Love it when you take your stuff off site! Some of us did that on Saturday! I got a preemie top ready for my step mom to quilt and my next $5 quilt blocks ready. I also started Christmas stockings!! I never seem to dedicate 6 hours to sewing if I am at home...too many other distractions.
Lesson Learned: Painting over red is hard. I closed the door today after the hardware was on and I had used about three coats of black, just to see some red still peeking through in some of the cracks. So much for nice even brush strokes, I dabbed more on in the offending spots and called this project done. Now I just need to do the garage doors, the mailbox post, and touch up the beadboard in the kitchen. The house UF project list is almost as long as my quilting UFO's!!
I hate mosquitos...why God allowed two of them on the Ark I will never understand. This time of year I either shower in pure DEET or suffer the consequences. Anyone have any luck with any other products that aren't as toxic as DEET? I would love to try it. The skintastic and other "family friendly" sprays don't seem to phase them for me.
Yes thats a strange shot, but I got hit about ten times in a matter of seconds when cutting down some undergrowth in my natural area today. The first hard freeze of the year can't come soon enough!
It was a hot one at the NC Zoo yesterday, but its the last week before the boys head back to school. The elephants didn't mind the heat, but the polar bears stayed inside. We had fun watching the sea lions and harbor seals sail past the windows in their tanks....almost showing off on how they can glide by upside down, super fast, or right up to the windows to rub their tummies against the glass. Friday is our last outing, we are hitting the grand opening of a new Lego's store in Concord Mills. We get to be a part of building a huge R2D2 out of Legos.
Look who has tunneled into the basement looking for a snack. Good thing I have kept up the termite contract on my house. They abandoned this tunnel because they didn't find any cardboard or wood to chew on. Little did they know that if they had just tried the other side of the basement they would have hit paydirt. I have a ton of furniture packed down there as we have cleaned out grandparents homes. You know the "I might use it someday" story. So next week its clean up time, here I come Good Will.
Salem Stitcher gave me this great Fat Quarter bag to hold the red and white quilt I am hand quilting. These are great patterns as they will hold all kinds of things, I think it could even contain my 4 year old nephew when he gets a little wild. As you can see Zorro thinks it especially makes a nice place for a nap. Don't you just love to get suprises! It wasn't even my birthday....Thanks so much Salem Stitcher, it will be put to good use as I think it will take the rest of my life to finish the quilt.
I locked myself in my sewing room yesterday with the iTunes blaring. The goal: to get the borders on this one and have it ready for the long arm quilter. This was the $5 quilt in 2007 and I just got the top together at our May retreat. This is by far the quilt with the most pieces I have ever made! I can't wait to see what the quilter does with it.My goal is to someday have a quilt for each month of the year on the bed. This one will be November.
Go Postal's China is Spode's Woodland pattern. His Mom (like mine) thought he needed to be buying decent plates and utinsels for our homes...maybe they had given up that we would ever get married or wanted easy gift ideas for Christmas.
See my color inspiration for finishing up the quilt? When the coordinating fabrics had these fancy birds I knew I wanted them to roost in the blank squares of the setting.
You probably can't see the writing in the photo, but this bike jersey has "SheBeest" written all over it. This is a brand of cycling apparel for women and I have to admit I feel a little more empowered when I wear it. We rode the Overmountain Victory trail Saturday at Kerr Scott Lake. The Brushy Mt Cycling club has constructed a 6 mile trail in the park where this historical pathway once was. This path was critical during the Revolutionary War for moving troops around.
I wasn't sure I could get up on water skis anymore. Its not at all like snow skiing, and I had just ridden a very hot 8 miles on my mountain bike. We had a ski club outing to Kerr Scott Lake Saturday and I really enjoyed the lake and biking trails. The water was about 82 and it wasn't very crowded. My quads cramped up on my first attempt but with one more try I was up. I knew better than to try the wake board. Everyone looked like they almost drowned before letting go of the rope behind that thing. Go Postal of course popped right up and went the entire length of the lake with no problem.
Dad's cat was chased away by something big the night before they came home from the beach. His food was torn open and water bowl turned over and Norm was missing. For over two weeks Dad has been calling and looking for any sign of him. Last night (17 days later) my cousin called and said they had heard him under their house. Seems Norm ran under to escape whatever was chasing him but last week he had shut the access door and he had been locked in. Norm must not have realized he was so close to home....or too scared to try to come back. But Dad's voice danced last night as he called to tell me that he retrieved Norm and he looks good (he had plenty of body fat to allow him to survive such an ordeal I guess). From now on, Dad will turn on the A/C in the garage and Norm will be safely locked in while they travel. Welcome Home Norm!
