http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com About and FOR friends of Ruthe's Secret Roses (blog edition) en-us Tues June 30 2009 12:00:00 GMT Tues June 30 2009 12:58:01 GMT Ruth Marlene Friesen Ruth Marlene Friesen http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/category/the-rosebouquet/at-home/ I'll give you a break from my gardening news for this week, but I am excited to report that my neighbours on the east side put up a nice white mesh wire fence yesterday. Brad is planning to put in a gate for my car too, since changing the fence meant that my old gate had no fence post to hang on. It will be a much better gate than I had! I just have to wait another week for that gate... . . MORE Tues June 30 2009 http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/category/the-rosebouquet/whats-new/ Well, I had thought I might spend all of June in research, but the month is not quite over, so since last Thursday, I've been working at clearing up various computer and printer problems lying around here. I got the sound to work on this computer on Thursday and that cheered me up tremendously. It has bothered me since I bought it after Christmas, but I never took time to dig into how to fix it. Have you ever had a Give-away?. . . . MORE Tues June 30 2009 http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/category/the-rosebouquet/tips-solutions/ I took time for a sewing binge on Saturday. I still need to go buy zippers but then I should have two pairs of pants and a top done soon. Do you like to sew in the summer too? If so, I bet you'll love Darlin' Bonne's Shoppe in . . . MORE Tues June 30 2009 http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/category/the-rosebouquet/ruthesroses/ Here at Western Tract Mission (WTM) we have a number of single people who are just gracious humble volunteers. On the Board it is becoming a standing joke that we want more singles as they work harder and are more available for committee work and special projects. In this day and age, it can be hard to find someone willing to wash windows, forsooth go up a ladder to scrap old paint and to re-paint some window frames. Today one of these Board members,. ....... MORE Tues June 30 2009