ouch .....

   I had the best of intentions today ... lots to do and I wasted most of the day waiting on an old guy and his tractor.

   Evening rolled around and I rolled to Mankato ... since road construction season is upon us, I wanted to stock up at Sam's Club ... it'll be tough to get there .... so I got enough paper towel, toilet paper (yes, Mrs. H it is must softer than the current industrial stuff), bottled water and 150 pounds of kitty litter. 

   Well, something happened while hoisting the 150 lbs of kitty litter -- damn I must be getting old.  Pain thru my side -- up the back, in the shoulder, down the arm.  It's in the car -- with assistance from the guy in the truck next to me ... the tears and gasping for air -- caught his attention.  Slammed the painkillers stashed in the wheels and moved on to my next stop.  Still had pain -- got the coffee and the take out Chinese and came home.  More advil and I'm numb.

   Dang I hate the "getting old" feeling.  So resolution #1 -- gots to healthier. 

  
in pain,

Diva

hoping for a little more dirt action tomorrow -- I did walk the new location -- it's a whole lot smaller -- gonna be a tight fit squeezing it all in ....

T G I F .....

been a productive day here on 3rd Street

client meetings
grass mowed
4 more boxes of garage sale junk (for a total of 8) ... might need my own garage ...

mn pr's are almost done ....

whew .... nap time should be approaching.
well, after lunch anyway.

elder #1 should be disking up the patch today the planting will begin tomorrow, and Sunday and Monday .....


"get 'er done"


Diva

word of the day --- Wednesday ....

as in Middle of the Week Wednesday

 ... hump day ....

as in weekend is closer than Monday as in TGIW ...


 ....  as in holy crap I'd better get my projects done before Friday ....


yep, Wednesday .....



M

road trip !!!!

a couple of the scrapping diva's and I road tripped it to the Mall of America to see the Diana exhibit.  it was pretty fabulous.  the WEDDING dress was on display (behind glass and a security system including the tiara) ... it was the story of her life from childhood to her death ... another gallery held selected garments.  as a sewer (seamstress) i was fascinated by the tailoring and details of the clothes -- they were pretty fantastic -- no camera's allowed ... except here at the end with the replicated wedding cake

it was lightly raining when we left and 15 miles up the road we ended up pulling over and waiting for the rain to subside .... water everywhere .... it's an hour trek to the MOA and it took 2 hours in the rain and ugly traffic.  it was good to be a passenger!

finish from a couple of weeks ago

#1 from the previous post

Dad was mushroom hunting --morels, and he found whoppers! 

corn is up!!!! 

one shouldn't be pix taking while driving ... ya never know what you'll get ... I'm sure pix taking is on that warning plaque somewhere.

more rain on the way -- 5 inches so far this week .. starting to feel like a duck.

efficiency - word of the week

efficiency -- ( or to quote  mrs. P ... "quilting mojo" )    

Quilt #1 -- basted (by hand with a needle & thread) .. quilted, bound and currently in the washer - headed for the dryer .... that hand basting will not be happening again.

Quilt #2 -- basted (with that spray stuff) .. ready to quilt, I can't seem to decide how to quilt it .... I'm thinking that spray gunk just might gum up the works ... might just be a grid.

Quilt #3 -- top done (last year -- finished it up), back ready to piece then ready to ship off to Amy the quilter.

Quilt #4 -- top/back done ready to baste -- then quilt -- it's another window quilt for the office.  Been pieced for eons.

Quilt #5 -- Xmas quilt -- is being converted to a table cloth .... shouldn't take long to finish it up!

Quilt #6 -- Green/Yellow baby quilt --- binding is 1/2 stitched down ... although I might need to take it off and re-do it and machine stitch it down. 

yeppers -- getting the projects done so I can play with my new stuff ......  ideas are rolling around inside my brain ....


and yes, my bag is backed for this afternoon's adventure .... pictures to follow.


tired Diva!

#1 .. in the rough -- it's twice this size, it's pinned to another quilt for photo opportunities ....

#6

#5 ..

#2 ... which is the same fabric line as #1 ...didn't realize it until I was basting ... must be a sign from above that I have too much fabric eh?

ahhh more beautiful places to visit

the taj mahal

ayers rock (sorry Aussies, I think I misspelled ayers)

the sisten chapel (more spelling issues)

my front porch

yep, another email from one of the Aunties with more beautiful places to see and visit. frankly, since I already reside in southern Minnesota (also know as God's Country) I'm not sure anywhere else is any better.  today I'm headed to the Holy Land (St. George Mn) for a graduation ceremony and picnic .... see it's a pretty damn good place to be ...

rain, thunder, lightening, wind  (and hail) --- spring has arrived lots of rain, it's absolutely wonderful !!!

I was at the sewing machine quilting away .... when the tornado sirens when off.  Lots of stitching last night, more this morning and project #1 will be done.  go go go

happy thursday

prom ..

Nick, date and the new car ...

Nick tolerating having the picture taken ... by now we've lost our flowers .... Rachael cooperating

at least he didn't tell us to leave .. last year he did

grand march .

grad pix .. the party is in the planning stages.

it's good to be young ...