Waiting on me...

I got busy Saturday afternoon and got the backing for this made, got everything stretched/spread out and t-pinned to the carpet, then got the quilt sandwich pin-basted. It is took all afternoon to do, I am still a bit stiff and sore from it, but it is waiting for machine quilting soon as I get some uninterrupted time. This is the 6-inch blocks I sewed together just a month or two ago...maybe even three months. It was something to do that didn't require thinking or planning. Sometimes I just want to sew, but don't know what, so I will do something like this. In fact, that is kind of how this quilt started out. Just wanted to sew...didn't know what...and was too tired at the end of a day to think much.

Oh, and here is a little Lorelei video...I was going to post it last night, but storms kept rolling through, so I unplugged everything and just left it unplugged till this morn.

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We have been shopping for a new tiller...cannot make up our mind what to get...don't want to spend a small fortune...it is more important to have $700 to spend on a broke kitty leg as we did Christmas time of 2008...everyone knows that a cat is a warm sleeping companion, a good alarm clock, a heating pad....besides being a major entertainer of Lorelei.

In all seriousness, we have such a small garden spot...yet we are getting older; if Roger weren't here, I am not sure I could deal with a front tine tiller by myself. I have did it in the past a time or two, but it wasn't fun back then. I really don't think the Mantis tines would last--the tines were not very heavy at all. So we will do some more thinking. Maybe we will run into a good used tiller. We really don't have to have one....

In the meantime, I will show you these turtles we saw last weekend.
When I first started visiting Mary's Faith, Fabric, and Photos, she had posted a lot of turtle pictures...gee, that must have been about 2 years ago. I would sit and try to count all the turtles, just for the fun.
I have not had the opportunity to take any myself till I spotted these on our ride back home last weekend...
but still, not near equal to the number of turtles in some of Mary's posts.

The Golden Girls....

A lot of people know that I like to stay up late to watch The Golden Girls...I usually only have to watch 30 seconds or less to know what the episode is about. I have seen them that many times. But lately I have seen the show that should have this scene in it twice, and it has been cut out both times. To make room for more commercials I am sure. I don't care when I see it, it still makes me laugh. It is probably my favorite scene of all the shows, so I decided to share it with you...though in all honesty I may have shown it before.
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Roger mowed the yard today....it really did need it. He was not doing it just to have something to do. It was actually so hot, he was glad when he was done. I never did check our thermometer but Weatherbug said it was 84º at one time. That is kind of hot for April 1. Not that I am complaining...no indeed.

We sat outside and had coffee this morn...Roger had a bacon&lettuce sandwich and I had coffee with a side of bacon. I am not kidding. Bacon and coffee are the best combination ever. Toast ruins the effect. Try it sometime. Roger has tried it but doesn't taste the same thing I taste. Or else he would not have another bacon and lettuce sandwich...at least not until we have tomatoes fresh from our own garden to go with it. I will probably choose that when it is available, but until then, it is bacon only and coffee.

Sarah called this evening...to let us know that her husband did get a new job offer. His job he is at now will be ending shortly. It is about an hour away...so they may end up moving. Even though that is not as easy as now to go see them, it is not that horrible either. Much better than if they had to move to Utah or Washington State.