A finish!

hung on the pergola ... kind of like the shadows from the morning sun.

Bali Pop Jelly Roll in "coffee" ... originally bought to make a tote bag -- the cover the clothesline and sew the rows together tote bag -- but I never got the hang of covering the clothesline. 

no shadows

the back is pretty wild looking too.  i quilted in the ditch with every strip, then i flipped it over and used the "vines" as row markers and quilted the "vines" ... easy peasy!

 

ready to wash and ship out to the newest baby ....

 

Happy Mother's Day ....

 

M

 

 

my I introduce

Dr. Heidi Conrad !!!!

 

 

so yesterday cousin Heidi --- was "hooded" in her graduation ceremony at the University of North Texas ... we are so proud of her.  As a toddler the only word Dr. Conrad ever spoke was "why" -- in fact we used to refer to her as Heidi Why .... must have been a reason eh!  

 

I borrowed these pictures from her facebook page -- and I learned via facebook -- she even got a job yesterday.  Fabulous!  Jean and I were able to watch the ceremony via a live webstream ... dang that was cool.  The new HUGE monitor at the office was well worth it!

 

Congratulations Heidi -- you done good!!!!

 

 

 



finally friday ....

  whew .. the 3 week nightmare from hell is just about over.  I haven't been home at night for eons. 

  2 weeks of 3x per week water aerobics (done for the season) ... we had extra sessions to make up for our snow day cancellations. 

  meeeeetings.....and family events took up the rest of the nights.  I even worked last Sunday night.

  major project #2 is done and mailed off .. 150 page estate tax return.  insert grin.  it's done.  it's signed.  it's mailed.

  I'll be picking up my tasty pizza before supper -- baking it and hibernating at the sewing machine tonight! 

M

no, I'm not getting another cat

 

things we DO NOT  miss about NICK

1. It is safe to scan without having stuff attacked.
2. Ditto faxing
3. The ringer on the fax can be left to ring -- no silencing.
4. Hair, no hair.
5. Litter Box .....
6. see #5
7. see #5
8. see #5
9. see #5
10. No more overpriced all natural ingredient kitty chow
11. No hefting the bags of litter to the basement
12. No unwanted aroma's
13. No neck licking ... he liked to lick
14. The toilet seat can be closed.
15. No wet toilet seat from him falling in.
16. Yogurt is now safe to eat in the building.
17. It is okay to take trash to the garage -- he won't escape.
18. The plastic window kits are safe from claws
19. No sitting/walking/pouncing on the computer keyboards.
20. No farting (yes, cats fart)
21. No growling at the neighborhood rabbits
22. No mouse (real rodent) bodies on my chair.
23. No clawing of the furniture (hello, new leather chairs)
24. No attacking the area rugs ...
25. No nibbling on the plants
26. No flipping dirt out of the plants
27. No flipping water out of the toilet
28. No kitty chows on the floor
29. No more litter/food runs to Mankato

  
        and no more chatting about him ....

the 5th Season has arrived

   CONSTRUCTION ....

   noisy, dirty, smelly, noisy ... traffic issues ... evidently now that our 2nd day of spring has arrived so has the sidewalk crew -- they're working up the street ... down the street (on the next block) .. 

   feet are tired this morning.   many trips from the front of the church to the kitchen to stir the cooking hot dish.  brought leftovers for lunch. 

   while waiting for morning laundry I started quilting on the latest project.  I'm the straight line quilter so don't expect any swirls.

M

so, we did it

   pulled off funeral hotdish for 150.   touch and go for a couple of minutes, didn't think the last batch was going to be done on time.

   many thanks to the kitchen crew at FLC, cousin Gayle for stirring while we were at the service, Swede for getting the roasters to the table without dropping them!

M

Sunday on Daisy Lane

 the patch "acreage" awaits me ... pretty wet looking yet

north view .. and the neighbors barn

 the equipment has been sitting for a week .. to wet to go ...

 

 the big green one ...

 the planter ... folds up to roll down the road a bit better

 

 2" pre-cut mini charm packs ... oh so much fun

 

yep, they become even smaller pieces.

 

We started our cooking event this morning -- funeral hot dish for 150 ... did one batch and got the ingredients for the others ready.  pretty darn tasty ..