Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Turtle log

I took this the other day when up at the Heron Viewing station...this is the most I have ever seen on one log up there.

I have made a start at the quilting of the quilt shown here.  I am just doing straight lines so put my walking foot on and have a good start on it.  I am anxious to get the quilting done till I can put the binding on.  Some people do  not like doing the binding but I do.  The bind is the part that goes around the edge of the quilt...I sew it down on one side with the sewing machine, then flip it to the back and sew it down by hand.  the purpose is to enclose the raw edges of the quilt.  And I love the sewing by hand part.

I have also been able to wash clothes and hang them outside...love that....and am loving sitting on the front porch of the morn and having coffee.  It is beginning to sink in that spring is here for real.


Monday, May 5, 2014

Where to start?


I am not sure I am ready to start blogging regularly again.  Not even sure where to begin.  Our oldest daughter has surgery in early April....Sarah, Tootie, and I spend almost the entire month of April in California.  And I did not even take my camera...and though I missed it, it was a good decision.

I actually got back here to home in the wee hours of April 30th and for the life of me I cannot get rested.  Just weary from morning till night.  I am feeling like that tired old barn above.

That being said, daughter is still recovering from her surgery...she has come a long way since she had it, but still has a while to go before she feels normal.  With that being said, we did manage to have some good times, and Lorelei was her usual entertaining self.

I cannot remember half the stuff she said there...I think that she had one of her finest days just a few days before we went to California.  I was not present when this happened...but can imagine it real easy.  Sarah calls it her first 'Dot' moment...do you know who Dot is.  Watch the following video...Dot was a character played by Stephnie Weir on Mad TV....I had never heard of her till Sarah showed me this video and another one...


Well, Lorelei's first Dot moment went something like this.... 

They were sitting at the dinner table having a meal.  Lorelei was kicking the leg of the table.  Jeremy told her to stop.  So she paused a minute and then started kicking the other leg.  I don't recall what Jeremy started to say...or if he said anything...

Lorelei said, 'This leg is listening' as she pointed at her right leg...then she pointed at her left leg and said this one isn't.  Then she proceeded to bend down and look under the table yelling at her leg to stop it!  I think Sarah lost it and Jeremy could only shake his head!

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Blog break


I am going to take a blog break...I don't know for how long right at the moment.  I may sneak in a  post here and there, but I don't think I will be blogging regularly for a while. 

I have a lot of things I need to do, and a lot of things on my mind, plus I am trying to give my new sewing machine a little workout.

I really did enjoy the cleaning tips and hearing what cleaning products work.  I wanted to thank everyone for contributing their hints to do stuff and for what works.

Also, to anyone that tried to help Sarah's Etsy shop take off, I wanted thank you.  She has closed it since she was getting no hits.