Did you miss me??? Probably not

I have been busy , getting things done, scrapbooking, quilting, etc etc and before I knew it I had missed a weekend and then another. Yeesh I need to get on track.

I finished the second raffle quilt!! I am so happy that its all done.

when I put it on the bed to take its picture I realized it was barely long enough. I could not leave it that way so I opened up the binding, added some on and made it the proper length. I do not like skimpy quilts. Thankfully I had lots of material so I looks like I intended it all along.

I made posters and tickets and have been selling all that I can. I am not a great ticket seller but I am doing the best I can. I have also recruited some of the no cook girls and we will make a decent showing, I think.

This past weekend was my scrapbooking weekend. We started Friday at noon til midnight, Saturday, 8:30 to midnight and Sunday 8:30 to 3:00. I got 62 pages done, if I remember the number right. I know it was over 60 anyway. Not the full year but I have the greater part of it finished. We have such fun! The Banker, KitKat, her sister and I have a fun weekend of creativity, laughing and good food. I am already looking foreward to next year.

Yes it is always nice to have a nice light portable hobby like scrapbooking. This is not a hobby for the faint of heart and I am so grateful to my friends who help me transport all this stuff. I could do it on my own but I would need a day to load the car and another to unload. I took all my paper and the Banker sorted it by colour for me which she loves to do and I love that it is all done. There is still bags in the entry way waiting to be unpacked. The house elves are on vacation apparently. Little bastards. I also have notes and lists of things I want to do before next year so I am better organized.

We went for our traditional Chinese food supper and then I came home. I promptly got the flu later on Sunday night and was sick as a dog on Monday and Tuesday. Today I am fine but I can tell you I am righteously fed up with getting sick every time I turn around. I can't even talk about it.

 Today I took another yet step on the down hill slide. I knew I was getting old when I could fall asleep sitting up in a chair but today I put the seal on it. This morning when I went to work I took and used a cane. I have finally caved in and given up and admitted its better to use one than to not. I feel more stable outside with it BUT it is a merry old blow to my vanity. Hmmph.

I don't use it inside where I am on a level playing field but outside with the uneven ground, and the ice and the million other things that can kick my feet out from under me, I have succumbed.

I got the cane with my second cat Minou. Her former owner rubbed her belly with it and when she came to me they brought it along so I could continue this practice that she loved. We did the cane thing for a while but she and I both preferred the hand to belly action. Over time the cane got put away, until today. I am grateful that I have it. The ego is a little bruised but it is what it is, I am an old lady with bad legs and I am not as sure footed as I used to be.

When the hell did this happen??? Letters will be written and heads will roll!!

Toodles
Linda

Short and Sweet

I am oh so close to having the second quilt finished, Oh so close. I should have it done tonight and then be able to post a picture tomorrow or the next day or on the weekend. You know, whenever. Seriously I will be posting pictures once it done. I have one end left to bind and then its all done! Yahoo, yippee, drunken monkey dance of joy.

So why am I blogging and not stitching?? Who the hell knows. I was making a point to take some time and order some prints as my scapbooking weekend is getting closer. Then I ordered a little something to make for the Wee Girl. Not sure I will get it done for Christmas but if I don't she can have it later. I keep looking for something to make for Tater Tot but he is a harder customer. So while I was doing that I thought I would crank out a short blog post before I walk away from the computer.

This has been a good weekend. A little sad because I am missing so many people that aren't here anymore. My Mom, my Dad, my oldest brother, a number of dear friends. I have been being sad because things will never be the same again. I am not going to get into it all because it will only make me cry and that is pointless. Things change, time moves on and me boo hooing about never having a family Christmas again where we are all there is NOT GONNA HAPPEN so I need to pack it away and enjoy the now, the present, the fact that we are getting a new baby. Change happens, better to embrace it and roll with it than be sad for all the might have beens.

I am convinced it is never going to snow again this winter. I have both snow shovels and the ice chipper in the house. PLUS I go the light up snowman out of the shed before the door froze shut and I cannot get into it. This stuff never happens. I have had that stupid ice chipper for four or five years and I think I manged to get it into the house once. I also got a snow shovel to keep in the car. I have a little emergency one in there all the time but this is a full sized one. I have had a bit of drama with snow shovels the last two weeks but now I have them all plus an new one. So if it never snows again, you are welcome.

Saturday was lovely. I watched the Remembrance Day service on tv, then went out for coffee in the afternoon with The Hostess and Teddy Bear. A London Fog and a butter tart, so yummy. I do like a tea/coffee break in the afternoon.  We had a lovely visit until the Hostess had to leave to have supper with her brother. Teddy Bear and I decided supper out sounded good so off we went to dine on liver and onions. Not everyone's treat but I love it.

The rest of the weekend was productive. I have soup made for next weeks lunches, pork loin cooked for sandwich meat AND I have the laundry all done (at last). Sidewalks are shoveled. The quilt is nearly finished and the dishwasher has been emptied and is getting refilled. I, in my infinite wisdom made a doctor's appointment early this morning, on my day off no less but it worked in my favour. Teddy Bear always has coffee out in the morning. Her daughter and grandchildren live with her so its a quiet time for her. Well not this morning I butted in and had coffee (plus breakfast) with her. Love me a fast food breakfast, I do.

We parted ways and I came home to quilt until the paw patrol butted in:

Is a challenge to get anything done with these two knucklheads making their presence known and begging for attention

Who you talking about Mama??

Anyway I should get back at it. I have a load of laundry to fold, finish the binding and then I want to get to bed in good time. Back to work tomorrow.

Toodles,

Linda

Winter Has Come

Its like Mother Nature flipped a switch. We had Halloween and the next day we got snow. Blah. Oh well at least she waited until the kids had there night of tricks and treats. Now we can settle in as the snow settles around us. I love the snow as long as its not so deep you get stuck in it but its the ice I dread. The less stable I am on my feet the less I like to be walking around in the winter. Oh well not much I can do about it, just get on with it.

I has 11 little hobgoblins for Halloween. It was cold out and I am impressed we get any kids seeing as hardly anyone on my street puts their lights on. I love to see the kids so I am grateful for the ones who are brave enough to venture out. The fact that my neighbour has 5 kids helps.

I decided to ignore the snow this weekend, once I got home from running errands on Saturday morning, as more of the white stuff was drifting down fast and furious.

Fuzzy picture because I took it through the screened window, too lazy to actually open the door and take it.

 If the cats had not run out of dry cat food, I would have stayed in the house. My prescription could wait but they were flopping about the house with dramatic abandon in an advanced state of starvation, I went out. I will point out that they have food, wet food, but since I offer both on the menu once one goes missing its their cue to decide I am starving them to death. Drama queens.

Once I got home I rummaged around in the sewing room and came up with enough material to make a quilt backing. Some quick sewing and pinning and I was quilting on the second donation quilt. No trip to the fabric store required and I was thrilled.

I need to get this one done pronto so we can get selling the tickets on it. I also need it to display at our scrapbooking weekend which is coming up very soon. I will  have it done, I always do. not to mention we have a three day weekend coming up which means lots of quilting time for me. Oh that sounds like bliss. It is for sure my happy place.

Right now I have a pot of chicken soup simmering on the stove and my house smells divine. I will also be making a pot of porridge soon. All of this is for next week. I am also cooking a couple of extra chicken breasts for sandwich meal. I need to get into the swing of preparing the meals before hand instead of standing in the kitchen each morning wondering what the heck I am going to eat. I am over that!! Its so annoying when I don't plan ahead. Its not the big things in life that will do me in, its will be the small things that will push me over the edge.

Big news in the family. The Pilot and the Teacher are busy cooking up a little brother or sister for The Wee Girl. I am so happy about that. I love it when babies come. This is so exciting for them. I am starting to peruse Pinterest for baby things. I know better than to just make stuff without checking with the parents first. I have learned that lesson. So rather than waste my time and money, I check first before I make anything. I can still look though. No harm in that.

Second bit of good news, Busy and the Carpenter have sold their house and are moving closed to Miss Mouse, The Farmer and Tater Tot. I am happy for them. They will be so glad to be settled and have the sale over and done with. Having their own place will be great for them, when they are out there for the majority of the spring to fall season anyway. They will be farther away from me but the highway is good from here to there and if the weather is crap, I would not be travelling no matter the distance so its all good. Its a new chapter in life.

Other than that not much happening around here. Starving cats, marathon quilting and watching a lot of cooking shows for some reason. Not that I actually cook, I just watch them on TV.

Hope you  have a lovely week

Toodles,
Linda