Grip, Grip, Grip!

Stitching

Finished a quilt block for Betty W.

Turtles

The pet store by us brought over a turtle and asked me if I wanted it. They know that I have 3 painted turtles. Well, first I said "no" because I wasn't sure what kind of turtle it was, but after I did a little research and found out that the turtle is a Common Map Turtle formally known as a Northern Map Turtle and that they do well with painted turtles.
The next day I asked them if they still had the turtle and they did. I brought him home. Yes, it is a he, that is another thing I found out when I did the research. Now I need a female so he won't be lonely. He doesn't have an official name yet. Kayden says his name is "Two".

"Two" is on the left. He can really stretch his neck out. On the right is Maggie.

And this is Moore. He/she (still to young to tell) has grown a little, but not much.

Beaded Ornament

Finally finished Dara's beaded ornament that I started at the beginning of the year. Finished it at work and put it in my basket on my bike to bring it home. I thought I had it snuggled in tight, but I hit a big bump and out it came, smash on the road. The ornament was shattered but the beaded all stayed in place. I couldn't believe it. Too bad it fits around the ornament, so I couldn't just slip in on a new ornament. Had to take all the beading apart and start over.

My Week

Here is where all the "Gripping" comes in...Last Friday our bank was closing early because they are changing the name of the bank and they would be closed (no on-line banking either) until Monday. We tried to get to the bank before it closed, but I sent Dara with a deposit and she just read the sign that they were closing and didn't go up to the building. So, the deposit didn't go in, I tried to get on line to transfer some money, but it was already down.

Monday came and I called the bank because I when I got on line to check the accounts the only accounts I could see were our personal account and the kids. I couldn't get to the business account.

It just so happens that the Bank Manager is a girl that I went to high school with. We knew each other, but I wouldn't say that we were "friends" or anything. I was (and still am) good friends with her younger step sister. Anyway we talked on the phone all week trying to get it all straighten out. I knew that the business account was going down and I needed to get some money in there, before we got charged, etc.

Friday came and I got into the business account, but it would only show me the business and our personal account and not the kids account. I transferred money into the business account and saw that there were $388.00 of charges.

Saturday I called her again, she called me back and removed all the charges and is still working on getting all of our accounts to show up together.

So, besides smashing the ornament, dealing with the bank all week and having my house a mess 24-7 because I am not home to clean it. I bet your week is looking better now.