Wouldn't you like to sit a spell

 This house is over in Illinois...I could probably even take you right to it.  It is not far off the beaten path and is surrounded by farmland.  I would dearly love to see inside as everything about it seems to be so well taken care of.  It is well loved!  If it were mine, I would always be sitting on the porch when friends came and would invite you all to come sit and have a glass of iced tea, or a Coke or whatever you wanted.         

**************                                                                                                                 Finally, the laundry sink is installed.  It has been stressful.  The company we got are always so on time...this was just a confusing time.  The guy that came gave the estimate, tried to schedule it himself...or thought he was scheduling it.  He was not ignoring my daughter's texts.  

He was supposed to come today.  She texted me this afternoon to see if he had come or if I had heard from him.  I had not so she called the company back and asked what she had to do to get it installed.  They thought it already was.  She told them the deal with it...and told them the guy was very polite, and did not ignore texts, etc.  

So the girl she talked to said dispatch had to schedule things and told Rachel it might not be done today.  Rachel told her she didn't expect that...but that she would like to know because we couldn't keep just waiting and waiting and no one showing up.

In a bit dispatch called and  told her it would be done this afternoon.  And due to all the confusion, they are going to give her this deal where for one year she can get a AC inspection, heat inspection, and drain and flush the water heater.  And any work that needs to be done will get 15% off.  So they are trying to do right.  

Me, I am so thrilled to have it done...and actually glad to have it.  It will be so convenient when I want to add water to the washer before starting a load of bedding. 

But waiting for someone to come really wears on me.  First of all, there is always dealing with Copper.  I have to contain him some way.  If it was a woman, I don't think it would be as bad, but a lot of guys she just does not want anything to do with them.

I feel like I cannot sit out back because if they came without texting or calling, I would not hear them.  I barely feel free to go to the potty when waiting, etc.  I

Anyway, thankful it is done.

At a standstill

I got the circles and half circles finished a few days ago, but now cannot seem to make up my mind how to fill in the melon shapes.  I think I will have an easier time deciding on the other but would not bet on it.  I have set and drew melon shapes on my Kindle scribe and tried drawing in different designs for quilting and nothing at all seems right...and even if it did, I am not sure how good I would be at doing it.

Either I have gotten weaker in my old age or something because it really is a chore to move the quilt under the needle.  Even when using the walking foot.  The rest will be done either freemotion quilting, which is when I move the quilt under the needle with no help from the pressure foot.  Or I have at least considered hand quilting within the melon shapes.  

***********                                                                                                                   The plumber was supposed to come today to install the laundry sink.  He was supposed to come in the afternoon.  No one texted, called, or showed up.  A wasted day.  I did not start anything because I was afraid if I vacuumed they would text and I would not hear it.  

And any place I have dealth with will say they will text when when 3o minutes, I thin some say 20 minutes out.  I swear I don't think any have ever been even 10 minutes away.  They text and are here in about 5 minutes most of the time.  So I did not want to be upstairs and have to rush down.

So tomorrow is another day.  Maybe it will happen tomorrow.

Scratching in the dirt...

 I ran across this picture...I did not pay attention to the other photos enough to register where it might have been taken.  But it is from 2013 I believe.

I have had time to get this post up but have been doing a bit of this and that, and listening to The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony.  I read the book a few years ago, and it has remained in my mind as one of the best books I have ever read.  I then got to wondering if it was as good as I thought it was and was planning to read it again when I ran across it on audible.   It is absolutely as good as I remembered.

Here is a video about him and his experience: