Dumb, dumb, dumb! I am so disgusted with myself. That lining I pinned in the quilting frame a few days ago--I ended up getting it too short for the log cabin top. In ways I can't believe I did it, but in others it is typical of me to make a dumb mistake. I am not taking it out to sew a length on, but will do a different quilt top. Not sure which one yet...I am leaning pretty strongly towards a flying geese quilt top I did a few years ago. It really upset me that I did that. Maybe tomorrow I will feel more like doing something with it. Today when I discovered the mistake I had made, I just didn't feel like doing anything at all.

So, I made myself do laundry, vacuum and mop. At least those are done and won't have to be done again tomorrow. That way if something else don't happen, I can concentrate on something fun for a change.

Just finished canning these 5 quarts of salsa a few minutes ago!

I wish I had a bigger garden--both my daughters love my homemade salsa. A quart of it does not last very long at all at any of our homes. So I am hoping to get to make more.

Our car, a 1998 Toyota Camry with 140,000 miles on it has decided to give us some problems. We cannot complain though, as this is only the third thing we have had to deal with it since we got it in 2000. The other was the water pump and as it was time for it, the mechanic just went ahead and changed the timing belt while he had it. They both had lasted much longer than is normal. So, with the problem now, which my husband and son-in-law think is the starter, my husband had to drive the truck to work. Leaving me without wheels till it is fixed.

Otherwise, I would be very tempted to go on a hunt for a bushel of tomatoes. There are several Amish families in Parke Country that sells produce. If we get it fixed, I may try to go next week....I have promised to go help my daughter freeze corn again on Saturday. Her stepson wants to come and help, but don't know if his mom will allow him. He would be my daughter's shadow if they had them all the time. It is so strange, he is so much like her that it isn't even funny.

I definitely need to go start on some laundry now...it has been waiting patiently for 2 days. I was hoping it would decide to do itself, but no such luck.

Grandmother's Flower Garden

I decided to at least take a picture of this Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt that I bought at a yard sale a couple of years ago. It is actually the first pictures I have taken of it I think. It is approximately 5 ft. square. One side of the hexagon measures 5/8's of an inch finished. The quilt has a couple bad spots--one is a little tear and the other there is a spot where top and batting is missing--I just found that this morning. I cannot remember if I gave $1 or $2 for this quilt--either way it was one of the best buys I have ever come across.