcher anyway.  Mittens has settled in and while she catches a few mice, she love to play with people the best.

"thumbs"

If you look for number 45, that's Zane.

Miss P loves her dogs.